GYN Flashcards
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Womens’ physiology is dominated by
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blood d/t uterus since it stores blood
2
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The Du Mai arises where ?
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Bao
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Bao aka
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Dan Tian
4
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Dan Tian in women is the
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Uterus
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Dan Tian in men is the
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Room of Sperm
6
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An Extra Yang organ
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Uterus
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The uterus is Yang because
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- hollow shape
* discharging (menses, baby @ labor)
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The uterus is Yin because
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- stores blood
* nourishes the fetus
9
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The vessel connecting the heart with the uterus
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Bao Mai
10
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The vessel connecting the uterus with kidneys
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Bao Luo
11
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menarche (YRS)
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12.8 YRS, range 10 - 16 YRS
12
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cycle range
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21-36 days
13
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menses last
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3-7 days
14
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ml of blood loss
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30 - 80 ml
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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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menopause range
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50 YRS, range 35 - 55 YRS
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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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- Yang Qi rises,
- LV Qi mobilizes to move LV-Blood;
- Luteal phase
- NAME of phase, timeframe?
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pre-menstrual phase, 7 days
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).
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
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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- 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
23
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Premenstrual Treatment
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- Tonify Yang if deficient
* move LV Qi if stagnant
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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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Post-Menstrual nourish ____in these meridians
• Nourish Blood and Yin (LV/KD)
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Mid-cycle support what?
• Promote ovulation nourish Essence
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material substance of menstrual blood, origin of sperm
Tian Gui
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Tian Gui meaning
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Tian = heavenly
Gui = yin-water
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Tian Gui Shui
describes seminal and menstrual fluids
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Jing Shui
period water
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What turns the Tian Gui Shui into blood?
KD Yang
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The origin of REN, CHONG, DU Mai
bw KDs where KD Yang is
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Def KD Yang causes
cold obstruction, infertility, dysmenorrhea lack sexual desire
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XS KD Yang causes
XS bleeding, infertility, miscarriage
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The uterus receives blood from
LV
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LV Blood def. causes what for menses
* amenorrhea
* scanty
* late
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Hot Blood in the LV causes
menorrhagia
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LV Qi moves LV Blood during which menstrual phase?
pre-menstrual
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Stagnant LV Blood causes
* irregular menses
* PMS
* dysmenorrhea
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Source of Qi and Blood
SP
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SP Yang Qi function w/uterus
ascends & raises uterus
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def SP causes what to menses
menorrhagia since the SP gathers blood
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Governs the Blood
HT
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What is the name of the vessel which connects the HT with the UTERUS?
BAO MAI
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HT Yang forms ______ with the ESSENCE
Tian Gui aka Heavenly Gui
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What are the 3 strong emotional influences with the HT & UTERUS?
* def BL in uterus after birth => depression
* stag BL in uterus after birth => psychosis
* Emotional shock may cause amenorrhea
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Governs Qi
LUNGS
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organ w/minor influence over the uterus
LU
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What organ has indirect influence over prolapsed uterus
LU since it governs Qi
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Stopping menses can be d/t which organ?
LU => sadness, grief => depletion of Qi
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How is the ST connected with the UTERUS?
via Chong Mai which rises from the UTERUS up through ST30
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ST30 aka
* Sea of Nourishment
* Qichong
* pouring Qi
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Which channel influences breast feeding?
ST
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Fu organ source of Qi and Blood
ST
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Sea of Blood points
BL11, ST37, ST39
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Controls supply and movement of Blood in Uterus
Chong Mai
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Combines with REN Mai to regulate uterus, menses
Chong Mai
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Empty Chong Mai
amenorrhea, scanty or late periods
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Stagnant Qi or Blood of Chong Mai
dysmenorrhea
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Responsible for menstruation & its irregularities
Chong Mai
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This vessel is related to the uterus, internal, external genitals (Cervix, vagina, vulva)
Ren Mai
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Sea of Yin channel provides
Yin, Essence, Fluids
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Sea of Yin (vessel)
Ren Mai
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Through what vessel should you nourish Yin in terms of menopause?
