6 Warps of Diagnosis - the levels & info on the levels Flashcards
Progression of Disease ( the 6 levels)
1) TAI YANG - The Greater Yang 2) SHAO YANG - The Lesser Yang 3) YANG MING - Yang Brightness 4) TAI YIN - The Greater Yin 5) SHAO YIN - The Lesser Yin 6) JUE YIN - Terminal or Reverting Yin
Exterior, Interior or Pivot: TAI YANG
EXTERIOR
Exterior, Interior or Pivot: SHAO YANG
PIVOT
Exterior, Interior or Pivot: YANG MING
(turning to the) INTERIOR
Exterior, Interior or Pivot: TAI YIN
Most EXTERIOR of the INTERIOR
Exterior, Interior or Pivot: SHAO YIN
PIVOT
Exterior, Interior or Pivot: JUE YIN
PIVOT among the interior organs, bowels and channels
What organs associated with the level: TAI YANG
UB & SI
What organs associated with the level: SHAO YANG
GB & SAN JIAO (Triple burner)
What organs associated with the level: YANG MING
ST & LI
What organs associated with the level: TAI YIN
SP & LU
What organs associated with the level: SHAO YIN
HT & KD
What organs associated with the level: JUE YIN
LR & PC
Three keys to diagnose using the 6 warps:
1) location 2) temperature 3) strength or weakness of the RIGHT QI and of the EVIL QI
GREATER YANG CHANNEL: Wind Strike Patho-Mechanism
1) Exterior - vacuity - cold 2) Construction Qi that DOES NOT support the defense Qi in closing the pores against the exterior evil
GREATER YANG CHANNEL: Cold Damage Patho-Mechanism
1) exterior - repletion - cold 2) Defense Qi IS SUPPORTED by the Construction Qi and they strongly & quickly close the pores & lock the evil at the surface of the skin
GREATER YANG BOWEL: Water Amassment Patho-Mechanism
Evil enters bladder and impairs function so there’s improper regulation of waterways Fluids stop moving, and evil binds with collecting water.
GREATER YANG BOWEL: Blood Amassment Patho-Mechanism
Unresolved evil transforms into heat, enters b lood via TAI YANG, causes stagnation d/t heat
YANG BRIGHTNESS CHANNEL: Formless heat Patho-Mechanism
Formless heat fills the Yang Brightness channel
YANG BRIGHTNESS ORGAN: Heat with form Patho-Mechanism
Heat has entered the STOMACH and LARGE INTESTINE and cooked the food
The Six Warps diagnosis tells you:
The structural location of the disease
The nature of the disease
The state of the right qi & the evil qi
When disease is in the YANG channels….
- the treatment should________
- the RIGHT QI is ________
- the disease level is
- Promote sweat
- relatively STRONG
- More EXTERIOR
The GREATER YANG level is the
Most EXTERIOR level
The GREATER YANG level is more prone to:
COLD & EXTERIOR INVASIONS
The LESSER YANG level is _______ level
is the PIVOT
The LESSER YANG level is prone to
HEAT & COLD
YANG BRIGHTNESS is prone to
HEAT & DRYNESS / REPLETION DIGESTIVE
When disease is in the YIN channels….
- the treatment should________
- the RIGHT QI is ________
- the disease level is
- TONIFY / SUPPLEMENT BEFORE expelling the pathogen
- RIGHT QI is WEAKER
- more INTERIOR
The GREATER YIN is the _________level of all the yin channels
MOST EXTERIOR of the YIN channels
The GREATER YIN is prone to ________ disease
Dampness / vacuity digestive
LESSER YIN is a _________ level
PIVOT
LESSER YIN level is prone to _______ disease
Heat / Circulation issues
TERMINAL / REVERTING YIN is prone to ________ disease
Wind / Neurological issues
