Week 13 Zang Fu LV GB Flashcards
GB stores and exretes
Bile
GB controls
decisiveness
sinews
GB gives individual
courage and initiative
GB gives individual capacity to
turn drive and
vitality into positive and decisive action
GB qi weak
depression
GB qi excessive
slight mania
capacity to plan life and to have dreams is conferred by the
Ethereal Soul of the LV {Hun}
drive and will-power to want to make something of our lives is
conferred by
Will-power {Zhi} of the KD
capacity to discriminate between issues, to analyze issues with
clarity, and to distinguish what is relevant and what is not is
conferred to us by the
SI
capacity to take a decision with resoluteness once all issues have
been analyzed is conferred by the
GB
integration and direction is provided by the Mind {Shen} of the
HT
waking early in the AM and unable to fall
back asleep again
GB xu
Heat from LV due to pent up emotions affects
GB
Exterior dampness and heat can lead to
GB damp heat
GB patterns
- Dampness in the GB
- Damp Heat in the GB
- GB deficient
- Hypochondrial pain, fullness and distention, nausea, vomiting, inability to digest fats
- Jaundice, dull-yellow eyes and skin, dull-yellow sclera
- Turbid urine, lack of thirst, sticky taste, dull HA, feeling of heaviness in the body,
- T: thick sticky white coat, either bilateral in two strips or unilateral, P: Slippery-Wiry
- Dampness in the GB:
- Hypochondial pain and distention, nausea, vomiting, inability to digest fats
- Yellow complexion, yellow sclera
- Scanty and dark yellow urine, fever, bitter taste, irritability, a feeling of heat
- Dizziness, tinnitus, feeling of heaviness in the body, numbness of the limbs, swelling of the feet
- Thirst without desire, loose stools or constipation, alternation of hot and cold feelings
- T: thick sticky yellow coat, either bilateral in two strips or unilateral, P: Slippery-Wiry-Rapid
- Damp Heat in the GB:
- Dizziness, blurry vision, floaters
- Nervousness, timidity, a propensity to be easily
startled, lack of courage and initiative,
indecision, sighing - Waking up early in the morning, restless dreams
- T: Pale or normal, P: Weak
- GB deficient:
The liver stores
blood
the liver ensures the
smooth flow if qi
liver controls
sinews
liver manifests in the
nails
liver opens to the
eyes
liver controls
tears
liver houses the
ethereal soul (hun)
liver affected by
anger
Liver moistens
eyes and sinews
liver regulates
menstruation
Blood volume in relation to rest and
activity
regular and normal menses
liver blood normal
amenorrhea or scanty periods
Liver blood xu
painful periods
Liver blood stasis
heavy periods
Liver blood heat
Smooth flow of LV Qi affects:
- emotional state
- digestion
- secretion of bile
supple sinews and tendons,
free movement
LV Blood normal
cramps, numbness, tingling
LV Blood xu
stiffness of the sinews,
rigidity, pain
LV Blood stasis
good vision
LV Blood normal
floaters, blurry vision, myopia, dry gritty eyes
LV Blood xu
dry, gritty eyes
LV Yin xu
painful eyeball
LV Blood stasis
watery eyes
LV Yang Rising
dry, bloodshot eyes (may also be red, swollen and painful)
LV Fire
eyeball moving
LV Wind
chronic eye diseases
Decline of KD Essence
pain and redness of the eye
HT Fire
failing eyesight and dryness of the eyes
KD Yin xu
Liver smell
rancid
liver color
green
liver taste
sour
liver climate
wind
liver voice
shouting
the liver is a _______ organ
resolute
the liver influences
rising and growth
the liver controls
planning
the liver is a _____, _____, and _____ organ
regulating, balancing, and harmonizing
Liver loathes
wind
Liver can cause
convulsions
Liver arises from which side?
Left side
Liver full patterns
- LV Qi Stagnation
- Stagnant LV Wi turning into Heat
- Rebellious LV Qi
- LV Blood Stasis
- LV Fire Blazing
- Damp Heat in the LV
- Stagnation of Cold in the LV channel
Liver empty patterns
- LV Blood xu
- LV Yin xu
Liver full/ empty pattern
- LV Yang Rising
- LV Wind Agitating Within
- Extreme Heat Generating Wind
- LV Yang Rising Generating Wind
- deriving from LV Yin xu
- deriving from LV and KD Yin xu
- deriving from LV Blood xu
- LV Fire Generating Wind
- LV Blood xu Generating Wind
- feeling of distention in hypochondrium, chest, epigastrium, or abdomen, sighing
- melancholy, depression, moodiness, fluctuation of mental state, feeling “wound-up”,
feeling of a lump in the throat - irregular periods, distention of breasts before the periods, PMS strain and irritability
- T: body color may be normal; maybe Red on the sides in severe cases
LV Qi Stagnation
- hypochondiral or epigastric distention, slight feeling of oppression in the chest,
- irritability, melancholoy, depression moodiness, a feeling of a lump in the throat, a
feeling of heat, red face, thirst, propensity to outbursts of anger, PMS breast
distention, heavy periods - T: Red on the sides
- P: Wiry, esp. on the Left side and slightly Rapid
- Stagnant LV Qi turning into Heat
- Hypochondrial or epigastric distention, sighing, irritability, breast distention in
women - Hiccup, nausea, vomiting, belching, churning feeling in the ST
- T: normal, maybe Red sides if severe, P: Wiry, maybe esp. so in both guan
- Rebellious LV Qi
