Final Flashcards
What level of the Six Levels is associated with Wind-Cold and Sweat
Yangming - LI ST
Blood-Shot Eyes (sclera) are associated with which Zang
LV
Headaches that are heavy and feel like “a hat band that is too tight” are associated with which of the Six Levels
Taiyin - LU SP
The pathomechanisms behind dizziness are supposed to be similar to those of which other symptom/condition
LV/ST disharmoney, hypertension
A patient presents with copious, yellow and strong smelling leucorrhea. What is the primary pathomechanism
damp heat
In the theory of Similar Transformation, Pathogens tend to turn
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A patient presents with a dry, strong, unproductive cough. There have been no other symptoms. The patient reports being under severe stress and may be losing his position at work due to inter-office conflict. What are the pathomechanisms behind this kind of case? What is the five phase pathology at work?
phlegm with qi stagnation?
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A patient reports fixed stabbing pains in the ST. What is the likely pathomechanism?
stomach xue stasis
What is the change in defecation with LI Heat?
constipation - hard bowel movements
What is the change in defecation with LI Damp-Heat?
Diarrhea - smelly loose bowel movements
What is the change in urination with KD Yang Xu?
Frequent urination
A patient presents with burning urination, with small amounts of blood. She is going through a divorce and is fighting with her husband over custody of their children. She also complains of insomnia and palpitations. Her pulse rate is 92 BPM and Surging/Hong Mai.
What is the major Xie Qi in her case?
What is the major Xu condition?
Xie Qi - Damp heat
Xu - KD yin?
fatigue causes from deficiency
qi/yang/xue/yin xu
fatigue causes frome xcess
cold
damp
phlegm
mania causes from excess
heat/fire
mania causes from deficiency
yin xu with heat
hot temperature causes from excess
heat/fire (possible phlegm/damp/qi stag)
internally or extnerally (wind heat, yang ming, xue level)
hot temperature causes from deficiency
yin xu with heat
cold temperature causes from excess
cold (possible damp or phlegm)
external or internal
cold temperature causes from deficiency
qi/yang/xue xu
feelings of cold with concurrent chills/fever
external invasion
feelings of cold with alternating chills and fever
shaoyang disorder
sweating causes from excess
wind cold
heat/fire
internal or external
sweating causes from deficiency
yin qi lung xu wei qi xu heart xu (beady, oily) weak yang rising collapse of yin or yang differentiated by time/location on the body
insomnia caused by deficiency
yin/xue xu
GB qi xu
insomnia caused by excess
heat/fire
food stagnation
stomach heat
liver/heart heat
somnolence caused by deficiency
qi/yang/xue xu
somnolence caused by excess
cold
damp
phlegm
pain in general
lack of free flow of qi stag and xue stasis
deficiency can contribute to lack of flow
bi syndrome
wind cold damp wind heat damp damp bi wind bi bi with xue stasis bi with damp phlegm bi with heart xu
other muskuloskeletal presentations
qi stag (lv qi and possible xue)
trauma (qi and xue stag)
qi/xue/yang xu
wei (wilting) caused by excess
damp heat/phlegm heat wind stroke (LV wind)
wei (wilting) caused by deficiency
SP/xue xu
yin xu
excessive appetite caused by excess
heat (st - lv)
excessive appetite caused by deficiency
yin xu but no desire to eat
no desire to eat caused by excess
cold damaging sp/st
qi stagnation invading the stomach
food stagnation
xue stasis in st
no desire to eat caused by deficiency
sp/st qi/yang xu
excessive thirst caused by excess
heat - cold drinks
damp heat - no desire to drink
excessive thirst caused by deficiency
yang xu - warm drinks (small amounts)
wasting thirsting disorder
yin xu (thirst but no desire or no relief of thirst)
diminished thirst caused by excess
cold (damp/fluid/rheum)
other stagnations or depressions
diminished thirst casued by deficiency
possible qi/st/qi/yang xu
kd yang xu
chest tightness and pain is related to which two organs
LU HT
chest tightness (Lu) caused by excess
external invasion (cold, heat, summerheat) phlegm Rheum Qi stagnation (LV invading LU) xue stasis
chest tightness (Lu) caused by deficiency
