8 PRINCIPLE PATTERN DIAGNOSIS

Question 1

The 8 principles are…

Answer 1

1) exterior / interior
2) cold / heat
3) vacuity / repletion
4) yin / yang

Question 2

when there is vacuity you want to

Answer 2

restore the right

Question 3

when there is repletion you want to

Answer 3

dispell the evil

Question 4

What is a combination?

Answer 4

signs of 2 or more of the UN-PAIRED -OR- signs of both INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

Question 5

What is a conversion?

Answer 5

the change of on principle by symptoms of the opposing principle of the pair (ie.exterior to interior)

Question 6

What is a complex

Answer 6

When you have bothe cold/heat and vacuity/repletion signs

Question 7

Exterior Patterns effect the _________ and indicate

Answer 7

Exterior Patterns ONLY THE EXTERIOR (skin, body hair, skin flesh and superficial channels); They indicate that DISEASE IS IN INITIAL STAGES AND RELITIVELY MILD

Question 8

Exterior Pattern signs:

Answer 8

1) Aversion to COLD & to WIND
2) FEVER
3) HEADACHE
4) PAIN IN LIMB JOINTS
5 FLOATING PULSE

Question 9

Exterior Pattern signs are in Western Terms

Answer 9

• Upper Respitory tract infections

- acute infectious disease like common cold & influenza in their initial stages are exterior

Question 10

The wei qi obstucted by & fighting an external evils gives rise to

Answer 10

can give rise to fire.

Question 11

Evil QI IN THE CHANNELS impairing the SMOOTH FLOW OF BLOOD & QI can cause

Answer 11

HEADACHE & PAIN IN THE LIMB JOINTS.

Question 12

EXTERIOR COLD PATTERN signs (1-6)

Answer 12

1) alot of Aversion to cold
2) headache
3) body (generalized) pain
4) moist white thin tongue coat
5) tight floating pulse
6) runny nose w clear nasal mucus, & clear thin phlegm

Question 13

EXTERIOR COLD patterns are caused by

Answer 13

WIND-COLD EVIL

Question 14

EXTERIOR HEAT patterns signs (1-6)

Answer 14

1) red sore throat
2) red tongue with dry coating
3) in addition to exterior s/sx: FLOATING & RAPID pulse
4) cough
5) thick white/yellow phlegm
6) a little aversion to cold

Question 15

Treatment for Exterior Cold

Answer 15

Warm the exterior

Question 16

Treatment for Exterior Heat

Answer 16

Cool the exterior

Question 17

EXTERIOR HEAT patterns are caused by

Answer 17

Wind-heat evil

Question 18

EXTERIOR REPLETION pattern s/sx (1-3)

Answer 18

1) NO SWEATING
2) TIGHT & FLOATING PULSE
3) Exterior S/Sx

Question 19

EXTERIOR REPLETION caused by

Answer 19

An EXUBERANT COLD EVIL that obstructs the wei Qi and blocks the interstices which leads to no sweating and tight floating pulse

Question 20

Treatment for Exterior Repletion

Answer 20

Warm the exterior

Question 21

EXTERIOR VACUITY pattern s/sx (1-4)

Answer 21

1) a LOT OF SWEATING
2) FEVER
3) Constuction & wei Qi disharmony (thus body’s resistance to external evils is lowered and the sweating fails to expel the evil)
4) MODERATE FLOATING PULSE

Question 22

Treatment for EXTERIOR VACUITY

Answer 22

Harmonize Constuction & Wei Qi

Question 23

Points for EXTERIOR COLD PATTERNS

Answer 23

LI 4
SP 6
GB 20
GB 15
SI 3
UB 12
KI 7
UB 13

Question 24

Points for EXTERIOR HEAT patterns

Answer 24

LU 10
LI 4
LI 11
DU 14
KD 7
UB 13

Question 25

Points for EXTERIOR VACUITY PATTERNS

Answer 25

LU 9 - to supplement the exterior
ST 36 - to supplement the exterior
LI 4 - to supplement the exterior
GB 20 - to supplement the exterior
LI 4 -  to check vacuity sweating
KD 7 -  to check vacuity sweating

Question 26

Points for EXTERIOR REPLETION

Answer 26

LU 5 
LU 7
LU 11
DU 14
AND
LI 4
KD 7

Question 27

INTERIOR PATTERNS may occur when

Answer 27

1) one or more of the 6 evils (excesses) passes from exterior to the interior
OR
2) caused by affect (emotional?) damage, taxation fatigue, or dietary irregularities THAT DIRECTLY affect the BOWELS & VISCERA, BLOOD, QI & FLUIDS

Question 28

INTERIOR PATTERNS that occur in externally contracted febrile diseases distinction must be made

Answer 28

BTWN heat, repletion, cold & vacuity

Question 29

INTERIOR HEAT & REPLETION: S/SX

when exterior evil interiorizes and TRANSFORMS TO HEAT (1-4)

Answer 29

1) Fever WITHOUT aversion to cold
2) Red tongue w/ yellow coat
3) Rapid pulse
4) Short Voidings of reddish urine
(all of these indicate pronounced interior heat)

Question 30

INTERIOR REPLETION S/SX (1 - 4)

Answer 30

Interior Repletion, is exterior evil penetrating the interior can cause:
1) pain, distension & fullness in chest and abdomen
2) hard stool (constipation)
3) sunken replete pulse
4) thick, slimy yellow tongue coat
NOTE: these signs are indicative of gastro-intestinal heat-bind (ie. interior repletion)

Question 31

INTERIOR COLD & VACUITY S/SX

Answer 31

iNTERIORIZATION of evils can produce cold or vacuity:

1) no fever
2) aversion to cold
3) vomiting,
4) chest pain,
5) diarrhea
6) no thirst
7) moist white tongue coat
8) moderate soggy pulse