Gynecology Test #2 Flashcards
Causes of advanced menstruation?
- Qi deficiency
- Blood heat due to excessive yang
- Blood heat due to liver fire
- Deficiency heat
Most common causes of bleeding?
Qi deficiency and blood stasis
Causes of amenorrhea?
Cold, qi stagnation, blood stasis, phelgm damp, blood deficiency
On a young patient, focus mainly on which organ in gynecology?
KD
On a middle aged patient, focus mainly on which organ in gynecology?
LV
On a menopausal patient, focus mainly on which organs in gynecology?
SP, KD
Definition of advanced menstruation?
Between 7-14 days early for more than 2 cycles (at least 3 cycles)
Advanced menstruation symptoms: cycle is more than 7 days early continuously for more than 2 cycles (3 cycles minimum), light red and thin blood without clots, heavy volume, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, pale face, dizziness (clear qi cannot rise to the head), poor appetite, loose stools, bearing down sensation in the lower abdomen, pale, swollen, with teethmarks, thin white coating tongue, thready, weak pulse
Qi deficiency
Qi deficiency advanced menstruation TP
Tonify qi, boost spleen to hold blood
Qi deficiency advanced menstruation formula
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang ingredients
Huang Qi Ren Shen Bai Zhu Zhi Gan Cao Da Zao Dang Gui Chen Pi Sheng Ma Chai Hu
Which four herbs raise spleen qi?
Sheng Ma, Chai Hu, Ge Gen, Huang Qi
Qi deficiency quality of blood
Light red and thin blood without clots, heavy volume
Advanced menstruation symptoms: advanced menstruation that occurs more than 2 months in a row, more than 7 days early, bright red, thick blood with clots, heavy volume, red face, thirsty, irritability, short yellow urine, constipation, red tongue, yellow coating, rapid pulse
Blood heat - excess yang
Advanced menstruation blood heat - excess yang TP
Clear heat, cool blood, regulate menstruation
Advanced menstruation blood heat - excess yang pathogenesis
Collecting heat from external, goes inside. Heat pathogen, spicy food and alcohol etc., excess external yang penetrates interior
Advanced menstruation blood heat - excess yang formula
Qing Jing San
Qing Jing San
Mu Dan Pi: clear heat, infection, liver fire
Qing Hao: clear heat
Huang Bai: clear lower jiao heat
Sheng Di Huang: clear heat, cool blood, stop bleeding, nourish yin
Di Gu Pi: clear excess and deficiency heat, cool blood, nourish yin, stop bleeding
Bai Shao: soothe the liver, nourish yin, nourish blood, stop bleeding
Fu Ling: promote urination, dispel damp, tonify spleen (removes heat through urination) - remove if there is too much bleeding because urine is a body fluid,
blood and body fluid have the same source
Blood quality for advanced menstruation blood heat - excess yang
Bright red, thick blood with clots, heavy volume
Advanced menstruation symptoms: can be heavy amount of blood or small amount of blood, because the liver regulates the qi, sometimes it’s more on the heat side, sometimes more on the stagnant side, color is purple/red with clots (heat can boil the blood causing blood stasis), hypochondriac pain, headache, red face and eyes, distending pain on the lower side of the lower abdomen, oppression in the chest, distending pain in the breast, irritability, short temper, red tongue with thin yellow coating, wiry, rapid pulse
Blood heat - liver fire
Advanced menstruation blood heat - liver fire TP
Clear liver fire, soothe liver qi, regulate menstruation
Advanced menstruation blood heat - liver fire pathogenesis
Emotions
Advanced menstruation blood heat - liver fire formula
Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San
Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San
Remove Wei Jiang because it’s too warm
Mu Dan Pi, Zhi Zi: clear liver fire, cool blood, stop bleeding
Chai Hu: soothe liver qi
Bai Zhu, Fu Ling: strengthen spleen
Dang Gui, Bai Shao: nourish blood to soften liver
Bo He, Gan Cao: Bo He regulates the liver, Gan Cao harmonizes