Small Intestine Flashcards
1
Q
Separates
A
fluids
2
Q
Controls
A
receiving and transforming
3
Q
Mental Aspect
A
mental clarity, judgement
4
Q
Emotional strain
A
Sadness = grips a person, destroys mental clarity and capacity of sound judgement
Worry, anger, resentment, frustration = SI Qi stagnation
5
Q
Affected by
A
Diet
6
Q
Full Patterns
A
- Full Heat in the SI
- SI Qi Pain
- SI Qi Tied
- Infestation of Worms in the SI
7
Q
- mental restlessness, insomnia, tongue and or mouth ulcers, scant and dark urine, hematuria
- burning pain w urination, uncomfortable feeling and heat sensation in the chest, abdominal pain
- deafness, pain in the throat, thirst w desire to drink cold
- T: red w redder swollen tip, yellow coat
- P: overflowing and rapid, esp in cun; if there are urinary ssxs the P will be wiry in the L. chi
A
Full Heat in the SI
8
Q
- lower abdominal twisting pain which may extend to the back, abdominal pain relieved by passing gas, pain in the testis
- abdominal distention, dislike of pressure on the abdomen, borborygmi, flatulence
- T: white coat
- P: deep-wiry, esp in the chi
A
SI Qi Pain
9
Q
- severe abdominal pain, constipation, vomiting
- abdominal distention, dislike of pressure, borborygmi, flatulence
- T: thick white coat
- P: deep, wiry
A
SI Qi Tied
10
Q
- abdominal pain and distention, bad taste in the mouth and sallow complexion
- roundworms = abdominal pain, vomiting of round worms, cold limbs
- hookworms = desire to eat strange things like soil, wax, uncooked rice or tea leaves
- pinworms = itchy anus, worse in the evening
- tapeworms = constant hunger
A
SI Infestation with worms
11
Q
Empty Patterns
A
SI xu and cold
12
Q
- dull abdominal pain that’s better w pressure,
desire for hot drinks, borborygmi, diarrhea, pale
and abundant urine, cold limbs - T: pale body
- P: deep, weak, slow
A
SI xu and cold
13
Q
Main function
A
reception and digestion
14
Q
Separates the clear from the turbid
A
- absorbs essential substance and part of the water from the food
- transmits the residue of food to the LI
- transmits the residue of water to the UB
15
Q
Dysfunction may influence
A
BM and urination
