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Qi, Blood, and Body Fluids (cont'd) Flashcards

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Describe (General):

A

Usually caused by Spleen Qi deficiency. When Blood becomes deficient, the Heart and Liver are affected.

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Liver Blood Deficiency (Symptoms):

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Cramps, numbness; dry hair; blurred vision, floaters; Dry or brittle nails; insomnia and excessive dreaming; scanty periods or no periods

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Heart Blood Deficiency (Symptoms):

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Palpitations; insomnia; mild anxiety; poor memory; dizziness; dull-pale complexion

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Spleen Blood Deficiency (Symptoms):

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Poor appetite; tiredness; dull-pale complexion; weakness of the limbs; loose stools; thin body; pale lips

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Pulse:

Tongue:

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Pulse: Fine or choppy

Tongue: Pale and possibly slightly dry. The tongue will be thin in severe cases

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Description (General):

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Blood stagnation is where the normal flow of the blood has become obstructed. Stagnant blood can occur in the channels (usually due to trauma), or in the internal Zang Fu Organs, mainly the Liver, Heart, Uterus, Intestines, or Stomach. Heat in the blood also eventually causes blood to stagnate/congeal as does internal cold

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Symptoms (General):

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Stabbing fixed pain; dark complexion; purple lips and nails; dark blood and clots if there is bleeding

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Tongue:

Pulse:

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Tongue: Red purple if there is heat; blue purple if there is cold. Possible purple or red spots

Pulse: Wiry or choppy pulse

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Tongue:

Pulse:

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Tongue: Dry, cracks

Pulse: Thready, rapid

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Causes (General):

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Abnormal function of the organs, not producing Jin Ye, external pathogenic heat, loss of blood, chronic blood deficiency, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive urination and sweating, incorrect treatment, old age, weak and deficient constitution

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Symptoms (General):

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Dry mouth, throat, lips, nose, eyes, skin, emaciation, irritability, thirst, dry cough, hoarse voice, scanty and dark urination, dry stools

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Accumulation of Yin Ye

Description (General):

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The Lungs, Spleen, and Kidneys are the three organs that are most involved in the transformation and transportation of fluids

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Describe (General):

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Usually caused by Spleen Qi deficiency. When Blood becomes deficient, the Heart and Liver are affected.

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Liver Blood Deficiency (Symptoms):

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Cramps, numbness; dry hair; blurred vision, floaters; Dry or brittle nails; insomnia and excessive dreaming; scanty periods or no periods

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Heart Blood Deficiency (Symptoms):

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Palpitations; insomnia; mild anxiety; poor memory; dizziness; dull-pale complexion

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Spleen Blood Deficiency (Symptoms):

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Poor appetite; tiredness; dull-pale complexion; weakness of the limbs; loose stools; thin body; pale lips

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Pulse:

Tongue:

A

Blood Differentiation
Blood Deficiency

Pulse: Fine or choppy

Tongue: Pale and possibly slightly dry. The tongue will be thin in severe cases

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18
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Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Description (General):

A

Blood stagnation is where the normal flow of the blood has become obstructed. Stagnant blood can occur in the channels (usually due to trauma), or in the internal Zang Fu Organs, mainly the Liver, Heart, Uterus, Intestines, or Stomach. Heat in the blood also eventually causes blood to stagnate/congeal as does internal cold

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Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Symptoms (General):

A

Stabbing fixed pain; dark complexion; purple lips and nails; dark blood and clots if there is bleeding

20
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Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Tongue:

Pulse:

A

Blood Differentiation
Blood Stagnation

Tongue: Red purple if there is heat; blue purple if there is cold. Possible purple or red spots

Pulse: Wiry or choppy pulse

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Tongue:

Pulse:

A

Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Tongue: Dry, cracks

Pulse: Thready, rapid

22
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Causes (General):

