Sweating Flashcards
aversion to wind, sweating worse after activity, vulneable to colds, pale complexion, SOB
tongue: pale tongue with thin coating
pulse: thready and weak
Lung Qi Xu
List the 5 patterns in sweating
Lung Qi Xu, disharmony between wei and ying, heart blood xu, yin deficiency with fire, excessive fire flare up
sweating, aversion to wind, fever, general body aching
tongue: white coating
pulse: moderate
disharmony between Ying and Wei
spontaneous sweating or night sweating, palpitations, insomnia, fatigue, listlessness, SOB, pale complexion
Tongue: pale
Pulse: thready
Heart blood deficiency
Night sweating, or spontaneous sweating, five center hot, restlessness, malar flush, afternoon fever, thirsty
Tongue: red tongue with little coating
pulse: thready and rapid
Yin deficiency with fire
sweating, red hot face, restlessness, bitter taste in mouth, thirsty, constipation, scanty urine
tongue: red tongue with yellow or yellow greasy coating
pulse: wiry rapid or slippery rapid
Liver fire damp heat/excessive fire flares up
what leads to the disharmony between wei and ying?
Wei Qi deficiency and invasion of wind
LI4, Lu10, Kid7, Ht 6, SI3, UB 13
Basic points for sweatin g
Lung Qi Deficiency points
Lu1, Ub 13, UB 43
Lu7, GB20, Du16
points for disharmony between ying and wei
Sp6, 10 and UB 15
points for heart blood xu
kid 11, kid 6,7 pc 5
points for Yin deficiency with fire
Du 14, LI11, Li4, Sp9, St44
points for Excessive fire flares up
Homecare for patients for sweating
- regulate exercise, build constitution, adjust work and rest
- regulate emotion
- regulate diet (decrease spicy food, alcohol, coffee)
- Dry sweat, prevent EPF avoid going out when cold/sweaty
what are the 2 types of sweating
Day time: Spontaneous sweating - Qi deficiency (Zi Han)
Night time: Night sweats - Yin Deficiency (Dao Han)