Six Stages Flashcards
Who created the 6 Stages Diagnosis?
What book did he write ?
Zhang Zhong Jing
Book “Shang Han Lun”
Tai Yang Channel Stage:
What are the two patterns or divisions ?
Wind invasion
Cold invasion
What are the clinical manifestations of Tai Yang windinvasion?
What is the treatment principle ?
Slight fever
headache and stiff neck
Floating pulse slow xu
slight sweating, aversion to wind but only slight aversion to cold
TP: release exterior, expel wind and cold, HARMONIZE YING AND WEI
Choose Acu Points to treat Tai Yang wind invasion?
BL 12 ( cup)
LU 7
LI 4
GB 20 wind pool
TE 5 yang wei
ST 36
GV 16 palace of wind
Is Tai Yang wind invasion, a deficiency of Ying Qi or Wei Qi?
Ying Qi
Deficient nutritive Qi can not hold sweat in the space between skin and muscles—> sweating occurs
What are the clinical manifestations of Tai Yang cold invasion?
Slight fever
headache and stiff neck
Floating pulse tight zhi
NO sweating, aversion to cold, runny nose with white discharge
Compare
Tai yang WIND VS Tai yang COLD
Name Acu Points to treat Tai Yang cold invasion?
BL 12 ( cup)
LU 7
LI 4
GB 20
TE 5
Moxa
Tai Yang Organ stage:
What are the two patterns?
- Accumulation of water + heat on BL (qi level)
- Accumulation of blood heat in LJ and BL ( xue level)
Pathology
Accumulation of Water
Impaired Bladder function of Qi transformation. Water is not transported properly leading to retention of urine, thirst, vomiting after drinking.
Even though is a floating pulse the pathogen has gotten a bit deeper causing heat!
Key Symptoms
Accumulation of Water
⚡️Retention of urine
⚡️vomiting of fluids soon after drinking or Thirst that persists after drinking
P: FLOATING /RAPID
Other symptoms: TAI YANG symptoms : fever, aversion to cold
Acu Points
Tai Yang Fu:
Accumulation of Water
7 points
CV 9
CV 3
ST 28
LU 7
BL 22
BL 39 Lower he-sea TE
BL 64
Key Symptoms
Accumulation of Blood
Think BL infection
⚡️Fullness / Tightness / distention in hypogastric region ( lower abdomen)
⚡️Mental restlessness
⚡️Red/Purple Tongue - no coat
Other Symptoms:
hematuria, jaundice, mind effected
Acu Points
Tai Yang Fu:
Accumulation of Blood
CV 3
ST 28
BL 22
KI 14 ( move LJ energy, brake xue yu)
SP 10
LR 3
SP 6 ( cools xue, nourishes yin fluids)
Compare
Tai Yang Organ Syndroms:
Water VS Blood
Accumulation
Yang Ming stage:
What are the two patterns?
What two organs are involved?
What are the western pathologies?
PATHOGEN HAS ENTERED THE INT!
And has transformed into either heat or fire !
Yang Ming channel (heat)
Yang Ming Fu (fire)
Organs involved:
Stomach
Large intestine
Western pathologies:
Bronchitis
Pneumonia
Crohn’s
Colitis
Ulcer