Lecture 1: Pain Flashcards
Dull ache
Deficiency
Sharp
Excess
Pain with heaviness
Dampness or phlegm
Distending pain
Qi stagnation, usually liver
Colicky, spastic pain
Abdominal cold or blood stasis
Spastic pain in limbs
Xu of blood or Qi
Pain with chest stuffiness
Damp or phlegm accumulation with spleen xu
Throbbing pain
Liver yang raising
Boring pain
Blood stasis
Daytime pain
Dysfunction of qi or blood
Pain at night
Dysfunction of yin or blood stasis
Intermittent pain
Either qi xu pr qi stagnation
Pain after eating
Full condition( stagnation of qi, retention of food or blood stasis)
Pain before eating
May be ST or SP Xu
Pain before defecation and alleviated after
Full condition usually retention of food
Aggravated by pressure
A full condition ( damp phlegm qi or stagnation)
Ameliorated by pressure
Deficiency condition
Alleviated by warmth
Cold or yang xu
Alleviated by warmth
Heat xu
Localized pain
Usu due to phlegm or blood stasis
Moving pain
Usu due to qi stagnation ( unless it is due to wind in the joints)
Pain due to sprains, trauma, or bi syndrome
Due to to wind, cold or dampness - involve the Zang fu and their respective channels
Treatment for pain
Needle Herbs ( internal or external) Moxa Cupping Gua sha Electrostim Polarity agents Different metals