Inquiry Flashcards
What does the
What are some
Hobby, customs, onset and development of diseases
How can inquire support in diagnosis where other three methods (pulse, tongue, etc) are insufficient?
- Early stage of the disease diagnosis
- emotional disorder
- complicated disease diagnosis
having chills that could not be relieved by putting on more clothes or warm oneself by the heater
Aversion to Cold
(more acute severe)
Slight aversion to cold, but feels severe cold even when there is only a little wind
Aversion to Wind
putting on more clothes or warms up by the heater can relieve the cold sensation
Intolerance of Cold / afraid to be cold (More chronic - mild)
What is anhidrosis?
No sweating
What is the fluid of the heart?
Sweat
What is the fluid of the liver?
Tears
What is the fluid of the spleen?
Saliva
What is the fluid of the kidney?
Spittle
What is the fluid of the lungs?
Snivel
Distending pain indicates…
Qi stagnation
Stabbing pain indicates…
Blood stagnation
Colicky (twisting) pain indicates…
Obstruction of excessive pathogenic factor
Retraction (pulling) pain indicates…
Malnutrition of tendons
Heavy pain indicates…
Dampness (pathogenic dampness in the channels)
Cold pain indicates…
Pathogenic cold constricting channels
Unfixed pain indicates…
Pathogenic wind attacking the body
Scorching pain indicates…
Pathogenic **heat* injuring the channels
Hollow pain indicates…
Deficiency of blood, essence, yin or yang
Dull pain indicates…
Deficiency of qi, blood, yin or yang
Aching pain indicates…
Exterior dampness of Kidney deficiency
Tai yang headache is in which location?
occipital, radiating to nape
Yang ming headache is in which location?
forehead and periocular region
Shao yang headache is in which location?
Lateral aspect of head (temporal)
Jue yin headache is in which location?
Vertex of head
Shao yin headache is in which location? What are some symptoms?
Side of head which radiates to the teeth and throat
What are the symptoms of Tai yin headache?
Headache with heavy sensations and diarrhea
A patient is experiencing unilateral numbness, is this due to excess or deficiency?
Excess
A patient is experiencing bilateral numbness is this due to excess or deficiency?
Deficiency
Hunger but no desire to eat indicates…
Stomach Yin Deficiency
Poor appetite is related to which zangfu organ?
Spleen