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Inquiry Flashcards

1
Q

What does the

What are some

A

Hobby, customs, onset and development of diseases

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2
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How can inquire support in diagnosis where other three methods (pulse, tongue, etc) are insufficient?

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  1. Early stage of the disease diagnosis
  2. emotional disorder
  3. complicated disease diagnosis
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3
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having chills that could not be relieved by putting on more clothes or warm oneself by the heater

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Aversion to Cold
(more acute severe)

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4
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Slight aversion to cold, but feels severe cold even when there is only a little wind

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Aversion to Wind

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5
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putting on more clothes or warms up by the heater can relieve the cold sensation

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Intolerance of Cold / afraid to be cold (More chronic - mild)

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6
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What is anhidrosis?

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No sweating

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7
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What is the fluid of the heart?

A

Sweat

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8
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What is the fluid of the liver?

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Tears

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9
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What is the fluid of the spleen?

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Saliva

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10
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What is the fluid of the kidney?

A

Spittle

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11
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What is the fluid of the lungs?

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Snivel

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12
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Distending pain indicates…

A

Qi stagnation

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13
Q

Stabbing pain indicates…

A

Blood stagnation

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14
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Colicky (twisting) pain indicates…

A

Obstruction of excessive pathogenic factor

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15
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Retraction (pulling) pain indicates…

A

Malnutrition of tendons

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16
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Heavy pain indicates…

A

Dampness (pathogenic dampness in the channels)

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17
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Cold pain indicates…

A

Pathogenic cold constricting channels

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18
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Unfixed pain indicates…

A

Pathogenic wind attacking the body

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19
Q

Scorching pain indicates…

A

Pathogenic **heat* injuring the channels

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20
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Hollow pain indicates…

A

Deficiency of blood, essence, yin or yang

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21
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Dull pain indicates…

A

Deficiency of qi, blood, yin or yang

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22
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Aching pain indicates…

A

Exterior dampness of Kidney deficiency

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23
Q

Tai yang headache is in which location?

A

occipital, radiating to nape

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24
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Yang ming headache is in which location?

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forehead and periocular region

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25
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Shao yang headache is in which location?

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Lateral aspect of head (temporal)

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26
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Jue yin headache is in which location?

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Vertex of head

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27
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Shao yin headache is in which location? What are some symptoms?

A

Side of head which radiates to the teeth and throat

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28
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What are the symptoms of Tai yin headache?

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Headache with heavy sensations and diarrhea

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29
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A patient is experiencing unilateral numbness, is this due to excess or deficiency?

A

Excess

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30
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A patient is experiencing bilateral numbness is this due to excess or deficiency?

A

Deficiency

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31
Q

Hunger but no desire to eat indicates…

A

Stomach Yin Deficiency

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32
Q

Poor appetite is related to which zangfu organ?

A

Spleen

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33
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What does the chief complaint include?

A

Major symptoms
Duration
Severity
Frequency
Characterize

34
Q

What are the 10 questions of inquiry?

A

Hot and Cold (chills and fever)
Sweat
Head and body
Stools and urine
Food and drink
Chest
Hearing
Thirst
Women’s questions
Children’s questions
(+emotional, pain, sleep)

35
Q

What pathogen can cold transform into?

A

Cold can transform into heat

36
Q

What does pathogenic heat mostly cause?

A

Fever (but it can lead to false cold)

37
Q

If yang predominates, the result will be…

A

External Heat

38
Q

If yin predominates, the result will be…

A

Internal Cold

39
Q

If yang declines, the result will be…

A

External Cold

40
Q

If yin declines, the result will be…

A

Internal Heat

41
Q

An exopathogenic heat factor indicates…

A

Excessive Heat

42
Q

An exopathogenic cold factor indicates…

A

Excessive Cold

43
Q

A zang fu organ disorder of deficient yin indicates…

A

Deficiency Heat

44
Q

A zang fu organ disorder of deficient yang indicates…

A

Deficiency Cold

45
Q

Aversion to cold indicates…

A

Exterior Cold

46
Q

Aversion to wind indicates…

A

Wei qi and Ying qi disharmony

47
Q

Intolerance of cold indicates…

A

Yang qi deficiency fails to warm the body

48
Q

Stagnation generates which pathogen?

