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Diff of Synd KI, UB, HT, PC, SI, combination Flashcards

1
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kidney main function is to… (2)

A
  • store essence

- govern birth, reproduction, growth

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kidney dominates…

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bones

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kidney produces…

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marrow

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kidney fills up the…

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brain

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kidney opens into the…

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ears

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kidney controls which orifices…

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lower

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kidney manifests in the

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hair

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kidney is the foundation or root of the…

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congenital constitution

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kidney dominates water… and the recieving of…

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metabolism, qi

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10
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kidneys control what function of the bladder?

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opening and closing

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kidneys are the root of…

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pre-heaven qi

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12
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kidneys control which aspect of the body and life?

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strength and skill

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13
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kidneys loath what?

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dryness

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14
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the bladder stores and discharges urine under the control of the…

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kidney system

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15
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all urinary excess patterns are related to the…

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bladder

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16
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kidney yang deficiency main cause

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lifestyle

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17
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kidney yang deficiency causes

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  • old age
  • chronic disease
  • excess sexual activity
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18
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what happens when kidney yang is deficient and fails to tranform the fluids?

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the fluids will accumulate and result in clear and abundant urination and/or edema

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19
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when KI yang is xu it will fail to nourish which organ? causing what?

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SP, fatigue, apathy, lack of will power

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20
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when KI yang is deficient, what cannot ascend? what does this cause?

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clear yang. dizziness, ear ringing

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21
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key symptoms of KI yang deficiency

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  • deficient cold pattern symptoms
  • sore lumbar, knees
  • clear urination
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22
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Tongue of KI Yang Deficiency

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pale

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Pulse of KI Yang Deficiency

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deep, weak

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24
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KI Yin Deficiency concept

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the ki yin is consumed and fails to nourish the zang-fu and creates deficient internal heat

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25
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cause of KI Yin Deficiency

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  • chronic illness consuming body fluids
  • rapid loss of fluids from a warm heat disease
  • excess sexual activity
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Key symptoms of KI Yin Deficiency

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  • sore, weak lumbar and knees
  • nightsweats
  • dizziness and ear ringing
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27
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Tongue of KI Yin Deficiency

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Red Dry, scanty coat or no coat. possibly cracked

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Pulse of KI Yin Deficiency

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thready, floating-empty, slightly rapid

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KI Essence Deficiency cause

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  • hereditary weakness
  • postnatal deficiency leading to yuan qi deficiency
  • chronic disease
  • excessive sexual activity consuming the essence
  • loss of blood, too many childbirths
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30
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Ki Essence Deficiency symptoms

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  • retardation in children and poor bone development
  • reproduction issues
  • early senility

with no obvious cold or heat pattern

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31
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Tongue of KI Essence Deficiency

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depends if yin xu or yang xu

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32
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Pulse of KI Essence Deficiency

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floating-empty or leather

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33
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KI Qi Deficiency manifests mostly as…

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urinary issues

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34
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cause of KI qi deficiency

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  • hereditary weakness
  • excess work and/or sexual activity
  • chronic disease
  • aging
  • after childbirth
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35
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KI qi deficiency key symptoms

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  • incontinence
  • dribbling
  • profuse, clear leucorrhea
  • backache
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36
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Ki qi deficiency tongue

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pale

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37
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Ki qi deficiency pulse

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weak, deep, esp in rear Chi

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38
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KI Failing to Receive Qi (KI not Grasping LU Qi) concept

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LU Qi deficiency and KI Qi deficiency combined

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39
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KI failing to Receive Qi cause

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Chronic coughing damaging LU qi

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40
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Ki Failing to Receive Qi main symptom

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hard to inhale

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41
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KI Failing to Receive Qi symptoms

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  • panting, shortness of breath (SOB)
  • hard to inhale, worse with exertion
  • LB soreness
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42
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KI failing to receive qi tongue

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pale

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43
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KI failing to receive qi pulse

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large but forceless or deep, weak and tight

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44
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Damp Heat in Bladder main symptom

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UTI (means there is bacteria present)

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45
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Damp Heat in Bladder causes

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  • exogenous pathogenic factors

- over eating and drinking

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46
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Damp Heat in Bladder symptoms

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  • frequent urgent urination

- difficult and burning pain on urination

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47
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Damp Heat in Bladder Tongue

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Red with yellow sticky coat (possible spots on root of tongue)

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48
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Damp Heat in Bladder Pulse

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Slippery, rapid.

