6 stages and 4 levels Flashcards
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which yang ming pattern tends to have constipation?
a) organ
b) channel
a) organ
there is more heat in the organ pattern than the channel pattern
which yang ming pattern has more heat?
a) organ
b) channel
organ
the heat in the tai yang stage is
a) objective hot feeling on the skin
b) always felt subjectively
a) objective hot feeling on the skin
which tai yang pattern has more body aches?
a) wind cold w/cold
b) wind cold w/wind
a) wind cold with cold
the difference betw yang ming organ and channel is that the former has
a) overflowing pulse
b) intense thirst
c) body fluids injured by heat
c) body fluids injured by heat
which tai yang pattern tends to have slt. sweating?
a) wind cold w/wind
b) wind cold w/cold
a) wind cold w/wind
which yang ming pattern tends to have more profuse sweating?
a) organ
b) channel
b) channel
which tai yang pattern has heat and stasis in the bladder?
a) accumulation of water
b) accumulation of blood
b) accumulation of blood
in tai yang wind cold w/wind, what is the relation betw the wei qi and the nutritive qi?
a) both wei qi and ying qi are strong
b) ying qi is weak and wei qi is strong
c) both wei qi and ying qi are weak
b) ying qi is weak and wei qi is strong
which yang ming pattern has a thicker tongue coat?
a) channel
b) organ
b) organ
all of the following are accurate except?
a) shao yin stage /absence of heat and cold
b) tai yang /simultaneous fever and chills
c) yang ming/fever w/o chills
a) shao yin stage /absence of heat and cold
In yang ming channel pattern the heat is
a) on surface of body and projected into the interior
b) in the interior and projected on surface of the body
b) in the interior and projected on surface of the body
Pt has high fever worse in the afternoon, profuse sweating, sweating on limbs, abd fullness and pain, constipation, dry stools, thirst, dark urine. T = red w/thick dry yellow coat P= deep full slippery pulse. What is the tx principle?
a) drain fire from ST and intestine and move heat downward
b) clear heat above, expel cold below, and harmonize the LV channel
a) drain fire from ST and intestine and move heat downward
Pt has high fever worse in the afternoon, profuse sweating, sweating on limbs, abd fullness and pain, constipation, dry stools, thirst, dark urine, red tongue w/thick dry yellow coat and a deep full slippery rapid pulse. Stage?
a) bright yang (yang ming)
b) greater yin (tai yin)
c) lesser yang (shao yang)
a) bright yang (yang ming)
what is the stage bright yang called?
yang ming
Pt has chills, feels cold, lying w/body curled up, listlessness, back pain, desire to sleep, frequent and pale urination, pale wet tongue w/white coat, deep weak slow pulse. Stage?
a) greater yin (tai yin)
b) lesser yin (shao yin)
b) lesser yin
which stage is treated only by clearing ST heat?
a) yang ming organ
b) yang ming channel
b) yang ming channel
Pt has acute fever, aversion to cold, sweating, h/a, feeling of heaviness, uncomfortable sensation in the epigastrium, irritability, thirst, red tongue in front, sticky coat, soggy rapid pulse. What level?
a) blood
b) qi
c) defensive qi
d) nutritive
c) defensive qi
This is Summer Heat,
Pt has fever @ night, mental confusion, delirium, incoherent speech, hot body w/cold hands and feet, macules, a red tongue w/no coat, fine rapid pulse. What is the level?
a) blood
b) nutritive
b) nutritive
dx = heat in the pericardium
Pt has high fever, higher in afternoon, constipation, dry stools, burning anus, abd fullness and pain, irritability, delirium, red tongue w/thick yellow dry coat, and a deep full rapid pulse. Level?
a) blood
b) qi
c) nutritive
d) defensive
b) qi
Dx = intestine dry heat
delirium can be the qi level
Pt has continuous fever that decreases after sweating but soon increases again, a feeling of heaviness of the body and head, a feeling of oppression of the chest and epigastrium, nausea, loose stools. T= red w/sticky coat P= soggy rapid. What level?
a) blood
b) qi
c) nutritive
d) defensive
b) qi
Dx = damp heat in ST and SP
Pt has feeling of cold, cold limbs, bright white complexion, profuse sweating on the forehead, listlessness, a pale swollen and short tongue, and hidden slow scattered pulse. Level?
a) blood
b) qi
c) nutritive
d) defensive
a) blood
Dx = Collapse of Yang which is the blood stage
