TCM Internal Medicine Test #3 Flashcards
Ischemic Stroke
TIA is a temporary interruption of the blood flow to an area of the brain - a warning that a stroke may follow. A clot in an artery, a drop in blood pressure, or a change in heart rhythm or rate may all reduce blood flow to the brain and result in a TIA. Symptoms include vision problems, difficulty understanding words, difficulty speaking, unusual behaviors and thought processes,
loss of conciousness, seizures, dizziness, vertigo, trouble walking, weakness or numbness on one side of the body. Symptoms will go away after 10-20 min or beocme a full stroke.
MERIDIAN STROKE IN TCM
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Hemorrhagic stroke: intracerebral hemorrhage, SAH (subarachnoid hemorrhage). An artery in the brain leaks or bursts.Due to abnormalities of the blood vessels, high blood pressure, protein deposits along the blood vessels, traumatic brain injury. Blood irritates the brain tissues calling swelling which will destroy brain tissue. Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding in the area between the brain. Caused by bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation, bleeding disorder, bleeding from a cerebral aneurysm, head injury, unknown cause, use of blood thinners, injury/trauma.
ZANG FU STROKE IN TCM
Two types of strokes in TCM
Closure and Collapse
Two types of closure strokes in TCM
Yin and Yang
Two types of meridian stroke in TCM
Excessive and deficient
Types of excessive stroke in TCM
- Liver yang
- Phlegm fire
- Wind phlegm
Stroke Location
Location: Brain (related to HT, LV, SP, KD)
Stroke Nature
Nature: excessive in symptoms, deficiency in root, upper excess and lower deficient.
Stroke pathological factors
Pathological factors: WIND, FIRE, PHLEGM
Stroke duration
Duration: acute stage (2 weeks to 1 month), recovery stage (2 weeks/1 momth to 6 months), sequela (more than 6 months)
Stroke key point of pathogenesis
Key point of pathogenesis: disorder of qi and blood, rebelling upward to attack the brain. Deficiency (qi), fire (liver and heart), phlegm (wind phlegm and phlegm damp), wind (liver wind), qi (rebellious qi), blood (blood stagnation).
Stroke Root
Root: liver, kidney yin deficiency or blood deiciency
Stroke symptoms
Main symptoms: sudden collapse, loss of consciousness, hemiplegia, slurred speech or speechless, deviation of the tongue and mouth (facial paralysis), numbness in half side of the body.
Other symptoms: headache, dizziness, vomiting, urinary and fecal incontinence, or urinary and fecal obstruction, irritability, cramping, profuse phlegm, hiccup.
Meridian stroke
Meridian stroke: 4 major symptoms: hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue and mouth (facial paralysis), slurred speech, numbness in half side of the body
Zang Fu Stroke
Zang Fu stroke: 5 major symptoms: loss of consciousness, hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue and mouth (facial paralysis), speechless, numbness in half side of the body
Difference between Meridian stroke and Facial Paralysis
MERIDIAN STROKE
1. Decreased consciousness or alertness, hemiplegia
2. Still able to close the eye on the affected side, wrinkle in the forehead
Blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain
Meridian stroke: no loss of consciousness
FACIAL PARALYSIS
1. NO decreased consciousness/alertness, hemiplegia
2. NOT able to close the eye on the affected side, as well as wrinkle in the forehead
Facial nerve becomes inflamed (peripheral facial paralysis, bell’s palsy)
Zang Fu stroke: sudden coma
Stroke pathomechanism
REBELLIOUS QI AND BLOOD OBSTRUCTION OF WIND, FIRE PHLEGM, STASIS \+ TRIGGER FACTOR CAUSES OBSTRUCTION OF BRAIN VESSEL OR BLOOD LEAKING OUT OF VESSEL
Symptoms: 4 major symptoms (hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue and mouth, slurred speech, numbness in half side of the body), dizziness, distention headache, eyes and face red, irritability, easy to get angry, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, constipation, yellow urine, red or crimson tongue, yellow or dry yellow coating, wiry or rapid pulse.
