Quiz #11 Flashcards
What functions do Lungs have? 
Diffusing and descending 
What are the two most common exterior pathogenic factors that attack the Lungs? 
Wind Cold & Wind Heat
Spleen _____ Phlegm and Lungs _____ Phlegm
Create
Store
Lung Qi deficiency symptoms:
What does a dry cough/throat and a hoarse voice indicate? 
Lung Dryness
Lung Yin deficiency with Empty Heat tongue
Red without coating
What are the two cardinal symptoms of Wind Cold in the Lungs? 
Aversion to cold and fever 
Exterior Wind obstructs _____ and impairs _____
Lung’s Defensive Qi
Descending of Lung Qi
Wind Heat in Lungs symptoms:
Breathlessness, facial edema, and scant urination indicates what?
Wind Water in Lungs
In Wind Heat in the Lungs what causes aversion to cold? 
The pathogenic obstructing Defensive Qi circulation
Lung Heat corresponds to which level?
The Qi level
Damp or Cold Phlegm in the Lungs is due to
Spleen (and Yang) deficiency
Phlegm Heat in Lungs tongue and pulse
Tongue: red and swollen with sticky yellow coat
Pulse: Slippery/Rapid
Elderly with pre-existing Yin deficiency can develop
Dry Phlegm in Lungs
Cough with expectoration of white/watery/foamy sputum in elderly indicates
Phlegm Fluids obstruct Lungs
What is Spleen’s most important function?
Governing transformation and transportation
Spleen Qi deficiency symptoms:
Spleen Qi deficiency may lead to Qi deficiency of which three organs?
Heart (Qi), Lung (Qi), Kidney (Yang)
Spleen Yang deficiency is the same as Spleen Qi deficiency but with
Cold symptoms too
What are the organs prone to prolapse due to Spleen Qi sinking?
Stomach, bladder, uterus, anus
When bleeding, half is due to _____ and the other half is due to _____
Spleen not holding Blood
Blood Heat
Spleen Blood deficiency tongue and pulse
Tongue: pale, thin, dry
Pulse: Choppy or Fine
With Spleen Cold Damp, what causes heavy head and what causes vaginal discharge 
Heavy head: Damp stops clear Yang from ascending
Vaginal discharge: Damp infuses down
Abdominal fullness and sticky yellow coating indicates _____ invading Spleen
Damp Heat
Functions of the Kidneys:
Interior Cold, sexual dysfunctions, and Fluid accumulations indicate 
Kidney Yang deficiency
Kidney Yin deficiency with Empty Heat tongue and pulse 
Tongue: red with no coat (possible crack)
Pulse: Floating, Empty, kinda Rapid
Night sweating is “_____” while day sweating is “_____”
Night: “Evaporating from the bones”
Day: “Evaporating from the muscles”
Dribbling after urination, chronic, vaginal discharge, and backache indicates
Kidney Qi not firm
Lung and Kidney failing to communicate (leading to asthma) is
Kidney failing to grasp Qi
Kidney Essence deficiency symptoms:
If ____ is deficient, there’s not enough ____ to fill the brain
Essence
Marrow
Water overflows to Heart symptom:
Palpitations
Water overflows to Lungs symptom:
Frothy sputum
Tinnitus and red/peeled tongue indicates 
Kidney Yin deficiency with Empty Heat blazing