May be slightly wiry in left Chi

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49
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palpitations mean

A

HT or PC

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50
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HT is reflected in the …

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complexion

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51
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HT governs…

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blood and vessels to promote circulation

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52
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HT houses the…

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mind

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53
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Blood and yin are the…. of the mind

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residence

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54
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when blood and yin are flourishing, the mind will be…

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in a good state

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55
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the only EPF that affects the HT is…

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emotions

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56
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common co-patterns with HT

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  • LR Bld xu
  • KI yin xu
  • LR Fire
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57
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Joy affects the HT by…

A

slowing down (in a good way)

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58
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Sadness affects the HT by…

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depleting

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59
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Grief affects the HT by…

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depleting

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60
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Anger makes the HT qi..

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rise

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61
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Worry does what to the HT qi?

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knots it

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62
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Pericardium is about what relationship(s)?

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  • with others
  • chest pain
  • menstruation
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63
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HT is about relationship with…

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self

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64
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HT qi deficiency cause

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  • prolonged weakness in the body

- qi deficiency of the 5 zang

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65
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HT Qi Deficiency symptoms

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  • palpitations
  • mild chest distress
  • shortness of breath
  • pale face and general qi xu signs
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66
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HT Qi deficiency Tongue

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pale with white coat

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67
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HT Qi deficiency Pulse

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weak, rapid and weak, overflowing and empty

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68
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palpitations are defined as…

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the patient’s feeling of ht beat-NOT objective rate of ht

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69
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HT yang deficiency defining feature

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moist Tongue

70
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HT Yang Deficiency always comes secondary to…

71
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HT Yang Deficiency key symptoms

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  • palpitations
  • slight chest distress or pain
  • cold hands
  • general symptoms of Qi and Yang xu
72
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HT Yang Deficiency Tongue

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MOIST, pale with white coat

73
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HT Yang Deficiency Pulse

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  • Faint, weak and slow or

- severe-knotted and intermittent

74
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HT Blood Deficiency defining feature

A

Choppy Pulse

75
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HT Blood Deficiency causes

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SP qi fails to produce blood
severe hemorrhage
chronic disease impairing blood production
prolonged anxiety and worry

76
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HT Blood Deficiency symptoms

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  • palpitations
  • poor memory
  • insomnia
  • blood deficiency signs
77
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HT Blood Deficiency Tongue

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pale, thin, slightly dry

78
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HT Blood Deficiency Pulse

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Choppy or Fine

79
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difference between HT qi xu and HT bld xu palpitations

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daytime w/exertion vs. afternoon/evening even at rest

80
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HT Yin Deficiency defining feature

A

Crack to Tip of Tongue

81
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HT Yin Deficiency causes

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  • excessive and prolonged apprehension and anxiety which eventually injure HT yin
  • late stage of warm febrile disease- consumption of yin fluids
82
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which two patterns can lead to HT Yin Deficiency

A

KI and LR Yin Deficiency

83
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HT Yin Deficiency Key Symptoms

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  • palpitations
  • insomnia
  • usual signs of yin xu
84
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HT Yin Deficiency Tongue

A

dry red, may be deep midline crack to tip

85
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HT Yin Deficiency Pulse

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Thready and rapid, or floating and empty

86
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HT Bld xu vs. HT Yin xu related to sleep

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HT BLD XU-hard time getting to sleep

HT YIN XU-wake several times during night

87
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HT Fire is all about excess or deficiency?

