Blood deficiency Flashcards
Signs and symptoms of blood deficiency
Numbness, grey skin, pale tounge and dry skin.
Aetiology of blood deficiency
Poor diet, weak digestion (as spleen nourishes all blood), heavy bleeding.
Organs symptoms of blood deficiency
Heart- palpitations
Liver- Brittle nails
What should you avoid for blood deficiency
Black tea and coffee due to depletion of minerals.
Find the source
What supplement could be good?
Iron, B 12 and magnesium.
What can you include in nutrition?
Red food/ dark and leafy
Signs and symptoms of blood stasis
Dark complexion, stabbing pain (fixed) bleeding with dark clots.
Blood stasis tongue
Purple, distension of viens
Pulse in blood stasis
Tight and wiry
Aetiology blood stasis
Qi deficiency, Wi stasis , heat in bloody, localised trauma
Organ symptoms liver, stomach and uterus
Liver and Uterus- clots bigger than 2.5sm
Stomach: vomiting of blood (red flag). Blood in stools
What is the main underlying cause of blood stasis?
Diet
One way to advice on blood stasis
Move Qi in cases of blood deficiency or stagnation
Food that disperse stagnation
Chives, onions and warm spices
Ingredients in a tea to help move in blood stasis
Cinnamon, ginger and tangerine peel
Signs and symptoms of blood heat
Feeling hot, visible eruptions and veins
Blood heat tongue
Red
Blood heat pulse
Rapid
Aetiology blood heat
Diet, blood infections, emotions
Affected organ of blood heat
Liver
Things to be avoided blood heat
Alcohol, hot
Blood cooling foods
Bitters, cucumber, celery
What’s another way to look at deficiency of body fluids
Dehydration
Signs and symptoms
Dry skin, mouth, nose , tounge
