Yang Deficiency

Question 1

Yang Deficiency Differentiation

Answer 1

Aversion to cold, cold extremities, profuse urine, loose stools
- Pale Swollen tongue, deep slow weak pulse

Question 2

Yang Xu Foods

Answer 2

Tonify KD and SP yang

Suitable food: warm nature foods. Lamb, chives, spices (cinnamon), chicken

Not suitable food: cold, greasy food

Question 3

Pecan

Answer 3

sweet, warm
Enters K, LU, LI
- Tonify KD, bind essence, warm LU and arrest wheezing, moisten intestines, eliminate stones

Cautions: not for cough or diarrhea due to phlegm heat, or yin deficiency fire

Question 4

Pumpkin

Answer 4

sweet, warm
Enters SP, ST
- Warm MJ, arrest wheezing, kill parasites (seeds)
-Has Pectin

Cautions: not for qi stagnation and dampness accumulation

Question 5

Chives

Answer 5

Acrid, warm
Enters LV, ST, KD
-Warm yang and descend qi, relieve pain, stop bleeding, reduce cholesterol
- Oncology: treatment in esophageal cancer

Cautions: not for sores or eye diseases due to yin deficiency heat

Question 6

Lamb

Answer 6

sweet, slightly hot
Enters KD
- Tonify KD yang, strengthen lumbar and knees, warm abdomen, tonify general deficiency

Winter Solstice: lamb soup

Postpartum Tonify: Dang Gui, + Ginger + Lamb Soup

Question 7

Venison

Answer 7

Sweet, Hot
Enters KD
-Tonify 5 Organs, regulate channels, tonify yang, promote lactation

Cautions: not for summer, yin xu, excess heat

Question 8

Cinnamon

Answer 8

Sweet, acrid, slightly hot

- Tonify original yang and vital gate fire, warm SP ST, eliminate cold, dredge channels, grasp qi

Question 9

Cumin

Answer 9

Acrid, Slighly hot
Enters ST, KD
- Warm ST, regulate MJ qi, warm KD yang, open orifices