SUDDEN HYPERACTIITY OF LIVER YANG - MERIDIAN STROKE
SUDDEN HYPERACTIVITY OF LIVER YANG - MERIDIAN STROKE TP
TP: calm liver, extinguish the wind, subdue the yang
SUDDEN HYPERACTIITY OF LIVER YANG - MERIDIAN STROKE formulaFormula
Formula *Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
Symptoms: 4 major symptoms (hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue and mouth, slurred speech, numbness in half side of the body), dizziness, headache, chest stuffiness, epigastria fullness, nausea, vomiting phlegm, dark red greasy white coating, wiry slippery pulse
WIND PHLEGM OBSTRUCTING THE MERIDIANS - MERIDIAN STROKE
WIND PHLEGM OBSTRUCTING THE MERIDIANS - MERIDIAN STROKE TP
TP: resolve phlegm, extinguish wind, dredge collaterals
WIND PHLEGM OBSTRUCTING THE MERIDIANS - MERIDIAN STROKE formula
Formula: Hua Tan Tong Luo Tang (modified Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang)
Symptoms: 4 major symptoms (hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue and mouth, slurred speech, numbness in half side of the body), abdominal bloating, constipation, dizziness, blurred vision, sticky taste in the mouth, profuse sputum, red face, irritability in the afternoon, red yellow greasy coating or dry yellow coating, slippery big pulse
PHLEGM HEAT IN THE FU ORGANS - MERIDIAN STROKE
PHLEGM HEAT IN THE FU ORGANS - MERIDIAN STROKE TP
TP: clear fu organ, purge heat, transform phlegm
PHLEGM HEAT IN THE FU ORGANS - MERIDIAN STROKE formula
Formula: Xing Lou Cheng Qi Tang
PHLEGM HEAT IN THE FU ORGANS - MERIDIAN STROKE pathogenesis
Pathogenesis: phlegm stasis transform into heat, binds with wind and phlegm, goes upward to disturb the meridians
Symptoms: 4 major symptoms (hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue and mouth, slurred speech, numbness in half side of the body), pale white face, shortness of breath, weakness, palpitation, spontaneous sweating, pale dark tongue with purplish spots, thin white or greasy coating, pulse is weak, moderate or thready and choppy
QI DEFICIENCY AND BLOOD STASIS - MERIDIAN STROKE
QI DEFICIENCY AND BLOOD STASIS - MERIDIAN STROKE TP
TP: tonify qi, invigorate blood, dredge channels
QI DEFICIENCY AND BLOOD STASIS - MERIDIAN STROKE formula
Formula: Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang (IMPORTANT FORMULA)
CONTAINS TAO HONG SI WU TANG
Symptoms: 4 major symptoms (hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue and mouth, slurred speech, numbness in half side of the body), palm/sole heat, irritability, insomnia, dizziness, ear ringing, red or dark red tongue with no coating, weak and wiry pulse
WIND STIRRING DUE TO YIN DEFICIENCY - MERIDIAN STROKE
WIND STIRRING DUE TO YIN DEFICIENCY - MERIDIAN STROKE TP
TP: nourish yin, subdue yang, calm down liver, extinguish wind
WIND STIRRING DUE TO YIN DEFICIENCY - MERIDIAN STROKE formula
Formula: *Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang
Symptoms: 5 major symptoms (loss of consciousness, hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue, numbness in half side of the body), stiffness and spasm in the affected limb, squint or orthophoria of eyes, red face and eyes, red face and eyes, trismus, stiff neck, clenched fist, convulsions, red or crimson tongue with dry yellow or dark dry coating, wiry and rapid pulse
WIND FIRE OBSTRUCTING THE BRAIN ORIFICE - ZANG FU STROKE
