Principles Of Treatment Based On Differentiation Flashcards
What points do u choose for interior pattern?
Select corresponding meridian organ, deeper insertion.
Interior cold: retain needle longer plus moxa( gua sha)
Interior heat: reducing method to clear heat or bleeding
What points/meridians do u use for exterior pattern?
Exterior is taiyang: du meridian, lung meridian and bladder meridian plus gua sha
Requires shallow stimulation because it’s superficial pathogen
Wind cold: retain Plus Moxa
Wind heat: retain short or not at all
What points do u use for cold disease?
Ren. Meridian, 3 yin meridians
Retain needle longer plus Moxa
What points do u use for heat ?
Du meridian, 3 yang meridians
No retaining, or short retaining, bleeding technique
What types of physiological heat can be found in the body?
Deficient heat from lung yin deficiency leading to kidney deficiency.
Excess heat from stomach fire and heart and liver fire.
How do you diagnose ht fire?
Palpitations, insomnia, mouth sores, mania, mental symptoms, dys phoria with heat in chest, red tip tongue, internal heat signs, like nosebleed or vomit blood.
What’s the pot? And what meridians to u choose?
Clear away fire. Points from heart and pericardium
Ht8, pc8 ying spring points and jingwells
Reducing method or bleeding(for excess heat)
How do you diagnose liver fire flare up?
Headache, dizziness, anger, red eyes , tinnitus, flushed face, bitter taste in mouth, dry mouth, irritability , dream disturbed sleep, constipation , wiry rapid pulse, red tongue, yellow coating, burning pain in hypochondriac region..generally will affect areas where the liver meridian enters like head and hypochondriac region.
What’s pot? Which meridians do u choose?
Clear fire from liv/GB. Points from liv, GB.
Ying spring points. Liv2 GB 43, GB 34to remove damp heat from GB
Liv3 for mixed patterns, like liver yang rising with yin deficiency normally.
Reducing method
How do u Diagnose stomach heat?
Thirsty, halitosis, craves cold water, pain and gums bleeding , big appetite
Burning pain in epigastrium, acid regurgitation, heat signs, red tongue, yellow coating, smooth and rapid pulse.
Pot and which meridians do u use?
Yangming meridians, st/li
St44 ying spring , li4, st 36(Hesea)
Reducing method
How do u diagnose small intestine fire?
It usually has to do with heart heat shifting to small intestine.
Mouth sores, palpitations, urinary issues, deep yellow urine, burning pain in urethra, red tongue yellow coating
What is the pot and and which meridian points do u choose?
Clear heat from heart and small intestine.
Choose heart meridian.low he sea and front mu points.
Ht8 ying spring. Ren 4 and st 39
How do you diagnose damp heat in large intestine ?
Diarrhea with blood and mucus in stools, bad smell, abdominal pain, tenesmus, heat signs, red tongue with yellow sticky coating, slippery and rapid pulse.
What’s the pot.which meridian do u choose?
Pot:purgation(reduce heat and eliminate dampness)
Yangming meridian. St/ li front mu and low he sea points,ying spring points
St44, li4, stomach 25(front mu) and st 37 low sea
How do u diagnose damp heat in urinary bladder?
Connects with kidney(kidney sxs)
Low back pain, burning pain in urethra, frequent and urgent urination, deep yellow scanty urine, fever, red tongue, sticky coating rapid pulse. Low Back pain is the indicator here.
What pot and which meridian points do. U choose?
Pot: clear damp heat from UB
Points from spleen meridian. Front mu points
Sp 9 and 6. Ren 3
Reducing method
How do you diagnose deficient kidney yin with fire flare up?
Low back pain, knee joints pain, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, night sweats, 5 palm heat, loose teeth ,atrophied gums, malar flush, yellow urine, constipation, red tongue with little fluid, thready and rapid pulse.
Pot for kidney yin deficiency? And which meridians do u choose.
Nourish yin, tonify kidney.
Points from shaoyin meridians. Ht and kidney.
Ki6nourish yin, 1, ht8,7 good points for sleep. Lu11jingwell. Alleviates fullness of the heart.clears heat.
How do u diagnose stomach yin deficiency?
Hunger but no desire to eat, dull pain in epigastrium, dry mouth and throat, constipation , fullness in epigastrium,hiccups, red tongue, little coating, thready, rapid pulse.
What is stomach yin deficiency pot? Which points do u choose?
Nourish stomach yin.
Points from Yangming and spleen meridian.
St36, sp6,3.
How do u diagnose lung yin deficiency?
Cough without sputum, or small sticky sputum or blood. Dryness of mouth, throat, hoarseness, emaciation, 5 palm heat, night sweating.red tongue with little moisture, thready and rapid pulse.
What’s lung deficiency pot? Which meridians do u choose?
Nourish the lung yin.
Choose lung/kidney. Mother soon relationship.and back shu points.
Kid 6, Lu 9, bl 13
What causes damp conditions?
Exterior pathogens, like from camping or interior factors like spleen deficiency and kidney deficiency.
