Week 10 Zang Fu LU, LI, ST, SP Flashcards
Lungs govern
Qi and Respiration
Lung open into
the nose
Lungs manifest in the
body hair
Lungs are affected by which emotions?
worry, grief, sadness
Lungs house the
corporeal soul
Lungs control (4)
- Channels and Blood Vessels
- Diffusing and Descending of Qi and
Body Fluids - Skin and the Cou Li
- Nasal Mucous
Lungs regulate (2)
- All physiological activities
- Water passages
- Channels and Blood Vessels
- Diffusing and Descending of Qi and
Body Fluids - Skin and the Cou Li
- Nasal Mucous
Lungs
- All physiological activities
- Water passages
Lungs
Influential point of the vessels
Lung 9
Opening and closing of pores
Lungs
Lung smell
Rotten
Lung color
White
Lung taste
Pungent
Lung climate
Dry
Lung sound
Weeping
Lung dreams
shi = weeping, worry, fear, crying and flying
xu = white objects, bloody killings, flying and
seeing strange objects made of gold or iron
The lungs control the
100 vessels
the lungs loathe
cold
The lungs govern the
voice
Lungs pathology
- Qi xu (weak voice, SOB)
- Pallor
- Thin Chest
- Sadness
- Skin problems like eczema
- Atopic constitution (allergic asthma and eczema)
- Phlegm
- Exterior Invasions (averse to Cold, sneezing, runny nose)
- No gynecological connection
Empty Lung Patterns
EMPTY PATTERNS:
- LU Qi Xu
- LU Dryness
- LU Yin Xu
- LU Yin Xu with Xu Heat
easily catches colds, spontaneous sweats
slight SOB, slight cough, weak voice, dislikes speaking
bright pale complexion, tiredness, dislike of cold
T: Pale P: Empty, esp R. cun
Lung qi xu
dry cough, hoarse voice
dry skin, dry throat, dry mouth, thirst
T: Dry P: Empty, esp R. cun
Lung Dryness
dry cough with scanty sputum, weak and hoarse voice, tickly throat
dry mouth and throat, night sweats
thin body or thin chest
dislike of speaking
T: Normal color, dry without coating (or with rootless coating) in the
front part
Lung Yin xu
feeling of heat in the evening
afternoon fever, five palm heat, malar flush
T: Red without coating P: Floating-Empty and Rapid
LU Yin Xu with Xu Heat
Lung Full Exterior Patterns
EXTERIOR:
- Invasion by Wind-Cold
- Invasion by Wind-Heat
- Invasion by Wind-Water
Lung Full Interior Patterns
INTERIOR:
- LU Heat
- Damp-Phlegm in the LU
- Cold-Phlegm in the LU
- Phlegm-Heat in the LU
- Dry-Phlegm in the LU
-Phlegm-Fluids obstructing the LU
exterior ssxs (aversion to cold, fever, body aches, sneezing)
cough, blocked or runny nose with clear watery discharge, slight breathlessness
itchy throat, occipital headache
T: thin white coat P: Floating-Tight
Invasion of wind cold
exterior ssxs
cough, blocked or runny nose with yellow discharge
sore throat, swollen tonsils
slight thirst, slight sweating, headache
T: slightly Red on the sides in the chest areas or the front part P: Floating-Rapid
Invasion by wind heat
aversion to wind, fever, cough, slight breathlessness
sudden swelling of the eyes and face gradually spreading to the whole body
bright shiny complexion, scanty and pale urination
T: sticky white coat P: Floating-Slippery
Invasion by wind water
chest ache, feeling of heat, flaring nostrils, thirst
Lung Heat
phlegm/damp ssxs, chronic cough coming bouts with lots of sticky sputum that is easy to
expectorate, dislike of lying down pasty white complexion
Damp-Phlegm in the LU
phlegm/damp ssxs, white watery sputum, worse with cold
Cold-Phlegm in the LU
phlegm/damp ssxs, heat ssxs, barking cough with lots of sticky yellow or green sputum
Phlegm-Heat in the LU
phlegm/damp ssxs, dry cough with occasional scanty sputum, pasty dry complexion
Dry-Phlegm in the LU
phlegm/damp ssxs, white watery sputum, splashing sounds in the chest, vomiting white watery frothy
sputum, cough brought on by a scare
Phlegm-Fluids obstructing the LU
LI control
passage and conduction
LI Transforms_____ and reabsorbs_________
stool and reabsorbs fluid
LI mental aspect
capacity for letting go and
not dwelling in the past
LI Dreams
xu = open fields
LU and LI patterns
- LU Qi xu = constipation
- LI fx impaired = breathlessness
- LI also influences the skin