ORGAN PATTERNS Flashcards
Soreness and weakness of the lower back, weak knees, clear frequent urination, WEAK-STREAM URINATION, abundant urination, dribbling after urination, incontinence of urine, enuresis, urination at night, nocturnal emissions without dreams, PREMATURE EJACULATION, spermatorrhea, tiredness, a feeling of cold, cold limbs, PROLAPSE OF UTERUS, chronic white vaginal discharge, a dragging-down feeling in the lower abdomen, RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE
KD Qi not firm
Poor appetite, a feeling of fullness of the abdomen or epigastrium or both, a feeling of cold in the epigastrium that improves with the application of heat, a feeling of heaviness of the head and body, a sweetish taste or absence of taste, no thirst, loose stools, lassitude, tiredness, nausea, edema, dull-white complexion, excessive white vaginal discharge. T: Pale with a sticky thick white coating P: Slippery-Slow (slow only when Cold is pronounced)
(ext) Cold Damp invading the SP
Palpitations, STABBING OR PRICKING PAIN in the chest which may radiate to the inner aspect of the left arm or to the shoulder, a feeling of oppression or constriction of the chest, SOB, CYANOSIS LIPS (purple) and nails, cold hands, painful periods with dark clots. T: Purple in its entirety or only on the sides in the chest area. P: Choppy, wiry or knotted
Blood Stasis in the PC
Edema especially of the ankles and legs, a cold feeling in legs and back, fullness and distention of abdomen, soreness of the lower back, a feeling of cold, scanty and clear urination. T: Pale, swollen and wet with a white coating P: Deep-Weak-Slow … Also palpitations, breathlessness, cold hands.
KD Yang Xu, Water Overflowing into HT
yellow sclera, yellow complexion, Hypochondrial fullness, hypochondrial pain and distention, nausea, vomiting, inability to digest fats, SCANTY AND DARK YELLOW URINE, feeling of heaviness of the body, numbness of the limbs, swelling of the feet, loose stools or constipation, fever, thirst without desire to drink, bitter taste, dizziness, tinnitus, irritability, ALTERNATION OF HOT AND COLD FEELINGS, a feeling of heat, T: Thick sticky yellow coating, either bilateral in two strips or unilateral (on the right side) P: Slippery-Wiry-Rapid
Damp Heat in GB
Dizziness, blurred vision, floaters, NERVOUSNESS, timidity, a propensity to BEING EASILY STARTLED, lack of initiative and COURAGE, INDECISION, sighing, waking up early in the morning, restless dreams. T: pale or weak P: weak
Gall Bladder Xu
BURNING epigastric pain, intense THIRST WITH DESIRE TO DRINK COLD liquids, mental restlessness, bleeding gums, dry stools, dry mouth, mouth ulcersT: Red with a thick yellow P: Rapid and slightly overflowing + a feeling of oppression in the chest and epigastrium, mucus in the stools, expectorationof phlegm, mental derangement
ST Phlegm-Heat
MENTAL CONFUSION, unconsciousness, LETHARGIC STUPOR, INCOHERENT SPEECH, slurred speech, aphasia, vomiting of phlegm, rattling sound in the throat, mental depression, very dull eyes.T: Swollen with thick sticky coating, MIDLINE CRACK REACHING TIP (Heart crack) P: Slippery
Phlegm Misting the Mind (HT)
Precursor: KD Yang Xu
Frequent pale abundant urination, incontinence, enuresis, lower backache, dizziness, nocturia, white urethral discharge, a feeling of cold. T: Pale, wet P: Deep-Weak
Bladder Xu and Cold
PALPITATIONS, a feeling of TIGHTNESS AND HEAT OF THE CHEST, slight chest ache, rapid breathing, THIRST, mouth and tongue ulcers, mental restlessness, feeling of agitation, feeling of heat, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, red face, BITTER TASTE (only after a bad night’s sleep), heavy periods. T: Red, tip redder and swollen with red points, yellow coating P: Full-Rapid-Overflowing especially on the left front position
PC Fire
Severe, STABBING EPIGASTRIC PAIN that may be worse at night, dislike of pressure, nausea, vomiting, possibly VOMITING OF DARK BLOOD, vomiting of food looking like coffee grounds, possibly blood in the stools.
