Urinary Syndrome Flashcards
a condition of urinary dysfunction characterized by frequency, scanty or excessive urine, dribbling, pain, urgency and difficulty.
Pain is not always present.
SP, KID, LU, BL, LV, TW, SI
Lin Syndrome
:TCM: Painful Urination
Common, acute, intense burning pain upon urination. Heat thought to be present in all acute cases of urinary syndrome, Damp Heat or Fire
Heat
TCM: Painful Urination
: urinary calculi or gravel, intense pain radiating, obstructed urination depending upon location of stones
Stone or sand
TCM: Painful Urination
: Deficiency of Spleen, follows chronic Heat types poorly treated by antibiotics or very cold herbs. Dragging discomfort relieved by pressure, or a feeling of burning that is improves with warmth and pressure. Excess is Qi stagnation exacerbated by mental/emotional
Qi:
TCM: Painful Urination
urination with bleeding
Blood:
TCM: Painful Urination
cloudy or milky urine
Cloudy:
TCM: Painful Urination
chronic, recurrent, initiated or aggravated by sex, overexertion, when fatigued. Incomplete or dribbling urination, lumbar pain and weakness, mild pain often worse after urination.
Exhaustion
URINARY SYNDROME pathology
Common factor; internal or external; settles into lower Jiao, obstructing passages; causing pain; clouding urine. With Heat, burning urination
Dampness and Damp Heat
URINARY SYNDROME pathology
LIV channel; TW keeping passages open and free;
Pain before urination; dysfunction; hypogastric distention
Qi Stagnation
URINARY SYNDROME pathology
Qi sinking; LU Qi def. not communicating with KID/BL
Qi Deficiency
URINARY SYNDROME pathology
Yang: dribbling, frequency, damp. Yin: scanty, chronic
Kidney Deficiency
External Dampness Diet Excessive sexual activity Old age, chronic illness Emotional stress Excessive lifting or standing
URINARY SYNDROME etiology
COLOR of Urine:
Dark, concentrated
Heat, damp heat or Yin def.
COLOR of Urine:
Pale:
KD Yang def., SP Qi def., or Qi stagnation
COLOR of Urine:
Cloudy and murky:
Damp or Damp Heat
COLOR of Urine:
Pale pink to bright red or purple:
Bleeding due to Fire, Damp Heat, Blood stasis, KD yin def. or stones
PAIN
Burning:
Heat or Damp Heat (severe ‘like passing glass’) or Yin def. (mild)
PAIN
Stabbing, localized; w or w/o blood flecks:
Blood stagnation or urinary stones
PAIN
Mild or dragging, empty discomfort after urinating
Qi deficiency
FREQUENCY
Frequent, urgent, concentrated
Heat or Damp Heat
FREQUENCY
Frequent, pale:
KD Yang or Qi def.
FREQUENCY
Frequent, pale, broken stream:
KD Yang def,
TIMING of PAIN (test question)
During urination
Excess condition