Zang Fu 1: Week 1-3

Question 1

Key signs and symptoms Qi Deficiency

Answer 1

fatigue, SOB, spontaneous sweating, deficient pulse, all symptoms worse with exertion

Question 2

What pathologies can Qi Stagnation lead to?

Question 3

What are the three most important Zang Fu organs when we are speaking about JinYe?

Answer 3

Lung, Spleen, Kidneys

Question 4

What is the signature tongue and pulse for blood stasis?

Answer 4

Tongue: purple
Pulse: wiry, firm or choppy, irregular

Question 5

What is the signature tongue and pulse for blood deficiency?

Answer 5

T: pale
P: thin and weak

Question 6

What is the signature tongue and pulse for qi deficiency?

Answer 6

T: pale & tender
P: deficient and weak

Question 7

What is the signature tongue and pulse for insufficient fluids?

Answer 7

Tongue: sl red, dry coating
P: thin and rapid

Question 8

Key signs and symptoms Blood Stagnation pattern

Answer 8

dark complexion, stabbing pain, fixed in location, purple signs, bleeding with dark blood, dark clots, painful period

Question 9

Key signs and symptoms Insufficient Fluids

Answer 9

Dryness!

Question 10

Key signs and symptoms of Blood Deficiency

Answer 10

Pale! withered yellow face, pale lips & nails, dizziness, hand and feet, abnormal menses

Question 11

yang wind water edema is associated with which organ? What are the key sx?

Answer 11

Lung!
acute
start from eyelids then spreads
fever
scanty urination/aversion to cold / no sweating / limb & joint pain

Question 12

Is skin water pattern yang or yin?

Answer 12

Yangq

Question 13

yin skin water edema is associated with which organ? What are the key sx?

Answer 13

Spleen! Dampness encumbering the SP (heaviness)

sub-acute
entire body PITTING EDEMA
worse in lower extremities
scanty urination
heavy/weak limbs
abdominal distention
poor appetite
nausea

Question 15

what is the etiology of skin water edema?

Answer 15

dampness encumbering the Spleen