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Liver Flashcards

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Key S/S of what pattern?
DISTENTION - hypochondriac region, epigastric region, maybe chest, breasts especially before menstruation
MOODY: depression, sighing, melancholia
MENSES: irregular, PMS

Tongue: regular, sometimes sides red/tender if severe
Pulse: string-taut (aka wiry)

A

Liver Qi Stagnation

cause: emotions
Rx:
Yue Ju Wan (all stagnations 5 herbs for 6 stagnations)
Chai Hu Shu Gan San

Point: Liv 3!
(gio’s go-to point: GB 34 moves liver qi and dampness)

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Michelle pairs

SJ 5 - GB 40 for what pattern?

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Liver Qi Stagnation

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These points for what pattern:

Liv 3
GB 34

Liv 13 - front mu of spleen
Liv 14 - front mu of liver

SJ 6- main point for stagnation with constipation
P 6 - opens chest, calms spirit

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Liver Qi Stagnation

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Key S/S for what pattern?

  • MENSES: PAINFUL PERIODS - stabbing pain, irregular, clots (dark), infertility
    PAIN - abdomen, hypochondria
    BLEEDING: vomiting of blood, nosebleeds
    Masses: abdomen
    PURPLE: tongue (maybe on sides, maybe spots), lips, nails
    (especially nails), dark complexion

Tongue: purple (whole tongue, maybe sides, maybe spots)
Pulse: Hesitant, string-taut (aka firm, wiry, choppy)

A

Liver Blood Stasis

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These points for what pattern:
Liv 3 - GB 34 (go-to liver points)

Sp 10 (blood)
UB 17 (influential point of blood)
UB 18 (back shu of liver: moves liver blood)
St 29 (stomach point for blood)

Liv 5, 6 (move liver qi to move blood)

Chong-Yin Wei
SP 4 - P6
(together goes right to abdomen, do sp4 first to initiate chong)
K14 - on the chong - moves blood

Ren 6

A

Liver Blood Stasis

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Stomach points
Qi
Water
Blood

A

St 27
St 28
St 29

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Key S/S for what pattern:
HEADACHE - BIG, BORING PAIN, STABBING
DRYNESS, HEAT
eye pain
tinnitus, deafness
Irritability, anger, outbursts
Red face and eyes
dream disturbed sleep
bitter taste (all day, in heart fire its in the AM), thirst
constipation, dry stool, yellow urine
disturbed sleep

Tongue: Red, yellow coating
Pulse: full wiry rapid

A

Liver Fire Blazing

Rx: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Dang Gui Long Hui Tang

(with liver yang rising you would likely see low back pain, sore/weak knees, frequent urination)

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These points for what pattern:

Liver:
Liv 1 (clear liver, brings yang back down, opposite of du 20)
Lv 2, 3 (drains liv. fire)
GB 20 (drains liv. fire, subdues ascending liv qi HA, eye issues)

Fire 
LI 11 (clears heat)
Local Temporal HA:
GB 1 (local HA, eye pain)
GB 9,8, 6 (HA)
GB 13 (calms mind, part of frontal 5)
Tai Yang (local HA)
Protect Yin from damage d/t heat
Sp 6 (nourish yin)
A

Liver Fire Blazing

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St 27 for

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Qi

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St 28 for

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water

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St 29 for

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blood

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Key S/S for what pattern:
dizziness
Pale: nails, lips, complexion
Dry: skin, eyes
Vision: Blurry, poor night vision, floaters
Menses: scanty and/or LATE, pale color
Emotional: depression, a feeling of aimlessness
Insomnia: Trouble sleeping

Tongue: Pale (especially on sides, when its very bad sides can turn orange), dry
Pulse: thready, hesitant (aka choppy) could be weak, empty

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Liver Blood Deficiency

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signature pulse for Si Wu Tang?

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hesitant (aka choppy)

for blood xu or blood stasis

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These points for what pattern?