A

Abnormal function of the organs, not producing Jin Ye, external pathogenic heat, loss of blood, chronic blood deficiency, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive urination and sweating, incorrect treatment, old age, weak and deficient constitution

23
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Jin Ye Deficiency

Symptoms (General):

A

Dry mouth, throat, lips, nose, eyes, skin, emaciation, irritability, thirst, dry cough, hoarse voice, scanty and dark urination, dry stools

24
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Accumulation of Yin Ye

Description (General):

A

The Lungs, Spleen, and Kidneys are the three organs that are most involved in the transformation and transportation of fluids

25
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm

Main cause:

A

The main cause for the formation of phlegm is Spleen deficiency.

26
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm

Kinds:

A

There are two kinds of phlegm. Substantial and Insubstantial.

27
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm

Substantial Phlegm (Describe):

A

Mucus in the lungs

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm

Insubstantial Phlegm (Describe):

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  1. Under the skin (i.e. lumps, swollen lymph nodes, lipomas)
  2. In the channels (i.e. numbness such as in stroke)
  3. Misting the heart (i.e. schizophrenia, epilepsy, mania, depression)
  4. In the Gallbladder, Kidneys, or Urinary Bladder (stones)
29
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Wind Phlegm (Causes):

A

Internal Wind Phlegm
Liver Wind + Phlegm
Wind Stroke

30
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Wind Phlegm (Symptoms):

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Gurgling sound in the throat, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, numbness of the limbs (especially unilaterally), hypertonicity of the limbs, deviation of the eyes and mouth, aphasia, deviated tongue, in sever cases paralysis or loss of consciousness, convulsions.

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Wind Phlegm

Pulse:

Tongue:

A

Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Wind Phlegm

Pulse: Wiry, Slippery

Tongue: Sticky Coating

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Heat Phlegm

Pulse:

Tongue:

A

Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Heat Phlegm

Pulse: Slippery, Rapid

Tongue: Red, Yellow Greasy Coating

33
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Heat Phlegm (Symptoms):

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Fever, cough, thick yellow phlegm, difficult to expectorate, sore throat, chest pain, restlessness, thirst, scanty dark urination, dry stools, nausea, red face, dry mouth.

34
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Heat Phlegm (Causes):

A

External pathogenic wind or hyperactivity of Yang qi, or damp heat accumulation.

35
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Cold Phlegm (Causes):

A

External pathogenic cold + phlegm, Yang deficiency with fluid accumulation

36
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Cold Phlegm (Symptoms):

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Cold limbs, aversion to cold, preference for warmth, cough with clear, thin white phlegm, bland taste, no thirst, clear and copious urination, loose stools, oppression in the chest, nausea

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Cold Phlegm

Pulse:

Tongue:

A

Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Cold Phlegm

Pulse: Deep, Slippery, Slow

Tongue: Pale, White Greasy Coating

38
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Damp Phlegm

Pulse:

Tongue:

A

Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Damp Phlegm

Pulse: Slippery

Tongue: Swollen, Thick white greasy/sticky coating

39
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Damp Phlegm (Symptoms):

A

Profuse, sticky white phlegm, easy to expectorate, oppression in the chest and abdomen, nausea, sticky taste in the mouth, no thirst, heaviness, no appetite, loose stool with incomplete feeling.

40
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Damp Phlegm (Causes):

A

Damp accumulation, impeding the spleen transformation and transportation

41
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Qi Phlegm (Causes):

A

Non-substantial phlegm associated with emotional problems causing liver qi stagnation

42
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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Qi Phlegm (Symptoms):

A

Feeling of swelling in the throat, difficulty swallowing, oppression in the chest and diaphragm, irritability, moodiness, depression

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Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Qi Phlegm

Pulse:

Tongue:

A

Jin Ye Differentiation
Phlegm Differentiation - Phlegm According to Nature

Qi Phlegm

Pulse: Wiry

Tongue: Thin white coating, possibly red sides

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