- Hypochondrial pain
- Abdominal pain, hematemesis, epistaxis, painful periods, irregular periods,
menstrual blood dark and clotted, infertility, masses in the abdomen, purple nails,
purple lips, purple or dark complexion, dry skin (if severe), purple petechiae - T: Purple, esp. or only on the sides. Severe cases = purple spots on sides
- P: Wiry or Firm
LV Blood Stasis
- Irritability
- Red face and eyes, thirst, bitter taste, dream disturbed
sleep, constipation with dry stools, dark-yellow urine - Epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptisis
- Propensity to outbursts of anger, tinnitus, dizziness,
deafness, temporal HA - T: Red body, redder on the sides, dry yellow coat
- P: Full-Wiry-Rapid
- LV Fire Blazing
- Fullness of the hypochondrium, abdomen or hypogastrium
- Bitter taste, sticky taste, poor appetite, nausea, feeling of heaviness of the body, yellow
vaginal discharge, vaginal itching, vulvar eczema or sores, mid-cycle bleeding and/or
pain, pain, redness and swelling of the scrotum, geintal, papular or vesicular skin rashes
and itching, urinary difficulty, dark urine, dysuria - T: Red body, redder sides, sticky yellow coating, P: Slippery-Wiry-Rapid
Damp Heat in the LV
- Fullness and distention of the hypogastrium with pain which refers down to the scrotum
and testes and up to the hypochondrium, strain of the testes or contraction of the scrotum,
shrinking of the vagina - Pain alleviated by warmth, feeling of cold, cold hands and feet, vomiting of clear watery
fluid or dry vomiting - Vertical HA
- T: Pale and wet with a white coat, P: Deep-Wiry-Slow
Stagnation of Cold in the LV channel
- Dizziness, numbness or tingling of the limbs, insomnia, blurred vision, floaters in the eyes, diminished night
vision, scanty menses or amenorrhea, muscular weakness, cramps, withered brittle nails, depression, a
feeling of aimlessness - Dull-pale complexion without lustre, pale lips, dry hair and skin
- T: Pale body, esp on sides, orangey if severe; thin and slightly dry
- P: Choppy or Fine
- LV Blood xu
- Dizziness, numbness or tingling of the limbs, insomnia, blurred vision, floaters in the eyes, diminished night
vision, scanty menses or amenorrhea,, muscular weakness, cramps, withered brittle nails, depression, a
feeling of aimlessness - Dry eyes, dull-pale complexion without lustre but with red cheekbones, very dry hair and skin
- T: normal color without coat, or with rootless coat,
- P: Floating-Empty
LV Yin xu
- Dizziness, numbness or tingling of the limbs, insomnia, blurred vision, floaters in
the eyes, diminished night vision, scanty menses or amenorrhea,, muscular
weakness, cramps, withered brittle nails, depression, a feeling of aimlessness - Dry eyes, dull-pale complexion without lustre but with red cheekbones, very dry
hair and skin - T: normal color without coat, or with rootless coat,
- P: Floating-Empty
LV Yin Xu
- Malar flush, anxiety, a feeling of heat in the evening, night sweats, five-palm heat,
thirst with desire for small sips, heavy menstrual bleeding
LV Yin xu, Empty Heat
- HA on temples, eyes or lateral side of the head
- Dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, blurred vision, dry mouth and throat,
insomnia, irritability, feeling worked-up, propensity to outbursts of anger,
stuff neck - T: varies widely depending on underlying condition
- LV Blood xu = pale
- LV Yin xu = slightly red on sides and without coat
- Rebellious LV Qi = normal or slightly Red on the sides
- P: Wiry, maybe unilaterally or Wiry-Fine if background of Blood or Yin xu
- LV Yang Rising
- deriving from LV Yin xu
- Tremor, facial tic, severe dizziness, tinnitus, HA, HTN, dry throat, dry eyes, blurred
vision, numbness or tingling of the limbs, poor memory - T: normal colored without coat, P: Wiry-Fine
- deriving from LV and KD Yin xu
- Tremor, facial tic, severe dizziness, tinnitus, HA, HTN, dry throat, dry eyes, blurred
vision, numbness or tingling of the limbs, poor memory - Backache, scanty urination, night sweats
- T: normal color without coat, P: Wiry-Fine
- deriving from LV Blood xu
- Tremor, dizziness, tinnitus, HA, HTN, dry throat, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of
the limbs, poor memory, insomnia - T: Pale and Thin
- P: Wiry-Fine
- LV Wind Agitating Within
- LV Yang Rising Generating Wind
- High temperature, convulsions, rigidity of the neck, opisthotonos, tremor of the
limbs, coma if severe - T: Deep-Red, Stiff, Dry Yellow Coat, P: Wiry-Rapid
LV Wind Agitating Within
* Extreme Heat Generating Wind
- Irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, tinnitus and/or deafness (with sudden
onset), temporal HA, dizziness, red face and eyes, thirst, bitter taste, dreamdisturbed
sleep, constipation with dry stools, dark-yellow urine, epistaxis,
hematemesis, hemoptysis - Tremor
- T: Red with redder sides and dry yellow coat, P: Wiry-Rapid
LV Wind Agitating Within
LV Fire Generating Wind
- Fine tremor, facial tic, dizziness, blurred vision, numbness or tingling of the limbs,
poor memory, insomnia, scanty periods - T: Pale and Thin, P: Wiry-Fine
LV Wind Agitating Within
LV Blood xu Generating Wind
