TCM Wk 10 Flashcards
What are the patterns of diagnosis?
- 6 channels
- 4 levels
- 3 Burners
the 6 channels involves what?
cold induced disorders
the 6 channels follows the progression of the pathogen from the ?
exterior to the interior
what are the 6 channels meridians
- tai yang
- tai yin
- shao yang
- shao yin
- yang ming
- jue yin
what are the organs of tai yang
hand: SI
foot: UB
what are the organs of tai yin
hand: lung
foot: spleen
what are the organs of Shao Yang
hand: triple warmer
foot: gall bladder
what are the organs of Shao Yin
hand: heart
foot: kidney
what are the organs of Yang Ming
hand: large Intestine
foot: stomach
what are the organs of Jue Yin?
hand: pericardium
foot: liver
in the yang stages, the Wei Qi and Ying Qi are ? and the pathogen is ?
at their strongest
at its weakest
in the yin stages, the wei qi and ying qi are ?
below the intensity of the pathogen
what is the progression of the 6 channels from exterior to interior?
tai yang -> shao yang -> yang ming -> tai yin -> shao yin -> Jue Yin
TAI YANG STAGE: Pathogenic COld
Symptoms: Headache, fever with chills, aversion to cold, general aches, no sweat, SOB, pain in posterior head/neck
Tongue: Thin white coat
Pulse: floating and tight
TAI YANG STAGE: Pathogenic Wind
Symptoms: Aversion to wind, sweating (Wei Qi disruption)
Pulse: Floating
SHAO YANG STAGE: Half External, Half Internal
Symptoms: Alternating chills/fever, hypochondriac pain/fullness, dull expression, loss of appetite, desire to vomit, irritability, bitter taste, dry throat, blurred vision
Tongue: White or yellow coat
Pulse: Wiry
YANG MING STAGE: Yang Ming Channel (4 Bigs)
Symptoms: Big sweat, big thirst, big fever, big/flooding pulse, red face, irritability, no aversion to cold
Tongue: Dry, thin yellow coat
YANG MING STAGE: Yang Ming Fu (Internal Heat with Constipation)
Symptoms: Fever worse in afternoon, constipation, abdominal pain/fullness
Tongue: thick yellow coat
Pulse: Deep and Forceful
TAI YIN STAGE: Deficiency Cold
Symptoms: Abdominal fullness (better with warmth/pressure), vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea, no thirst
Tongue: Pale with white sticky coat
Pulse: Slow and weak
SHAO YIN STAGE: Shao Yin Cold
Symptoms: Chills, curled-up posture, listlessness, cold limbs, diarrhea with undigested food, no thirst or thirst for warm drinks, clear/coping urine, absence of fever
Tongue: Pale with white coat
Pulse: Deep and weak
SHAO YIN STAGE: Shao Yin Heat
Symptoms: Low-grade fever, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth/throat, yellow scanty urine
Tongue: Red tip, deep red with thin white coat
Pulse: Rapid and thready
JUE YIN STAGE: Mixed Cold and heat
Symptoms: Persistent thirst, feeling of air rushing to chest, warm/painful chest, hunger with no desire to eat, cold limbs, diarrhea, vomiting of roundworms
Tongue: Red papules with sticky white coat
Pulse: Deep and wiry
the 4 LEVELS involves disorders resulting from?
febrile diseases of an exogenous variety
what are the 4 levels?
- Wei Exterior
- Qi
- Ying
- Xue (Blood)
the 3 burners involves disorders resulting from?
febrile diseases of an exogenous variety
the transmissions of the 3 burners are usually?
upper -> middle -> lower
What is Upper Jiao
lung and heart
- mainly heat
What is Middle Jiao
spleen and stomach
- mainly damp heat
What is Lower Jiao
liver and kidney
- mainly yin deficiency
what are the 8 extraordinary vessels
- Lu 7 (Conception Vessel) & Kd 6 (Yin Heel)
- SI 3 (Governing Vessel) & UB 62 (Yang Heel)
- Sp 4 (Penetrating Vessel) & Pc 6 (Yin Linking)
- GB 41 (Belt Vessel) & TW 5 (Yang Linking)
what are the 4 seas
- sea of blood
- sea of qi
- sea of marrow
- sea of food
Sea of blood connects with
penetrating vessel
sea of qi connects with
conception vessel
sea of marrow connects with
governing and yin-yang heel vessels
sea of food
penetrating vessels
