Lung Flashcards
Govern
Qi and respiration
Open into the
nose
Manifest in the
body hair
House the
Corporeal Soul (Po)
Affected by
worry, grief, sadness
Control
- channels and blood vessels
- diffusing and descending of Qi and Body Fluids
- skin and the cou li
- nasal mucous
Regulate
- all physiological activities
- water passages
Smell
rotten
Color
white
Taste
pungent
Climate
dryness
Sound
weeping
Season
Autumn
Direction
West
Stage of Development
Harvest
Planet
Venus
Animals
mammals
Domestic animals
dog
Grains
hemp
Sense organ
nose
Tissue
skin
Emotion
sadness
Sayings
- control the 100 vessels
- loathe Cold
- govern the voice
- are a delicate organ
Lung Pathology
- Qi xu (weak voice, SOB)
- pallor
- thin chest
- sadness
- skin problems: eczema
- atopic constitution (allergic asthma, eczema)
- Phlegm
- exterior invasions (averse to Cold, sneezing, runny nose)
- no gynecological connection
Empty Patterns
- LU Qi xu
- LU Dryness
- LU Yin xu
- LU Yin xu with xu heat
- easily catches colds, spontaneous sweats
- slight SOB, slight cough, weak voice, dislikes speaking
- bright pale complexion, tiredness, dislike of cold
- Tongue: pale
- Pulse: Empty, especially R cun
LU Qi xu
- dry cough, hoarse voice
- dry skin, dry throat, dry mouth, thirst
- T: Dry
- P: empty, especially R cun
LU Dryness
- dry cough with scanty sputum, weak and hoarse voice, tickly throat
- dry mouth and throat, night sweats
- thin body or thin chest
- dislike of speaking
- T: normal color, dry without coating (or with rootless coating) in the front part
LU Yin xu
- feeling of heat in the evening
- afternoon fever, five palm heat, malar flush
- T: red without coating
- P: Floating-Empty, Rapid
LU Yin xu with xu Heat
Full Patterns Exterior
- Wind-Cold
- Wind-Heat
- Wind-Water
Full Patterns Interior
- Heat
- Damp-Phlegm
- Cold-Phlegm
- Phlegm-Heat
- Dry-Phlegm
- Phlegm-Fluids obstructing the LU
- exterior ssxs (aversion to cold, fever, body aches, sneezing)
- cough, blocked or runny nose with clear watery discharge, slight breathlessness
- itchy throat, occipital headache
- T: thin white coat
- P: Floating-Tight
Wind-Cold
- exterior ssxs
- cough, blocked or runny nose with yellow discharge
- sore throat, swollen tonsils
- slight thirst, slight sweating, headache
- T: slightly red on the sides in the chest areas or the front part
- P: Floating-Rapid
Wind-Heat
- aversion to wind, fever, cough, slight breathlessness
- sudden swelling of the eyes and face gradually spreading to the whole body
- bright shiny complexion, scanty and pale urination
- T: sticky white coat
- P: Floating-Slippery
Wind-Water
chest ache, feeling of heat, flaring nostrils, thirst
LU Heat
phlegm/damp ssxs, chronic cough coming bouts with lots of sticky sputum that is easy to expectorate, dislike of laying down, pasty white complexion
Damp-Phlegm
phlegm/damp ssxs, white watery sputum, worse with cold
Cold-Phlegm
phlegm/damp ssxs, heat ssxs, barking cough with lots of sticky yellow or green sputum
Phlegm-Heat
phlegm/damp ssxs, dry cough with occasional scanty sputum, pasty dry complexion
Dry-Phlegm
phlegm/damp ssxs, white watery sputum, splashing sounds in the chest, vomiting white watery frothy sputum, cough brought on by a scare
Phlegm-Fluids obstructing the LU
