Gynaecology 2 Flashcards
Will the same principal treatment apply if treating progesterone deficiency or Metrorrahage
Yes however if treating PMS liver chi stagnation or blood xu and pregnancy not a risk the treatment plan from ovulation onwards will be to move Chi and xue until the period onset
But someone has PMS and determined it’s from an excess condition either liver Qi stagnation or blood stagnation our treatment principal from ovulation is to what.
Lifting Yang, but mostly it’s to move Qi and blood because remember Yang is Qi and Qi is movement
When is the yin phase of the menstrual cycle
Yin phase is from day one until ovulation
What is the yin phase driven by
Estrogen
What is the name of the yin phase
The follicular phase
Why do they call it the follicular phase
Because it’s when the follicules mature
What else is the follicular phase referred as
Proliferative phase in reference to the Endometrium lining growing from almost nothing to abundance
Tired before her period Do you move yang or lift it up
Lift yang up plus moxa 
If you want to change the free flow of blood in the period When do you do that
In the first week of the cycle
If a woman tell you she got period cramps because your period is due tomorrow when would you treat it
The first week of the cycle
If a woman tells you she got her period cramps because your period is due tomorrow and you treated at the beginning of the cycle why is that
Because this is when the endometrium sheds and begins to regenerate and this is when you have the biggest impact on blood
On day one to three you focus on moving blood what points would you use
Is the chong vessel it’s the sea of blood use the ren vessel drives blood downwards
 spleen 6, 10 ( LV3 LI4 dissolves qi stag)
Stm28 regulates menstruation and remove stagnation
Stm30 regulates Qi and regulates Chong Mai
When does rebuilding of the endometrium usually start
Within 2 to 3 days of onset of menstruation
So even when the period is going on What to meridians will drive regeneration
The Chong and the Ren
What happens to the endometrium
Most of it gets remodelled with only a small percentage of it actually shedding
