Spleen Flashcards
Governs
Transportation and Transformation
Controls
- ascending of Qi (clear Yang up, turbid Yin down)
- Blood
- muscles and the four limbs
- saliva
- raising of Qi (lifting effect to counter prolapse)
Opens
into the mouth and manifests on the lips
Houses the
Yi (intellect)
Affected by
Pensiveness
Tissues
muscles
Sense organ
mouth
Smell
fragrant
Color
yellow
Taste
sweet
Climate
dampness
Grains
rice
Domestic animals
ox
Animals
human
Planet
Saturn
Stage of Development
Transformation
Directions
Center
Sound
singing
Sayings
- governs the four limbs
- transforms fluids for the ST
- Root of the Post-heaven Qi
- origin of birth and development
- raises the clear Yang upwards
- loathes Dampness
- likes Dryness
Affected by
exterior pathogenic factors
- dampness = abdominal fullness, lack of appetite, nausea, feeling of heaviness,
T: thick sticky tongue coat
P: slippery
Affected by
emotional strain
- Pensiveness = too much thinking/brooding leads to Qi stag, or SP Qi xu if the diet is irregular
- Worry = “knots” the Qi, making it stagnate = abd. distention and pain . . . but again if the diet is irregular it may also lead to Sp Qi xu
Affected by
Diet
- SP prefers warm, dry foods
Empty Patterns
- SP Qi xu
- SP Yang xu
- SP Qi sinking
- SP not controlling Blood
- SP Blood xu
poor appetite, slight abdominal distention after eating, loose stools, lassitude, pale complexion, weak limbs, tendency to obesity, desire to lie down
T: pale
P: empty
SP Qi xu
+ desire to lie down curled up, feeling cold, cold limbs, edema
T: pale and wet
P: deep-weak
SP Yang xu
+ depression, bearing down sensation in the abdomen, prolapsed stomach, uterus, anus or bladder, frequent and urgent urination, menorrhagia
T: pale
P: weak, missing distal 1/3 of guan
SP Qi sinking
+ pale sallow complexion, depression, blood spots under the skin, hematuria, hematochezia, excessive uterine bleeding
T: pale
P: weak or fine
SP not controlling the Blood
+ dull pale complexion, thin body, scanty periods, amenorrhea, insomnia, joint aches
T: pale, thin and slightly dry
P: choppy or fine
SP Blood xu
Full Patterns
- Cold-Dampness invading the SP
- Damp-Heat invading the SP
poor appetite, full feeling in epigastrium or abdomen or both, cold in the epigastrium that’s better with heat, heavy head and body, sweetish or absent taste, no thirst, loose stools, lassitude, tiredness, nausea, edema, dull white complexion, excessive vaginal discharge
T: pale with sticky white coat
P: slippery, slow
Cold-Dampness invading the SP
fullness in epigastrium or abdomen or both, epigastric or abdominal pain, heaviness, thirst without desire, nausea, vomiting, sticky loose stools, burning anus, scanty dark urine, low grade fever, sticky sweat, dull HA with a heavy head, dull yellow tangerine peel complexion, yellow sclera, oily sweat, bitter taste, itchy skin or skin eruptions (papules or vesicles)
T: red with sticky Y. coat
P: slippery, rapid
Damp-Heat invading the SP
