Trigeminal Neuralgia Flashcards
1
Q
Trigeminal Neuralgia is characterized as what symptoms?
A
Severe, intermittent pain located typically unilaterally on head
2
Q
True or False: It is not sudden onset, or causes electric shock, burning and intolerable pain.
A
False: It does cause all
3
Q
What is the invasion?
A
Invasion of pathogenic wind cold in meridians and collaterals that restricts flow of qi and blood
4
Q
Prolonged retention of food in stomach, hot temper and irritability, and liver qi stagnation is what syndrome of facial pain?
A
Stomach and Liver Fire
5
Q
Kidney Xu leads to fire not being controlled by water and can rise up into meridians. What facial pain syndrome is this?
A
Yin Xu and False Heat
