FLUID (JIN YE) PATTERNS

Question 1

FLUID INSUFFICIENCY S/SX

Answer 1

DRY throat, lips skin, nose, eyes

DRY cough / Hoarse voice

Scanty red urine

Dry, bound stools

Question 2

FLUID INSUFFICIENCY tongue & pulse

Answer 2

Tongue: Dry

Pulse: Rapid, fine

Question 3

FLUID INSUFFICIENCY treatment

Answer 3

Engender fluids

Question 4

Phlegm Disease Patterns fall into 3 categories:

Answer 4

1) DAMP
2) PHLEGM
3) RHEUM

Question 5

DAMP phlegm disease patterns characteristics:

Answer 5

• DAMP: is clammy, viscous, lingering, stagnates
• Generalized or local; five layers are damaged, tends to sink
• If continues long-term can/will develop into Phlegm
• Generally associated with the SPLEEN or ENVIRONMENT

Question 6

PHLEGM disease patterns characteristics

Answer 6

PHLEGM is thick, turbid, accumulated fluid

Effects the channels, organs, everywhere

Impairs movement and transformation of fluids from the lung, spleen and kidney

Question 7

RHEUM disease patterns characteristics

Answer 7

RHEUM: thin, clear, accumulated fluid

Impaired fluid physiology transformation

Question 8

WIND WATER FLOODING s/x

Answer 8

This is kind of a YANG EDEMA it is ACUTE

ACUTE edema of EYES, limbs, body

Inhibited urine

Aversion to wind/cold, body aches

Swollen eyes & head

Question 9

WIND WATER FLOODING tongue & pulse

Answer 9

Tongue: thin coat, wet

Pulse: floating and tight

Question 10

WIND WATER FLOODING treatment

Answer 10

Release, exterior, warm lung and ________________

Question 11

KIDNEY YANG VACUITY treatment

Answer 11

Warm the kidney & transform fluids

Question 12

KIDNEY YANG VACUITY s/sx

Answer 12

Puffy face & body, worse below waist

Long, clear urine or scant urine (really it’s a lack of containment of urine)

Dark complexion or bright white

Palpitations, tinitus, hasty breathing

Question 13

KIDNEY YANG VACUITY tongue & pulse

Answer 13

Tongue: thick dirty coat

Pulse: soggy or moderate

Question 14

DAMP PHLEGM s/x

Answer 14

Fullness, oppression of chest & stomach

Generalized heaviness, fatigue

Low appetite, nausea

COUGH w copios phlegm, EASY to expectorate

Clear urine, thin & loose stools (the loose stools oooze out, they have to wipe several times there may be mucus)

Sensation of incomplete bowel movement (tenesmus)

Question 15

DAMP PHLEGM tongue & pulse

Answer 15

Tongue: pale, puffy body, thick, white greasy coat

Pulse: soggy moderate

Question 16

DAMP PHLEGM treatment

Answer 16

Dry damp, transform phlegm

Question 17

DRY PHLEGM s/x

(this often occurs in the Fall)

Answer 17

Dry cough, little phlegm, thick & difficult to expectorate

Dry throat & nose

Chest pain, worse with cough (its unproductive)

Scant, red urine, dry stools

Heart vexation

Question 18

​DRY PHLEGM tongue & pulse

Answer 18

tongue: red, dry, scanty coat
pulse: fine, rapid OR fine, slippery and rapid

Question 19

​DRY PHLEGM treatment

Answer 19

Moisten dryness, transform phlegm

LU 7

KD 6

Question 20

EXTERNALLY contracted WIND PHLEGM

s/sx & pulse

Answer 20

Aversion to wind & cold

Fever

Cough

phlegm w/cough, easy to expectorate sputum

Pulse: FLOATING

Question 21

EXTERNALLY contracted WIND PHLEGM treatment

Answer 21

resolve the exterior, diffuse the lung, dispel the phlegm

LI 4, LU 7

Question 22

Internally engendered Wind Phlegm s/sx

Answer 22

Phlegm in throat, dizziness

numbness of skin, hands, feet

Hypertonicity of limbs, deviated mouth, eyes

(SEVERE INTERNAL: Paralysis, clouding spirit, convulsions, vomiting of phlegm)

Question 23

Internally engendered Wind Phlegm tongue & pulse

Answer 23

Tongue: stiff, white greasy coat

Pulse: wiry & slippery

Question 24

Internally engendered Wind Phlegm treatment

Answer 24

Subdue wind, transform phlegm, free the network vessels

Question 25

COLD PHLEGM s/x

Answer 25

Physical Cold

Cough, clear thin or white phlegm

Bland taste, no thirst

Clear, copios urine

Loose stools

Question 26

COLD PHLEGM tongue & pulse

Answer 26

tongue: pale white greasy coat
pulse: deep, slippery OR deep, slow

Question 27

COLD PHLEGM treatment

Answer 27

Warm & transform cold phlegm

you can MOXA ST 40 maybe the back shu

Question 28

HEAT PHLEGM s/sx