Menorrrhagia to Dysmenhorrea Flashcards
Pain before and during period =
full condition
Pain after =
empty condition
Better for passing clots
blood stasis
Pronounced feeling of distension:
qi stagnation
burning pain
blood heat
cramping pain
cold in uterus
stabbing, pulling, or bearing down before period pain
blood stasis
bearing down pain after period
kidney xu
Dysmenhorrea Full Types:
Qi stagnation Blood Stasis Cold Stagnation Damp Heat Liver Qi Stagnation Fire
Dysmenhorrea Empty Types:
Qi and Blood Xu
Yang and Blood Xu
Kidney and Liver Yin Xu
What is always the underlying cause of metrorrhagia?
Kidney Xu
Metrorrhagia Types
Kidney and Liver Yin Xu
Damp Heat
Blood Stasis
Spleen and Kidney Yang Xu
Which type does NOT have a chance of heavy bleeding mid-cycle (only scanty)?
Kidney and Liver Yin Xu
Primary Amenhorrea
Period have not started before age 18
Secondary Amenorrhea
period doesn’t return after 3 months, following absence caused by medication or childbirth
period stops suddenly without cause and doesn’t return
Amenorrhea Empty Types:
Liver and Kidney Xu Blood Xu Spleen and Kidney Xu Liver and Kidney Yin Xu Lung Yin and Blood Xu Heart and Kidney Yin Xu Heart and Spleen Blood Xu
Amenorrhea Full Types:
Qi and Blood Stagnation
Damp Phlegm in LJ
Irregular Cycle Full condition:
Liver and Kidney Stagnation (LQS obstructing Chong and Ren Mai)
Irregular Cycle Empty condition:
Kidney Qi (Yin/yang) Xu (not governing flow of hormones)
Early Cycle (before 27 days) Full condition
Heart Fire
LQS leading to blood heat
Liver blood heat
Early Cycle Xu conditions
Kidney Qi Xu
Spleen Qi Xu
Liver and Kidney Yin Xu (empty heat)
Late Cycle (longer than 30 days) Full conditions:
Full cold in uterus
LQS
Late cycle empty condition:
Blood Xu
Empty Cold in uterus
Kidney Yang Xu
Any bleeding without trauma is usually a sign of..
fire
