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Advanced Diagnosis Test 2 Flashcards

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What does liver fire blazing upward headache feel like?

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Distention, bursting, bloating (too much qi in the head) head feels like a balloon
Similar to heavy feeling but not damp heavy

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liver fire blazing complexion

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red

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liver fire blazing eyes

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red, painful, swollen

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liver fire blazing mouth

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dry, thirsty

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liver fire blazing taste

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bitter taste

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liver fire blazing ear

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high pitched ringing

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liver fire blazing sleeping

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insomnia

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liver fire blazing personality

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irritable, easily angered

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liver fire blazing tongue

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red with yellow coat

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liver fire blazing pulse

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rapid, wiry, forceful

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liver fire blazing pathogenesis

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lifestyle: stress, emotional disturbance, over drinking, spicy food

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what is the first step to liver fire blazing

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liver qi stagnation due to emotional disturbance

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what is the second step to liver fire blazing headache

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qi stagnation turns into liver fire, blazes upwards and disturbs the orifices

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what does dampness obstruction of the head/orifices headache feel like

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head distention, heavy headache like a band or wrapped in a wet towel

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices mind

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foggy mind

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices middle jiao symptoms

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poor appetite
bloating
nausea
chest/epigastric distention

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices limbs

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heavy four limbs (discomfort in the whole body means severe spleen damp)

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices tongue

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white greasy coating

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices pulse

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soggy or slippery

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices pathogenesis

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lifestyle: running in the rain, living in a damp environment (Sp/St cannot work properly)

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices first step

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external dampness attacking the body (damp environment and running in the rain) obstructs the yang qi

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dampness obstruction of the head/orifices second step

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dampness ascends and obstructs the head, the yang qi is unable to ascend, the turbid yin qi is unable to descend

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how does dampness affect the yang qi

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healthy yang qi goes up and clears so turbid yin goes downward
unhealthy/deficient yang qi of the middle jiao makes the turbid yin unable to descend so it obstructs the head and orifices
dampness injures our yang qi and obstructs it

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what does head coldness feeling headache feel like

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feeling of coldness in the brain and head
likes wearing hats or wrapping the head with cloth, cannot tolerate cold and windy weather, usually accompanied by headache and dizziness

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head coldness in the vertex syndrome

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jue yin direct cold attack

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jue yin cold attack headache

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vertex

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jue yin cold attack complexion

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green

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jue yin cold attack temperature feeling

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fear of cold

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jue yin cold attack vomiting

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clear saliva and frothy sputum

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jueyin cold attack tongue

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white coating

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jue yin cold attack pulse

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tight, deep

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jue yin cold attack pathogenesis

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cold evil reaches the jue yin meridian either by direct invasion or from the exterior

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why are the jue yin symptoms at the head?

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the liver meridian ascends to the vertex

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why does jue yin cold attack have vomiting out saliva

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liver cold attacking the stomach causing vomiting out saliva

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jue yin cold attack treatment principle

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warm the liver and stomach

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Du meridian deficiency cold and kidney yang deficiency headache

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coldness at the forehead and vertex that may connect with the back vertebral column, varying in intensity, can be relieved by warmth, cannot be cured, and persisting

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du meridian cold deficiency and kidney yang deficiency temperature feeling

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cold

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du meridian deficiency cold and kidney yang deficiency facial complexion

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pale white, lusterless

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du meridian deficiency cold and kidney yang deficiency tongue

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pale, white coating

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du meridian deficiency cold and kidney yang deficiency pulse

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deep, thready

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Du meridian deficiency cold and kidney yang deficiency treatment principle

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warm the yang, tonify the qi, tonify the blood

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42
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where is the yang ming headache

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forehead

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43
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where is the shao yang headache

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temporal

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where is the tai yang headache

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nape and occiput

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45
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where is the jue yin headache

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vertex

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what are other symptoms of du meridian deficiency cold and kidney yang deficiency

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fatigue, lower back/knee pain/soreness/weakness

cold lower limbs

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what syndrome is head coldness feeling accompanied by head and nape stiffness and pain, aversion to cold, fever, and body aching, floating tight pulse

