Six Stages Flashcards
Which Organs make up the Shao Yang?
San Jiao, Gall Bladder
Which organs make up the Tai Yang?
Small Intestine, Urinary Bladder
Which Organs make up the Yang Ming?
Large Intestine, Stomach
Which organs make up the Tai Yin?
Lung, Spleen
Which organs make up the Shao Yin?
Heart and Kidney
Which organs make up the Jue Yin?
Pericardium and Liver
Small Intestine is part of which level?
Tai Yang
Urinary Bladder is part of which level?
Tai Yang
San Jiao is part of which level?
Shao Yang
Gallbladder is part of which level?
Shao Yang
Large Intestine is part of which level?
Yang Ming
Stomach is part of which level?
Yang Ming
Lung is part of which level?
Tai Yin
Spleen is part of which level?
Tai Yin
Heart is part of which level?
Shao Yin
Kidney is part of which level?
Shao Yin
Pericardium is part of which level?
Jue Yin
Liver is part of which level?
Jue Yin
Are the Yin or the Yang levels most exterior?
Yang
What is the order of the Yang levels from most exterior to most interior?
Tai Yang, Yang Ming, Shao Yang
Which yang level does a cold pathogen normally skip ?
Shao Yang (San Jiao and GB) Goes from Tai Yang (Small Intestine and UB) to Yangming (ST, LI)
What is the order of the Yin levels, from most exterior to most interior?
Tai Yin, Shao Yin, Jue Yin
What is the order of cold pathogen progression
Tai Yang Yang Ming Shao Yang Tai Yin Shao Yin Jue Yin
What is the meaning of the name Tai Yang?
Greater Yang
What is the meaning of the term Shao Yang?
Lesser Yang
What is the meaning of the term Yang Ming?
Bright Yang
What is the meaning of the term Tai Yin?
Greater Yin
What is the meaning of the term Shao Yin
Lesser Yin
What is the meaning of the term Jue Yin?
Terminal Yin
What is the location of the Tai Yang (UB, SI)
Surface
What are the Sx of the Tai Yang (UB, SI)
Fever with chill, aversion to wind/cold, headache, stiff neck, floating pulse
What is the general treatment for Tai Yang (UB, SI) patterns?
release EPF from muscle layer
What is the location of the Shao Yang? (GB, SJ)
half surface, half interior
What are the general Sx of the Shao Yang (GB, SJ)?
Chills and fever (just like Tai Yang), wiry pulse, one sided white tongue coating, chest distress, hypochondrial or flank pain, bitter taste, dry mouth/ throat, poor appetite, vomiting, cough.
What is the general POT for Shao Yang (GB, SJ)?
Harmonize interior and exterior
What is the location of the Yang Ming? (St, LI)
Internal
What are the general Sx of the Yang Ming (St, LI)?
4 bigs - big fever, big sweat, big thirst, big pulse (and possibly constipation)
What is the general POT for the Yang Ming? (St, LI)?
Purging
if body is heavy, do not purge
General Sx of Tai Yin (Sp, Lu)?
full abdomen, no thirst, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, fatigue
General POT of the Tai Yin?
Supplement and Warm
What are the general Sx of the Shao Yin? (Ht, K)
Drowsiness, need to lie down/curl up, frequent, clear, copious urination, cold or heat Sx depending, and Tai Yin Sx (full abdomen, no thirst, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, fatigue)
What are the general Sx of the Jue Yin (Liv, Pc)?
True cold/false heat, separation of Yin and Yang, coma, icy coldness, vomit with attempt to eat, hunger with no appetite, fever in the upper jiao, heat and pain in the chest, congestion of Qi in the chest, thirst, vomiting of worms/ regular vomit.
General POT for Jue Yin (Liv, Pc)?
restore collapsed yang, warm, etc.
Tai Yang or —– Yang
Greater
Yang Ming or —- Yang
Bright
Shao Yang or — Yang
Lesser
Tai Yin or — Yin
Greater
Shao Yin or — Yin
Lesser
Jue Yin or — Yin
Terminal
This stage is related to ——— channels, and is started when a person is exposed to an exterior cold pathogen. The symptoms are Fever and maybe small chills, aversion to cold, pain in the back of the neck and head, Tongue has not yet changed, Pulse is floating. This stage has two sub stages.
- Attack by wind.
- Attack by cold.
- Water Amassment
- Blood amassment
Treatment in this stage to release the exterior (sweating)
Tai Yang
UB, SI
This stage is related to the —– channels, has high fever, profuse sweating, aversion to heat, thirst, red face, restlessness. The tongue has a red body and dry coating. Pulse Rapid, flooding (until the fluids are injured, and it becomes deficient and rapid. This stage is called the 4 greats (great pulse, fever, great thirst, great sweat)
Treatment-clearing, draining
Yang Ming
St, LI
This stage is related to the — channels, channel symptoms- loss of hearing, red eyes, dizziness, visual distortion, headaches and hypochondriac pain, alternating cold and hot. bowel symptoms-bitter taste, nausea or retching, irritability, anxiety Tongue-Thin, thin coat (that could be white or yellow) pulse-wiry
Treatment-Harmonize
Shao Yang
San Jiao and Gallbladder
This stage is related to — channels, with chronic watery diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite, no thirst, abdominal pain Tongue-white coating Pulse-xu (deficient pulse) unless severe pain, then xu and wiry
Treatment-warm
Tai Yin
Lung and Spleen
This stage is related to the — channels, and has 2 subsections—constant fatigue in either situation Hot- fever, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth and throat, scanty and dark urine. This is a xu heat, meaning the treatment is nourishing yin and not clearing heat
Cold-frequent urination with clear urine, cold extremities, aversion to cold, perhaps body joint aches and diarrhea. treatment method is warming.
Tongue-Red if hot pattern, pale if cold pattern Pulse-faint and weak -rapid with heat
Shao Yin
Heart and Kidneys
This stage (related to the —channels)Primary symptoms-thirst, qi surging into chest with burning pain, hunger with no desire to eat, cold extremities. heat patterns-diarrhea with burning sensation, rectal heaviness, abdominal cramps, thirst or cold extremities with interior heat cold patterns- cold limbs, diarrhea with undigested food, vomiting, headaches on vertex, spasm Upper heat, lower cold-severe vomiting-case relates to roundworms
Jue Yin
liver and pericardium