Symptoms: 5 major symptoms (loss of consciousness, hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue, numbness in half side of the body), nasal sores, phlegm rattling sounds in the throat, stiffness and spasm in the affecting limb, squit or orthophoria of eyes, red face and eyes, heat in the neck and back, restlessness, constipation, red crimson tongue with dry yellow or greasy yellow coating, rapid slippery powerful pulse
PHLEGM FIRE OBSTRUCTING THE BRAIN’S ORIFICES - ZANG FU STROKE
Symptoms: 5 major symptoms (loss of consciousness, hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue, numbness in half side of the body), profuse phlegm and salivation, pale face, dark lips, cold limbs, dark pale tongue with white greasy coating, dee, slippery, moderate pulse
PHLEGM DAMPNESS MISTING THE BRAIN ORIFICE - ZANG FU STROKE
Symptoms: 5 major symptoms (loss of consciousness, hemiplegia, deviation of the tongue, numbness in half side of the body), closed eyes with open mouth, loose hands, nasal snore with faint breath, sweat, cold limbs, incontinence of urine and stool, pale purple tongue with curl, white greasy coating, faint pulse
COLLAPSE SYNDROME (Tuo Syndrome)
COLLAPSE SYNDROME (Tuo Syndrome) TP
TP: tonify qi, restore yang for resuscitation
COLLAPSE SYNDROME (Tuo Syndrome) formula
Formula: Shen Fu Tang
HEMIPLEGIA TP
TP: tonify qi, invigorate blood, dredge collaterals
HEMIPLEGIA formula
Formula: Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang
SLURRED SPEECH symptoms
Symptoms: slurred speech or speechless, stiffness of the tongue, deviation of tongue and mouth, angular salivation, half side of the body numbness, hemiplegia, dull tongue with greasy coating, slippery pulse
SLURRED SPEECH TP
TP: dispel wind, resolve phlegm, open the orifice, dredge collaterals
SLURRED SPEECH formula
Formula: Jie Yu Dan
DEVIATION OF EYES AND MOUTH symptoms
Symptoms: deviation of eyes and mouth, angular salivation, stiffness of the tongue, hemiplegia, slippery pulse
DEVIATION OF EYES AND MOUTH TP
TP: dispel wind, resolve phlegm, open the orifice, dredge collaterals
DEVIATION OF EYES AND MOUTH formula
Formula: Qian Zheng San`
Depressive syndrome clinical manifestations
Main clinical manifestations: emotional depression, mood swings, chest fullness and stuffiness, distending pain in the hypochondriac area, irritability with easy tears, foreign body sensation in the throat
Bipolar
Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness): cycling mood changes from extreme high sto extreme lows
Psychotic depression
Psychotic dperession: accompanied by some forms of psychosis, such as a break with reality, hallucinations, and delusions
Depression location
Location: Brain/spirit (related to LV, SP, HT)
Formula for stagnation causing depression
Yue Ju Wan
Depression basic principle
Basic principle: regulate qi to alleviate mental depression, cheer up, change to positive thinking
Symptoms: mental depression, frequent sighing, distending pain in the hypochondriac area, gastric fullness, belching, poor appetite, abdominal bloating, loose stool, irregular menstruation, pink tongue
LIVER QI STAGNATION depression
LIVER QI STAGNATION depression TP
TP: soothe liver to alleviate mental depression, regulate qi to have pleasent middle jiao (liver)
LIVER QI STAGNATION depression formula
Formula: Chai Hu Shu Gan San
Symptoms: restlessness, irritability, distention and fullness in the hypochodriac area, dry mouth with bitter taste, headache, red eyes, gastric discomfort with acid reflux, constipation, red tongue with thin
QI STAGNATION TRANSFORMING INTO FIRE depression
QI STAGNATION TRANSFORMING INTO FIRE depression TP