lu qi xu/yin xu (dry irritated weak lungs)
chest tightness (HT) caused by excess
xue stasis - stabbing pains
qi stagnation invading the PC
Phlegm - psychosis and mania
cold (internal or external)
chest tightness (HT) caused by deficiency
qi/xue/yin/yang xu
usually more duller discomforts
cough caused by excess
external invasion (wind cold, wind heat, wind dry, lung heat) phlegm liver fire invading the Lu qi stagnation xue stasis rheum - coughing up clear fluids
cough caused by deficiency
lung qi or yin xu
asthma caused by deficiency
lu qi/yin and or kidney (yang) xu
heat of KD yang grasping lu qi
asthma caused by excess
external invasion
phlegm
palpitations caused by deficiency
heart qi/xue/yin/yang xu
possibly HT and GB qi xu
palpitations caused by excess
phlegm
water rheum
xue stasis
stomach pain caused by excess
external invasion (especially cold and summerheat)
internal excess by other routes than invasion (ST cold, ST heat, damp, phlegm)
food stagnation
liver invading ST
ST xue stasis
stomach pain caused by deficiency
ST qi xu/deficiency cold
ST yin xu
stomach counter flow qi
nausea, vomiting, bleching, hiccough, reflux
stomach counterflow qi caused by excess
externla invasion (cold, summerheat) cold in the taiyin, shaoyang disorders, invasions in the middle jiao
internal excess (cold, heat, fire, damp, phlegm(
food stagnation
liver invading stomach
xue stasis
stomach counterflow qi caused by deficiency
stomach qi xu/deficiency cold
ST yin xu
esophageal constriction due to excess
six depressions (especially phlegm, qi stasis, possibly with food) LV qi and concurrent xu conditions
esophageal constriction due to deficiency
qi or yin xu
lateralcostal pain due to excess
liver qi stagnation
xue stasis
deamp heat in the LV GB
lateralcostal pain due to deficiency
liver yin xu with heat
gallbladder inflammation/stones causes
LV/GB qi stagnation
damp heat
heat toxin
Jaundice causes
ynag jaundice - heat/damp heat, typically acute
yin jaundice - damp more prominent, typically chronic
abdominal pain caused by excess
external invasion (cold, heat, cold damp, summerheat, damp heat, dysentery) excess not by invasion (cold, damp heat, etc)
abdominal pain caused by deficiency
spleen yang xu/deficiency cold
SI deficiency
gas/borborygmus/distention causes
intestinal wind
pain or lower GI dysfunction
similar to abdominal pain
especially with qi stagnation, intestinal wind, food stagnation, damp
drum distention (swelling distention in the abdomen/ascites) caused by excess
damp/qi stagnation
damp heat
drum distention (swelling distention in the abdomen/ascites) caused by deficiency
spleen qi/yang xu with cold damp (possibly KD yang xu)
urinary strangury (UTI) caused by excess
damp heat (from LV and SP)
heart fire to SI to UB from emotional upset
Qi stagnation and blood stasis
stones
urinary strangury (UTI) caused by deficiency
kd yang xu
really unlikely
difficult urination caused by excess
damp heat
liver qi stagnation
blood stasis
difficult urination caused by deficiency
SP xu
KD xu
frequent urination caused by excess
damp heat
liver qi stagnation
frequent urination caused by deficiency
KD xu
SP and LU qi xu
constipation caused by excess
heat, diet, emotions and liver qi stagnation, phlegm
constipation caused by deficiency
yin/blood/fluid xu
qi and yang xu
lack of exercise
medications
diarrhea caused by excess
external pathogens
diet
emotions and liver qi
blood stasis
diarrhea caused by deficiency
sp and st qi xu
sp and kd yang xu
headache caused by excess/external invasion
wind cold (tai yang) wind heat (general distending to splitting in intensity) wind damp (heavy, bound, oppressive) other invasions (summer heat, dry)
headache caused by excess/internal invasion
liver fire liver yang rising (mixed yang excess and yin xu) liver wind phlegm damp xue stasis
headache caused by deficiency
kidney xu
qi or xue xu
taiyang headache
UB SI
occipital
colds
yangming headaches
LI ST
frontal
nausea
shaoyang headache
GB SJ
lateral
taiyin headache
SP LU
heavy/damp - like a wet towel
shaoyin headache
KD HT
dull/deficient
jueyin headache
LV PC
vertex
dizziness caused by excess
liver yang rising liver fire liver wind phlegm dampness phlegm heat LV/ST disharmony = dizziness and yangming headache hypertension