Week 2 Flashcards
What are signs of exterior cold?
Aversion to cold, headache, body pain, glossy white tongue fur and a tight floating pulse
What are the 8 principles?
Exterior - Interior
Heat - Cold
Vacuity - Repletion
Yin - Yang
What are signs of exterior heat?
red, sore throat, thin dry tongue fur, rapid, floating pulse
What are signs of exterior vacuity?
sweating, moderate, floating pulse
What are signs of interior cold?
Somber white complexion, fear of cold and frigid limbs, absence of thirst or thirst w/ desire for warm drinks, abdominal pain relieved by warmth, long voiding of clear urine, thin or clear stool, pale tongue w/ white glossy coat, deep or hidden slow pulse
What are signs of interior heat?
Red face, tidal reddening, fever, aversion to heat, vexation, agitation, thirst w/ desire for cold drinks, scanty dark urine, constipation, foul-smelling diarrhea, red/crimson tongue w/ yellow coat, rapid pulse
What are signs of interior vacuity?
Fatigue, lack of strength, shortness of breath, low voice, dizziness, flowery vision, palpitations, abstraction, reduced heat, thin stool, faint/weak pulse
What are signs of interior repletion?
abdominal distention, fullness exacerbated by pressure, constipation, mania, deep-replete pulse, thick-yellow slimy tongue coat
What are signs of exterior repletion?
absence of sweating, tight, floating pulse
Excess patterns lead to what two general conditions?
Hyper function - restlessness, fever, cough, red complexion & eyes
Stagnation - severe pain, constipation, difficult urination
Excess patterns arise from _____ and ______
Exogenous pathogen invasion
Pathological products causing accumulation or stagnation -infested food, over eating, blood stasis, fluid retention, water retention, Qi stagnation
What are causes of deficiency?
Improper diet, excessive strain, excessive sex, profuse fluid loss, hemorrhage
List the different types of deficiency
Yin / Yang / Qi / Blood Ying Qi Wei Qi Insufficient body fluids Essence and marrow
Heat patterns are a result of ________
Exuberant yang or depleted yin
Cold patterns result from either _____ excess or _____ deficiency
Cold
Yang
Why would a slow pulse indicate a cold pattern?
Insufficient yang to propel HT blood
Yang Qi deficiency can be caused by ______
Chronic Qi deficiency
KD deficiency w old age
Cold pathogen injures yang Qi
Over consumption of bitter or cold medicines
What are causes of yin deficiency?
Excessive sex Over consumption of warm & dry medicines Emotional problems Late stage of warm disease Internal disease injuring the yin
Yin deficiency leads to _____ and _____
Dryness
Heat
Yang deficiency leads to ______ and ______
Cold
Weakness / Stagnation
In exterior patterns, a floating pulse is a result of ________
Zheng Qi struggling in the exterior
Exterior patterns can impact what LU functions?
Dispersing and descending
In exterior patterns, abnormal Wei Qi leads to ______ and ______
Wei Qi depression/ stagnation - fever
Failure to warm muscles and skin - aversion to cold
What is meant by the anterior and posterior yin?
urethra and anus