49
Q

Upon initial touch, skin feels normal, however upon prolonged touch, skin feels hot. Fever gets worse in afternoon, decreats a little after sweating, but fever soon returns

A

Tidal Fever

50
Q

Temperature above 102F may be accompanied by thirst, sweating, and flooding pulse

A

High Fever

51
Q

Afternoon or nighttime low-fever, or localized sensations of heat, fixed and sharp pain, follows traumatic injury (intermittent)

A

Low-grade Fever

52
Q

High grade fever indicates…

Fever without chills

A

Excess interior heat syndromes…
Yang Ming Syndrome
Qi Level (excessive heat attacking lung qi)
Ying-Xue Level (excessive heat)

Fever without chills

53
Q

Tidal fever indicates…

Fever without chills

A

Yang ming fu syndrome (ST & LI)
Blood stagnation
Damp Heat
Sp/St Qi deficiency
Yin Deficiency

Fever without chills

54
Q

Low-grade Fever indicates…

(Excess and Deficiency Indications)

Fever without chills

A

Excess:
Liver Qi stagnation
Food Stagnation
Blood Stagnation

Deficiency:
Qi deficiency
Yin deficiency
Yang deficiency

Deficiency –> Deficiency

Excess–> Stagnation

Fever without chills

55
Q

Simultaneous chills (aversion to cold) and fever indicates…

A

Exterior Pattern

56
Q

Severe chills and slight fever or cills and fever w aversion to wind indicates…

A

Wind cold attack

57
Q

Slight chills and severe fever indicates…

A

Wind heat attack

58
Q

High fever with slight chills indicates…

A

summer heat

59
Q

Alternating chills and fever indicates…

A

Shao Yang Pattern (bitter taste in mouth & wiry pulse)
Malaria

60
Q

Which organ plays the most important part in sweat formation?

A

The Heart!

61
Q

Which organ governs the blood?

62
Q

Sweat is the body fluid of which organ?

63
Q

Which organ(s) are the source of sweat?

A

Spleen and Stomach

64
Q

Which organ is the root of sweat?

A

The Kidney
(Powers the spleen for transformation, support SI with separation of body fluids. Excretion of fluids)

65
Q

What role does the Lungs play in sweating?

A

Disperses the body fluids and controls the opening and closing of the skin pores. fsweat

66
Q

Anhidrosis due to external pathogen indicates…

A

Exterior wind cold excess pattern (pores do not open due to constriction)

67
Q

Anhidrosis due to internal pathogen indicates…

A

Yang deficiency
or
Yin deficiency

68
Q

Profuse sweating due to excess indicates…

A

Excess Heat

69
Q

Profuse sweating due to deficiency indicates…

A

Yang exhaustion
or
Yin exhaustion

70
Q

Sweat that is worsed by slight exertion is known as…

A

Spontaneous sweating
(typically during the daytime)

71
Q

Night sweating indicates…

A

Yin Deficiency
Dampness

72
Q

A headache that is persistent and severe indicates?

A

Excess Pattern

73
Q

A headache that is chronic, intermittent and mild indicates…

A

Deficiency Pattern
(qi, blood, essence, body fluids)

74
Q

Severe, sudden onset chest pain indicates … (excess or deficiency)?

A

Excess
(Blood stagnation, qì stagnation, phlegm obstruction, lung abscess)

75
Q

Vague, chronic , mild chest pain indicates … (excess or deficiency)?

A

Deficiency
(Qì deficiency or qì and yin deficiency)

76
Q

Severe and incessant pain in the hypochondriac region indicates… (excess or deficiency)?

A

Excess (shào yáng pattern, fluid retention, liver qì stagnation, blood stagnation, damp head in the Liver Gallbladder)

77
Q

Vague, chronic, mild pain in the hypochondriac region indicates… (excess or deficiency)?

A

Deficiency (Liver Yin deficiency)

78
Q

Acute onset, short duration, severe pain in the epigastric region with distention that worsen after eating and is resistant to pressure indicates … (excess or deficiency)?

A

Excess (excess cold in the middle burner, excess heat in the middle burner, food, qì or blood stagnation)

79
Q

Chronic onset, long duration, vague pain on the epigastric region that is induced or aggravated by hunger, relieved by eating and relieved with pressure indicates… (excess or deficiency)?

A

Deficiency (stomach yin deficiency or Spleen and Stomach qì deficiency with cold)

80
Q

Pain at night time indicates…

A

Blood stagnation or yin deficiency

81
Q

Pain during the daytime indicates…

A

dysfunction of qì and blood

Oriental Diagnosis (10 decks)

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