CAM (A) Distinguishing Pts Flashcards
COUGH
Wind Cold
Pts? Important Sx?
Itching throat, thin white sputum
LU-7, LI-4, UB-13
+
LU-11 (Px & swelling of throat) Also in Wind Heat Cough
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
COUGH
Wind Heat
Pts? Important Sx?
Yellow sputum, choking cough
LU-7, LI-4, UB-13 (Also in W/C Cough)
LU-11 (Px & swelling of throat, also in W/C Cough)
+
DU-14, SJ-5 (Px & aversion to cold)
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
COUGH
Blockage of the LU by PHLEGM
Pts? Important Sx?
UB-13 (+ moxa)
+ LU-5, ST-40 (Phlegm)
+ Ren-12, ST-36
Profuse, white, sticky sputum, loss of app, stuffiness & dep of chest
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
COUGH
Def of Yin w/ Dryness of LU
Pts? Important Sx?
w/o sputum or scanty sputum, spitting/coughing blood, aftenoon fever, malar flush
UB-13
+LU-1, LU-7, KD-6
+UB-17, LU-6 (if coughing blood)
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
ASTHMA
Wind Cold
Pts? Type of breathing?
Rapid Breathing, cough w/thin sputum, lack of sweat
LU-7, LI-4 (moxa, rel ext) - also in W/C Common Cold
UB-13, UB-12 (cup)
DU-14
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
ASTHMA
Wind Heat
Pts? Type of breathing?
Rapid & SHORT Breathing, thick, yellow sputum
UB-13
Dingchuan, Ren-22
LU-5, ST-40 (Phlegm)
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
ASTHMA
LU Def
Pts? Type of breathing?
Rapid & SHORT Breathing, weak & low sound of cough
UB-13 (moxa)
LU-9
ST-36, SP-3 (promotes metal)
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
ASTHMA
KD Def
Pts? Important Sx?
SHORT Breath, severe wheezing, drawing in of soft tissues of neck, dyspnea on exertion
UB-13
KD-3, UB-23 (KD)
REN-17, REN-6
+Moxa DU-12, UB-43 (Persistent asthma)
+Moxa REN-12, UB-20 (SP def)
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
COMMON COLD
Wind Cold
Pts? Important Sx?
Lack of sweat/Anhidrosis + Soreness & px in Limbs
DU-16, UB-12, LU-7 (invasion of LU by W/C in GIO)
GB-20, LI-4
Moxa if patient is def
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
COMMON COLD
Wind Heat
Pts? Important Sx?
Sweating (W/C common cold has no sweat), has cough w/ yellow thick sputum but not “choking cough”-> in W/H Cough
DU-14, LI-11, LU-11, LU-10 (Heat)
SJ-5 (rel ext W/H)
LI-4
(UB-13 is in asthma & cough synd, NOT common cold)
WIND STROKE
Tense Synd
Pts? Important Sx?
Tightly closed hands & clenched jaws, EYES OPEN (similar to Excess syncope pattern)
DU-20, DU-26 (also in syncope & sunstroke)
+ ST-40, LiV-3, KD-1, jingwells
+ ST-6/7, LI-4 (if clenched jaw)
+ DU-15, REN-23, HT-5 (if Aphasia & stiffness of tongue)
WIND STROKE
Flaccid Synd
AKA “Abandoned Stoke”
Pts? Important Sx?
Mouth agape & EYES CLOSED
REN-8, REN-6, REN-4
(indirect moxa w/ salt)
WIND STROKE
Attack on meridians & collaterals
Pts? Important Sx?
Deviated mouth, hemiplegia, twitching, irritability
DU-20, UB-7, DU-16 (remove obstructions)
Lots more pts in book for
Upper limbs, lower limbs, upward disturbance of wind yang, excessive fire in HT & LiV, Deviated mouth… (p. 114)
SYNCOPE
Def Synd
Pts? Important Sx?
Mouth agape, feeble breathing, spontaneous sweat, pallor, cold limbs
Scyncope = sudden fainting
Eyes not mentioned in syncope synd but they are in WINDSTROKE
DU-26, DU-20,
PC-6, REN-6, ST-36 (reinforcing w/ general moxa)
SYNCOPE
Excess Synd
Pts? Important Sx?
Course breathing, rigid limbs, clenched jaws, fit of anger (emotional disturbance)
EYES not mentioned in syncope synd - but they are in WINDSTROKE
DU-26, LiV-3 (anger), KD-1 (also in Windstroke Tense Synd)
PC-9, PC-8, (synco-PC Excess)
LI-4
