Female Issues Flashcards
What are the 10 questions for females?
– age – menstruation – Vaginal discharge – Menorrgiae (period last longer than 7 days) – Pregnancy and birth – Chest and abdomen – BM and urination – Previous diseases – Living condition and emotions – cold/heat and sweat
_____ Qi controls and dominate the menstruation
Kidney
what is responsible for 1st menstruation and menopause
Tian Gui
what are the organs of menstruation
Kidney
Spleen
Stomach
Liver
what is tian gui
part of jing (prenatal)
what are the 2 causes of a short cycle 21 days
excess heat qi deficiency ( can't hold and maintain it in the uterus so it keeps coming)
irregular menstration (sometimes comes early, sometimes comes late) is what organ
Liver
cramping and period pain before or at the beginning of period is excess or deficiency?
excess
dull aching pain after mensturation is excess or deficiency?
deficiency
what questions do we ask about vaginal discharge?
Presence or absence of vaginal discharge • Color of the discharge • Quantity of discharge • Whether the quality of the discharge is clear or opaque, thin or thick, turbid, or sticky • odor
abnormal vagincal discharge is associated with __________–
dampness
no vaginal discharge = _____________-
kidney deficiency
foul vaginal discharge odor
damp-heat
white vaginal discharge
-thin
0odorless
-opcious
deficiency cold syndrome
yellow vaginal discharge
- foul odor
- thick
- large quantity
- vaginal itching
damp-heat
green vaginal discharge
- thick and sticky
- foul odor
damp-heat
red color vaginal discharge
- sl foul odor
- thick
damp heat or liver fire injuring the collaterals
what are the 3 reasons for Precedded Menstrustion/ Short Cycles
- Excess heat
- Deficiency Heat
- Qi Deficiency
Short cycle
- Profuse bleeding
- bright red or dark red
- clots, thick, and foul odor
excess heat
Short cycle
- Scanty amount
- red or slightly red
- no clots
- Deficiency Heat
Short cycle
- light red blood
- thin and in large amount
Qi deficiency
What are the 4 reasons for delayed menstruation/long cycles
- excess cold
- deficiency cold
- qi stangation
- blood deficiency