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What is Bian Bi?
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Constipation: refers to the symptoms of difficulty in defecation with discharge of dry, impacted or hard stool. There may not be defecation for several days. Constipation is mainly caused by the disturbed function in transmitting waste of the large intestine and also related to the function of the spleen, stomach, Liver and kidney
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What is Xie Xie?
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Diarrhea refers to abnormal frequency bowel movement with loose stool, or even watery stool. It is usually due to disorders of the spleen, stomach, large and small intestines. It is divided into acute and chronic in clinic.
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What is Fu Tong?
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Abdominal pain is a common symptom in the clinic. It refers to pain in the abdomen. It is often accompanied with many zang-fu disorders.
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What is Xin Ji?
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Palpitation; refers to the unduly rapid action of the heart which is felt by the patient and accompanied by nervousness and restlessness. It includes “Jing Ji”, “Zheng Chong”.
1. Jing Ji is mild palpitation. Irregular heartbeat, more moderate, comes and goes as the causative factor is addressed by the body, it is often associated with e motional over work 2. Zheng Chong is severe palpitations, constantly getting them. Chest pain, dizziness, and insomnia. Must give regular treatment weekly and take herbs. |
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What is Dian Kuang?
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Manic-depressive disorder is a mental disorder. Depressive disorder is manifested as reticence, dementia, incoherent speech, quietness, cry or laughing, while mania as shouting and restlessness, beating and scolding and violent behavior.
Dian - Depressive; Kuang - Manic |
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What is Shi Mian?
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In Chinese Medicine, insomnia is called “Bu Mei”, “Mu Bu Ming”. It refers to a disorder in which patients can not have normal or enough sleep. Insomnia has different manifestations, difficulty in getting to sleep, easy to wake up and unable to sleep again after waking, early awakening, intermittent waking through the sleep, and even sleeplessness during the all night.
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What is Yu Zheng?
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Yu Zheng is a general term for melancholy resulted from emotional depression and stagnation of qi. A disorder of qi movement can lead to stagnation of blood, accumulation of phlegm, and many pathological changes will occur.
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What Jian Wang?
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Forgetfulness; Amnesia refers to a condition characterized by hypomensia and forgetfulness. Patients usually have difficulty in remembering thins, and do or say something without finish. It is also known as poor memory or lack of memory.
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What is Tou Tong?
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Headache. one of the most common symptoms in clinic. It is the feeling of the patients. Various acute and chronic diseases can induce it.
The headache can be divided into two types: 1. Headache due to external evils such as wind, cold, damp and heat [6 evils qi]; 2. Headache due to internal disorders such as hyperactivity of liver yang, turbid-phlegm, deficiency and Blood stasis. ***Tou Tong = Simply Head Pain; Tou (Shou) Feng = Wind related |
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Deficiency Heart Qi
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Reinforce the Qi; Calm the Heart
HT7, BL15, CV14, PC6 Manifestations: palpitation, shortness of breath Modifications: easy to be frightened + PC7; shortness of breath + CV6, ST36; sweating +BL43 |
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Deficiency Heart Blood
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Nourish Heart Blood, Calm the Heart
BL17, BL20, ST36, BL15, HT7, HT5 Manifestations: palpitation, vertigo and dizziness Modifications: dizziness and blurring vision + GV20. GB20 |
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Phlegm Fire Disturbs the Heart
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Resolve Phlegm, Tranquilize the Heart
BL15, CV14, HT4, PC4, ST40, LU5 Manifestations: alternate palpitation, fullness in the chest, bitter taste in the mouth Modifications: constipation + ST25; restlessness +PC5 |
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Blood Stasis
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Promote Blood Circulation and Regulate the Flow of qi to clear away the obstruction from vessels
PC3, HT3, CV6, SP10, BL15, CV14 Manifestations: palpitation, alternate heart pain, restlessness Modifications: pulse weak + PC6, LU9; edema +CV9 |
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Hyperactivity of Fire due to Yin Deficiency
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Nourish Yin to remove Fire, Calm the Spirit
HT7, PC6, BL15, BL17, BL23, KI3 Manifestations: Palpitation, fidget, insomnia Modifications: fidget + PC8; tinnitus + TB3 |
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Excess Fluid Invades the Heart
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Dissolve Harmful Fluids, Calm the Heart
BL15, CV14, PC6, HT7, CV9, CV4, BL22, SP9 Manifestations: Palpitation, dizziness, feeling of stuffiness in the chest Modifications: cold + BL23, KI3; oppressed sensation in the chest + CV17; dizziness + GB20, ST40 |
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Deficiency Heart & Spleen - Shi Mian
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Invigorate Spleen, Nourish the Heart
BL15, BL20, HT7, SP6 Manifestations: difficulty in going to sleep, wake up easily, Modifications: dream disturb +Anmian |
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Hyperactivity of Fire Due to Yin Deficiency - Shi Mian
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Nourish Yin to Lower Fire, Calm Shen
BL23, KI3, BL15, HT7, PC7 Manifestations: insomnia, easy to wake up iModifications: dizziness + GB20; tinnitus + GB2; seminal emission + BL52 |
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Disorder of Stomach Qi - Shi Mian
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Transform Phlegm, Harmonize Stomach
HT7, PC6, CV12, BL21, ST36, ST40 Manifestations: insomnia, restlessness Modifications: dizziness + Ying tang, LI4; |
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Hyperactivity of Liver Fire Disturbing the Heart - Shi Mian
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Calming Liver Yang, Lowering Hyperactive Liver FIre
BL18, BL19, LR2, GB44, HT7 Manifestations: sleeplessness Modifications: red eyes +Taiyang; tinnitus + GB2. TB2 |
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Depressive Disorder - Stagnation of Phlegm & Qi
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Regulate Qi, resolve phlegm, calm mind
HT7, PC7, Yingtang, CV17, ST40, SP6 Manifestations: Depression, dementia, incoherent speech; muttering to oneself, excessive doubts, delusions, no desire for food; greasy tongue coating, wiry and slippery pulse |
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Depressive Disorder - Deficiency of Heart and Spleen
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tonify heart and spleen, replenishing qi and tranquilizing mind
HT7, PC7, ST36, SP6, BL15, BL18, BL20 Manifestations: Trance, mental confusion, dull, severe palpitation, lusterless complexion, poor appetite; pale tongue with white coating, thready and wiry pulse |
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Manic Disorder - Flaring-Up of Phlegm Fire
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Purging fire and removing phlegm, tranquilizing mind.
