Yang-Yin Edema

Question 1

These are the causing factors for?

1. Pathogenic wind
2. Spreading of fluid and dampness

Answer 1

Yang Edema

Question 2

What are the causing factors for Yang Edema?

Answer 2

1. Pathogenic wind
2. Spreading of fluid and dampness

Question 3

These are the symptoms for?
Swelling (edema) of face and eyelids, eventually involving the whole body with rapid development, smooth and bright skin, scanty urine, accompanied by fever, aversion to wind and cold, aching pain of the limbs, sore throat, thin tongue coating and floating pulse; or swelling (edema) of the whole body with slow development, deep pitting, heaviness of the limbs, epigastric and abdominal fullness and oppression, poor appetite, nausea and regurgitation, whitish, greasy tongue coating, soft and slow pulse.

“Key points for syndrome differentiation”
Rapid onset and development of edema primarily involving the eyelids, face, and head, severe edema of the upper part of the body.

Answer 3

Yang Edema

Question 4

List the symptoms for Yang Edema

Answer 4

Swelling (edema) of face and eyelids, eventually involving the whole body with rapid development, smooth and bright skin, scanty urine, accompanied by fever, aversion to wind and cold, aching pain of the limbs, sore throat, thin tongue coating and floating pulse; or swelling (edema) of the whole body with slow development, deep pitting, heaviness of the limbs, epigastric and abdominal fullness and oppression, poor appetite, nausea and regurgitation, whitish, greasy tongue coating, soft and slow pulse.

“Key points for syndrome differentiation”
Rapid onset and development of edema primarily involving the eyelids, face, and head, severe edema of the upper part of the body.

Question 5

What are the symptoms for Yang Edema

Answer 5

Swelling (edema) of face and eyelids, eventually involving the whole body with rapid development, smooth and bright skin, scanty urine, accompanied by fever, aversion to wind and cold, aching pain of the limbs, sore throat, thin tongue coating and floating pulse; or swelling (edema) of the whole body with slow development, deep pitting, heaviness of the limbs, epigastric and abdominal fullness and oppression, poor appetite, nausea and regurgitation, whitish, greasy tongue coating, soft and slow pulse.

“Key points for syndrome differentiation”
Rapid onset and development of edema primarily involving the eyelids, face, and head, severe edema of the upper part of the body.

Question 6

These manifestations are referring to?
Repeated relapse of edema, severity below the waist, deep pitting, epigastric and abdominal distention and oppression, poor appetite and loose stool, dispiritedness, fatigue of limbs, cold body and limbs, preference for warmth, or soreness, cold sensation of lower back and knees, scanty urine, dull or pale complexion, pale and swollen tongue with white and greasy coating, deep, slow, and weak pulse.

“Key points for syndrome differentiation”
Repeated relapse of edema, long duration, severity below the waist, accompanied by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang.

Answer 6

Yin Edema

Question 7

What are the symptoms for Yin Edema

Answer 7

Repeated relapse of edema, severity below the waist, deep pitting, epigastric and abdominal distention and oppression, poor appetite and loose stool, dispiritedness, fatigue of limbs, cold body and limbs, preference for warmth, or soreness, cold sensation of lower back and knees, scanty urine, dull or pale complexion, pale and swollen tongue with white and greasy coating, deep, slow, and weak pulse.

“Key points for syndrome differentiation”
Repeated relapse of edema, long duration, severity below the waist, accompanied by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang.

Question 8

Describe the symptoms for Yin Edema

Answer 8

Repeated relapse of edema, severity below the waist, deep pitting, epigastric and abdominal distention and oppression, poor appetite and loose stool, dispiritedness, fatigue of limbs, cold body and limbs, preference for warmth, or soreness, cold sensation of lower back and knees, scanty urine, dull or pale complexion, pale and swollen tongue with white and greasy coating, deep, slow, and weak pulse.

“Key points for syndrome differentiation”
Repeated relapse of edema, long duration, severity below the waist, accompanied by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang.

Question 9

Side Notes:
Pitting: deficiency of Yang of Spleen, Lungs and/or Kidneys

Non-pitting: Qi stagnation or Dampness

Answer 9

Side Notes:
Pitting: deficiency of Yang of Spleen, Lungs and/or Kidneys

Non-pitting: Qi stagnation or Dampness

Question 10

Yang Edema Rapid onset short duration Excess in nature

Answer 10

Yin Edema Deficiency of spleen and kidney Qi long Duration

Question 11

Yin Edema Deficiency of spleen and kidney Qi long Duration

Answer 11

Yang Edema Rapid onset short duration Excess in nature