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wind cold attacking the tai yang

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what does liver yang hyperactive vertigo feel like

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heavy head, light feet, upper excess, lower deficient

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo head sensation

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distention, headache, heavy head

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo face complexion

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red

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo eyes

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red, swollen, painful

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo mouth taste

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bitter taste, dry mouth

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo ears

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high pitched ringing

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo sleeping

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insomnia, dreaming

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo personality

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irritable, easily angered

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liver yang hyperactive vertigo tongue

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red, yellow coat, cracks

could be greasy

57
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liver yang hyperactive vertigo pulse

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rapid, wiry

58
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liver yang hyperactive vertigo other symptoms

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lower back/knee problems

feels worse around 5:00

59
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liver yang hyperactive vertigo syndrome

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liver yang hyperactive with liver/kidney deficiency

60
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liver yang hyperactive vertigo pathogenesis

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lifestyle: anger, repressed emotions, stress

61
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liver yang hyperactive vertigo first step

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liver qi stagnation creating fire

62
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liver yang hyperactive vertigo second step

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liver fire consumes the yin causing liver/kidney yin deficiency

63
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liver yang hyperactive vertigo third step

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yin cannot hold the yang, liver yang hyperactive

64
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vertigo with blurred vision, aggravated by overthinking, sallow lusterless facial complexion, pale lips, palpitations, fatigue, breahtlessness, weakness, insomnia, poor appetite, loose stools SYNDROME

A

heart blood deficiency

spleen qi deficiency

65
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency vision

A

blurred with vertigo

66
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency complexion

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sallow, lusterless

67
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency lips

68
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency chest feelings

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palpitations

69
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency energy

70
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency breathing

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breathlessness

71
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency sleeping

72
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency middle jiao symptoms

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poor appetite, loose stool

73
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency tongue

74
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency pulse

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thready/weak

75
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HT blood deficiency SP qi deficiency pathogenesis

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overworking/thinking injures the spleen causing qi and blood deficiency
there is not enough blood and qi to ascend to nourish the head and orifices

76
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vertigo, poor vision, worse with fatigue, poor memory, empty feeling in head, low pitched rigning in ears, low back/knee pain, sexual function is poor SYNDROME

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kidney essence deficiency

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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo vision

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poor, worse with fatigue

78
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo memory

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poor memory

79
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo head feelings

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empty feeling in the head

80
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo ears

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low pitched ringing

81
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo pain

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low back and knee

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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo sexual function

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seminal emissions, low libido

83
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo tongue

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slim, pale red

84
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo pulse

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deep, thin, thready weak at Chi position

85
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo pathogenesis

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The brain is the sea of marrow. The brain is not fully filled due to? kidney essence deficiency. Kidney stores essence and generates marrow

86
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Kidney essence deficiency vertigo treatment principle

A

tonify the kidney

replenish essence

87
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Patient feels dizzy, in a daze, unclear mind, unable to think or react properly, unable to walk steadily, loss of balance five center heat, agitation, insomnia, sore back/knees, tremor or numbness of the limbs, red no coating tongue, thready rapid pulse. what is the diagnosis?

A

LV/KD yin deficiency

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LV/KD yin deficiency tongue

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red no coating

89
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LV/KD yin deficiency pulse

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thready rapid

90
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Dizziness, fatigue, weakness, lusterless facial complexion, dull sluggish spirit, flaccid limbs, purple tongue. what is the syndrome?

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Sp qi deficiency causing blood stasis

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tongue for sp qi deficiency causing blood stasis

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pale dull with purplish patches

thin white coating

92
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pulse for spleen qi deficiency causing blood stasis

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thready, soggy, choppy

93
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treatment principle for spleen qi deficiency causing blood stasis

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boost spleen
tonify qi and blood
invigorate blood/dispel blood stasis

94
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migraine headaches caused by

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vessel contraction

95
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migraine accompanying symptoms

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localized headache, stubborn severe pain, accompanied with nausea, affects one side of the head

96
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what is the syndrome for migraine headaches

