Inquiring about defecation and urination

Question 1

Defecation - What is normal?

Answer 1

1. In the morning once a day
2. Thick, long and well formed
3. No straining or waiting needed and abdomen feels empty afterwards (save time and decrease chance of getting an aneurysm)
4. Not dry or sticky - one time wipe (save a lot of money on toilet paper)

Question 2

Defecation - Dry

Answer 2

1. Insufficient fluids

2. Poor circulation of fluids - Blood, yin, jin-ye

Question 3

Defecation - Sticky

Answer 3

Dampness

Question 4

Foul smell

Answer 4

Heat

Question 5

Defecation - Constipation

Answer 5

1. Large intestine yin deficiency
2. Qi, blood, and/or body fluid deficiency
3. Heat accumulating in intestines
4. Cold obstructing intestinal qi

Question 6

Defecation - Diarrhea

Answer 6

1. Spleen qi or yang deficiency
2. Kidney yang deficiency - five gong diarrhea (yang at its weakest)
3. Food stagnation
4. Invasion of external pathogen - damp cold, damp heat
5. Emotional disturbance - liver attack spleen

Question 7

Urination - What is normal?

Answer 7

1. Pale yellow, clear - pale in winter, dark in summer
2. Moderate frequency - more in winter less in summer
3. Not much odor

Question 8

Urination - Quantity - Copious

Answer 8

Kidney yang deficiency

Question 9

Urination - Quantity - Scant

Answer 9

1. Deficiency of body fluids/yin

2. Retention of body fluids

Question 10

Can yang deficiency cause scant urination and why?

Answer 10

Yes and urine will still be pale. Kidney controls the two lower yin orifices

Question 11

Urination - Frequency - frequent

Answer 11

1. Heat or damp heat in the lower jiao/UB - acute
   a. Heart fire
   b. Damp heat in UB
2. Kidney qi/yang deficiency - chronic
   a. Kidney qi controls the two lower yin orifices

Question 12

Damp causes cloudy urination

Answer 12

Damp causes cloudy urination