STOMACH, SPLEEN - EARTH Flashcards
Stomach
role & functions
The sea of water & grains / minister of granary
source (along w/spleen) of Qi & Bloood
The ST recieves food & drink
the ST rot’s & ripens
Governs Decending (sends waste to SI for further extraction of essence )
Cold- Dampness encumbering the spleen (excess pattern)
common excess s/sx plus:
dark jaundice
edema
preference for warmth
copious clear vaginal dischanrge
heavy head with bland slimey taste to mouth
t: Pale flabby tongue w/ white greasy coating
P: soft slippery slow or moderate
Cold- Dampness encumbering the spleen (excess pattern)
Treatment
Dry Damp
Fortify the spleen
Damp heat encumbering spleen
excess spleen s/sx plus:
bright yellow jaundace or itchy skin
diarrhea/sticky foul smelly stool
thirt no desire to drink / loss of appetite
burning anus & yellow urine
t: red w/ yellow greasy coat
p: soft, slippery rapid pulse
Damp heat encumbering the spleen
treatment
Clear heat
transform damp
fortify spleen
harmonize middle burner
SP Exess Patterns
- Cold Dampness Encumbering Spleen
- Damp Heat Emncubering spleen
SP YANG DEFICIENCY
treatment
Warm & Supplement Yang
dispel the cold
supplement sp
SPLEEN DEFICIENCY PATTERNS
SPLEEN Qi deficiency
SPLEEN Qi sinking
SPLEEN not controlling blood
SPLEEN ETIOLOGIES
Diet
Emotions & thinking
exterior evils
taxation
Spleen Excess Patters common s/sx
Abdominal distention bloating
nausea
diarrhea
t: greasy coating
p: slippery
SPLEEN NOT CONTROLLING BLOOD
S/SX
qi deficiency s/x plus
Various kinds of bleeding
SPLEEN NOT CONTROLLING BLOOD
TREATMENT
Supplement qi plus
Nourish Blood OR Stop Bleeding
SPLEEN QI SINKING
S/SX
1) Common spleen deficiency S/SX
2) organ prolapse (ST, Uterus, KD, rectum)
3) chronic loose stools
SPLEEN QI SINKING (or sp qi fall)
treatment
supplement qi
upbear yang