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skin is governed by
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lung
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skin is susceptible to attack by
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wind
and many systemic diseases express symptoms through the skin |
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edema in the skin is caused by
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overflow of water or accumulation of dampness
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dry skin is caused by
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insufficiency of body fluid or blood
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scaly dry squamous skin is caused by
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deficiency AND stasis of blood
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Yang Maculopapular rash is what color and means heat has entered into which level?
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is bright purple or red,( presents with a fever, and intense depression)
heat has entered into Ying level (blood/ nutritive level) cause blood to overflow |
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Yin macula is what color and indicates deficient qi unable to control what?
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Yin macula is light or dull purple, comes ang goes, irregular on ppl who present with deficeint symptoms.
deficient qi unable to control blood |
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Papula is what?
small or large? elevated or flat? pustular or hard indicates what? |
small or large
elevated hard external wind AND blood deficiency/ internal damp heat |
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Miliaria alba is little tiny bumps ppl get in extreme heat when sweat escapes into surrounding skin. In TCM the diagnosis would be
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stagnation of damp-heat in the skn
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a boil is a FURUNCLE - a pustular infection of a hair follicle.
A CARBUNCLE is several furuncles merged to form a deep one. These scar & cause pain :( TCM DIAG? |
stagnation of damp-heat toxin with stagnation of qi and blood
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JU means swelling and refers to swelling without a sharp tip. no change of color and no feeling of hot or pain. gradual onset lasts for a long period of time... TCM DIAGNOSIS?
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deficiency of qi and blood
and stagnation of cold-damp |
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The index vein is divided into three parts from proximal to distal joint.
proximal- middle- distal- |
the three bars indicate severity
proximal-wind bar (LUO) mild middle- qi bar (JING) deeper severe distal-life bar critical |
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the color of the vein in the index finger indicate what?
pale- fresh red deep red/purple- green blue- purple black/ green purple- |
pale - deficiency of qi or blood
fresh red - wind cold deep red/ purple - heat green blue - pain or convulsion purple black- serious disease with blockage in blood vessel |
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a floating vein (at the surface) of the index finger reveals what?
& a deep vein? |
floating = exterior
deep= interior |
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PHLEGM AND NASAL DISCHARGE
involve what organs? |
lung (storage)
spleen (source) |
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yellow and sticky phlegm or snot
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heat
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thin and white snot
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cold
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clear with bubbles in it snot
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wind
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profuse white phlegm/snot that is easily expectorated
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damp
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sticky scanty phlegm or snot with streaks of blood in it
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dry
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pus bloody snot/ coughed up phlegm
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lung- stagnant heat
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Which organs are involved in making SALIVA?
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Spleen saliva is the fluid of the spleen moistens the oral cavity (xian)
Stomach indicates the amount made . ex. def. cold = more saliva Kidney thicker saliva for beginning digestion (tuo) |
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thick smelly chunky vomit indicates
or which organ over acting on ST |
stomach heat
or liver fire over acting on ST |
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if someone is barfing undigested food particles up without a strong smell their stomach & spleen is deficient _______.
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cold
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MENSES
light red watery deep red and thick dark brown/ blackish |
blood deficiency
heat stasis of blood, cold uterus |
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LEUKORRHEA
spleen and kidney yang deficiency leads to downflow of cold damp... what does this look like? |
excessive and white
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LEUKORRHEA
a downward flow of damp heat looks like what? |
turbid, sticky, yellow and smelly
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LEUKORRHEA
mixed with blood is either downward flow of damp heat or stagnant heat in which meridian? |
LIVER
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super neon pee is a sign of
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heat/ damp heat
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clear and profuse urine is a sign of
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cold or deficient conditions
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