TP: clear liver, purge heat to alleviate mental depression, harmonize stomach
QI STAGNATION TRANSFORMING INTO FIRE depression formula
Formula: Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San
Symptoms: mental depression, foreign body sensation in the throat that cannot be swallowed or expectorated, chest stuffiness, distention and fullness in the hypochondriac region, pale red tongue with white greasy coating, wiry and slippery pulse
PHLEGM QI STAGNATION/PLUM PIT QI depression
PHLEGM QI STAGNATION/PLUM PIT QI depression TP
TP: move qi to alleviate mental depression, remove phlegm, dissipate accumulation
PHLEGM QI STAGNATION/PLUM PIT QI depression formula
Formula: Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
Symptoms: mental wandering, restlessness, skeptical and susceptible to fright, grief, moody, crying, frequent yawning and stretching, scolding, yelling, mostly female patients, being attacked by extreme emotional stimulation, pink tongue with wiry pulse
HEART MIND CONFUSION/ZANG ZAO DISORDER depression
HEART MIND CONFUSION/ZANG ZAO DISORDER depression TP
TP: use sweet moistening herbs to nourish the heart and calm the mind
HEART MIND CONFUSION/ZANG ZAO DISORDER depression formula
Formula: Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
Symptoms: too much thinking, skeptical, palpitations, timidity, dizziness, lassitude, insomnia, poor memory, poor appetite, shortness of breath, reluctance to talk, lusterless complexion, pale tongue with a thin white coating, thready and weak pulse
HEART AND SPLEEN DEFICIENCY depression
HEART AND SPLEEN DEFICIENCY depression formula
Formula: Gui Pi Tang
Symptoms: mood swings, dry eyes with photophobia, restlessness, irritability, hypochondriac distention, vertigo, tinnitus, blurred vision, headache with distention of eyes, red face and eyes, dry tongue with scanty coating, thready and rapid pulse
HYPERACTIVITY OF FIRE DUE TO YIN DEFICIENCY
HYPERACTIVITY OF FIRE DUE TO YIN DEFICIENCY depression TP
TP: nourish yin, clear heat, tonify liver and kidney
HYPERACTIVITY OF FIRE DUE TO YIN DEFICIENCY deprresion formula
Formula: Zi Shui Qing Gan Tang
Heart and kidney yin deficiency: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan + Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
Depressive psychosis definition
Depressive psychosis: quiet, is characterized by mental depression, indifferent expression, dislike of talking or incoherent speech, mumbling to oneself, slow movement
Manic psychosis
Manic psychosis: excited, characterized by high mental exciteation, restlessness, wild, frenzied movement and speech, continuous talking, destroying things, hallucinations, violent behavior, mobilizing state
Location of psychosis
Location: Brain (spirit), related to LV, GB, SP, HT
Psychosis key of pathogenesis
Key point of pathogenesis: disturbance of the heart mind
Symptoms: mental depression, indifferent expression, dislike of talking, slow movements, upset, insomnia, suspiciousness, mumbling to oneself, incoherent speech, lazy talking, no care of daily routine, doesn’t clean oneself o rhome, dirty, poor appetite, loose stool
T: white greasy/yellow greasy/turbid greasy
P: wiry slippery/rapid slippery/soggy slippery
PHLEGM-QI STAGNATION psychosis
PHLEGM-QI STAGNATION psychosis TP
TP: soothe the liver to alleviate mental depression, remove phlegm to open the orifice
PHLEGM-QI STAGNATION psychosis formula
Formula: Shun Qi Dao Tan Tang + Yu Jin, Shi Chang Pu