A

liver yang hyperactive

blood stagnation

97
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dull headache with drowsiness, fullness at chest and epigastrium, stomach pain likes warmth, vomiting out saliva and phlegm, reversal coldness of four limbs, poor appetite syndrome

A

cold phlegm fluid obstruction of orifice causing dizziness

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treatment principle for cold phlegm fluid obstruction causing dizziness

A

warm middle jiao
remove phlegm damp fulid
resolve pain

99
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cold phlegm fluid obstruction of orifice causing dizziness tongue

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white greasy coating

100
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cold phlegm fluid obstruction of orifice causing dizziness pulse

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wiry, slippery

101
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cold phlegm fluid obstruction of orifice causing dizziness life style

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eating ice cream and drinking cold beer for more than 10 years

102
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first step cold phlegm fluid obstruction of orifice causing dizziness

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damp phlegm fluid obstructs middlejiao

103
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second step cold phlegm fluid obstruction of orifice causing dizziness

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spleen unable to ascend yang qi, turbidity phlegm obstructs orifices

104
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more tingling than numbness of the scalp, lusterless facial complexion, dizziness, palpitation, pale lips, pale nails syndrome

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blood deficiency

105
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blood deficiency tongue

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pale, thin coating

106
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blood deficiency pulse

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thready, forceless

107
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blood deficiency pathogenesis

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  1. overthinking

2. SP/ST deficiency

108
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more numbness than tingling of the scalp, vertigo, tiredness of the body and limbs, fullness of chest and epigastrium, vomiting out saliva and phlegm syndrome

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damp phlegm obstruction in meridian

109
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damp phlegm obstruction in meridian tongue

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thick greasy coating

110
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damp phlegm obstruction in meridian pulse

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wiry slippery

111
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damp phlegm obstruction in meridian pathogenesis

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blood stagnation

112
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treatment principle for scalp tingling/numbness

A

bleed/needle the scalp

113
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head dropping is mainly caused by

A

zang qi depletion, not enough strength to support the head

114
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head drooping with sallow facial complexion, emaciation, fatigue, limb weakness, breathlessness, unwilling to talk, poor appetite, loose stool syndrome

A

spleen qi depletion

clear yang qi unable to raise up

115
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spleen qi depletion tongue

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pale, puffy, may have teeth marks

116
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spleen qi depletion pulse

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thready, forceless

117
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spleen qi depletion pathogenesis

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clear yang qi unable to ascend

spleen qi descends

118
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head drooping with tinnitus, deafness, soreness and weakeness of the lower back and knees, difficulty in standing and walking, unstable gait, seminal emission, impotence syndrome

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brain marrow depletion

119
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brain marrow depletion tongue

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pale, little coating

120
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brain marrow depletion pulse

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deep, minute

121
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brain marrow depletion pathogenesis

A

brain is the sea of marrow
marrow is stored in KD
essentially a KD deficiency

122
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Head shaking is due to

A

liver yang generating wind

123
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head shaking pathogenesis

A

xue xu

liver yin deficiency

124
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early greying of hair, poor hearing and vision, dizziness, urination at night, frequent urination, lwoer back/knee pain, poor memory, sexual dysfunction syndrome

A

LV/KD essence deficiency

125
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LV/KD essence deficiency tongue

126
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LV/KD essence deficiency pulse

A

thready weak

127
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how is kidney related to greying hair

A

hair is the manifestation of kidney essence

128
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how is the liver related to greying of hair

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liver = blood

hair is the remainder of blood

129
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greying of hair, white dandruff, emaciation, palpitation, agitation, insomnia, dreaming a lot, declining, dry scalp syndrome

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Heart yin deficiency

130
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heart yin deficiency tongue

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red, little coating

131
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heart yin deficiency pulse

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thready rapid

132
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sudden greying in short period of time due to extreme emotional trauma, suppressed emotion, oppression and fullness of chest and hypochondrium, frequent sighing, irritability, no desire of eating or drinking syndrome

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liver qi stagnation

133
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liver qi stagnation tongue

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red, thin yellow coating

134
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liver qi stagnation pulse

135
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liver qi stagnation pathogenesis

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extreme trauma causing liver qi stagnation creating liver fire and heat, fire consumes blood, causing the hair to lack nourishment

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