TCM tongue and pulse with TCM organs Flashcards
Name the organs of the Upper, middle, and lower burners.
Upper: Lungs, heart
Middle: Stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder
Lower: Large intestine, small intestine, bladder, kidney
Name the organs associated with each section of the tongue:
1) Kidney, Bladder, Intestines
2) gallbladder
3) Stomach, spleen
4) Liver
5) Lungs
6) Heart
What organ is the swelling associated with?
Gallbladder
What organ is affected based on this tongue?
Stomach cracks
What organ is affected?
Chest areas of the tongue
Fill in the blanks:
1) Lung (front inch)
2) Spleen (middle gate)
3) Kidney (rear foot)
4) Heart (front inch)
5) Liver (middle gate)
6) Kidney (rear foot)
What is used to diagnose pulse?
Speed: below 60 bpm or over 90 bpm
Rhythm: regular or irregular
Size: long or short
Width: thin, thready, thick
Shape: wiry, soft, tense
Quality: choppy, rushing, slippery
What are the eight principles?
yin-yang, heat-cold, internal-external, excess-deficiency
What are the vital substances?
Qi, blood, body fluids, essence
What are the zhang-fu organs?
5 yin-6 yang, & 6 extraordinary organs
What are the 6 stages?
Tai yang, Yang Ming, Shao yin, Jue Yin
What are the four levels?
Wei, Qi, Ying, Blood
What is the exterior comprised of?
-Skin, muscles, and channels space between skin and muscles where the Wei Qi and sweat are located and first invaded by external pathogens.
Patterns include: Aversion to cold, fever, aching body, stiff neck, and floating pulse
What is the interior comprised of?
When the internal organs are affected. Treating the internal organs pattern.
Empty heat vs. Full heat
Empty cold vs. Full cold
What are signs of excess?
Characterized by the presence of pathogenic factors with upright Qi is relatively intact and actively fighting against the pathogen
-pain is worse with pressure
-Pain that is acute in onset
-irritability, restlessness
-strong voice
What are signs of deficiency?
Characterized by the emptiness of upright Qi and the absence of a pathogenic factor
-Empty Qi: Pale face, weak voice, slight sweating, slight shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools, poor appetite
-Empty yang: Bright pale face, cold limbs, absence of thirst, desire for hot drinks, frequent pale urination
-Empty yin: heat in the afternoon, dry throat at night, night sweats
-Empty blood: Dull-pale face, pale lips, dry hair, blurred vision, tiredness, poor memory, insomnia, scanty periods
What are causes of disease?
Disease can be caused by internal or external factors
-External factors are thought of as pathogens that attack the body from the outside
-Internal factors are often from stress and emotional factors that can damage individual organ systems, and from organ impairment which leads to a lack of functioning
-Organ impairment can be caused by diet, drugs, alcohol, medication, overwork, emotional factors, or external pathogens that penetrate into the interior and begin to damage organ systems
What are the six pathogenic factors?
-wind
-cold
-heat
-dampness
-dryness
-summer heat
Describe wind:
-Yang in nature
-usually used as a source for other factors to enter
-Arises quickly and changes rapidly
-Moves around
-Lungs are affected first(external wind)
-Liver affected for internal wind
-Causes tremors or convulsions, stiffness, paralysis
What happens when wind invades the muscles and channels?
Stiffness, rigidity, and contraction of the muscles with sudden onset
What happens when wind invades the joints?
Pain that moves from joint to joint, especially the upper part of the body
DDX: Wind Cold
-aversion to cold/wind
-chills
-sneezing
-cough white discharge
-runny nose w/ white discharge
-body stiffness and aches
-Pulses: maybe floating, but often no change from normal
-Tongue: no change from normal
