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TCM week 1 Flashcards

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what is a deficiency

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Characterized by Emptiness of the Upright Qi and the absence of a pathogenic factor

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what are the 4 deficiencies (“empty”)

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empty qi
empty yang
empty yin
empty blood

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empty qi symptoms

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Pale face, weak voice, slight sweating, slight shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools, poor appetite

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empty yang symptoms

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Bright pale face, cold limbs, absence of thirst, desire for hot drinks, frequent pale urination

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empty yin symptoms

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Heat in the afternoon, dry throat at night, night sweats

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empty blood symptoms

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Dull-pale face, pale lips, dry hair, blurred vision, tiredness, poor memory, insomnia, scanty periods

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empty qi vs empty yang vs empty yin vs empty blood

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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

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what are symptoms of yin deficiency

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Decrease in Yin produces heat symptoms

Red cheeks
Dry stools
Anxiety at night
Night sweats
Hot flushes
5 Centre Heat
Thirst for cold drinks in sips

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yin excess symptoms

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Excess Yin produces cold symptoms

Abdominal pain better with warmth

Dysmenorrhea better with warmth

Local pain better with heat

Chills

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what is yang deficiency symptoms

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Decrease of Yang produces cold symptoms

Tired after bowel movement
Low libido
Edema
Fatigue

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yang excess symptoms

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Excess Yang produces heat symptoms

Feeling hot all day
Red face
Thirst for cold drinks (gulps)

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what is qi

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“Qi is the root of the human body; the stem & leaves would dry up without a root”

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6 functions of qi

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promote
warm
defend
check
nourish
organ function

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qi functions

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Promoting: Growth & development

Warming: Warmth is maintained by readjusting Qi

Defence: Wei Qi Protects the body from exterior attacks

Checking: Maintains homeostasis

Nourishing: Ying Qi or Nutritive Qi

Qi Hua: Function of the organs e.g. Lung Qi = Lung function

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qi deficiency symptoms

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Fatigue
Insomnia
Poor digestion
Cold hands and feet
Shortness of breath
Little to no appetite
Frequent infections, weak immune system

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qi stagnation

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If the Qi stagnates in the meridians, the main symptoms are stiffness, heaviness, numbness or tingling of the limbs in the affected regions, or migrating pain in the limbs.

17
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what is blood mainly formed from

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food qi

18
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how does food qi turn into blood ? where does it have to go to turn red?

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Food Qi from the Spleen and Stomach rises to the chest where it is acted upon by Yuan Qi = blood

But blood is not complete (Blood) until it is sent to the Heart where Heart turns Blood red

“Heart Governs Blood”

19
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what governs blood

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heart

20
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how to make blood

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food qi in spleen and stomach rise to chest and get acted upon yuan qi and go to heart to turn red

21
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functions of blood

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Nourishment & moisture: Movement of the eyes & 4 limbs

Nourishes hair, sinews, bones & bowels

Foundation of mental activities; houses the mind

Circulates with Ying Qi

Determines Menstruation

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blood deficiency symptoms

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Long cycles, Short luteal phase

Scanty menstrual blood, Amenorrhea

Fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, poor memory

Cold hands and feet, abdomen, low back

Floaters in eyes, slow recovery

Pale

23
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blood stasis

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Oppression or pain in the chest

Coughing up dark, clotted blood

Purple

Deep, stabbing pain

24
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what needs to be present to have an excess?

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pathogen

Characterized by the presence of a pathogenic factor while Upright Qi is relatively intact and actively fighting against the pathogenic factor

25
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symptoms of excess

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Pain worse with pressure

Pain that is acute in onset

Irritability, restlessness

Strong voice

26
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cold

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Feeling of cold

Cold limbs

Absence of thirst

Full- or Empty-Cold? This time depends on Yin, if it is in Excess or Relative Excess of Yang

27
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full cold vs empty cold chart on slide 20

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xx

28
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full cold

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bright white face

sharp pain worse on pressure

better after bowel movemnt

full tight deep pulse

thick white coating on tongue

29
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empty cold

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dull white face

dull pain worse on pressure

worse after bowel movement

weak slow deep pulse

thin white coating on tongue

30
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heat symptoms

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Feeling hot; fever

Sweating

Thirst

Empty- vs. Full-Heat? All dependent on if it is a manifestation of Excess of Yang or if Yang is relatively in Excess

31
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full heat vs empty heat chart on slide 22

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32
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full heat symptoms

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whole face red

desire to drink cold water

red all over inside eyelid

bitter taste

heat feeling all day

high fever

very restless and agitated mind

constipation, abdominal pain

profuse bleeding

dream-disturbed and restless sleep

red hot painful skin eruptions

full rapid overflowing pulse

red tongue with yellow coat

treatment: clear heat

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empty heat symptoms

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malar flush face

desire to drink in small sips

thin red line inside eyelid

no bitter taste

feeling hot in afternoon and evening

low grade fever in afternoon

vague anxiety and fidgeting

dry stool, no abdominal pain

slight bleeding

waking frequently during the night or early morning

scarlet red, not raised, painless skin eruptions

floating empty rapid pulse

red and peeled tongue

treatment: nourish yin, clear empty heat

34
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treat for full vs empty heat

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full: clear heat

empty: nourish yin, clear empty heat

35
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dampness is caused by

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yin excess

From damp environments: clothes, living, wading, diet,

lack of movement

36
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damp

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Sticky and difficult to get rid of

HEAVY & SLOW

37
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dampness symtpoms

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Feeling of heaviness, pain or anything worse with damp,

Anything swollen and/or oozing

No appetite, bloating, made worse with food

Cloudiness of discharges

Pulses: Slippery

Tongue: Sticky coat and/or fat, swollen tongue

38
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dampness tongue and pulse

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Pulses: Slippery

Tongue: Sticky coat and/or fat, swollen tongue

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