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skin conditions / Boils Flashcards

1
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boils exist on what part of the body

A

face, head & extremities

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2
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boils - what type of cause?

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external or internal cause

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3
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Boils starts out…

ends up looking..

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small granular yellow spot, or
purple colour

Goes on to form a blister or pustule with a hard base

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4
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What can exist in joints and tendons, as well as internally - and causes hormonal disruption

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a Cyst

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A _ can be just filled with air or fluid, and not hard. ex. ovary

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a cyst

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if found on the kidney, a _ can be solid and fluid based

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cyst

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7
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found at the back of the knee

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Bakers cyst

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this type is cyst get bigger, bc they have cells in them, fluid based.

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Synovial cyst

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what type of cyst is usually found along the hands (from repetitive use), are fluid filled and contain connective tissue

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Gnaglions

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10
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even if a cyst is filled with air, it it still categorized as a …

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damp stagnation

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11
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chronic cysts are a…

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damp pathology

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12
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what is urticaria?

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hives

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13
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How does urticaria present?

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suddent onset. acute condition. itchy.

wind heat

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14
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itching skin always means:

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Wind

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15
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floating pusle is also known as

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superficial

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16
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What points get rid of dampness?

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He Sea points

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17
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wind damp is

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heavy and sticky

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18
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internal urticaria can be the result of what in the ST and intestines?

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damp heat from food allergies

(loose stools) hard to treat

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19
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what are indications of fire in the ST and intestines?

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constipation, dark and skanty urine. Full, fast pulse.

*use jing well pts to clear fire

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20
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what is a long term, deep internal heat condition?

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Toxic heat

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21
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What is an excellent point to treat itching?

A

LU 7

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22
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treatment plan for urtcaria (hives)

A

clear excess, tonify Wei Qi

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23
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What is a highly infectious bacterial skin infection?

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Eripselas

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Eripselas is damp heat affecting the____ and is therefore an internal condition

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SP & ST

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25
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Shingles lie dormant in the

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spinal chord

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26
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Shingles is a virus that is generally a _____ invasion

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Wind heat

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27
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what does itching indicate

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Wind

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28
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when someone is showing symptoms of shingles, it is at what level?

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Wei & Qi level

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29
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treatment for shingles

A

tonify Yin, disperse wind heat

ST 36 to tonify yin and nutritive Qi

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30
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Chronic shingles manifests once the pathogen goes deeper, turning from wind heat to wind damp heat - affecting the

A

Liver and GB

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31
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shingles with blisters =

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damp heat

32
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shingles with no blisters:

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wind heat

33
Q

Breats are governed by the Liver, therefor breast adsesses is …

A

Liver Qi stag

34
Q

If someone is experiencing post partum, this could be the result of what stagnation

A

Liver stag

35
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if someone cannot produce milk, this is a deficiency of

A

blood

36
Q

St 25 is the front mu of the

A

intestines

37
Q

what is an excellent point to clear heat in the body

A

ST 44

38
Q

what is the cause of intestinal absess

A

retention of undigested food

39
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an appendictis is what in TCM

A

Intestinal Abscess

40
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if someone cant move theit right leg, that indicates

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small intestine exhibiting an intestinal abscess, ie thats where the appendicities is

41
Q

IBS is a sympom of ____ stag

A

Liver Qi stagnation

42
Q

Goiter is

A

Enlarged thyroid gland causing swelling at the front of

the neck

43
Q

Qi Goiter is caused by_____

Flesh Goiter is caused by ____

A

Liver qi stagnation

phlegm damp accumulation

44
Q

Prolonged LQS becomes Liver Fire, which will negatively

impact the

A

Kidney & heart Yin

45
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Liver fire consumes what

A

Yin, i.e kidney yin xu

46
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Qi Goiter tmt principle:

A

move liver qi stagnation, resolve damp

47
Q

flesh goiter Tmt principle:

A

tonify spl & kid qi / yang, nourish liver blood

48
Q

what is the house of yin

A

kidney

49
Q

what governs the free flow of Qi

A

Liver.

Therefore LV is always good for liver Qi stagnation

50
Q

what type of goiter fluxuates with emotional state?

A

Qi Goiter

51
Q

LQS generates what

A

heat

52
Q

goiter that occurs in ppl under 40

A

flesh

53
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Flesh goiter symptoms include:

A
  • Fatigue, depression…kidney yang xu
  • Brittle nails…memory loss …liver blood xu
  • menorrhagia
  • spleen qi xu

Therefor tonify spl & kid qi / yang, nourish liver blood

54
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Graves Disease (buldging eyes, irritability, tremmor, heat and palpitations) is also called

A

hyperthyroidism

so: clear liver fire, move LQS, nourish yin

55
Q

false heat stems from

A

Yin xu

56
Q

choppy pulse means

A

blood stag

57
Q

A cyst may contain:

A

air, fluid, or a semi solid substance like

pus

58
Q

urticaria is another word for

A

hives

59
Q

urticaria wind heat looks like:

A

hot red rash, spread around body

60
Q

Urticaria Wind Damp looks like

A

damp stagnated beneath skin, white or light red rash.

61
Q

Urticaria accumulation of damp heat in stomach &

intestines

A

Red itchy wheals

w/ Abdominal pain, Nausea, vomiting & loose stool

62
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Urticaria TCM = fire in stm & Intestines (similar to damp heat but dryer

A

Red raised wheals

Itching

63
Q

cysts diagnoses:

A

TCM = damp / qi & blood stagnation
Tmt principle: move qi & blood along the channel,
resolve damp

64
Q

Urticaria Toxic Heat looks like

Extreme heat in the blood, associated with longterm antibiotics or infections

A

Large red wheals, possibly over whole body

65
Q

Wei Qi Xu Urticaria looks like:

A

small rash after sweating

66
Q

Eripselas looks like:

A

Has well defined margins (unlike most skin infections / rashes)
and bright or deep red solid rash
(the face image, older person, sore, underhoused, highly contagious)

67
Q

Eripselas diagnoses:

A

= invasion of damp heat into spleen & stomach

68
Q

Eczema : lung and kidney xu

A

Lung governs the pores

Kidney nourishes and moistens
the skin

69
Q

Intense itching
Acute & sudden onset
Red rash comes and goes, is what type of eczema?

A

wind heat

70
Q

Eczema is usually an inflammatory response to an

external pathogen, mostly affecting ppl of what age?

A

babies and children.

think External for Eczema (pathogen)

71
Q

Psoriasis is classed as an autoimmune disorder that causes skin cells to grow too quickly, causing patches of thickening - affecting ppl age:

A

15 - 30 yrs old, or

50-60 yr old

72
Q

Damp heat / fire psoriasis looks like..

A

inflamed and deformed joints (the brutal hand and nail image from the slides)

73
Q

Blood heat and stasis psoriasis presents as:

A

Whole body affected, widespread
pattern. Often associated with
autoimmune / inflammatory conditions

74
Q

Most typically Psoriasis is a

______ condition

A

deficiency

75
Q

Cholestasis

A

Requires medical attention immediately, increased risk of stillbirth.

76
Q

3 stages of rosiacia

A

Erythema
Accumulated Toxic Heat
Blood Stasis (looks extreme around the nose, sores. more common with men)

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