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8 Principle Patterns - Full/Empty Conditions Flashcards

1
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List the type of External Causes of Disease

A 
Climactic: 
Wind
Dry 
Dampness
Summer-Heat
Cold
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List the type of Internal causes of disease

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Qi Stagnation
Blood Stasis
Internal Wind
Internal Dampness
Internal Cold
Phlegm
Heat
Fire
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3
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Full conditions are Excess or Deficient Patterns?

Empty Conditions are Excess of Deficient Patterns?

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Full - Excess, Empty - Deficient

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4
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Is stagnation a full or empty condition?

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Full Condition

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5
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Full conditions can be:

Climactic 
Stagnation of Substance
EPF
IPF
 All of the above
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All of the above

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6
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Full pattern can be the stagnation of substances. List the substances:

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Qi - yang, Blood - Yin, or Phlegm

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7
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Empty conditions are a deficiency of the:

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Yin or Yang Body substances:

QI - Yang or Blood - Yin

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8
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Excess Yang is __________heat.

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Full

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9
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Excess Yang or Full Heat can come from what factors?

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EPF - Wind, Cold, Damp, Wind Heat, Summer heat, dry
IPF - Diet, stress, Heat from transformation of other pathologies. ie: Cold/damp can become hot- stagnation becomes heat.

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10
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Deficient Yang is Empty ________.

A

Cold

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Symptoms of Excess Yang or Full Heat patterns:

Hint: Excess patterns have BIG symptoms.

A 
Hot- high fever
Sweating
Thirsty and want cold drinks
Dark urine
Pulse: rapid and Full
Tongue: Red, Thick Full yellow/brown tongue coat
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12
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Treatment principle for Full Heat or Excess Yang

A

Sedate yang
Reduce yang
Reduce PF
Reduce stagnation of yang

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13
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Excess Yin or Full Cold can come from what factors?

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Also big and full symptoms:
EPF - Wind, Cold, Wind-cold, damp (damp basement)
IPF - Diet with cold and damp foods, Uterus can become cold (cold benches), can penetrate channels (camping in the damp cold), frostbite in joints.
Yin stagnation - Blood and Fluid stagnation (Phlegm)

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14
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Symptoms of Full Cold or Excess Yin

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Cold, wears sweaters in AC, 
Excess condition = Severe pain
Cold - painful menstrual cramps
Back pain
Bright White Complexion
Pulse - Deep and Slow - Yin Pathogen 
Pulse - Full condition makes slow but does not occlude or weaken with pressure
Tongue- Pale, can be swollen, Full tongue has white coat
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15
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Etiology of Empty Cold/ Deficient Yang

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Diet - cold or raw diet
Overexertion
Physical work/exercise or physical taxation

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16
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Treatment principles for Full Cold or Excess Yin

A

Sedate Yin
Clear and expel PF
Clear Blood and Phlegm stagnation

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17
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Yang deficiency is deficient of healthy yang for qi transformation, transportation, metabolism, digestion, libido, energy.

True or False

A

True

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18
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Yang Deficiency or Empty Cold Symptoms:

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This is an empty condition - not as severe symptoms:
Aversion to cold
Cold limbs
Copious, pale urine (because not enough yang qi to transform fluids)
Prefers warm water, not as thirsty
Cocks crow diarrhea (AM) - Chronic and Urgent (not enough yang qi to hold stools together)
Mild Pain - morning stiffness (Deficient Yang)
Fatigue
Pulse: Deep, slow deficient pulse, will occlude with pressure because not enough Qi to fight back under finger and will weaken or disappear.
Tongue: Pale, thin white coat, wet, swollen, a little damp,

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19
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Yang Deficiency - Treatment strategy

A

Tonify Yang - use Moxa

20
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Dryness of mouth, eyes, lips. Slightly thirsty, hot in the later afternoon or evening and has 5 palm heat, hot flashes, and irritable. Tongue has cracks, dry and reddish with peeling. The pulse is rapid and thin and occludes with pressure. What is the pathology?

A

Yin deficiency - Empty Heat

Width of pulse measures Yin substances (ST fluids, Blood, KI Yin). This pulse is Thin.