Stasis of Blood in ST
Fullness and distention of the hypogastrium, HYPOGASTRIC PAIN referring down to SCROTUM and testis and upwards to the hypochondrium, pain alleviated by warmth, straining of the testis or contraction of the scrotum, shrinking of the vagina, VERTEX HEADACHE, feeling of cold, COLD HANDS AND FEET, VOMITING CLEAR WATERY FLUID or dry vomiting. T: Pale and wet with a white coating P: Deep-Wiry- Slow)
Stagnation of Cold in LIV (Ext Cold Invasion)
HEADACHE that may be 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: Depends on underlying conditionP: Wiry, or wiry and fine, or wiry only on one side
LIV Yang Rising
Jaundice, dull-yellow eyes and skin, dull-yellow sclera, hypochondrial pain, HYPOCHONDRIAL FULLNESS and distention, nausea, vomiting, inability to digest fats, turbid urine, feeling of HEAVINESS in the body, lack of thirst, sticky taste, dull headache. T: Thick sticky white coating, either bilateral in two strips or UNILATERAL P: Slippery-Wiry
Dampness in the GB
Palpitations, SOB, weak and shallow breathing, grayish-white complexion, PROFUSE SWEATING, cold limbs, CYANOSIS OF LIPS. In severe cases, COMA. T: Very pale or bluish purple. May be short. P: HIDDEN-MINUTE-KNOTTED
HT Yang Collapse
DRY COUGH or with scanty sticky sputum, weak and hoarse voice, DRY THROAT and mouth, tickly throat, tiredness, dislike of speaking, thin body or thin chest, NIGHT SWEATING. T: Normal colored, dry without coating (or with rootless coating) in the front part P: Floating-Empty Empty Heat. Feeling of heat in the evening, afternoon fever, five palm heat, malar flush. T: Red without coating P: Floating- Empty
LU Yin Xu
Irritability, propensity to OUTBURSTS OF ANGER, tinnitus, deafness, TEMPORAL HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, RED FACE AND EYES, THIRST, bitter taste, dream-disturbed sleep, constipation with dry stools, dark yellow urine, epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptysis. T: Red, redder on the sides, dry yellow coating P: Full- Wiry – Rapid
LIV Fire Blazing
Palpitations, FEELING OF OPPRESSION and heat of the chest, chest pain, rapid breathing, thirst, red face, bitter taste, expectoration of phlegm, rattling sound in the throat, MENTAL restlessness, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, agitation, incoherent speech, mental confusion, rash behavior, tendency to hit or scold people, uncontrolled laughter or crying, shouting, muttering to oneself, mental depression and dullness, manic behavior. T: Red, swollen with yellow dry sticky coating, deep Heart crack. The tip may be redder and swollen with red points. P: Full-Rapid-Slippery or Rapid-Overflowing-Slippery or Rapid-Full-Wiry
Phlegm-Fire Harassing the PC
Aversion to cold, fever, cough, sore throat, blocked or runny nose with yellow discharge, sneezing, headache, body aches, slight sweating slight thirst, swollen tonsils. T: Slightly red on the sides in the chest areas or on the front part P: Floating – Rapid
Invasion of LU by Wind Heat
Precursor: KD Yang Xu + SP QI Xu
Frequent and urgent urination, difficult urination (stopping in midstream), a feeling of heaviness in the hypogastrium and urethra, pale and turbid urine. T: White sticky coating on root P: Slippery-Slow and slightly Wiry on left rear position
Damp Cold in the UB
ALWAYS OCCURS WITH ST YIN XU, Dry stools that are difficult to discharge, dry mouth and throat, thin body, foul breath, dizziness. T: DRY, either pale or red body with ROOTLESS COATING. P: fine
Large Intestines Dry
(PATTERN deriving from WHAT?) Tremor, DIZZINESS, tinnitus, HEADACHE, HYPERTENSION, dry throat, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of limbs, POOR MEMORY, insomnia. T: Pale and thin- Fine
Liv Yang Rising Generating Wind deriving from Liver-Blood deficiency
POOR APPETITE, slight abdominal distention after eating, TIREDNESS, lassitude, a desire to lie down, pale complexion, weakness of the limbs, LOOSE STOOLS, a tendency to obesity. T: Pale P: Empty
SP Qi Xu
Precursor: KD Yang Xu + SP QI Xu
Frequent and urgent urination, burning on urination, DIFFICULT URINATION (stopping in the middle of flow), dark yellow / turbid urine, blood in the urine, fever, thirst but with no desire to drink, hypogastric fullness and pain, a feeling of heat. Thick sticky yellow coating on the root with red spots on the root
