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Liver Flashcards

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Stores

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Blood

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Ensures

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the smooth flow of Qi

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Controls

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the sinews

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Manifests

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in the nails

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Opens

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into the eyes

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Controls

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tears

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Houses

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the Ethereal Soul

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Affected

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by anger

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Stores the Blood

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  • regulates Blood volume in relation to rest and activity
  • regulates menstruation
  • moistens the eyes and sinews
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LV Blood normal (menstruation)

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regular and normal menses

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LV Blood xu (menstruation)

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amenorrhea or scanty periods

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LV Blood stasis (menstruation)

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painful periods

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LV Blood Heat (menstruation)

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heavy periods

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Smooth flow of LV Qi affects

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  • emotional state
  • digestion
  • secretion of bile
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LV Blood normal (nourishing the sinews)

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supple sinews and tendons, free movement

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LV Blood xu (nourishing the sinews)

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cramps, numbness, tingling

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LV Blood stasis (nourishing the sinews)

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stiffness of the sinews, rigidity, pain

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LV Blood normal (eyes)

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good vision

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LV Blood xu (eyes)

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floaters, blurry vision, myopia, dry gritty eyes

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LV Yin xu (eyes)

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dry, gritty eyes

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LV Blood stasis (eyes)

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painful eyeball

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LV Yang Rising (eyes)

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watery eyes

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LV Fire (eyes)

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dry, bloodshot eyes (may also be red, swollen and painful)

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LV Wind (eyes)

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eyeball moving

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Decline of KD Essence (eyes)

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chronic eye diseases

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HT Fire (eyes)

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pain and redness of the eye

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KD Yin xu (eyes)

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failing eyesight and dryness of the eyes

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Season

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Direction

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Color

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Taste

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Climate

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Stage of Development

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Planet

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Animal

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Domestic animal

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Grain

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Sense organ

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Tissue

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Emotion

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Sound

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Smell

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Sayings

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  • “ . . . is a resolute organ.”
  • “ . . . influences rising and growth.”
  • “ . . . controls planning.”
  • “ . . . is a regulating, balancing, and harmonizing organ.”
  • “ . . . loathes Wind.”
  • “ . . . can cause convulsions.”
  • “ . . . arises from the Left side.”
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Full Patterns

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  • LV Qi Stagnation
  • Stagnant LV Qi turning into Heat
  • Rebellious LV Qi
  • LV Blood Stasis
  • LV Fire Blazing
  • Damp Heat in the LV
  • Stagnation of Cold in the LV channel
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Empty Patterns

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  • LV Blood xu
  • LV Yin xu
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Full/Empty Patterns

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  • LV Yang Rising
  • LV Wind Agitating Within
    • Extreme Heat Generating Wind
    • LV Yang Rising Generating Wind
      • deriving from LV Yin xu
      • deriving from LV and KD Yin xu
      • deriving from LV Blood xu
  • LV Fire Generating Wind
  • LV Blood xu Generating Wind
46
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  • feeling of distention in hypochondrium, chest, epigastrium, or abdomen, sighing
  • melancholy, depression, moodiness, fluctuation of mental state, feeling “wound-up”, feeling of a lump in the throat
  • irregular periods, distention of breasts before the periods, PMS strain and irritability
  • T: body color may be normal; maybe Red on the sides in severe cases
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LV Qi Stagnation

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  • hypochondrial or epigastric distention, slight feeling of oppression in the chest
  • irritability, melancholy, depression, moodiness, a feeling of a lump in the throat, a feeling of heat, red face, thirst, propensity to outbursts of anger, PMS breast distention, heavy periods
  • T: Red on the sides
  • P: Wiry, esp. on the Left side and slightly Rapid
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Stagnant LV Qi turning into Heat

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  • Hypochondrial or epigastric distention, sighing, irritability, breast distention in women
  • Hiccup, nausea, vomiting, belching, churning feeling in the ST
  • T: normal, maybe Red sides if severe
  • P: Wiry, maybe esp. so in both guan
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Rebellious LV Qi

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  • Hypochondrial pain
  • Abdominal pain, hematemesis, epistaxis, painful periods, irregular periods, menstrual blood dark and clotted, infertility, masses in the abdomen, purple nails, purple lips, purple or dark complexion, dry skin (if severe), purple petechiae
  • T: Purple, esp. or only on the sides. Severe cases = purple spots on sides
  • P: Wiry or Firm
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LV Blood Stasis

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  • Irritability
  • Red face and eyes, thirst, bitter taste, dream disturbed sleep, constipation with dry stools, dark-yellow urine
  • Epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptysis
  • Propensity to outbursts of anger, tinnitus, dizziness, deafness, temporal HA
  • T: Red body, redder on the sides, dry yellow coat
  • P: Full-Wiry-Rapid
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LV Fire Blazing

