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GYN Flashcards

1
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Womens’ physiology is dominated by

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blood d/t uterus since it stores blood

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2
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The Du Mai arises where ?

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Bao

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3
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Bao aka

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Dan Tian

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4
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Dan Tian in women is the

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Uterus

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5
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Dan Tian in men is the

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Room of Sperm

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6
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An Extra Yang organ

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Uterus

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7
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The uterus is Yang because

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  • hollow shape

* discharging (menses, baby @ labor)

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8
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The uterus is Yin because

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  • stores blood

* nourishes the fetus

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9
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The vessel connecting the heart with the uterus

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Bao Mai

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10
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The vessel connecting the uterus with kidneys

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Bao Luo

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11
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menarche (YRS)

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12.8 YRS, range 10 - 16 YRS

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12
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cycle range

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21-36 days

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13
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menses last

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3-7 days

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14
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ml of blood loss

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30 - 80 ml

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15
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How should the blood look?

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light at start => deep red at middle => pink at the end; no clots or coagulation

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16
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menopause range

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50 YRS, range 35 - 55 YRS

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17
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4 Phases of woman’s cycle

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  • Pre-menstrual
  • Menstrual
  • Post-menstrual
  • Mid-cycle
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18
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  • Yang Qi rises,
  • LV Qi mobilizes to move LV-Blood;
  • Luteal phase
  • NAME of phase, timeframe?
A

pre-menstrual phase, 7 days

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19
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In the luteal phase, what hormone is excreted?

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The corpus luteum produces PROGESTERONE, which THE body needs to ripen the endometrium (uterine lining).

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20
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  • LV Qi flows free
  • Blood is moving
  • Fall in estrogen & progesterone,
  • Necrosis of layers of endometrium

NAME of phase, timeframe?

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Menstrual, 5 days

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21
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  • Blood and Yin are empty
  • Chong & REN depleted
  • Follicular phase
  • Estrogen levels rise d/t FSH

NAME of phase, timeframe?

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Post-menstrual, 7 days

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22
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  • Blood & Yin fill up in Chong & Ren
  • Ovulatory Phase
  • Ovum released
  • Corpus Luteum develops from LH

NAME of phase, timeframe?

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Mid-cycle

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23
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Premenstrual Treatment

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  • Tonify Yang if deficient

* move LV Qi if stagnant

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24
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Menstrual Treatment

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  • Move Blood if scanty

* Stop bleeding if heavy (could be stasis or deficiency)

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25
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Post-Menstrual nourish ____in these meridians

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• Nourish Blood and Yin (LV/KD)

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26
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Mid-cycle support what?

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• Promote ovulation nourish Essence

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27
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material substance of menstrual blood, origin of sperm

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Tian Gui

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28
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Tian Gui meaning

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Tian = heavenly
Gui = yin-water
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29
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Tian Gui Shui

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describes seminal and menstrual fluids

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30
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Jing Shui

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period water

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31
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What turns the Tian Gui Shui into blood?

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KD Yang

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32
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The origin of REN, CHONG, DU Mai

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bw KDs where KD Yang is

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33
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Def KD Yang causes

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cold obstruction, infertility, dysmenorrhea lack sexual desire

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34
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XS KD Yang causes

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XS bleeding, infertility, miscarriage

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35
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The uterus receives blood from

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LV

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36
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LV Blood def. causes what for menses

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  • amenorrhea
  • scanty
  • late
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37
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Hot Blood in the LV causes

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menorrhagia

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38
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LV Qi moves LV Blood during which menstrual phase?

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pre-menstrual

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39
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Stagnant LV Blood causes

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  • irregular menses
  • PMS
  • dysmenorrhea
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40
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Source of Qi and Blood

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SP

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41
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SP Yang Qi function w/uterus

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ascends & raises uterus

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42
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def SP causes what to menses

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menorrhagia since the SP gathers blood

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43
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Governs the Blood

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HT

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44
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What is the name of the vessel which connects the HT with the UTERUS?

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BAO MAI

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45
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HT Yang forms ______ with the ESSENCE

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Tian Gui aka Heavenly Gui

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46
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What are the 3 strong emotional influences with the HT & UTERUS?

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  • def BL in uterus after birth => depression
  • stag BL in uterus after birth => psychosis
  • Emotional shock may cause amenorrhea
47
Q

Governs Qi

48
Q

organ w/minor influence over the uterus

49
Q

What organ has indirect influence over prolapsed uterus

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LU since it governs Qi

50
Q

Stopping menses can be d/t which organ?

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LU => sadness, grief => depletion of Qi

51
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How is the ST connected with the UTERUS?

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via Chong Mai which rises from the UTERUS up through ST30

52
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ST30 aka

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  • Sea of Nourishment
  • Qichong
  • pouring Qi
53
Q

Which channel influences breast feeding?

54
Q

Fu organ source of Qi and Blood

55
Q

Sea of Blood points

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BL11, ST37, ST39

56
Q

Controls supply and movement of Blood in Uterus

57
Q

Combines with REN Mai to regulate uterus, menses

58
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Empty Chong Mai

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amenorrhea, scanty or late periods

59
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Stagnant Qi or Blood of Chong Mai

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dysmenorrhea

60
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Responsible for menstruation & its irregularities

61
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This vessel is related to the uterus, internal, external genitals (Cervix, vagina, vulva)

62
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Sea of Yin channel provides

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Yin, Essence, Fluids

63
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Sea of Yin (vessel)

64
Q

Through what vessel should you nourish Yin in terms of menopause?

