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66 Cards in this Set
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Thin Tongue Indicates
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Qi Deficiency
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Black tongue coating yellow and dry with thorns
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extreme heat
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pale black and slippery tongue coating
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excessive cold
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yellow color of face may NOT indicate
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yin deficiency
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black tongue coating may NOT indicate
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blood deficiency
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Syndrome that indicates false shen
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eyesight is suddenly bright
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Diagnostic methods include
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observation, auscultation/olfaction, inquiry, palpitation
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Varied Complexion: changes of face and skin color w/ sesons
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slight blue, reddish, yellowish, whitish, black
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Qi deficiency face is ______
blood deficiency face is ______ |
pale but shiny
pale but dim |
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malar flush in the afternoon or evening indicates
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yin deficiency
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a normal tongue is
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proper size, good shen, slightly red in color with a thin white coating which is neither dry or over moist
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irregular streaks or cracks on a pale tongue indicates
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deficiency of blood
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thin, dry, deep red tongue indicates
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hyperactivity of fire due to deficiency of yin
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cracks are not deep and remain there unchanged all the time. it is______
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normal
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A granular tongue coating indicates
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retention of turbid phlem, retention of food.
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slippery tongue indicates
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damp cold
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inspection of index finger vein is applicable for children under age
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3
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child index finger vein is divided into three "guan" from root to
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wind, qi, life
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thin and frothy sputum is
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wind sputum due to pathogenic wind attacking the lung
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whitish, thin or black sputum is
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cold sputum due to consumption of yang qi by cold
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whitish slippery and easily expectorated sputum is
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damp sputum due to deficiency of spleen and excess dampness
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scanty, sticky, sputum difficult to expectorate is
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dry sputum due to pathogenic dryness attacking lung and consuming fluid in exogenous disease
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light yellow, dry and lustreless complexion is called
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sallow complexion due to deficiency of spleen and stomach qi
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blackish complexion indicates
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kidney deficiency, cold syndrome, blood stasis syndrome, fluid retention syndrome
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yellowish complexion with facial dropsy is called
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yellowish obesity due to deficiency of spleen and internal accumulation of damp
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a pale black and dry coating implies
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excessive cold due to yang deficiency
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"geographic" tongue is
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consumption of qi and yin of the stomach
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inspection of gums: reddish, swelling and painful gums indicate
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stomach fire
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purplish and brownish dry lips indicate
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extreme exuberance of stagnant heat
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lips as red as cherry indicate
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poisoning by coal gas
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brigh red lips indicate
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yin asthenia and exuberant fire
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blackish color around the mouth indicates
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kidney qi deficiency
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according to theory "five wheels" the canthi pertaing to heart is known as
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blood wheel
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according to theory "five wheels" the wind wheel is
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Liver
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deviated tongue indicates
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windstroke or early threatening signs of windstroke
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a pale tongue with a moist and white coating is often present in
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dampness with cold
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deep red tongue with moist on the sides may indicate
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damp in liver and gallbladder
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which light is best for observing the tongue
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natural
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what are the three regions for pulse taking
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Head (tai yang, TW 21, ST 3)
Hand (Cun Kou -LU, HT 7, LI 4) Feet (LV10 or LV3 for Liver, SP11 or SP19 for Spleen, KD3 for Kidney) |
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What is the pulse position located slightly below the styloid process of the radius?
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Guan
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What is the pulse position anterior to the guan pulse?
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Cun
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What is the pulse position posterior to the guan pulse?
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Chi
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Which organ controls Qi flow?
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Liver
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What is a "normal" pulse?
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smooth, even and forceful with the frequency of four beats per breath
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How many pulses are there?
How many catagories? |
28 morbid pulses
6 catagories |
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What are the 6 pulse catagories?
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floating (superficial), deep (sunken), slow, rapid, weak (deficiency, vacuous), forceful (replete).
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The left hand represents which organs in pulse dx
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heart, liver kidney
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The right hand represents which organs in pulse dx
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lung, spleen, kidney
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How is pulse differentiated?
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depth (superficial or deep), speed (rapid or slow), strength (forceful or weak), shape (thick or thready, soft or hard), and rythm.
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Why would the pulse vary?
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age, sex, body constitution, emotional state and climatic changes
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Superficial pulse indicates
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exterior syndromes or prolonged endogenous diseases
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Deep pulse indicates
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Interior syndrome
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Deep and forceful pulse
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interior syndrome of excess type
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Deep and weak pulse
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interior syndrome of deficient type
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Slow Pulse
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slow with less then 4 beats per breath.
Indicates cold syndrome |
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Slow and forceful pulse
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interior syndrome of excess type caused by retention of yin cold in the interior
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slow and weak pulse
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interior syndrome of deficiency type due to deficiency of yang qi.
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Rapid pulse
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more than 5 beats per breath.
Heat syndrome induced by pathogenic heat |
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Forceless pulse
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deficiency pulse felt on the three regions and the three levels of pressure.
Indicates deficient qi and blood |
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Excess pulse
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forceful in all three regions at three levels of pressure.
Indicates excess syndrome |
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surging pulse
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indicates excessive heat and often occurs with rapid.
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rolling pulse
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Indicates phlem and retained fluid, retention of food and excess heat.
Occurs in pregnancy. |
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tense pulse
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indicates cold, pain and retention of food
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soft pulse
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indicates damp
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weak pulse
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indicates various syndromes due to deficiency of both qi and blood.
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Smell of organs:
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LV: smell: foul taste: sour
HT: smell: burning SP: smell: aromatic LU: smell: fishy KD: smell: rotten |
