Eight Principle Pattern Flashcards
Which principles belong to the Yang aspects?
Excess, Heat and exterior
What are the 8 principles
- Heat and Cold
- Yin and Yang
- Exterior and Interior
- Deficiency and Excess
Interior, Cold and Deficiency
Belongs to the Yin aspect in the 8 principles
Causes of Exterior Syndrome
Invasion of the 6 Yin via the Skin, hair, mouth and nose.
Commonly seen in the early stages of disease
Sudden onset and short durations
Fever with aversion to cold, headache and general aching stuffy running nose, itching of throat, sneeze, cough
Tongue: thin and white tongue coating
Pulse: Floating, superficial
Manifestation of Exterior Syndrome
POT for exterior syndrome?
Relieve exterior syndrome with drugs pungent in flavor
Causes of Interior Syndrome
*hint 3 causes
- Transmission of exogenous pathogenic factors from exterior to interior
- Exogenous pathogenic factors directly attacking the zang fu organs
- Functional disturbance of the Z-F organs by emotional factos, improper diet or overstrain
Manifestation of Interior Syndrome - Include Tongue and Pulse
High Fever and aversion to heat, low fever, hectic fever, irritability, mental confusion, and thirst with desire to drink, cold limb, abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, vomiting, scanty dark urine
Tongue: Thick Tongue coating
Pulse: Deep
Warm interior, clear away heat, nourishing Yin or reinforce Yang
POT for interior syndrome
Exogenous pathogenic factors stay between the exterior and interior
Half exterior and half interior syndrome
Causes of Half exterior and interior
The evil Qi fails to transmitted completely to the interior or the right Qi is not strong enough to expel the evil Qi to the body surface
Alternating Chills and fever, discomfort and fullness iin the chest and hypochondrium, vexation, nausea, anorexia, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, blurring of vision and taut pulse
Manifestation of half exterior and half interior
Cold Syndrome Definition
Pathological conditions which result from the invasion of exogenous pathogenic cold or from deficiency of Yang in the body
Causes of Cold Syndrome
Invasion of exogenous pathogenic Yin cold
Exhaustion of Yang Qi after prolonged disease
Excessive internal cold caused by eating too much raw and cold food
aversion to cold, preference for warmth, pallor, cold limbs, lying in a curled up posture, tasteless mouth (craving for salt), absence of thirst, clear sputum, saliva and nasal discharge, increase amount of clear urine, loose stools
Tongue: Pale, white moist coating
Pulse: Slow or tense
Manifestation of Cold Syndrome
Pathological conditions caused by the invasion of exogenous pathogenic heat or by excessive yang or deficiency of yin in the body
Heat Syndrome
Causes of Heat Syndrome
Invasion of exogenous pathogenic heat
transformation of exogenous pathogenic cold into heat which they goes into the interior
Depressed emotions turning into heat
Food retention transforming into heat
Yin deficiency leading to yang hyperactivity resulting from exhaustion of essence due to excessive sexual activities
Manifestation of Heat Syndrome + Tongue and Pulse
Aversion to heat, preference for cold, thirst with preference for cold drinks, flushed face, red eyes, irritability, restlessness, yellow and thick sputum and nasal discharge, nose bleed, epistaxis, deep yellow and scanty urine, constipation
Tongue: Red, yellow dry coating
Pulse: rapid
Upper body: Dysphoria with heat sensation in chest, halitosis, and swelling and pain of the gums
Lower body: Abdominal pain alleviated by warmth and loose stools
Heat in the upper and cold in the lower
Upper: Chronic epigastralgia and clear vomitus
Lower: Yellow and scanty urine, frequent and painful urinations
Cold in the upper and heat in the lower
heat in the bladder
Causes of exterior cold and interior heat
Interior heat constitution attacked by exogenous pathogenic wind cold exogenous pathogenic factors going inward and turning into heat while
Exterior cold has not been expelled
Manifestation of Exterior Cold and interior heat
Exterior cold syndrome: Aversion to cold, no sweating, fever, asthmatic breathing
