Small Intestines Flashcards
These are key words for what pattern: **burning, dark, (maybe scanty or bloody) urine** mouth sores/ulcers irritable insomnia heat sensation in chest restlessness pain in the throat (due to heat rising) thirst for cold drinks
Small Intestine Heat
(combo: heart fire going down thru it’s biao li pair SI)
(it looks like heart fire, but manifests symptoms in LJ)
Dan Zhu Ye - “drains heart fire thru SI”
Key words to recognize this pattern are: Borborygmi Flatlulence turbid urine burning urine heart fire going down - creating insomnia
Small Intestines heat
pattern SI heat
Tongue
Pulse
Red with redder tip, swollen, yellow coat
RAPID: overflowing and rapid
especially in front
sometimes wiry and rapid in left rear
These points are for what pattern Ht 8 (fire point) Ht 5 (luo point) indicated for heat and aphasia
SI 2 (water point) SI 5 (fire point)
ST 39 (lower he-sea of SI)
Small intestine heat
looks like a hernia - what is the pattern?
Small intestine Qi Pain
SI Qi tied - what is the western dx?
appendicitis
key word: twisting pain abdominal distension, pain discomfort borborgmi, flatulence \+ pain in testes
SI Qi Pain
Key word: Severe, stabbling fixed pain abdominal distension, pain discomfort borborgmi, flatulence \+constipation and vomiting
SI Qi Tied
Tongue and Pulse for
SI Qi Pain
SI Qi Tied
(same)
Thick White Coat (per steve it’s old pain)
Deep + Wiry
The cause of SI Qi Pain is what disharmony?
LQS invading SP
wood - earth disharmony
What causes Full Heat in SI?
excessive hot foods
anger frustration resentment
worry
(seen with heart fire)
These points and formula are good for what pattern: Ren 6 GB 34 + Liv 13 (harmonize Liv/Sp) St 27 + St 29 (local) Sp 6 (abdominal pain) Liv 3 St 39 (lower he sea of SI)
Rx: Chai Hu Shu Gan Tang
SI Qi Pain
These points and formula are good for what pattern? St 39 (lower he sea SI) Lan Wei Xue GB 34 St 25 (mcburney's point) Sp 6 (abdominal pain) Liv 3 (move qi)
Rx:
Zhi Shi Dao Wan
Tian Tai Wu Yao San
SI Qi Tied
Key Signs SS for what pattern?
*dull pain in abdomen, better w/ warmth, pressure
borborygmi
fatigue cold limbs diarrhea pale, abundant urine desire to drink warm/hot drinks
Tongue: Pale, Moist (maybe white coat)
Pulse: Deep, Weak, SLOW
SI Yang Xu
(gio calls yang xu = deficient and cold)
(caused by SP yang xu)
these points and formula are good for what pattern? Ren 6 (all def in gio, MOXA on GINGER) St 39 (lower he sea of SI) St 25 (stop diarrhea, alleviate abdominal pain) St 36 (MOXA, tonify Yang, dispel cold) Bl 20 (SP yang) Bl 27 (back shu of SI)
Rx:
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
SI Yang XU