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1
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Four Pillars

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Observation
Palpation
Auscultation/Olfaction
Inquiry

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3 Main Aspects Of Shen

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Embodiment of spirit
Vitality of Spirit
Luster of Spirit

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Wood Type

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Greenish complexion
Small head
Long face
Broad shoulders
Straight back
Sinewy body
Tall
Small hands and feet
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Fire Type

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Red complexion
Wide teeth
Pointed,small head
Well developed shoulder muscles
Curly hair or not much hair
Small hands and feet
Walks briskly
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Metal Type

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Pale complexion
Square face
Small head
Small shoulders and upper back
Flat abdomen
Strong voice
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Water Type

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Dark complexion
Wrinkly skin
Large head
Broad cheeks
Narrow shoulders
Large abdomen
Long spine
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Earth Type

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Yellowish complexion
Round face
Wide jaws
Large head
Well developed shoulders/back
Large thighs and calf mm
Well built mm
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Large overweight thighs

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Spleen Deficency

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Thin, emaciated body

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Blood or Yin deficency

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4 Attributes to normal complexion

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Luster
Subtle reddish hue
Contained color
Moisture

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11
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Whole Red Face

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Full heat

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12
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Red cheekbones

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Empty heat

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10 Methods of Inspecting the Complexion

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Deep/Floating
Clear/Turbid
Faint/Extreme
Scattered/Conglomerated
Sheen/Perishing
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Floating Complexion

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Supericial colors- disease is superficial or in the Fu Organs

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Deep Complexion

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Hidden inside the skin-Disease is interior or in the Zang Organs

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Clear Complexion

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Diesease is in Yang nature

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Turbid Complexion

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Diseases are yin in nature, Upright Qi is exhausted

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Faint Complexion

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Shallow, thin color

Indicates an empty condiiton

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Extreme Complexion

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Deep, thick color

Indicates a full comdition

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Scattered Complexion

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Dispersed, diffuse and scanty color

Indicates a new,mild or resolving condition

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Conglomerated Complexion

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Concensed and accumulated color
Indicates a serious or chronic
Condition

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22
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Sheen Complexion

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Moist and nourished color

Indicates vitality

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Perishing Condition

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Withered, dull and dry

Indicates a poor diagnosis and that Qi and Blood are weakened

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24
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Organ mapping on the face

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Forehead:Heart
Right Cheek: Lung
Left Cheek: Liver
Nose: Spleen
Chin: Kidney
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25
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Organ mapping on the eye

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Pupil: Kidney
Sclera: Lung
Inner and outer canthus: Heart
Eyelids: Upper=Spleen
              Lower= Stomach
Iris: Liver
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26
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Black Eye Sockets

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Spleen and Kidney Deficiency or water retnetion

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27
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Bleeding Gums

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Stomach Fire

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28
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Pale and Wet Tongu

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Yang Dificency

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29
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Pale and Dry Tongue

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Blood Dificency

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30
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Pale Tongue Sides

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Liver Blood Dificency

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31
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Red Sides of Tongue

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Liver Fire

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32
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Red Center on Tongue

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Full or empty heat in stomach

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33
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Reddish purple tongue

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Blood Stasis with Heat

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34
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Blueish Purple Tongue

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Blood Stasis with Cold

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35
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Tooth Marked

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Spleen Qi Deficency

36
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Red Joints hot to the touch

37
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Pitting Edema of Feet

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Kidmey Yang Deficency

38
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Pitting Edema of Hands

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Lung Yang Deficency

39
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Pale Nails

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Blood Deficiency

40
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Blue Nails

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Stasis of Qi and Blood or Cold Pattern

41
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Brittle Nails

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Deficency of Liver Blood

42
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Purple Nails

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Liver Blood Stasis

43
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White Spots on Nails

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Qi Deficency

44
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Reasons for Dry Skin

A 
Consumption of Body Fluids
Chronic Blood Stasis
Liver Blood Deficency
Stomach Yin Deficency 
Liver and kidney Yin Deficency
45
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Pulse Positions

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Cun (Front)
Guan (Middle)
Chi (Rear)

46
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Pulse:

The 3 Levels

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Superfical: Qi (Yang Organs)
Middle: Blood
Deep: Yin ( Yin Organs)

47
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Best time to take a pulse

48
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Which finger is the most sensitive while taking a pulse.

A

Ring Finger

49
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The pulse is stronger in……

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Men than women

50
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Normal Pulse

A

Stomach Qi
Spirit
Root

51
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Floating Pulse

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Felt with light pressure

Yin Deficency
Invasion of External Wind

52
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Deep Pulse

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Only felt on deeper pressure

EPI on the Interior (deep full)
Yang Deficency (deep weak)
53
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Slow Pulse

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Three Beats Per Respiration

Cold Pattern
Empty Cold ( Slow weak)
Dull Cold ( Slow full)
54
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Rapid Pulse

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More than 5 beats per Respiration

Heat Pattern
Full Heat ( rapid and full)
Empty Heat ( rapid and floating empty)
55
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Slippery Pulse

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Feels smooth, rounded, and slippery to the touch, as it were oily

Phlegm
Dampness
Retention of Food
Pregnancy

56
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Choppy Pulse

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Rough under the fingers like a jagged edge

Blood Deficency
Exhaustion of B.F

57
Q

Wiry Pulse

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Taut like a guitar string

Liver Disharmony
Pain
Phlegm

58
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Weak Pulse

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Can’t be felt on a superficial level but on a deeper level

Yang Deficency
Blood Deficiency

59
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Intermittent Pulse

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Stops at regular intervals

Serious problems with internal organs
Heart Problem

60
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Knotted Pulse

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Slow and it stops at irregular intervals

Cold with Heart Yang Deficiency

61
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Fixed Masses

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Blood Stasis

62
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Moveable Masses

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Qi Stagnation

63
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Relieved by Pressure

64
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Aggrevated by pressure

65
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Hard on Palpation

66
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Too Soft on Palpation

67
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Weepy Voice

68
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Laughing Voice

69
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Singing Voice

70
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Groaning Voice

71
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Shouting Voice

72
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Reluctance to Talk

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Cold or Lung Qi Deficency

73
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Loud Voice

74
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Weak Voice

75
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Sour Breath

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Retention of Food

76
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Sighing

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Liver Qi Stagnation

77
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10+2 Questions

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Chills/Fever
Respiration
Appetite,food,taste
Perspiration
Sleep/Fatigue
Head/Body
Abdomen/Chest
Defecation/Urination
Pain
Thirst
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Gyno
Childhood Diseases
78
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PQRST Characteristics

A 
P- Provacating and Precipitating Factors
Q- Quality of Pain
R- Radiation
S- Severity
T- Timing
79
Q

Shaoyang Headache

A

Headache near temples, around Taiyang

80
Q

Yangming Headache

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Located at forehead and super ciliary arch

81
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Taiyang Headache

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Pain at back of head and occipital eefion

82
Q

Taiyin Headache

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Headache accompanied by heaviness, fullness of abdomen and spontaneous sweating

83
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Shaoyin Headache

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Headache located deep inside the brain radiating to teeth. Accompanied with cyanosis of the nails

84
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Sudden Headache

85
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Gradual Headache

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