Damp Heat in the UB
COUGH, slight breathlessness, FEELING OF HEAT, chest ache, flaring of nostrils (acute cases only), THIRST, red face. T: Red with yellow coating P: Overflowing-rapid
LU Heat
Poor appetite, slight abdominal distention after eating, TIREDNESS, lassitude, dull-pale complexion, weakness of the limbs, loose stools, depression, thin body, SCANTY PERIODS or amenorrhea, INSOMNIA, joint ache. T: PALE, thin and slightly DRY P: Choppy or fine
SP Blood Xu
Chronic cough coming in bouts with PROFUSE WHITE STICKY SPUTUM that is easy to expectorate, pasty-white complexion, phlegm in the throat, a feeling of oppression in the chest, SOB, dislike of lying down, wheezing, nausea, a feeling of heaviness, and muzziness and dizziness of the head. T: Swollen with a thick sticky white coating P: Slippery and soggy
Damp Phlegm in the LU
occurs with Sinking of SP Qi, Chronic diarrhea, PROLAPSE ANI, HEMORRHOIDS, tiredness after bowel movements, cold limbs, no appetite, mental exhaustion, desire to drink warm liquids, desire to have the abdomen massaged. T: Pale P: Deep-Fine-Weak
Collapse of LI
A feeling of DISTENTION and slight pain OF THE CHEST, feeling of tightness of the chest, slight SOB, sighing, a feeling of lump in the throat, PALPITATIONS, depression, irritability, poor appetite, weak and cold limbs, slightly purple lips, pale complexion. T: Slightly pale-purple on the sides in the chest area P: Empty but very slightly overflowing on the left front position
Qi Stag in the PC
Barking cough with profuse STICKY YELLOW OR GREEN SPUTUM, SOB, wheezing, a feeling of oppression of the chest, phlegm in the throat, a feeling of heat, thirst, insomnia, agitation, a feeling of heaviness and muzziness of the head, dizziness. T: Red, swollen with a thick sticky yellow coating P: Slippery-Rapid
Phlegm Heat in the LU
PALPITATIONS, a feeling of DISTENTION or oppression OF THE CHEST, depression, a slight feeling of lump in the throat, slight SOB, sighing, poor appetite, weak and cold limbs, slightly purple lips, pale complexion. T: Slightly pale-purple on the sides in the chest area P: Empty but very slightly Overflowing on the left front position
HT Qi Stagnation
BURNING epigastric pain, intense THIRST WITH DESIRE TO DRINK COLD liquids, mental restlessness, bleeding gums, dry stools, dry mouth, mouth ulcersT: Red with a thick yellow P: Rapid and slightly overflowing
ST Heat
FINE TREMOR, facial tic, dizziness, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of limbs, POOR MEMORY, insomnia, SCANTY PERIODS. T: Pale and thin P: Wiry - Fine
LIV Blood Xu Generating Wind
Hypochondrial pain, abdominal pain, vomiting of blood, epistaxis, painful periods, irregular periods, DARK AND CLOTTED MENSTRUAL BLOOD, infertility, masses in abdomen, purple nails, purple lips, purple or dark complexion, dry skin (in severe cases), purple petechiae. T: Purple only or particularly on the sides, purple spots on the sides too if severe. P: Wiry or Firm.
LIV Blood Stasis
(Nutritive Qi Level; Upper Burner Stage)
FEVER AT NIGHT, mental confusion, incoherent speech or aphasia, DELIRIUM, body hot but hands and feet cold, macules. T: Red and dry without coating P: Fine- Rapid
Heat in PC
Feeling of DISTENTION OF THE HYPOCHONDRIUM, chest, epigastrium or abdomen, sighing, melancholy, DEPRESSION, fluctuation of mental state (MOODINESS), “feeling wound up”, feeling of a lump in the throat, irregular periods, distention of breasts before the periods, premenstrual tension and irritability. T: Normal color, slightly red on the sides in severe cases P: Wiry, especially on the left side
LV Qi Stag
SOB ON EXERTION, rapid and weak breathing, DIFFICULTY IN INHALING, CHRONIC COUGH and/or ASTHMA, spontaneous sweating, cold limbs, cold limbs after sweating, swelling of the face, thin body, mental listlessness, clear urination, typically abundant and clear urination during asthma attack, lower backache, dizziness, tinnitus. T: Pale P: Deep-Weak-Tight
KD Failing to Receive Qi
Hypochondrial or epigastric DISTENTION, a slight feeling of oppression of 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, premenstrual tension, irregular periods, premenstrual breast distention, heavy periods. T: RED ON THE SIDES. P: Wiry and slightly rapid, especially on the left side
Stagnant LV Qi Turning Into Fire
