Kidney Flashcards
Foundation of
Yin and Yang for the entire body
Stores
Essence
Governs
Birth, Growth, Reproduction and Development
Produces
Marrow, fills up the brain and control the bones
Controls
- the reception of Qi
- spittle
- the two lower orifices
- the Ministerial Fire
Open into the
ears
Manifest in the
hair
Houses the
will-power (Zhi)
Govern
water
Seasons
Winter
Directions
north
Colours
black
Tastes
salty
Climates
cold
Stage of development
storage
Planets
Mercury
Animals
Shell-covered
Domestic animals
pig
Grains
millet
Sense organs
ears
Tissues
bones
Emotions
fear
Sounds
groaning
Sayings
- control opening and closing
- control strength and skill
- are the root of the Pre-Heaven Qi
- loathe dryness
- are the Gate of the Stomach
Affected by
- hereditary weakness
- emotional strain
- excessive sex
- chronic illness
- overwork
- old age
Empty Patterns
- KD Yang xu
- KD Yin xu
- KD Qi not firm
- KD failing to receive Qi
- KD Essence xu
- Lower backache, dizziness, tinnitus, weak legs, tiredness, lassitude, apathy, depression
- Bright-white complexion
- Cold and weak knees, a sensation of cold in the low back, feeling of cold, edema of the legs
- Abundant clear urination, urination at night, loose stools
- Infertility in women, impotence, low sperm count, decreased libido
- T: pale and wet
- P: deep, weak
KD Yang Xu
- Low back ache, dizziness, tinnitus, poor memory
- Ache in the bones
- Tiredness, lassitude, depression, slight anxiety
- Night sweats, dry mouth and throat at night
- Constipation, dark scanty urine
- Vertigo, hardness of hearing
- Nocturnal emissions, infertility, premature ejaculation
- T: normal color without coat
- P: floating and empty
KD Yin xu
- Soreness and weakness of the lower back, weak knees, tiredness
- Feeling of cold, cold limbs
- Clear frequent urination, weak stream urination, abundant urination, dribbling after urination, incontinence of urine, enuresis, urination at night
- Prolapse of the uterus, chronic white vaginal discharge, a dragging down sensation in the lower abdomen, recurrent miscarriage
- Nocturnal emissions without dreams, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea
- T: pale
- P: deep and weak, esp in chi
KD Qi not firm
- Low back ache, dizziness, tinnitus
- Cold limbs, cold limbs after sweating
- SOB on exertion, rapid and weak breathing, difficulty
inhaling, chronic cough and/or asthma, spontaneous
sweats, swelling of the face, thin body, mental
listlessness, clear urination during an asthma attack, - T: pale
- P: deep, weak, tight
KD failing to receive Qi
- In kids: poor bone development, late closure of the fontanelle, deafness, mental dullness or slowed development
- In adults: softening of the bones, loose teeth, falling hair or premature greying, weakness of sexual activity, infertility, sterility, primary amenorrhea, absentmindedness, decreased mental sharpness
- Dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, weakness of the knees and legs, low back ache
- Poor memory, blurry vision, loose stools
- T: w/o coat if background of KD Yin xu; pale if background of KD Yang xu
- P: floating-empty or leather
KD Essence xu
Empty/Full Patterns
KD Yang xu, Water Overflowing
- to the Lung
- to the Heart
KD Yin xu, Empty Heat Blazing
• Soreness of the low back, a feeling of cold, cold feeling in the legs and back
• Edema esp of the legs and ankles, fullness and distention in the abdomen, scanty clear urination
• to the Heart: + palpitations, breathlessness, cold hands
• the the Lungs: + thin watery frothy sputum, cough, asthma, breathlessness on exertion
• T: Pale, Swollen and wet with a white coating
• P: Deep-Weak-Slow
KD Yang xu, Water Overflowing
*Dizziness, tinnitus, low back ache, hardness of hearing
*Night sweats, dry throat esp at night
*Dry stools, scanty dark urine, hematuria
*Nocturnal emissions w dreams, excessive sexual desire
*Malar flush, low grade fever, afternoon fever, five palm heat, a feeling of heat in the afternoon/evening, thirst w desire to drink in small sips
*Mental restlessness, insomnia
*T: red, cracked red tip, without coat
*P: floating-empty and rapid
KD Yin xu, Empty Heat Blazing
Dominates
water metabolism
