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14 Cards in this Set
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most common type of edema
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kd not performing qi transformation on water
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Sx: fast, acute, have slight cold or flu symptoms as prelude to edema, starts in eyelids (puffy eyes) and spreads to whole body, fever, chills, backache, stiff/painful joints, reduced urination, sore throat, cough, wheezing
T: red tip, thin white coat P: tight, rapid |
Wind Edema
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formula used to TX Wind Edema
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Yue Bi Tang
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Sx: slowly starts (longer history), edema usually in extremities, typically pitting edema, scanty urine, heavy/sluggish body, chest full/congested, abdomen full/congested/nausea, reduced appetite, loose stool
T: pale, puffy, teethmarks, gray white coat P: soggy, leisurely |
SP blocked by damp
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formulas used to TX edema caused by SP blocked by Damp (2 taken together)
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Wu Pi San (Five Peel Powder) & Wei Ling Tang (Calm the Stomach and Poria Decoction)
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good formula to use for edema in Pregnant women
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Wu Pi San (Five Peel Powder)
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Sx: chronic edema (usually starts with ankles and develops upwards), mostly below knees, palpitations, SOB, chest pain/stuffiness, dizzy, fatigue, scanty urine, cold body temp. esp extremitites
T: little puffy, pale, white coat P: slow wiry thready or irregular, intermittant, knotted |
HT Yang XU
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formula used to TX edema caused by HT Yang XU
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Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang
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Sx: chronic/severe edema (4 extremities/body/face), pitting edema (takes VERY long time to rebound), palpitations, SOB, very tired, lower back pain/cold, cold body temp, drowsy, sleepy, bad complexion (pale/dull/blackish), scanty urine
T: puffy, pale, dull color-white coat P: deep, thready, weak |
KD Yang XU
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formula used to TX edema caused by KD Yang XU
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Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction)
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best nutrition for KD disease
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some kind of fish in diet (high protein) but still balanced
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edema patients need to eat _______ in their diet
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LOW SALT
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type of edema that is chronic, more KD/SP/HT XU, drain water and warm yang
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Yin Edema
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type of edema that is XS, surface, disperse LU, dispel wind and drain water
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Yang Edema
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