TCM150 -Wk3: Lung+LI Differentials Flashcards
Season of metal element?
Fall
Colour of metal element?
White
Sense of metal element?
smell (nose)
Emotions of metal element?
sadness, grief
Taste of metal element?
Pungent, spicy
Secretion of metal element?
mucous
Odor of metal element?
Rotten
Emotional sounds of metal element?
weeping, crying
Illness sounds of metal element?
Coughing
Climate of metal element?
Dry & cold
Time for metal elements?
Lung: 3-5 am
LI: 5-7 am
Aversion to cold/ wind
Sneezing
Cough
Runny nose with white d/c
Slight/ no fever
Occipital stiffness & aches
No sweating/ thirst
Tongue: thin, white coat
Pulse: floating, tight pulse
Wind cold
Aversion to cold
Sneezing
Cough
Runny nose w/ slight yellow mucous
slight sweating
Itchy & sore throat
Swollen tonsils
Thirst
Tongue: red on tip/ sides, thin white coat
Pulse: floating & rapid
Wind heat
Lung Qi Deficiency causes (2)?
Chronic cough/ asthma
Insufficiency of Qi production
Feeble cough/ asthma
SOB worse on exertion
Low + hoarse voice
Fatigue
Spontaneous sweating
Dizziness
Aversion to cold
Pale face
Watery/ thin/ clear sputum
Catches colds easily
Tongue: pale w/ thin white coating
Pulse: weak or empty esp. right can position
lung qi deficiency
Lung Yin Deficiency causes (3)?
Prolonged cough
Heat disorders which injure the lung
Prolonged dryness
Dry cough w/ small amounts of sticky sputum OR with blood tinged sputum
Dry mouth/ throat
Afternoon fever
Malar flush
Night Sweats
Heat sensation in 5 centers
tongue: red body w/ dry coat/ little coating + maybe cracks/ peeling
Pulse: rapid & thready
lung yin deficiency
lung cold causes (2)
- pathogenic cold in lung
- wind cold