88
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HT Fire causes

A
  • long term depression of the seven emotions causing qi stagnation, which eventually turns into fire
  • invasion of an exogenous fire pathogen
  • fatty food or alcohol
89
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HT Fire key symptoms

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  • feeling restless with hot sensation in chest
  • insomnia
  • heart vexation
  • mania/delirium
  • tongue ulcers
90
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HT Fire defining feature

A

bitter taste in morning after poor sleep

91
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HT Fire Tongue

A

red with crimson tip, yellow coat

92
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HT Fire Pulse

A

Powerful, rapid

93
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) defining feature

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insubstantial phlegm, confusion

94
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) causes

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  • transformation of dampness into phlegm
  • stagnation of qi activity due to emotional depression, causing body fluids to be retained, causing turbid phlegm
  • LR wind flaring upward, which also causes hidden phlegm to rise
95
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) in children presents as…

A

mental retardation

96
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) key symptoms

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mental disorders with phlegm patterns like gurgling sounds in throat and drooling

97
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) Tongue

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swollen with thick greasy coat, crack to tip

98
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) Pulse

99
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Phlegm Misting the HT Orifices (Mind) clinical manifestations (3)

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  • depressive psychosis
  • epilepsy
  • phlegm syncope (loss of consciousness)
100
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT defining feature

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emotional irritation

101
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT causes

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  • severe emotional irritation leading to qi stagnation which turns into fire and scorches the fluids into phlegm
  • exterior damp-heat that accumulates
  • exterior pathogenic heat which burns the body fluids into phlegm, which then goes to the HT
  • excess consumption of hot, spicy, greasy foods
102
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT key symptoms

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mental disorders with interior phlegm-fire (Yellow, sticky sputum)

103
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT Tongue

A

red with yellow greasy coat

104
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Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT Pulse

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overflowing, slippery, and rapid

105
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Small Intestine receives the excess…

A

heat from the HT

106
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SI main function is to…

A

receive and transform the food by separating the pure from the turbid

107
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SI main organ relationships are…

A

SP, LR, UB

108
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI causes

A

-heat in the HT shifts to the SI. Often due to emotional strain from anger, frustration, resentment, or worry

109
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI key symptoms

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  • ht fire w/ dark and scanty uring with burning pain on urination
  • abdominal pain
  • tongue ulcers
110
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI Tongue

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red with yellow coat

111
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Excess (Full) Heat in the SI Pulse

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rapid (overflowing)

112
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SI Qi pain defining feature

A

twisting pain

113
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SI Qi pain causes

A

LR Qi overacting on SP. can be acute or chronic

-chronic will have SP qi xu signs

114
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SI Qi pain Key Symptoms

A

abdominal twisting pain, borborygmus

115
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SI Qi pain Tongue

A

White Coat

116
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SI Qi pain Pulse

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deep-wiry, especially in rear positions

117
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SI Qi Tied defining feature

A

severe abdominal pain like appendicitis

118
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SI Qi Tied causes

A

LR Qi stagnation plus Cold in the intestine

119
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SI Qi Tied will lead to.. if not treatefd

A

LR Qi stagnation

120
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SI Qi Tied key symptoms

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severe abdominal pain, constipation, vomiting

121
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SI Qi Tied Tongue

A

thick white coat

122
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SI Qi Tied Pulse

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deep-wiry, especially in rear positions

123
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PC influenced both … and … in the creation of…. qi

A

HT, LU, zong

124
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PC is the propelling agent for Qi and BLd for both…

125
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PC patterns involve …. channel b/c of its upward influence into the …

126
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3 main functions of PC

A
  • protect the HT
  • house the mind
  • channel pathology
127
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Heat in the PC defining feature

A

wind-heat invasion, fever at night

128
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Heat in the PC cause

A

invasion of W-H that goes through the wei level to the ying level. Heat at ying level begins to injure body fluids and yin, clouds the mind, causes delirium. Heat so intense it blocks circulation of qi to the limbs, causing cold hands and feet

129
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Heat in the PC key symptoms

