Body Fluid Patterns Flashcards
Pathology of Body Fluids (2 types)
Body-Fluid Def and Edema
Causes of Body Fluid Def (7)
- Diet (drying foods and irregular eating)
- Yin Def
- Heavy Loss of Blood
- Profuse Sweating
- Profuse Diarrhea
- Profuse Vomiting
- Severe, chronic blood def
What kind of Pathology?
Dry Skin and dry cough
Def Body Fluids of the Lung
What kind of Pathology?
Dry tongue with horizontal cracks and a dry mouth without a desire to drink or with a desire to drink in small sips
Def Body Fluids of the ST
What Kind of Pathology?
Scanty Urine, a dry mouth at night and dry throught
Def Body Fluids of the KID
What kind of Pathology?
Dry Stools
Def Body Fluids of LI
Edema of the lungs is caused by ______ and appears where?
Lung not diffusing and descending fluids, and appears in the UJ, face and hands
Edema of the SP is caused by _____and appears where?
Spleen not transforming and transporting, and appears in the MJ, abdomen and Limbs
Edema in the KD is caused by_________and appears where?
Kidney not transforming and excreting fluids, appears in the LJ, lower part, legs and ankles.
Cause of Pitting Edema
Def of Yang of SP, LU, or KD
Non-Pitting Edema is caused by
Qi stagnation or Dampness
Substantial Phlegm is
LU Phlegm
Phlegm that is retained subcutaneously or in the channels is
Non-Substantial Phlemg
What is the Pathology?
Oppression of the chest, nausea, a feeling of muzzines of the head and dizziness
T: Swollen body with Sticky Coating
P: Slippery or Wiry
Essential Manifestation of generalized Phlegm
What is the Pathology?
Lumps under the skin, nerve ganglia swelling, swelling of lamp nodes or thyroid, lipomas
Phlegm under the skin
What is the Pathology?
Numbness
Phlegm in the channels
What is the Pathology?
Mental Illness, mental confusion, depression, anxiety
Phlegm in the HT
What is the Pathology/
Gall Bladder and Kidney tones
Phlegm in GB or KI
What is the Pathology?
Bone deformation in chronic rheumatoid arthritis
Phlegm in the Joints
Name the 6 Types of Phlegm
- Wind-Phlegm
- Phlegm-Heat
- Cold-Phlegm
- Damp-Phlegm
- Qi-Phlegm
- Phlegm Fluids
What type of Phlegm?
Dizziness, Nausea, Vomiting, numbness of the limbs, caughing, coughing of phlegm, a rattling in the throat and aphasia. Meniers Disease
Wind-Phlegm
What type of Phlegm?
Expectoration of yellow-sticky phlegm, a red face, dry mouth and lips, restlessness
T: red tongue with sticky-yellow coating
P: rapid-rolling pulse
Phlegm Heat
What type of Phlegm?
Expectoration of white-watery phlegm, a cold feeling in the limbs and back, nausuea
T: pale with white-wet coating
P: deep-roiling-slow pulse
Cold-Phlegm
What type of Phlegm?
Expectoration of a very profuse phlegm which is white and sticky, no appetite-no thirst, a feeling oppression in the chest and epigastrium.
T: Sticky Tongue Coating
P: Rolling Pulse
Damp-Phlegm