Symptoms: mental fuzziness, disorientation, failure to tell the difference between dreams and realities, easily sad and crying, illogical speech, palpitations, easy to be frightened, pale face, lazy limbs, lassitude, reduced food intake
T: pale, puffy, teethmarks, thin white coating
P: weak thready
HEART AND SPLEEN DEFICIENCY psychosis
HEART AND SPLEEN DEFICIENCY psychosis TP
TP: tonify qi, boost spleen, nourish blood, calm the spirit
HEART AND SPLEEN DEFICIENCY psychosis formula
Formula: Yan Xin Tang or Dan Xi Xin Fa
Symptoms: sudden onset of agitation, frenzy, angry eyes, red eyes and face, continuous shouting and scolding, incoherence speaking, failure to recognize relatives, irritability, restlessness, destroying things, fighting people, weeping and laughing together, headache, insomnia, likes cold drinks, constipation, yellow urine
T: red, crimson, yellow greasy coating
P: slippery, wiry
UPWARD DISTURBANCE OF PHLEGM FIRE DISTURBS THE HEART MIND psychosis
UPWARD DISTURBANCE OF PHLEGM FIRE DISTURBS THE HEART MIND psychosis TP
TP: tranquilize the heart, remove phlegm, purge liver, clear heat
UPWARD DISTURBANCE OF PHLEGM FIRE DISTURBS THE HEART MIND psychosis formula
Formula: Sheng Tie Luo Yin or Yi Xue Xin Wu
Symptoms: anxiety, stress, restlessness, sometimes mania, irritability, insomnia, emaciation with red face, palpitation, forgetfulness, five center heat
T: mirror tongue
P: thready rapid
EXUBERANT FIRE DAMAGING YIN psychosis
EXUBERANT FIRE DAMAGING YIN psychosis TP
TP: nourish yin, subdue fire, tranquilize the spirit, anchor soul
EXUBERANT FIRE DAMAGING YIN psychosis formula
Formula: Er Yin Jian or An Shen Ding Zhi Wan
Symptoms: agitation, restlessness, anger, talkativeness, dark face without luster, chest/hypochondria fullness and pain, headache, palpitations, sluggishness, reluctance to talk, crazy delusion, painful period, dark purple period blood
T: dark, purplish tongue, purple spots
P: thready wiry, deep wiry
QI AND BLOOD STAGNATION psychosis
QI AND BLOOD STAGNATION psychosis TP
TP: transform the stasis, open the orifices, regulate qi and blood, remove phlegm
QI AND BLOOD STAGNATION psychosis formula
Formula: Dian Kuang Meng Xing Tang + Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan
Epilepsy location
Location: Brain (spirit), related to LV, SP, KD
Epilepsy key of pathogenesis
Key of pathogenesis: wind-phlegm-fire-blood stasis obstructing the heart mind orifice, chaotically flowing inside the meridians and collaterals
Symptoms: sudden collapse, unconsciousness, drooling, staring, convulsion of the four limbs, generally no weird shouting or weak, little sound, with or without consciousness, mental dizziness, dull-witted, not seeing, not hearing, not able to move and speak, could be more han 10 times per day, dull yellow face, cold limbs, half open eyes, profuse phlegm rattling sound in the throat. After attack: fatigue, weak and limp, recovery after a few days, general poor appetite, fatigue, nausea, chest oppression, spit out sputum, loose stool
Tongue: pale, white greasy coating
Pulse: deep, weak, thready
LIVER WIND WIHTH PHLEGM TURBIDITY OBSTRUCTING THE HEART MIND (YIN TYPE EPILEPSY)
LIVER WIND WIHTH PHLEGM TURBIDITY OBSTRUCTING THE HEART MIND (YIN TYPE EPILEPSY) TP
TP: Urgency-open the orifice awaken the spirit. 2nd step-warm the yang, dispel phlegm, extinguish wind, downbear qi
LIVER WIND WIHTH PHLEGM TURBIDITY OBSTRUCTING THE HEART MIND (YIN TYPE EPILEPSY) formula
Formula: Urgency-acupuncture and nasal insufflation (Chu Bi San, Tong Guan San), nasal feeding (Su He Xiang Wan).
