Six stages and four levels

Question 1

Order of the six ages

Answer 1

Tai yang (greater yang) 
Yang ming( bright yang) 
Shao yang (lesser yang) 
Tai yin (greater yin)
Shao yin (Lesser yin) 
Jue yin (terminal yin)

Question 2

What does Six stages treat

Answer 2

All diseases from wind cold

Question 3

What does four levels treat

Answer 3

All diseases from wind heat

Question 4

Tai yang (greater yang) channels

Answer 4

Si, bl

Question 5

Tai yang pattens

Answer 5

Wind invasion
Cold invasion
Fu accumulation of water + heat in the Bl qi level
Heat and stasis in the lower Jiao and bl blood level

Question 6

slight aversion to cold, averson to wind, slight dever, stiff neck, slight sweating, headache, stiff neck, sneezing

tongue: no change
pulse: floating and slow

Answer 6

tai yang wind invasion

Question 7

aversion to cold, slight fever absence of sweating, headache, stiff neck, sneezing, runny nose w white discharge, breathlessness

tongue: no charge
pulse: floating and tight

Answer 7

tai yang cold invasion

Question 8

aversion to cold, slight fever, retention of urine, vomiting of fluids soon after drinking
pulse: floating and slow

Answer 8

tai yang fu + accumulation of water + heat in the bladder qi level

Question 9

hypogastric distention, fullness and urgency , hematuria, mental restlessness

tongue: reddish purple without a coat
pulse: deep thready rapid or deep choppy

Answer 9

tai yang fu heat and stasis in the lower jiao + bladder (blood level)

Question 10

yang ming patterns

Answer 10

yang ming channel heat

yang ming fu organ fire

Question 11

high fever, profuse sweating, intense thirst, red face, feeling of heat, irritability, delirium

tongue: red with yellow coat
pulse: full or large and rapid

Answer 11

yang ming heat channel

Question 12

high fever worse in the afternoon, profuse sweating, sweating on limbs, abdominal fullness and pain, constipation, dry stool, intense thirst, dark urine

tongue: red with thick dry yellow coat
pulse: full slippery and rapid

Answer 12

yang ming fu organ

Question 13

shao yang patterns

Answer 13

shao yang

Question 14

alternating chills and fever, bitter taste, dry throat, blurred vision, hypochondriac fullness, LOA, lack of desire to drink, irritability, nausea, vomiting
Tongue: unilateral thin white coat
pulse: wiry thready

Answer 14

shao yang

Question 15

tai yin patterns

Answer 15

tai yin

Question 16

abdominal fullness, feeling of cold, vomiting of clear fluids, LOA, absence of thirst, fatigue
Tongue: sticky white coat
pulse: deep weak slow

Answer 16

tai yin

Question 17

shao yin patterns

Answer 17

kidney yang deficiency with empty deficient cold

and kidney yin deficiency with empty deficient heat

Question 18

chills, feeling cold, lying with body curled, listlessness, desire to sleep, cold limbs, diarrhea, no thirst, frequent, pale urination

tongue: pale and wet
pulse: deep weak slow

Answer 18

kidney yang deficiency with empty deficient cold

Question 19

feeling of heat in the evening, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth and throat at night, dark urine, night sweat

tongue: red without coat
pulse: deep thready rapid

Answer 19

kidney yin deficiency with empty heat deficient heat

Question 20

jue yin patterns

Answer 20

heat above cold below

Question 21

heat above thirst feeling of energy rising pain and sensation of heat in the heart region and hunger and cold below
LOA, cold limb vomiting
pulse: wiry

Answer 21

heat above cold below

Question 22

defensive qi level patterns

Answer 22

wind heat
summer heat
damp heat
dry heat

Question 23

fever, aversion to cold, sore throat, slight sweating, runny nose with yellow discharge, swollen tonsil, body aches,slight thirst

tongue: red infront or sides, thin white coat
pulse: floating

Answer 23

wind heat wei level

Question 24

fever, aversion to cold, absense of headache, heavy feeling, uncomfortable in abdomen, irritability, thirst

tongue: red in front or sides, white sticky coat
pulse: soggy

Answer 24

summer heat wei level

Question 25

fever worse in afternoon, body hot to touch, aversion to cold, headache, swollen glads, body ache, oppression in epigastrum, sticky taste, thirst with no desire to drink

tongue: sticky white coat
pulse: soggy

Answer 25

damp heat wei level

Question 26

fever, slight aversion to cold, slight sweating, dry skin, mouth, nose, and sore throat

tongue: thin white coat
pulse: floating rapid

Answer 26

dry heat wei level

Question 27

qi level patterns

Answer 27

lung heat
stomach heat yang ming channel + intestinal heat yang ming organ
gallbladder heat
dry heat

Question 28

high fever and feels hot, no aversion to cold, thirst, cough with thin yellow sputum,sweating, SOB, thirst

tongue: red w yellow coat
pulse: floating and rapid

Answer 28

lung heat qi level

Question 29

high fever worse in the afternoon, no aversion to cold, intense thirst, profuse sweating

tongue: red w yellow coat
pulse: large and rapid
add: constipation, dry stools, abdominal pain, burning, dry tongue coat, deep pulse for_______

Answer 29

stomach heat in qi level

add: intestinal heat

Question 30

alternating hot and cold more heat, bitter tase, thirst, dry throat, hypochondriac pain, nausea, fullness in epigastrium

tongue: red w unilateral sticky coat, yellow coat
pulse: wiry and rapid

Answer 30

gallbladder heat qi level

Question 31

fever better w sweating but then returns, heaviness in the body and head, opression in chest and epigastrium, nausea, loose stool
tongue: red w sticky yellow coat
Pulse: soggy and rapid

Answer 31

dry heat qi level

Question 32

nutritive level patterns

Answer 32

heat in ying level

heat in the pericardium

Question 33

fever at night, dry mouth w no desire to drink, mental restlessness, insomnia, delirium, incoherent speech, macules

tongue: red w/o coat
pulse: thready rapid

Answer 33

heat in. ying level

Question 34

fever at night, mental confusion, incoherant speech, delerium,body hot, cold hands and feet, macules

tongue: red w/o coat
pulse: thredy and rapid

Answer 34

heat in the pericardium ying level

Question 35

blood level patterns

Answer 35

heat victorious moving blood (excess)
heat victorious moving wind (excess)
empty wind agitating interior (deficient)
collapse of yin or yang

Question 36

high fever, mental restlessness, manic, dark macules, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemefecia, hematuria

tongue: dark red w/o coat
pulse: wiry rapid

Answer 36

heat victorious moving blood (excess) blood level

Question 37

high fever fainting, twitching of limbs, convulsions, neck rigidity, opisthotonos, eyeballs turining up, teeth clenching

tongue: dark red w/o coat
pulse: wiry and rapid

Answer 37

heat victorious stirring wind (excess) blood level

Question 38

low garde fever, tremor of limbs, twitching, weight loss, malar flush, listlessness

tongue: dark red and dry w/o coat
pulse: thready rapid

Answer 38

empty wind agitating interior (deficient) blood level

Question 39

yin xu + emanciation, sticky sweat

Answer 39

yin collapse blood level

Question 40

yang xu + oily sweat

Answer 40

yang collapse blood level