Week 7 (emotions, phlegm etc) Flashcards
Joy effects what organ
Heart
-causes qi to move and slow
Anger effects what organ
liver
Worry effects what organ
Lung and Spleen
Thought effects what organ
heart and spleen
Sorrow effects what organ
Heart and LU
Fear effects what organ
Liver Kidney
fright effects what organ
Kidney
Causes of blood stasis
– Bleeding
– Qi stagnation
– Qi deficiency
– Pathogenic cold
– Pathogenic heat
– Blood deficiency
– Trauma injuries
– Other pathogens obstruction
- Shape: “aerosol”, humanity, invisible, no shape.
- Location: Diffuse into tissues and organs, mostly in Spleen
- Main symptoms: General heaviness and aching, diarrhea or loose stool,
discharges
dampness
Shape: thin and clear liquid, heavy and mobile * Location: body surface, low extremities
* Main symptoms: edema
water
- Shape: semi liquid, between water and phlegm
- Location: accumulates in gaps, cavities, joints, and gastrointestinal track, etc. * Main symptoms: propping rheum, suspended rheum, spillage rheum, phlegm
rheum, etc
rheum
Shape: Stick, turbid and sticky, in glue state, low mobility
* Location: most in Lung, but can be in entire of the body, such as skin, bone,
organ, channels, etc.
* Main symptoms: various, e.g., sputum, cyst, vertigo, hemiplegia, mental issue
phlegm
Dim and dark facial complexion, purplish lips and nails, dry and scaly skin, skin bruises
blood stagnation
stable and fix location, hard and pain with pressure
blood stagnation
What are the 3 types of cold patterns we see?
- cold attack the exterior
- cold directly attack the interior
- cold bi
What are the types of damp patterns we see?
- Dampness attack the exterior
- Invade by dampness
- Damp bi
- Damp warm
- Damp-rashes (eczema)
fever aggravated in the
afternoon and an unsurfaced fever is a sign of what weather qi?
dampness
Types of dry
- Warm dry
- Cool dry
What are the types of fire patterns we see?
- fire in the qi level
- fire in the yang nutritive level
- fire in the cue blood level
- fire disturb the heart
- fire stirring up wind
- virulent fire (heat toxic)- boils ulcers on skin
What are the types of summer heat patterns we see?
- summer heat attack (heat + damp)
- sun stroke (longtime sun exposure)
- summer warm (summer heat leads to wind/convulsions)
What are the types of wind patterns we see?
- wind
- wind cold
- wind heat
- wind damp
- wind bi
- wind water
- wind rashes
- wind attack collaterals
- tetanus
Mouth and eye deviate to one side suddenly, numbness and drooling
wind attack collaterals
