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
Delayed menstruation
- dark purple with clots
- scanty amount
Excess cold
Delayed menstruation
- light color
- no clots
- scanty amount and thin
Deficiency cold
Delayed menstrustion
-deep red with clots and scanty
Qi stagnation
delayed menstrustion
- scanty amount
- light color and thin
- not enough blood to start period
Blood deficiency
Irregular Menstrustion- sometimes early sometimes late; unpredictable
- profuse or scanty menses
- purple with clots
- lower abdominal distention radiating to hypochondriac and chest
liver qi stagnation
Irregular Menstrustion- sometimes early sometimes late; unpredictable
- scanty amount
- light and thin
- low back pain
Kidney deficiency
What are the 2 causes of Irregular Menstrustion- sometimes early sometimes late; unpredictable
- liver qi stagnation
2. kidney deficiency
What are the 3 causes of profuse bleeding?
- pathogenic heat
- Blood stagnation (stagnation makes then blood leave the vessel)
- qi deficiency (can’t hold the blood)
Menses with a bright red or purple color, thick, profuse
excess pathogenic heat
menses with a dark purple color and clots. profuse bleeding
blood stagn
pale colored, thin, profuse
qi deficiency
What are the 4 causes of a scanty period?
- blood deficiency
- kidney deficiency
- blood stagnation
- phlegm stagnation
- scanty flow
- spotting
- pale
- no clots
- thin
blood deficiency
- scanty flow
- pale or dark red
- thin
kidney deficiency
- scanty flow
- dark purple color with clots
- abdomincal cramps that aren’y helped by pressure
blood stangation
- scanty flow
- pale color
- thick and sticky
phlegm stangation
What are the 5 potential causes of amenorrhea?
- qi and blood stagnation
- phlegm stagnation
- kidney insufficiency
4, kidney and liver deficiency - qi and blood stagnation
amenorrhea
- period suddenly stops
- depression
- lower ab pain resistant to pressure
qi and blood stag
amenorrhea
- usually occurs in obese
- begins with scanty and usually goes to amenorrhea
phlegm stagnation
amenorrhea
- no period bu 18
- other secondary sex characteristic underdeveoe
kidney insufficient
amenorrhea
- patient with chronic illness or multiple childbirths
- dizziness
- weak back and legs
- hair loss
kidney and liver deficiency
amenorrhea
- delayed or scanty periods that gradually turn into no period
- chronic bleeding or history of bloodloss
qi and blood deficiency
what are the causes of dysmenorrhea?
- Liver Qi Stagnation
- Blood Stagnation
- Cold
Qi deficiency
Blood deficiency
Kidney and Liver yin deficiency
white vaginal discharge
-thin
0odorless
-copious
deficiency cold
yellow vaginal discharge
- thick
- foul odoor
- large quantity
- vaginal ithching
damp heat
greenish vaginal discharge
- thick and sticky
- strong foul odor
damp heat
red vaginal discharge
- thick
- sl foul odor
damp heat
liver fair injuring collaterals
black vaginal discharge
-sl foul odor
remnants of red discharge
what are teh causes of profuse vaginal discharge?
dampness
-spleen or kidney deficiency
what is the cause of vaginal dryness
kidney deficiency
what is the cause of very thin vaginal discharge
deficiency cold
what is the cause of thick, turbid vaginal discharge
damp/damp-heat
what is the cause of odor less vaginal discharge
normal, deficiency, or cold
what is the cause of foul smelling vaginal discharge
damp-heat
black vaginal discharge
-slight odor
remnants of red discharge
