Constipation Flashcards
What are the seven patterns of constipation?
Accumulation of heat, qi stagnation, accumulation of cold, qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency, yang deficiency.
What is the best point combination for constipation pain?
SJ6 and KI6.
Which pattern includes dry stools, dark and scanty urine, flushed face, irritability, dry mouth, foul smell in the mouth, pain and distention in the abdomen, sometimes with fever, red tongue, yellow and dry coating, slippery and forceful pulse?
Heat accumulation.
What is the tx principle for heat accumulation?
Clear heat, moisten intestines, and remove obstruction.
What is the formula for heat accumulation?
Ma zi ren wan.
What are the points for heat accumulation?
UB25, ST25, SJ6, KI6, LI4, LI11.
Which pattern includes constipation or there is an urgent tendency of bowel movement but can’t discharge, distending pain in the abdomen, epigastric and hypochondriac region, frequent belching, poor appetite, pink tongue, thin and greasy coating, wiry pulse?
Qi stagnation.
What is the tx principle for qi stagnation?
Sooth qi and remove obstruction.
What is the formula for qi stagnation?
Liu mo tang.
What are the points for qi stagnation?
UB-25, St-25, SJ-6, K-6, Ren-12, LV-13.
Which pattern includes difficult defecation, urgent abdominal pain, abdominal distension with refusing to be touched, cold hands and feet, hiccup, vomiting, white greasy tongue coating, wiry and tight pulse?
Accumulation of cold.
What is the tx principle for cold accumulation?
Warm the interior, disperse cold, remove obstruction, and stop pain.
What is the formula for cold accumulation?
Da Huang fu zi tang.
Which pattern includes dry stools, or the stools are not dry, one bowel movement every several days, there is tendency of bowel movement, but they can’t push it out, they don’t have enough force, there is sweating and shortness of breath because of giving force, and even dyspnea, very fatigue after bowel movement, dislikes to speak, pale tongue, thin white coating, weak pulse?
Qi deficiency.
What is the tx principle for qi deficiency?
Tonify qi and moisten the intestines.