Kidney

Question 1

Foundation of

Answer 1

Yin and Yang for the entire body

Question 2

Stores

Answer 2

Essence

Question 3

Governs

Answer 3

Birth, Growth, Reproduction and Development

Question 4

Produces

Answer 4

Marrow, fills up the brain and control the bones

Question 5

Controls

Answer 5

1. the reception of Qi
2. spittle
3. the two lower orifices
4. the Ministerial Fire

Question 6

Open into the

Answer 6

ears

Question 7

Manifest in the

Answer 7

hair

Question 8

Houses the

Answer 8

will-power (Zhi)

Question 9

Govern

Answer 9

water

Question 10

Seasons

Answer 10

Winter

Question 11

Directions

Answer 11

north

Question 12

Colours

Answer 12

black

Question 13

Tastes

Answer 13

salty

Question 14

Climates

Answer 14

cold

Question 15

Stage of development

Answer 15

storage

Question 16

Planets

Answer 16

Mercury

Question 17

Animals

Answer 17

Shell-covered

Question 18

Domestic animals

Answer 18

pig

Question 19

Grains

Answer 19

millet

Question 20

Sense organs

Answer 20

ears

Question 21

Tissues

Answer 21

bones

Question 22

Emotions

Answer 22

fear

Question 23

Sounds

Answer 23

groaning

Question 24

Sayings

Answer 24

• control opening and closing
• control strength and skill
• are the root of the Pre-Heaven Qi
• loathe dryness
• are the Gate of the Stomach

Question 25

Affected by

Answer 25

• hereditary weakness
• emotional strain
• excessive sex
• chronic illness
• overwork
• old age

Question 26

Empty Patterns

Answer 26

• KD Yang xu
• KD Yin xu
• KD Qi not firm
• KD failing to receive Qi
• KD Essence xu

Question 27

• 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

Answer 27

KD Yang Xu

Question 28

• 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

Answer 28

KD Yin xu

Question 29

• 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

Answer 29

KD Qi not firm

Question 30

• 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

Answer 30

KD failing to receive Qi

Question 31

• 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

Answer 31

KD Essence xu

Question 32

Empty/Full Patterns

Answer 32

KD Yang xu, Water Overflowing
- to the Lung
- to the Heart

KD Yin xu, Empty Heat Blazing

Question 33

• 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

Answer 33

KD Yang xu, Water Overflowing

Question 34

*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

Answer 34

KD Yin xu, Empty Heat Blazing

Question 35

Dominates

Answer 35

water metabolism