Tonification of Post-Heaven Essence 
(Trio - MAJOR BLOOD BOOSTER)
Liv 8 (nourishes liv blood)
St 33
Sp 6

Ren 4 (blood and yin)

SHU
Bl 18 liver
Bl 17 blood
Bl 20 spleen
Bl 23 kidney

Local:
Yu Yao (dull headaches)
middle of eyebrow, michelle uses with UB 2

A

Liver Blood Xu

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S/S of what pattern:

Jaundice (complexion, sclera)

  • Hypochondriac: Fullness/Heavy Chest*
  • Bitter taste*
  • Itchy genital rash*
Urine: dark, burning, painful, difficult
Thirst: no desire to drink
Heavy body
Fever, feels warm
numb limbs
irritability
Yellow vaginal discharge
red swollen scrotum
Hard to digest fatty food
nausea, vomiting, poor appetite
bitter taste
swelling of feet (d/t luo pathology)
Stool: alternating - diarrhea/loose or constipation
Dizziness/Tinnitus

(Liver - DH has genital issues)

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Liver Gallbladder Damp Heat

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2 patterns have yellow sticky coatings on tongue
both have pulse of slippery, wiry, rapid

a. of the patterns has red body, red sides
b. pattern - thick greasy, yellow sticky coat

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a. liver DH
b. GB DH

gfftff, emotional strain

16
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these points for what pattern:
Liv 2
Liv 14
GB 34
BL 18
LI 11

for damp:
SP 9
Ren 12
SP 6

A

liver dh

rx. long dan xie gan tang

17
Q

points for what pattern

Liv 14 (front mu liv)
GB 34
GB 24 (front mu of gb)
dan nan xue (cholecystitis)

Du 9 (empirical for jaundice)

LI 11 (heat)
Ren 12 
Bl 19 (back shu gb)
Bl 20 (fortify spleen)
ST 19 (strong point to bring qi down, nausea/vomiting)
SJ 6 (moves liver qi in chest)
A

gb dh

rx. wen dan tang

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Key S/S for what pattern?
Pain in lower abdomen, radiating to scrotum and testes
(if it was itching and oozing it would be liver dh)

fullness or distension in hypochondriac region that radiates to genitals

pain better with warmth

shrinking, contraction of testes

vertex HA

cold hands/feet
maybe vomiting watery fluids

  • shrinking of vagina

Tongue : pale, wet
Pulse: slow, DEEP, wiry

A

Liver Cold

cause: external invasion of cold, that penetrated to interior
rx: Tian Tai Wu Yao San

19
Q 
these points for what pattern?
Liv 1 (clear channel)
Liv 3 (move liv qi)
Liv 5 (luo - branch also encircles genital)
Ren 3 (moxa, meeting point of ren and 3 leg yin)
A

Liver cold

20
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Key S/S for what pattern:
HA temporal, eyes, lateral side of head
DIZZINESS
BLURRED VISION
tinnitus (full or empty)
dry mouth
insomnia, irritability, outbursts
stiff neck

Tongue: per michelle - full and empty, red tongue with patchy yellow coat, scanty
Pulse: string-taut, rapid-full, might have thready

A

Liver Yang Rising

(liver fire on top with liver yin xu or kidney yin xu on bottom)
yin xu - 5 center heat etc.
liver yin xu dry eyes
kidney yin xu low back, knees, frequent urination

rx: tian ma gou teng yin (lowers bp for HTN)

21
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best points for what pattern:
GB 20 (subdues liver yang - wind)
SJ 5 (wind/HA on gb channel)
Liv 3 (4 gates) gio's go-to liver poin
LI 4 (4 gates)
P6 (calm)

Local HA
Bl 2
Tai Yang
GB 6, 8, 9

GB 38 (MIGRAINES)

GB 43 (main distal point for HA around eye or temple)

Trio to nourish blood:
ST 36
Sp 6
Liv 8

duo for yin:
Kd 3
Kd 6

A

Liver Yang Rising

22
Q 
Key S/S for what pattern:
enduring liver channel dysfunction, stirring, showing s/s in upper:
convulsions
stroke
tics, tremors
A

Liver Wind

causes of liver wind:

  1. extreme heat
  2. liver yang rising
    a. from liver yin xu
    b. from liver/kidney yin xu
    c. from liver blood xu
  3. liver fire
  4. liver blood xu
23
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good points for what pattern?
GB 20 - SJ 5 (wind)

Du 20
Du 14

Li 4 - Liv 3 (4 gates)

Sp 6 - Kd 3 (protect yin)

A

Liver Wind

24
Q 
key s/s for what pattern:
timid
EZ startled
lack of courage or initiative
indecisive
sighing
restless sleep, disturbing dream, WAKE EARLY

Tongue: pale or normal
Pulse: weak

A

GB Xu

25
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these points for what pattern?
GB 40 (yuan)

trio for blood:
St 36 - SP 6 - Liv 8

Ren 4 (blood)
Bl 18 (blood/liver)

Bl 47 (back shu for the HUN)

A

GB XU

CALE Study Guide: GIO point rx (9 decks)

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