Purpura Flashcards
What is purpura?
Small, haemorrhage in the skin or mucous membrane that causes a purple maculae or papule.
Which pattern includes pre-existing blood heat, eating foods that provoke wind or attack of ext wind, yang type, sudden onset with bilateral lesions on extensor surfaces of the lower leg, coin size lesions that don’t fade on pressure?
Reckless movement of blood.
What is the tx principle for reckless movement of blood?
Clear heat and cool and invigorate blood and eliminate spots.
What is the formula for reckless movement of blood?
Liang xue wu gen tang.
Which pattern includes pre-existing damp heat, yang type, lower legs and thighs, lesions are red, painful, and often nodules?
Damp-heat sinking.
What is the tx principle for damp-heat sinking?
Resolve damp-heat, invigorate blood and unblock the collaterals.
What is the formula for damp-heat sinking?
Long dan xei gan tang.
Which pattern includes def SP qi, yin type, dark purple maculae?
SP not governing the blood.
What is the tx principle for SP not governing the blood?
Tonify the SP and benefit qi to control blood.
What is the formula for SP not governing the blood?
Gui pi tang.
Which pattern includes diminished ming men fire, yin type, reoccurs, lower extremities, violet lesions?
Deficiency of SP and KI yang.
What is the tx principle for deficiency of SP and KI yang?
Warm yang, invigorate the SP and tonify life-gate fire to generate earth.
What is the formula for deficiency of SP and KI yang?
Fu zi li zhong wan.
Which pattern includes pre-existing yang deficiency, yin type, face, nose, ears, and dorsal surfaces of the hands and feet, aggravated by cold?
Cold congealing blood.
What is the tx principle for cold congealing blood?
Warm the channels, scatter cold, invigorate the blood and relieve stasis.
