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Fluid conditions Flashcards

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What foods do fluid conditions benefit from?

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  • Foods warm in temp
  • Flavours of bitter-warm, sweet-warm and pungent-warm
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What would you suggest clients eat to benefit fluid conditions?

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  • Drying foods that supplement the Spleen
  • Rich, nutritious food in smaller amounts spread out over the day. Avoid eating heavily esp in evening
  • Bitter, pungent and drying ingredients - green tea with fried food
  • moderately pungent foods to dissolve phlegm
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Examples of foods that are beneficial for fluid conditions?

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Meat - Lean meat
Vegetables - alfalfa sprouts, lettuce, celery, pumpkin, onion, shallot, garlic, turnip, watercress, radish
Grains and legumes - millet, rice, amaranth, adzuki bean, buckwheat, barley, corn, rye, sourdough, dry roasted oats
Fruits - pear, cherries, grape
Drinks, spices & condiments - ginger, dandelion, burdock, barley water, sage, jasmine & green tea, horseradish, mustard, caraway, white and black pepper
Cooking methods - fried food with green tea, meat and wine, cheese and chutney, pungent toppings on pasta (garlic).

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What foods should be avoided with fluid conditions?

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Fatty & oily foods - oily, fatty meats & food, fried foods, nuts, eggs
Sweet foods - excessively sweet food, sugar, bananas, tropical fruits
Dairy & wheat - too much dairy (sheep and goat is less dampening), wheat, bread, beer
Concentrated foods - overly supplementing or concentrated foods (tomato paste, orange juice or dried fruit).

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What diet should be recommended for Dampness in the Spleen & Intestines?

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Eat: to strengthen the Spleen qi and stimulate the Spleen with bitter and aromatic flavours

Beneficial foods:
- Basmati rice with herbs (basil, thyme, fennel)
- Beans that are drying (broad bean, chickpea)
- Corn on the cob, pumpkin
- Cold damp - include warm, pungent herbs (horseradish, cardamom, ginger, clove, black pepper)
- Damp heat - millet, rice, barley, adzuki and mung beans, celery, seaweed, watercress

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What herbs are fluid condition herbs?

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Cang Zhu / Atractylodes lancea
Du Huo / Angelica pubescens
Fu Ling / Poria cocos
Yi Yi Ren / Coin Lacryma-jobi

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What herbal formulas are useful in fluid conditions?

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Ping Wei San
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang

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What is Ping Wei San?

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  1. Chang Zhu
  2. Hou Po
  3. Chen Pi
  4. Zhi Gan Cao
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What are the functions of Ping Wei San?

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  • Dry dampness and tonify the Spleen
  • Regulate and harmonise the Stomach Qi
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What are the patterns / signs and symptoms for Ping Wei San?

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  • Spleen and stomach Dampness
  • Distension and fullness in the stomach, loss of appetite, bland taste in the mouth, nausea and vomiting, heaviness of the limbs and diarrhoea.
  • Tongue: White, greasy and thick coating
  • Pulse: moderate pulse
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What are the cautions / contraindications of Ping Wei San?

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  • Contraindicated for Yin fluid depleted clients, Spleen and stomach qi xu or pregnancy
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What is the dosage of Ping Wei San?

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8-12 pills, three times per day after meals

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What is Du Hua Ji Sheng Tang?

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  1. Du Huo; Qin Jiao
  2. Fang Feng
  3. Xi Xin
  4. Sang Ji Sheng
  5. Du Zhong
  6. Huai Ni Xi
  7. Dang Gui
  8. Bai Shao
  9. Chuan Xiong
  10. Shu Di Huang
  11. Ren Shen
  12. Fu Ling
  13. Rou Gui
  14. Gan Cao
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What are the functions of Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang?

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  • Dispels Wind and dampness
  • Relieves pain
  • Reinforce the Liver and Kidney
  • Nourish Qi and Blood
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What are the signs and symptoms of Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang?