Ren Mai
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This vessel has influences of conception, fertility, menarche, pregnancy and menopause
Ren Mai
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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
Du Mai & Ren Mai
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Du Mai extends a branch to the front of the body curling around the ______
Vagina
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If Yang is deficient treat ______
Du Mai
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This vessel connects the Uterus with the Kidneys, Heart & Brain
Du Mai
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These two vessels are the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Ovarian axis responsible for ovulation
Ren/Du Mai
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Interrelates with, restrains LV Qi flow, harmonizes ascending and descending of Spleen and Kidneys
Dai Mai
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Guides and supports the Qi of the UTERUS and Essence
Dai Mai
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Connects with BL23 and LV13, influences post-natal
Dai Mai
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If this vessel is deficient, it influences Du, Ren, Chong
Dai Mai
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What is important for conception?
=> Abundant Blood, Essence
=> Healthy: KD, LV, Ren, Chong
=> Yang energy of the Gate of Live
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Minister Fire has
• what form
• is related to
• provide what to form a new being
* Formless, related to water
| * Provides the SPARK necessary for Essence and Blood to form a new being
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Po aka
Corporate Soul
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Po of the fetus is formed from the ______
mother's Po
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Which 2 items influences the hereditary constitution of the child?
* both parents' Kidneys
| * mother's Lungs
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How is pregnancy defined in TCM?
* Time of change within the body
* Abundance of Yin, plethora of Yang
* Blood is transformed into Essence to nourish the fetus
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plethora means
overabundance
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Menopause defined in terms of the vessels and fluids
* Ren Mai (Directing) becomes deficient
* Chong Mai (Penetrating) depleted
* Tian Gui (Heavenly Gui) dries up
* Fluids in the channels are exhausted
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Menopause d/t
KD def. => combined Yin & Yang def.
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What happens in menopause with energy, fluids?
Chong & Ren, KD depleted of energy (essence), blood & fluids dry up
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Minister fire is the source for both
Fire & Water
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Yin is the material substance for
Yang
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Yang is the function of
Yin
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What are the LIVER patterns in women's patology?
* LV Qi Stag
* LV Blood Def
* LV Blood Stasis
* LV Blood HEAT
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LV Qi stag (women's pathology) translates into
* PMS
| * Yang rising => H/A
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LV Blood def (women's pathology) translates into
* infertility
* scanty periods
* late periods
* amenorrhea
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LV Blood Stasis (women's pathology) translates into
* result of stagnant Qi
* PMS
* dark blood
* clots
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LV Blood HEAT (women's pathology) translates into
* prolonged stagnant Qi
| * XS type of menorrhagia
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What are the SPLEEN patterns in women's patology?
* SP Qi def
* SP Blood def
* SP Qi sinking
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SP Qi def (women's pathology) translates into
• Origin of Qi and Blood
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SP Blood def (women's pathology) translates into
• SP def not generating Blood => LV Blood def
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SP Qi sinking (women's pathology) translates into
SP Yang not holding
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What are the HEART patterns in women's patology?
* Mental/Emotional
* HT Qi Rebelling UPward ... Fire
* HT Yin, Qi, Blood def
* HT Blood Stasis
* HT Blood Heat in Pregnancy
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What influences have mental/emotional issues over GYN issues?
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Influence over:
• menstruation
• pregnancy
• childbirth
• menopause
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What means BLOOD COLD in women's pathology?
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=> cold invades the Uterus, external strike or d/t Yang Qi def
=> leads to Blood Stasis causing
• infertility
• delayed cycle
• painful periods
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Blood not flowing to cold hands, but women has hot flashes - Explanation?
'Hot & Cold Syndromes in women'
| => ex. Empty-Heat may rise from Blood def
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Rebellious Qi rising, causing heat, lower channel cold feet - Explanation?
'Hot & Cold Syndromes in women'
| => Chong Mai
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Overlapping deficiency of KD Yin & Yang, common in women over 40 - Explanation?
'Hot & Cold Syndromes in women'
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LUNGS in womens' pathology play a
minor role
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How are LU associated with women's issues?
Associated with SP Qi def
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What stagnates LU Qi in chest?
* Worry
* Grief
* Sadness
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How is the Stomach connected to the UTERUS?
via Chong Mai
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What causes morning sickness?
Rebellious ST Qi
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Women's Pathology => What Qi Pathology is seen?
* def
* stag
* sinking
* rebellious
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Women's Pathology => What Blood Pathology is seen?
* def
* HEAT
* Stasis
* Cold
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Rebellious Qi from abdomen to chest, face
Chong Mai
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Controls Uterus, fertility, conception, pregnancy, delivery and menopause
Ren Mai
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Def 'slack' vs. XS 'tight'
Dai Mai
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All vessels involved in womens' pathology
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DU
REN
Chong
Dai
Yin Heel
Yin Linking
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