65
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This vessel has influences of conception, fertility, menarche, pregnancy and menopause

66
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These vessels are almost like midnight and midday, the polar axis of the body, two branches of the same vessel one Yin the other Yang

A

Du Mai & Ren Mai

67
Q

Du Mai extends a branch to the front of the body curling around the ______

68
Q

If Yang is deficient treat ______

69
Q

This vessel connects the Uterus with the Kidneys, Heart & Brain

70
Q

These two vessels are the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Ovarian axis responsible for ovulation

A

Ren/Du Mai

71
Q

Interrelates with, restrains LV Qi flow, harmonizes ascending and descending of Spleen and Kidneys

72
Q

Guides and supports the Qi of the UTERUS and Essence

73
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Connects with BL23 and LV13, influences post-natal

74
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If this vessel is deficient, it influences Du, Ren, Chong

75
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What is important for conception?

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=> Abundant Blood, Essence
=> Healthy: KD, LV, Ren, Chong
=> Yang energy of the Gate of Live

76
Q

Minister Fire has
• what form
• is related to
• provide what to form a new being

A
  • Formless, related to water

* Provides the SPARK necessary for Essence and Blood to form a new being

77
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Po aka

A

Corporate Soul

78
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Po of the fetus is formed from the ______

A

mother’s Po

79
Q

Which 2 items influences the hereditary constitution of the child?

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  • both parents’ Kidneys

* mother’s Lungs

80
Q

How is pregnancy defined in TCM?

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  • Time of change within the body
  • Abundance of Yin, plethora of Yang
  • Blood is transformed into Essence to nourish the fetus
81
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plethora means

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overabundance

82
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Menopause defined in terms of the vessels and fluids

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  • Ren Mai (Directing) becomes deficient
  • Chong Mai (Penetrating) depleted
  • Tian Gui (Heavenly Gui) dries up
  • Fluids in the channels are exhausted
83
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Menopause d/t

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KD def. => combined Yin & Yang def.

84
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What happens in menopause with energy, fluids?

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Chong & Ren, KD depleted of energy (essence), blood & fluids dry up

85
Q

Minister fire is the source for both

A

Fire & Water

86
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Yin is the material substance for

87
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Yang is the function of

88
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What are the LIVER patterns in women’s patology?

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  • LV Qi Stag
  • LV Blood Def
  • LV Blood Stasis
  • LV Blood HEAT
89
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LV Qi stag (women’s pathology) translates into

A
  • PMS

* Yang rising => H/A

90
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LV Blood def (women’s pathology) translates into

A
  • infertility
  • scanty periods
  • late periods
  • amenorrhea
91
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LV Blood Stasis (women’s pathology) translates into

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  • result of stagnant Qi
  • PMS
  • dark blood
  • clots
92
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LV Blood HEAT (women’s pathology) translates into

A
  • prolonged stagnant Qi

* XS type of menorrhagia

93
Q

What are the SPLEEN patterns in women’s patology?

A
  • SP Qi def
  • SP Blood def
  • SP Qi sinking
94
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SP Qi def (women’s pathology) translates into

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• Origin of Qi and Blood

95
Q

SP Blood def (women’s pathology) translates into

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• SP def not generating Blood => LV Blood def

96
Q

SP Qi sinking (women’s pathology) translates into

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SP Yang not holding

97
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What are the HEART patterns in women’s patology?

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  • Mental/Emotional
  • HT Qi Rebelling UPward … Fire
  • HT Yin, Qi, Blood def
  • HT Blood Stasis
  • HT Blood Heat in Pregnancy
98
Q

What influences have mental/emotional issues over GYN issues?

A 
Influence over: 
• menstruation
• pregnancy
• childbirth
• menopause
99
Q

What means BLOOD COLD in women’s pathology?

A 
=> cold invades the Uterus, external strike or d/t Yang Qi def
=> leads to Blood Stasis causing
• infertility
• delayed cycle
• painful periods
100
Q

Blood not flowing to cold hands, but women has hot flashes - Explanation?

A

‘Hot & Cold Syndromes in women’

=> ex. Empty-Heat may rise from Blood def

101
Q

Rebellious Qi rising, causing heat, lower channel cold feet - Explanation?

A

‘Hot & Cold Syndromes in women’

=> Chong Mai

102
Q

Overlapping deficiency of KD Yin & Yang, common in women over 40 - Explanation?

A

‘Hot & Cold Syndromes in women’

103
Q

LUNGS in womens’ pathology play a

A

minor role

104
Q

How are LU associated with women’s issues?

A

Associated with SP Qi def

105
Q

What stagnates LU Qi in chest?

A
  • Worry
  • Grief
  • Sadness
106
Q

How is the Stomach connected to the UTERUS?

A

via Chong Mai

107
Q

What causes morning sickness?

A

Rebellious ST Qi

108
Q

Women’s Pathology => What Qi Pathology is seen?

A
  • def
  • stag
  • sinking
  • rebellious
109
Q

Women’s Pathology => What Blood Pathology is seen?

A
  • def
  • HEAT
  • Stasis
  • Cold
110
Q

Rebellious Qi from abdomen to chest, face

111
Q

Controls Uterus, fertility, conception, pregnancy, delivery and menopause

112
Q

Def ‘slack’ vs. XS ‘tight’

113
Q

All vessels involved in womens’ pathology

A 
DU
REN
Chong
Dai
Yin Heel
Yin Linking

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