Six stages and four levels Flashcards
Order of the six ages
Tai yang (greater yang) Yang ming( bright yang) Shao yang (lesser yang) Tai yin (greater yin) Shao yin (Lesser yin) Jue yin (terminal yin)
What does Six stages treat
All diseases from wind cold
What does four levels treat
All diseases from wind heat
Tai yang (greater yang) channels
Si, bl
Tai yang pattens
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
slight aversion to cold, averson to wind, slight dever, stiff neck, slight sweating, headache, stiff neck, sneezing
tongue: no change
pulse: floating and slow
tai yang wind invasion
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
tai yang cold invasion
aversion to cold, slight fever, retention of urine, vomiting of fluids soon after drinking
pulse: floating and slow
tai yang fu + accumulation of water + heat in the bladder qi level
hypogastric distention, fullness and urgency , hematuria, mental restlessness
tongue: reddish purple without a coat
pulse: deep thready rapid or deep choppy
tai yang fu heat and stasis in the lower jiao + bladder (blood level)
yang ming patterns
yang ming channel heat
yang ming fu organ fire
high fever, profuse sweating, intense thirst, red face, feeling of heat, irritability, delirium
tongue: red with yellow coat
pulse: full or large and rapid
yang ming heat channel
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
yang ming fu organ
shao yang patterns
shao yang
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
shao yang
tai yin patterns
tai yin
abdominal fullness, feeling of cold, vomiting of clear fluids, LOA, absence of thirst, fatigue
Tongue: sticky white coat
pulse: deep weak slow
tai yin
shao yin patterns
kidney yang deficiency with empty deficient cold
and kidney yin deficiency with empty deficient heat
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
kidney yang deficiency with empty deficient cold
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
kidney yin deficiency with empty heat deficient heat
jue yin patterns
heat above cold below
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
heat above cold below
defensive qi level patterns
wind heat
summer heat
damp heat
dry heat
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
wind heat wei level
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
summer heat wei level
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
damp heat wei level
fever, slight aversion to cold, slight sweating, dry skin, mouth, nose, and sore throat
tongue: thin white coat
pulse: floating rapid
dry heat wei level
qi level patterns
lung heat
stomach heat yang ming channel + intestinal heat yang ming organ
gallbladder heat
dry heat
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
lung heat qi level
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_______
stomach heat in qi level
add: intestinal heat
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
gallbladder heat qi level
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
dry heat qi level
nutritive level patterns
heat in ying level
heat in the pericardium
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
heat in. ying level
fever at night, mental confusion, incoherant speech, delerium,body hot, cold hands and feet, macules
tongue: red w/o coat
pulse: thredy and rapid
heat in the pericardium ying level
blood level patterns
heat victorious moving blood (excess)
heat victorious moving wind (excess)
empty wind agitating interior (deficient)
collapse of yin or yang
high fever, mental restlessness, manic, dark macules, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemefecia, hematuria
tongue: dark red w/o coat
pulse: wiry rapid
heat victorious moving blood (excess) blood level
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
heat victorious stirring wind (excess) blood level
low garde fever, tremor of limbs, twitching, weight loss, malar flush, listlessness
tongue: dark red and dry w/o coat
pulse: thready rapid
empty wind agitating interior (deficient) blood level
yin xu + emanciation, sticky sweat
yin collapse blood level
yang xu + oily sweat
yang collapse blood level