2nd step-Ding Xian Wan/ Yi Xue Xin Wu
Symptoms: sudden collapse, unconsciousness, drooling, staring, convulsion of the four limbs, weird shouting, heavy rattling sound in the throat, red face, purplish red, then chagne to green purplish or pale purple lips. After attack: foul mouth smell, heavy breathing, irritability, constipation, yellow urine, generally bad temper, insomnia, bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth. Premonitory symptoms: dizziness, distention headache, chest oppression, fatigue, yawning and stretching
Tongue: red, yellow greasy coating
Pulse: wiry, rapid slippery
LIVER FIRE WITH PHLEGM HEAT OBSTRUCTING THE HEART MIND (YANG TYPE EPILEPSY)
LIVER FIRE WITH PHLEGM HEAT OBSTRUCTING THE HEART MIND (YANG TYPE EPILEPSY) TP
TP: Urgency-open the orifice, awaken the spirit. 2nd step-clear liver, purge fire, dispel phlegm, extinguish wind
LIVER FIRE WITH PHLEGM HEAT OBSTRUCTING THE HEART MIND (YANG TYPE EPILEPSY) formula
Formula: Urgency-Acupuncture and nasal insufflation (Chu Bi San, Tong Guan San), nasal feeding (An Gong Niu Huang Wan).
2nd step-Long Dan Xie Gan Tang + Di Tan Tang
Symptoms: recurrent attack, fatigue, dizziness, pale face, poor appetite, loose stool. During attack: dull face, bright white face, cold limbs, vomiting saliva, low, weak sound.
Tongue: pale, white greasy coating
Pulse: soggy, slippery, or wiry, thready, slippery
EXUBERANT PHLEGM DUE TO SPLEEN DEFICIENCY remission stage epilepsy
EXUBERANT PHLEGM DUE TO SPLEEN DEFICIENCY remission stage epilepsy TP
TP: boost spleen, benefit qi, harmonize stomach, transform turbidity, regulate qi and blood
EXUBERANT PHLEGM DUE TO SPLEEN DEFICIENCY remission stage epilepsy formula
Formula: Liu Jun Zi Tang (Si Jun Zi Tang + Chen Pi, Ban Xia)
Symptoms: after attack: absent minded, dull face, dizziness, blurred vision. Other symptoms: dry eyes, dry dull ear, lower back soreness, forgetfulness, insomnia with dreams, dry stool
Tongue: red, no coating
Pulse: thready
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY remission stage epilepsy
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY remission stage epilepsy TP
TP: nourish liver and kidney, subdue yang, tranquilize the mind
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY remission stage epilepsy formula
Formula: Da Bu Yuan Jian
Stomachache location
Location: Stomach, closely related to liver and spleen
Stomachache key point of etiology
Key point of etiology: disharmony of stomach qi, obstruction causes pain, harmonize the stomach, stomach qi is not able to descend, stomach qi obstruction
Symptoms: history of catching cold, eating cold food, sudden onset of gastric pain, aversion to cold, preference for warmth, pain is alleviated by warmth but is aggravated by cold, absence of thirst, preference for warm drinks, pale tongue with thin white coating, wiry and tight pulse
PATHOGENIC COLD ATTACKING THE STOMACH stomachache
PATHOGENIC COLD ATTACKING THE STOMACH stomachache TP
TP: warm the stomach, dissipate cold, move qi, relieve pain
PATHOGENIC COLD ATTACKING THE STOMACH stomachache formula
Formula: Liang Fu Wan
Symptoms: history of overeating or over drinking, epigastric fullness and abdominal distention, unpressable, belching with acid regurgitation, vomiting with undigested food, putrefactive odor, pain that is relieved after vomiting, poor appetite, difficulty bowel movements, feel better after gas or bowel movement, thick greasy tongue coating, slippery pulse
FOOD STAGNATION stomachache
FOOD STAGNATION stomachache TP
TP: promote digestion, clear the obstruction
FOOD STAGNATION stomachache formula
Formula: Bao He Wan