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  • Fullness of the hypochondrium, abdomen or hypogastrium
  • Bitter taste, sticky taste, poor appetite, nausea, feeling of heaviness of the body, yellow vaginal discharge, vaginal itching, vulvar eczema or sores, mid-cycle bleeding and/or pain, pain, redness and swelling of the scrotum, genital, papular or vesicular skin rashes and itching, urinary difficulty, dark urine, dysuria
  • T: Red body, redder sides, sticky yellow coating
  • P: Slippery-Wiry-Rapid
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Damp-Heat in the LV

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  • Fullness and distention of the hypogastrium with pain which refers down to the scrotum and testes and up to the hypochondrium, strain of the testes or contraction of the scrotum, shrinking of the vagina
  • Pain alleviated by warmth, feeling of cold, cold hands and feet, vomiting of clear watery fluid or dry vomiting
  • Vertical HA
  • T: Pale and wet with a white coat
  • P: Deep-Wiry-Slow
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Stagnation of Cold in the LV channel

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  • Dizziness, numbness or tingling of the limbs, insomnia, blurred vision, floaters in the eyes, diminished night vision, scanty menses or amenorrhea, muscular weakness, cramps, withered brittle nails, depression, a feeling of aimlessness
  • Dull-pale complexion without lustre, pale lips, dry hair and skin
  • T: Pale body, esp on sides, orangey if severe; thin and slightly dry
  • P: Choppy or Fine
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LV Blood xu

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  • Dizziness, numbness or tingling of the limbs, insomnia, blurred vision, floaters in the eyes, diminished night vision, scanty menses or amenorrhea, muscular weakness, cramps, withered brittle nails, depression, a feeling of aimlessness
  • Dry eyes, dull-pale complexion without lustre but with red cheekbones, very dry hair and skin
  • T: normal color without coat, or with rootless coat,
  • P: Floating-Empty
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  • Dizziness, numbness or tingling of the limbs, insomnia, blurred vision, floaters in the eyes, diminished night vision, scanty menses or amenorrhea, muscular weakness, cramps, withered brittle nails, depression, a feeling of aimlessness
  • Dry eyes, dull-pale complexion without lustre but with red cheekbones, very dry hair and skin
  • T: normal color without coat, or with rootless coat,
  • P: Floating-Empty
  • Malar flush, anxiety, a feeling of heat in the evening, night sweats, five-palm heat, thirst with desire for small sips, heavy menstrual bleeding
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LV Yin xu with Empty Heat

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  • HA on temples, eyes or lateral side of the head
  • Dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, blurred vision, dry mouth and throat, insomnia, irritability, feeling worked-up, propensity to outbursts of anger, stiff neck
  • T: varies widely depending on underlying condition
    • LV Blood xu = pale
    • LV Yin xu = slightly red on sides and without coat
    • Rebellious LV Qi = normal or slightly Red on the sides
  • P: Wiry, maybe unilaterally or Wiry-Fine if background of Blood or Yin xu
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LV Yang Rising

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  • Tremor, facial tic, severe dizziness, tinnitus, HA, HTN, dry throat, dry eyes, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of the limbs, poor memory
  • T: normal colored without coat
  • P: Wiry-Fine
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LV Wind Agitating Within
LV Yang Rising Generating Wind deriving from LV Yin xu

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  • Tremor, facial tic, severe dizziness, tinnitus, HA, HTN, dry throat, dry eyes, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of the limbs, poor memory
  • Backache, scanty urination, night sweats
  • T: normal color without coat
  • P: Wiry-Fine
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LV Wind Agitating Within
LV Yang Rising Generating Wind deriving from LV and KD Yin xu

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  • Tremor, dizziness, tinnitus, HA, HTN, dry throat, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of the limbs, poor memory, insomnia
  • T: Pale and Thin
  • P: Wiry-Fine
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LV Wind Agitating Within
LV Yang Rising Generating Wind deriving from LV Blood xu

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  • High temperature, convulsions, rigidity of the neck, opisthotonos, tremor of the limbs, coma if severe
  • T: Deep-Red, Stiff, Dry Yellow Coat
  • P: Wiry-Rapid
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Liver Wind Agitating Within
Extreme Heat Generating Wind

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  • Irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, tinnitus and/or deafness (with sudden onset), temporal HA, dizziness, red face and eyes, thirst, bitter taste, dream-disturbed sleep, constipation with dry stools, dark-yellow urine, epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptysis
  • Tremor
  • T: Red with redder sides and dry yellow coat
  • P: Wiry-Rapid
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Liver Wind Agitating Within
LV Fire Generating Wind

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  • Fine tremor, facial tic, dizziness, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of the limbs, poor memory, insomnia, scanty periods
  • T: Pale and Thin
  • P: Wiry-Fine
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Liver Wind Agitating Within
LV Blood xu Generating Wind

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