Interior heat syndrome: irritability, thirsty, red tongue, white and yellow coating
Causes transformation of cold syndrome into heat syndrome
- excessive yang in body
2. improper treatment with large doses of drug of a warm and dry nature
Causes of transformation of heat syndrome into cold syndrome
- excessive Yin in the body
2. Delayed or improper treatment - damaged yang qi
True Heat with false cold SnS
False cold: cold limbs, deep pulse, excessive internal heat hinders the yang Qi from reaching the exterior - excessive yang manifesting as yin
True Heat: fever, feverish sensation in chest, absence of aversion to cold but aversion to heat, thirst with preference for cold drinks, yellow and scanty urine, constipation, deep, rapid forceful pulse, red tongue, and yellow coating
SnS True cold with false heat
False heat: fever, thirst, flushed face and full pulse - excessive Yin cold forces yang to exterior
True cold: wants to cover his/her body, prefers warm drinks, full but feeble pulse. Cold limbs, clear urine, loose stools and pale tongue with white coating
Signs and symptoms you would distinguish between true or false cold and heat
a. FALSE PHENOMENA: Appears on 4 limbs, skin and hair or complexion
b. nature of disease manifest in the zang fu organs, qi, blood and body fluids
c. tongue and pulse most important for differentiation
d. flushed face of false heat on occurs in the cheeks***, light pink and appears superficially and intermittently, true heat is red all over the face
e. Cold limbs in false cold accompanied by the absence of desire for warmth and hot sensation in chest and abdomen
f. True cold prefers to lie in curled up posture and craves warm
Causes of Deficiency Syndrome
- congenital deficiency
- acquired derangement
both leading to damage of essence, qi, blood, yin and yang and z-f organs
Which pattern would cause the following SnS?
pallor/swallow complexion, listlessness, lassitude, palpitation, SOB, chills, cold limbs, spontaneous sweating, incontinence of stools and urine, pale, puffy and flaccid tongue, slow and feeble pulse
Yang and Qi Deficiency
Which pattern would be presented with the following SnS?
burning sensation in chest, palms, and soles, emaciaton, malar flush, dryness of the throat and mouth, night sweats, afternoon fever, red tongue with little coating, thready, rapid and feeble pulse
Yin and blood deficiency
Causes of Yin deficiency
Prolonged diseases
congenital deficiency
invasion of Yang evil
- consumption of Yin fluids leading to Yin deficiency fire invasion of yang evil
manifestation of Yin Deficiency
Emaciation, dry throat, dizziness, blurred vision, palpitation, insomnia, dysphoria with feverish sensation in chest, palms and soles, hectic fever, night sweats, malar flush, red tongue with little coating, thin thready and rapid pulse
POT of Yin deficiency
Nourish Yin
Causes of Yang Deficiency
Prolonged diseases, congenital deficiency, invasion of yin evils - consumption of Yang leading to yang deficiency - deficiency cold in the interior
Manifestation of Yang deficiency + tongue and pulse
Listlessness, fatigue, SOB, disinclination to talk, lying in a curled-up posture, sleepiness, intolerance of cold, cold limbs, tastelessness, no thirst, or preference for hot drinks, clear urine, loose stool, pale complexion
Tongue: puffy and pale with white and slippery coatiing
Pulse: Deep, slow and feeble
POT for deficiency of Yang
Tonify yang
Profuse, warm, dilute, and salty sweating, feverish warm limbs, irritability, restlessness, thirst, dry throat, lips and tongue, dry and shriveled skin, scanty urine, red and dry tongue and thready, rapid and faint pulse (small almost disappears)
Collapse of Yin
Profuse, cold and sticky sweating, chills, aversion to cold, cold limbs, lying in a curled up position, listlessness, tastelessness in mouth, absence of thirst, or preference for hot drinks, pale and moist tongue, thready and fading pulse
Collapse of Yang
Causes of Collapse of Yang
Profuse sweating, vomiting diarrhea leading to exhaustion of the body fluid - collapse of Yang
High fever, profuse sweating, severe vomiting, severe hemorrhage leading to massive consumption of Yin
Collapse of Yin
