Lichen Planus Flashcards
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5 Ps of Lichen Planus
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Purple Planar Pruritic Polygonal Papules
2
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Lichen Planus most common location
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Wrists, ankles, forearms, lower legs, mouth, tongue, genitalia and sacrum
3
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Fine milky-white reticular network of ridges traveling papules
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Wickhams striae
4
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8 types of lichen Planus
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Localized papular form Hypertrophic Planopilaris Palmer and plantar Oral and genital form Annular Pigmented Linear
5
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Tcm pathological factors
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External wind heat stagnates is the Luo collaterals leading to stasis
Wind damp binds the muscles and flesh leading to stasis
Stasis of Qi and Blood
Liver and Ki yin xu with blazing fire
6
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Lichen planus typically effects
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The Lou channels
7
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Wind damp binding the muscle and flesh treat what level of heat
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Qi level
8
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Herbs that activate the Lou
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Lu Lu tong Hai feng teng Wei ling xian Wang by Liu xing Si hua lou