21
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Treatment Principle for Empty heat/ Yin Deficiency

A

Tonify Yin with acupuncture, herbs, diet

22
Q

List the following Treatment Strategies:
Empty
Full

A

Empty - Tonifying substance or deficient organ

Full- Sedate or expel PF (IPF or EPF)

23
Q

8 Principles - List

A

Interior/Exterior - Location
Hot/Cold - Nature
Full/Empty - PF present and state of Zheng Qi
Yin/Yang

24
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Interior or Exterior pattern:

Skin, muscles, space between skin and muscles, channels, muscles, space where Wei qi and sweat circulates - Coi Li aka: jin-wei matrix.

A

Exterior - first invaded by EPF
*Note, not all skin conditions are exterior conditions as most dermatology are interior patterns stuck or clearing through skin.
External invasions of wind, climactic factor into channels, Bi Syndrome, painful obstruction - (fly fishing)

25
Q

Simultaneous fever and chills. Is this exterior or interior pattern?

A

Exterior

Low grade fever, skin hurts, cold, getting sick
Superficial pulse (independent pulse with light pressure)
Floating pulse - depth push and feel movement out.

26
Q

All deficiencies and full conditions that are not wind are:

Interior or Exterior

A

Interior
Thirst, dark urine, restless, agitated, hot tempered, aversion to heat, rapid pulse, red, hot, swollen everywhere, burning sensations, red complexion.
Tongue: Red, yellow coat.

27
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Thick Yellow Tongue - Full or Empty Heat

A

Full

28
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Thin Yellow tongue - Full or Empty condition

A

Empty

29
Q

Full or Empty

Pulse Rapid, Full, Big

A

Full Heat

30
Q

Full or Empty

Pulse Rapid and Thin

A

Empty Heat - Yin Deficiency - Yin fluids are thin and rapid indicates heat.

31
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Describe a Full Cold pulse and Tongue

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Pulse: Slow, deep, tight, but does not occlude with pressure.
Tongue: Thick white coat

32
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Describe an Empty Cold Pulse and Tongue

A

Pulse: Slow, deep, weakens with pressure
Tongue: Pale, thin white coat or wet spit lines

33
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Is stagnation a full or empty condition?

A

Full

34
Q

Is deficiency is a full or empty condition? Give examples:

A

Empty

Deficiency of body substances: Qi (yang), Blood, Jin Ye, Phlegm (yin)

35
Q

Full conditions have big symptoms. True or False

A

True

36
Q

Severe pain is a deficient condition or an excess condition?

A

Excess

37
Q

Why does yang deficiency sometimes present with pale, copious urine?

A

There is not enough yang qi to properly transform fluids.

38
Q

What is a full/excess condition characterized by?
What is an empty/deficiency condition characterized by?
What is a mixed condition characterized by?

A

Full - presence of PF and intact Zheng qi
Empty - weak or deficient Zheng qi
Mixed - Presence of pF and weak Zheng qi

39
Q

Define the 8 Principles

A

Exterior/Interior - Locatoin
Hot/Cold - Nature
Full/Empty - PF present and state of body - Zheng Qi - Upright Qi
Yin/Yang

40
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What is coi li?

A

The space between the skin and muscles where wei qi and sweat circulates.

41
Q

Define the Exterior

A

Skin, Muscles, Channels, Space between skin and muscles. The place where first invaded by EPF.

42
Q

True or False:

Most dermatology is an exterior pattern.

A

False - most dermatology is an interior pattern stuck or clearing through the skin.

43
Q

Name some external conditions

A

Invasions of wind of all kinds (wind/heat, wind/cold)
Exterior invasion of climactic factor into the channels
Bi Syndrome - painful obstruction syndrome - cold invades channels

44
Q

Symptoms of simultaneous fever and chills, is this an exterior or interior pattern?

A

Exterior

Low grade fever, cold, skin hurts, getting sick, superficial pulse or floating pulse

45
Q

Describe and interior condition

A

Hot, fever, thirst, dark urine, restlessness, agitated, hot tempered, aversion to heat, burning sensation.
Pulse: Rapid, Big, Full
Tongue: Red, yellow coat

46
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Describe a cold condition

A

Aversion to cold, no thirst, pain, pale complexion,
Full cold - sharp cramping pain
Empty cold - Dull pain - yang deficiency - am stiffness
Pulse: Deep, slow, tight,
Pale Tongue. Full - thick white coat, empty thin coat or wet with spit lines

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