Eight Principle Pattern

Question 0

Which principles belong to the Yang aspects?

Answer 0

Excess, Heat and exterior

Question 1

What are the 8 principles

Answer 1

1. Heat and Cold
2. Yin and Yang
3. Exterior and Interior
4. Deficiency and Excess

Question 2

Interior, Cold and Deficiency

Answer 2

Belongs to the Yin aspect in the 8 principles

Question 3

Causes of Exterior Syndrome

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Manifestation of Exterior Syndrome

Question 5

POT for exterior syndrome?

Answer 5

Relieve exterior syndrome with drugs pungent in flavor

Question 6

Causes of Interior Syndrome

*hint 3 causes

Answer 6

1. Transmission of exogenous pathogenic factors from exterior to interior
2. Exogenous pathogenic factors directly attacking the zang fu organs
3. Functional disturbance of the Z-F organs by emotional factos, improper diet or overstrain

Question 7

Manifestation of Interior Syndrome - Include Tongue and Pulse

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Warm interior, clear away heat, nourishing Yin or reinforce Yang

Answer 8

POT for interior syndrome

Question 9

Exogenous pathogenic factors stay between the exterior and interior

Answer 9

Half exterior and half interior syndrome

Question 10

Causes of Half exterior and interior

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Manifestation of half exterior and half interior

Question 12

Cold Syndrome Definition

Answer 12

Pathological conditions which result from the invasion of exogenous pathogenic cold or from deficiency of Yang in the body

Question 13

Causes of Cold Syndrome

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Manifestation of Cold Syndrome

Question 15

Pathological conditions caused by the invasion of exogenous pathogenic heat or by excessive yang or deficiency of yin in the body

Answer 15

Heat Syndrome

Question 16

Causes of Heat Syndrome

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Manifestation of Heat Syndrome + Tongue and Pulse

Answer 17

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

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Heat in the upper and cold in the lower

Question 19

Upper: Chronic epigastralgia and clear vomitus
Lower: Yellow and scanty urine, frequent and painful urinations

Answer 19

Cold in the upper and heat in the lower

heat in the bladder

Question 20

Causes of exterior cold and interior heat

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Manifestation of Exterior Cold and interior heat

Answer 21

Exterior cold syndrome: Aversion to cold, no sweating, fever, asthmatic breathing
Interior heat syndrome: irritability, thirsty, red tongue, white and yellow coating

Question 22

Causes transformation of cold syndrome into heat syndrome

Answer 22

1. excessive yang in body

2. improper treatment with large doses of drug of a warm and dry nature

Question 23

Causes of transformation of heat syndrome into cold syndrome

Answer 23

1. excessive Yin in the body

2. Delayed or improper treatment - damaged yang qi

Question 24

True Heat with false cold SnS

Answer 24

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

Question 25

SnS True cold with false heat

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Signs and symptoms you would distinguish between true or false cold and heat

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Causes of Deficiency Syndrome

Answer 27

1. congenital deficiency
2. acquired derangement
   both leading to damage of essence, qi, blood, yin and yang and z-f organs

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Yang and Qi Deficiency

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Yin and blood deficiency

Question 30

Causes of Yin deficiency

Answer 30

Prolonged diseases
congenital deficiency
invasion of Yang evil
- consumption of Yin fluids leading to Yin deficiency fire invasion of yang evil

Question 31

manifestation of Yin Deficiency

Answer 31

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

Question 32

POT of Yin deficiency

Answer 32

Nourish Yin

Question 33

Causes of Yang Deficiency

Answer 33

Prolonged diseases, congenital deficiency, invasion of yin evils - consumption of Yang leading to yang deficiency - deficiency cold in the interior

Question 34

Manifestation of Yang deficiency + tongue and pulse

Answer 34

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

Question 35

POT for deficiency of Yang

Answer 35

Tonify yang

Question 36

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)

Answer 36

Collapse of Yin

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Collapse of Yang

Question 38

Causes of Collapse of Yang

Answer 38

Profuse sweating, vomiting diarrhea leading to exhaustion of the body fluid - collapse of Yang

Question 39

High fever, profuse sweating, severe vomiting, severe hemorrhage leading to massive consumption of Yin

Answer 39

Collapse of Yin