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  • Wind cold bi syndrome due to Liver and Kidney Qi and Blood xu.
  • Presents as cold intolerance, pain worse in cold wet weather, heaviness and pain in the lower back or/and lower extremities, weakness and stiffness, hypertonicity and immobility, paresthesias or numbness, fatigue, breathlessness, pale complexion, postural dizziness.
  • Tongue: pale
  • Pulse: weak, deep, slow, thready
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What are the cautions for Duo Huo Ji Sheng Tang?

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  • Cold and flu
  • Other pathogenic disorders
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What is the dosage of Duo Huo Ji Sheng Tang?

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8-12 pills three times per day.

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What is Cang Zhu?

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ATRACTYLODES LANCEA (RHIZOME)

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What are the actions and indications of Cang Zhu?

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  • Strongly dried damp and strengthens the Spleen, used for Damp obstructing the MJ which blocks the Spleens T & T function. Clears dampness from the LJ. Symptoms: poor appetite, diarrhoea, epigastric distension, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, thick greasy tongue coating.
  • Damp heat pouring downward – vaginal discharge, oedema and swollen sore, joints
  • Dispels Wind-Damp, used for Wind-Damp Bi syndrome presenting as painful obstruction of the joints and limbs, oedema, external wind cold damp presenting as fever, chills, headache, body aches, nasal congestion and little or no sweats.
  • Brightens the eyes, used for visual disturbances which present as night blindness or diminished vision with a rough sensation in the eyes.
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What is the classification of Cang Zhu?

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Nature: warm
Taste or flavour: acrid, bitter
Direction of action: floating
Site of action: Spleen & Stomach

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What is the dosage of Cang Zhu?

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3-9g

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What are the cautions of Cang Zhu?

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  • Yin Xu with internal heat
  • Profuse sweating due to Qi/Wei Xu
23
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What is Du Huo?

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ANGELICA PUBESCENS (ROOT)

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What are the actions of Du Huo?

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  • Dispels Wind & Damp, relieves pain, used for Wind-Cold-Damp painful obstruction (Bi Syndrome). Presents as either acute or chronic lower back and leg pain and joint or shaoyin pattern headache or toothache
  • Releases the exterior, used for exterior wind-cold with Damp. Presents as headache, aversion to cold, body aches, feeling of heaviness.
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What is the classification of Du Huo?

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Nature: slightly warm
Taste or flavour: acrid, bitter
Direction of action: floating and descending
Site of action: Bladder, Kidney

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What is the dosage of Du Huo?

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3-10g

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What are the caution of Du Huo?

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  • Yin and Blood xu
  • Caution in pregnancy
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What is Fu Ling?

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PORIA COCOS

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What is the functions and indications of Fu Ling?

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  • Promotes urination and drains damp
  • Used to treat stagnation of fluids or Dampness
  • Presents as urinary difficulty, diarrhoea, epigastric distension
  • Quiets the Heart, calms the spirit. Used to treat Heart disorders presenting as palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness, thick greasy tongue coat, headache.
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What is the classification of Fu Ling?

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Nature: Neutral
Taste or flavour: Sweet, bland
Direction of action: Sinking
Site of action: Spleen, Heart, Kidney

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What is the dosage of Fu Ling?

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9-15g

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What are the cautions for Fu Ling?

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Diuretic meds, polyuria or seminal emissions due to Xu Cold

33
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What is Yi Yi Ren?

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COIX LACRYMA-JOBI (SEED)

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What are the functions and indications of Yi Yi Ren?

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  • Resolves Damp & tonifies the Spleen. Used in Spleen Xu with Dampness. Presents as oedema, diarrhoea, heaviness of the body
  • Resolves Damp, eliminates painful obstruction, used in Wind-Damp Bi-syndrome. Esp effective for increasing joint mobility and reduce spasms in chronic cases
  • Clears Damp-heat, used to treat Damp-Heat at any level and expels pus. Presents as painful bladder dysfunction, dysentery, inflamed itchy eczema, acne, pustulated carbuncles, pulmonary and intestinal abscesses.
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What is the classification of Yi Yi Ren?

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Nature: slightly cold
Taste or flavour: sweet, bland
Direction of action: sinking
Site of action: Spleen, Stomach, Lung

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What is the dosage of Yi Yi Ren?

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9-30g

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What are the cautions of Yi Yi Ren?

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None known

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