Inquiry Flashcards
1
Q
What does the
What are some
A
Hobby, customs, onset and development of diseases
2
Q
How can inquire support in diagnosis where other three methods (pulse, tongue, etc) are insufficient?
A
- Early stage of the disease diagnosis
- emotional disorder
- complicated disease diagnosis
3
Q
having chills that could not be relieved by putting on more clothes or warm oneself by the heater
A
Aversion to Cold
(more acute severe)
4
Q
Slight aversion to cold, but feels severe cold even when there is only a little wind
A
Aversion to Wind
5
Q
putting on more clothes or warms up by the heater can relieve the cold sensation
A
Intolerance of Cold / afraid to be cold (More chronic - mild)
6
Q
What is anhidrosis?
A
No sweating
7
Q
What is the fluid of the heart?
A
Sweat
8
Q
What is the fluid of the liver?
A
Tears
9
Q
What is the fluid of the spleen?
A
Saliva
10
Q
What is the fluid of the kidney?
A
Spittle
11
Q
What is the fluid of the lungs?
A
Snivel
12
Q
Distending pain indicates…
A
Qi stagnation
13
Q
Stabbing pain indicates…
A
Blood stagnation
14
Q
Colicky (twisting) pain indicates…
A
Obstruction of excessive pathogenic factor
15
Q
Retraction (pulling) pain indicates…
A
Malnutrition of tendons
16
Q
Heavy pain indicates…
A
Dampness (pathogenic dampness in the channels)
17
Q
Cold pain indicates…
A
Pathogenic cold constricting channels
18
Q
Unfixed pain indicates…
A
Pathogenic wind attacking the body
19
Q
Scorching pain indicates…
A
Pathogenic **heat* injuring the channels
20
Q
Hollow pain indicates…
A
Deficiency of blood, essence, yin or yang
21
Q
Dull pain indicates…
A
Deficiency of qi, blood, yin or yang
22
Q
Aching pain indicates…
A
Exterior dampness of Kidney deficiency
23
Q
Tai yang headache is in which location?
A
occipital, radiating to nape
24
Q
Yang ming headache is in which location?
A
forehead and periocular region
25
Shao yang headache is in which location?
Lateral aspect of head (temporal)
26
Jue yin headache is in which location?
Vertex of head
27
Shao yin headache is in which location? What are some symptoms?
Side of head which radiates to the teeth and throat
28
What are the symptoms of Tai yin headache?
Headache with heavy sensations and diarrhea
29
A patient is experiencing unilateral numbness, is this due to excess or deficiency?
Excess
30
A patient is experiencing bilateral numbness is this due to excess or deficiency?
Deficiency
31
Hunger but no desire to eat indicates...
Stomach Yin Deficiency
32
Poor appetite is related to which zangfu organ?
Spleen
33
What does the chief complaint include?
Major symptoms
Duration
Severity
Frequency
Characterize
34
What are the 10 questions of inquiry?
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
What pathogen can cold transform into?
Cold can transform into heat
36
What does pathogenic heat mostly cause?
Fever (but it can lead to false cold)
37
If yang predominates, the result will be...
External Heat
38
If yin predominates, the result will be...
Internal Cold
39
If yang declines, the result will be...
External Cold
40
If yin declines, the result will be...
Internal Heat
41
An exopathogenic heat factor indicates...
Excessive Heat
42
An exopathogenic cold factor indicates...
Excessive Cold
43
A zang fu organ disorder of deficient yin indicates...
Deficiency Heat
44
A zang fu organ disorder of deficient yang indicates...
Deficiency Cold
45
Aversion to cold indicates...
Exterior Cold
46
Aversion to wind indicates...
Wei qi and Ying qi disharmony
47
Intolerance of cold indicates...
Yang qi deficiency fails to warm the body
48
Stagnation generates which pathogen?
Heat
49
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
Tidal Fever
50
Temperature above 102F may be accompanied by thirst, sweating, and flooding pulse
High Fever
51
Afternoon or nighttime low-fever, or localized sensations of heat, fixed and sharp pain, follows traumatic injury (intermittent)
Low-grade Fever
52
High grade fever indicates...
## Footnote
Fever without chills
Excess interior heat syndromes...
Yang Ming Syndrome
Qi Level (excessive heat attacking lung qi)
Ying-Xue Level (excessive heat)
## Footnote
Fever without chills
53
Tidal fever indicates...
## Footnote
Fever without chills
Yang ming fu syndrome (ST & LI)
Blood stagnation
Damp Heat
Sp/St Qi deficiency
Yin Deficiency
## Footnote
Fever without chills
54
Low-grade Fever indicates...
| (Excess and Deficiency Indications)
## Footnote
Fever without chills
Excess:
Liver Qi stagnation
Food Stagnation
Blood Stagnation
Deficiency:
Qi deficiency
Yin deficiency
Yang deficiency
Deficiency --> Deficiency
| Excess--> Stagnation
## Footnote
Fever without chills
55
Simultaneous chills (aversion to cold) and fever indicates...
Exterior Pattern
56
Severe chills and slight fever or cills and fever w aversion to wind indicates...
Wind cold attack
57
Slight chills and severe fever indicates...
Wind heat attack
58
High fever with slight chills indicates...
summer heat
59
Alternating chills and fever indicates...
Shao Yang Pattern (bitter taste in mouth & wiry pulse)
Malaria
60
Which organ plays the most important part in sweat formation?
The Heart!
61
Which organ governs the blood?
The Heart
62
Sweat is the body fluid of which organ?
The Heart
63
Which organ(s) are the source of sweat?
Spleen and Stomach
64
Which organ is the root of sweat?
The Kidney
(Powers the spleen for transformation, support SI with separation of body fluids. Excretion of fluids)
65
What role does the Lungs play in sweating?
Disperses the body fluids and controls the opening and closing of the skin pores. fsweat
66
Anhidrosis due to external pathogen indicates...
Exterior wind cold excess pattern (pores do not open due to constriction)
67
Anhidrosis due to internal pathogen indicates...
Yang deficiency
or
Yin deficiency
68
Profuse sweating due to excess indicates...
Excess Heat
69
Profuse sweating due to deficiency indicates...
Yang exhaustion
or
Yin exhaustion
70
Sweat that is worsed by slight exertion is known as...
Spontaneous sweating
(typically during the daytime)
71
Night sweating indicates...
Yin Deficiency
Dampness
72
A headache that is persistent and severe indicates?
Excess Pattern
73
A headache that is chronic, intermittent and mild indicates...
Deficiency Pattern
(qi, blood, essence, body fluids)
74
Severe, sudden onset chest pain indicates … (excess or deficiency)?
Excess
(Blood stagnation, qì stagnation, phlegm obstruction, lung abscess)
75
Vague, chronic , mild chest pain indicates … (excess or deficiency)?
Deficiency
(Qì deficiency or qì and yin deficiency)
76
Severe and incessant pain in the hypochondriac region indicates… (excess or deficiency)?
Excess (shào yáng pattern, fluid retention, liver qì stagnation, blood stagnation, damp head in the Liver Gallbladder)
77
Vague, chronic, mild pain in the hypochondriac region indicates… (excess or deficiency)?
Deficiency (Liver Yin deficiency)
78
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)?
Excess (excess cold in the middle burner, excess heat in the middle burner, food, qì or blood stagnation)
79
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)?
Deficiency (stomach yin deficiency or Spleen and Stomach qì deficiency with cold)
80
Pain at night time indicates…
Blood stagnation or yin deficiency
81
Pain during the daytime indicates…
dysfunction of qì and blood
