Edema Flashcards
What are some common causes of edema?
Pregnancy Diet Diabetic Hypertension Injury trauma *Kidney Disease
4 Main causes in Western Medicine?
- Kidney Disease
- Heart Disease
- Nutritive Edema
- Endocrine Edema
What are the 4 organs that control water metabolism
Kidney, Lung and Spleen
How would Yang edema be presented?
Acute onset within several days
Origin: Top to Bottom
Excess, Heat Syndrome
Irritability. thirsty, scanty yellow urine, constipation, red and flushed face, rough breathing
Usually occurs in young individuals and middle age with a strong constitution
Pulse: slippery and forceful
How would Yin Edema be present?
Chronic onset Yang to Yin edema Deficient Cold Moves from lower limbs to upper limbs Intolerants to cold No thirst Scanty, but urine is not yellow Loose stool Diarrhea, listlessness Aggravated by overwork
What is edema?
Retention of fluid under the skin which may occur around the eyes, face, limbs, and abdomen
List the 4 types of Yang Edema
Wind Edema
Damp Heat Edema
Damp Edema
Toxic edema
List the 2 types of Yin Edema
Spleen Yang Deficiency
Kidney Yang Deficiency
Where would you look for signs of Edema?
Tibial
Eyelids
Gu Zhang - Abdominal edema
congested vein in the abdominal
How would you differentiate between Yin and Yang Edema?
Yin Edema
- Chronic onset, Yang turn into yin, Deficient Cold, Moves from lower limbs upwards, intolerant to cold, no thirst, scanty urine not yellow, loose stools, diarrhea, listlessness, aggravated by overwork
Yang Edema
acute onset, origin from top to bottom, excess heat syndrome, irritability, thirsty, scanty yellow urine, constipation, red and flush face, rough breathing, young and middle age, strong constitution, slippery and forceful pulse
General treatment principle for Edema
Edema is difficult to treat using needles, Chronic cases would have to combine with herbs
How would you treat upper and lower part of edema?
Upper part - Sweating
Lower part - Urinating and open ghost door (skin pore)
How would you treat the Zang Fu organs
Lung: disperse lung to remove waer
Spleen: Tonify earth to control water
Kid: warm kid, promote urination
What are the 4 elimination methods
Sweating
urination
skin
water with stool
Which meridian would you use to treat Yang Edema
Hand Taiyin and Yangming
Reducing method, no moxa