Symptoms: gastric fullness and distention, the pain radiates to bilateral hypochondria, chest oppression, the pain is always triggered or getting worse by emotional factors, belching, feel better after gas or belching, sighing, difficulty bowel movements, thin tongue coating and wiry pulse
LIVER QI AFFECTING THE STOMACH stomachache
LIVER QI AFFECTING THE STOMACH stomachache TP
TP: soothe the liver, regulate the qi, harmonize the stomach
LIVER QI AFFECTING THE STOMACH stomachache formula
Formula: Chai Hu Shu Gan San
Symptoms: burning pain in the gastric area, severe pain with a sudden onset, acid regurgitation, restlessness, irritability, dry bitter taste in the mouth, red tongue with yellow coating, wiry or rapid pulse
STAGNANT HEAT IN THE LIVER AND STOMACH stomachache
STAGNANT HEAT IN THE LIVER AND STOMACH stomachache TP
TP: soothe the liver, clear heat, harmonize the stomach, relieve pain
STAGNANT HEAT IN THE LIVER AND STOMACH stomachache formula
Formula: Hua Gan Jian JIng Yue Quan Shu (or Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San)
Symptoms: gastric pain with a fixed position, tenderness, stabbing pain, needle pricking sensation, the pain is exacerbated by eating, pressing, pain is lasting for a long time, gets worse at night, or even hematemesis or melena, dark purple tongue with purple spots, choppy pulse
INTERNAL RETENTION OF STAGNANT BLOOD stomachache
INTERNAL RETENTION OF STAGNANT BLOOD stomachache TP
TP: resolve stasis, clear collaterals, regulate qi, harmonize the stomach
INTERNAL RETENTION OF STAGNANT BLOOD stomachache formula
Formula: *Shi Xiao San + Dan Shen Yin
Symptoms: gastric dull burning pain, hunger with no desire to eat, dry throat and mouth, five center heat, fatigue, thirst, dry stool, red tongue with dry coating, thready and rapid pulse
STOMACH YIN DEFICIENCY stomachache
STOMACH YIN DEFICIENCY stomachache TP
TP: nourish yin, reinforce the stomach, reelive pain
STOMACH YIN DEFICIENCY stomachache formula
Formula: Yi Guan Jian + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang
Symptoms: gastric dull, non stop pain, a preference for warmth and pressure, pain gets worse on empty stomach, gets better after eating, the pain is exacerbated or triggered by over strain, catching cold, vomiting watery fluid, fatigue, poor appetite, lassitude of limbs, cold limbs, loose stool, pale tongue with white coating, weak or slow pulse
SPLEEN STOMACH DEFICIENCY COLD stomachache
SPLEEN STOMACH DEFICIENCY COLD stomachache TP
TP: warm the middle jiao, strengthen the spleen
SPLEEN STOMACH DEFICIENCY COLD stomachache formula
Formula: *Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang
Dysphagia location
Location: Esophagus, stomach. Closely related to liver, spleen, and kidney.
Symptoms: discomfort in the throat, mild difficulty swallowing, chest-diaphragm distention or pain that gets worse with a depressed mood, or symptoms get better with a happy mood, belching, hiccup, vomit phlegm saliva, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with thin greasy tongue coating, wiry and slippery pulse
PHLEGM-QI STAGNATION dysphagia
PHLEGM-QI STAGNATION dysphagia TP
TP: promote qi flow, resolve phlegm, moisten dryness, descend qi
PHLEGM-QI STAGNATION dysphagia formula
Formula: Qi Ge San (Yi Xue Xin Wu)
Symptoms: choking and pain during swallowing food, inability to swallow solid food, vomiting immediately after eating food, chest and upper back burning pain, emaciation, dry skin, five center heat, dry mouth and throat, likes to drink cold drinks, dry stool, red tongue with dry cracks, thready and rapid pulse
HEAT ACCUMULATION DUE TO FLUIDS CONSUMPTION dysphagia
HEAT ACCUMULATION DUE TO FLUIDS CONSUMPTION dysphagia TP
TP: nourish yin fluids, clear heat
HEAT ACCUMULATION DUE TO FLUIDS CONSUMPTION dysphagia formula
Formula: Wu Zhi An Zhong Yin (five juice)