A

fever at night, delirium

130
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Heat in the PC Tongue

A

red, dry, no coat

131
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Heat in the PC pulse

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fine-rapid

132
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC defining feature

133
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC causes

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  • emotional disturbances create stagnation in the HT, which creates heat and eventually fire
  • Diet of greasy, hot foods creating phlegm
134
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC Key symptoms

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  • feeling of heat and oppression in chest

- unbalanced mental symptoms

135
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC Tongue

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red and swollen with sticky coat

136
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Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC Pulse

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full rapid, slippery or full, rapid wire, or rapid overflowing, slippery

137
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Blood Deficiency in the PC defining feature

A

Pulse “hard” on left cun

138
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Blood Deficiency in the PC causes

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blood flow is deficient, causing improper “residence” of the mind

139
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Blood Deficiency in the PC key symptoms

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discomfort of chest
palpitations
insomnia

140
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Blood Deficiency in the PC tongue

A

pale, thin, slightly dry

141
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Blood Deficiency in the PC Pulse

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choppy or fine, slightly “hard” in left cun position

142
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Disharmony of HT and KI concept

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KI Yin Xu failing to ascend to cool the HT fire. Causes hyperactivity of HT fire, consuming HT yin

143
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Causes of Disharmony of HT and KI

A

apprehension and anxiety which turn into fire, injuring HT and KI yin

  • prolonged illness
  • excess sexual activity
144
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Disharmony of HT and KI key symptoms

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palpitations, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, nocturnal emissions, weakness and aching in back and knees along with general yin xu

145
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Disharmony of HT and KI tongue

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red, dry or no coat

146
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Disharmony of HT and KI pulse

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thready and rapid

147
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HT and KI Yang Deficiency concept

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HT and KI yang deficiency-not able to warm the whole body, failing to move qi, bld, fluids. Causing bld stasis, fluid retention, cold.

148
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Disharmony of HT and KI key symptoms

A

palpitations, cold body and limbs, edema, deficiency cold pattern signs

149
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Disharmony of HT and KI tongue

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light-dark or purple with whites, slippery coat

150
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Disharmony of HT and KI pulse

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deep, thready, faint

151
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Deficiency of HT and SP concept

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over time the deficiencies cause failure in the source for producing qi and bld and failure to control the bld

152
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Deficiency of HT and SP causes

A
  • chronic disease
  • too much worry and anxiety
  • irregular diet damaging SP/ST
  • major hemorrhage
153
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Deficiency of HT and SP tongue

154
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Deficiency of HT and SP pulse

A

thready and weak

155
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency concept

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abnormal heart/mind and failure of nourishment to the eyes and other bld xu patterns

156
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency causes

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  • worry and anxiety injuring heart blood
  • excessive loss of blood
  • spleen deficiency failing to generate blood
157
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency symptoms

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palpitations, insomnia, poor appetite, abdominal distention, chronic hemorrhage, usual signs of qi and bld deficiency

158
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HT and KI Yang deficiency main sign

159
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency tongue

A

pale and thin

160
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HT and LR Blood Deficiency pulse

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choppy, fine or thready

161
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency concept

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KI and LU xu combined create deficient heat

162
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency causes

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dry heat injuring LU yin. Further KI yin xu caused by lack of LU fluid going to KI.

163
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency symptoms

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cough with scanty sputum, aching back and knee joints, nocturnal emissions, general symptoms of deficient heat pattern

164
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency tongue

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red with dry coat

165
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency pulse

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thready and rapid

166
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KI and LU Yin Deficiency main cause

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LU yin not descending, causing KI yin xu

167
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LR Fire Insulting the LU concept

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LR qi is ascending too much and insulting the LU

168
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LR Fire Insulting the LU causes

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depression and anger that lead to LR stagnation, which transform into fire

169
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LR Fire Insulting the LU symptoms

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cough with thick sticky yellow and/or blood in sputum, burning pain in chest and hypochondrium, angry outbursts and other excess fire symptoms

170
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LR Fire Insulting the LU tongue

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red with dry yellow coat

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LR Fire Insulting the LU pulse

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wiry and rapid

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