Acupoint selection: PC8, GV26, CV14, ST40. Manifestations: Angry, shouting and scolding, destroying and beating with unusual strength, violent behaviors; irritability, headache, insomnia, flushed face, red eyes, constipation; red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, wiry, large, slippery and rapid pulse |
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Manic Disorder - Excessive Fire Injures Yin
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Treatment principle: Nourishing yin and descending fire, clear heart and calming the mind.
Acupoint selection: GV26, CV14, HT7, PC7 KI4, SP6 Manifestations: Prolonged manic-disorder becoming alleviated, excessive talking, fright, restlessness, emaciation; red tongue with less coating, Thready and rapid pulse |
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Yu Zheng - Depression of Qi in Liver
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Treatment principle:Soothe the liver, relieving the depression
Acupoint selection: BL18, LR3, CV17, CV12, ST36, SP4 Manifestations: Mental depression, distress of the chest, hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension, belching, poor appetite, vomiting; white thin or greasy coating, wiry pulse |
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Transformation of the depressed qi into fire - Yu Zheng
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Treatment principle:dispel the fire from liver, regulating stomach qi and relieving depression
Acupoint selection: CV13, TB6, GB34, LR3, GB43 Manifestations: Headache, dryness and bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, oppressed sensation in the chest, hypochondriac distension, acid regurgitation, constipation, red eyes, tinnitus; red tongue with yellow coating, wiry and rapid pulse. |
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Stagnation of Phlegm - Yu Zheng
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Treatment principle:Regulating qi and resolve phlegm, soothe the liver and relieving the depression.
Acupoint selection: CV22, CV17, PC6, ST40, LR3 Manifestations: Mental depression, pressure sensation in the chest, feeling of a lump choking in the throat, hard to spit it out or to swallow it; greasy and white coating, wiry and slippery pulse. |
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Deficiency of Blood - Yu Zheng
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Treatment principle:Nourish the blood, soothe the liver and tranquilize the mind.
Acupoint selection: CV14, HT7, SP6, LR3, ST36 Manifestations: Grief without reason, capricious joy and anger, fright, palpitation, irritability, insomnia, or sudden oppressed sensation in the chest, hiccup, sudden aphonia, convulsion, or loss of consciousness in severe case; thin and white tongue coating, thin and wiry pulse. |
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Deficiency of Kidney Essence - Jian Wang
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"Forgetfulness"
Tonify KD, nourish yin essence Manifests: Poor Memory. Lumbar soreness, weak knee joints, seminal emission, Tongue: Red, less coat Pulse: rapid Thready OR Pale tongue, Deep Thready Pulse Points: KD3, BL23, BL15, CV4, SP6 |
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Deficiency of Heart and Spleen - Jian Wang
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"Forgetfulness"
Strengthen & Invigorate HT and SP Manifestations: forgetful, insomnia, fatigue, poor appetite, lots of dreams during sleep, palpitations, Tongue: Pale, thin white coat Pulse: thready & weak Points: HT7, BL15, BL20, SiShenCong, SP6, ST36 |
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Tou Tong Due To External Causative Factors (Wei Gan Tou Tong)
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Manifestations: Sudden Onset, Acute pain consistently,
Pulse: Floating Tight Tongue: Thin White Coat, Base Points: LI4, GB20, Taiyang -Wind Cold + LU7, LI20, DU14, BL12 [Reduce] with possible chills, fever, No Thirst, No Sweat, possible congestion, runny nose, stiff neck -Wind Heat + LI11, DU14, TB5 [Reduce] with chills fever aversion to wind, sweating, neck or back pain, usually thirsty, thin yellow red tongue coat, thin rapid floating pulse -Wind Damp + SP9, ST8, ST36 [Reduce] with heavy head with pressure, body aches, acute onset of all, Soft Floating Moderate pulse, |
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Tou Tong Due to Internal Causative Factors (Nei Shang Tou Tong - Hyperactivity of Liver yang (Gan yang Tou Tong)
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Principle: Calm Liver, Lower Counterflow, Subdue Liver Yang, Relieve Pain
Patho Mechanism: Obstructed Heat can turn to Heat, Hurt the Yin (deficiency created) or emotional stagnates, creates heat then damaged yin fluids. Excitability can also cause the Yang Qi to ascend. Manifestations: Distending pain, dizziness, possible red eyes, dry throat, irritable Tongue: Yellow thin coat, red body Pulse: Wiry Rapid Points: GB4, 5, GB43, LR2, KI3 (tonify), DU20 [Reduce all but KI3] |
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Tou Tong Due To Internal Factors - Kidney Deficiency (Shen Xue Tou Tong)
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Principle: Reinforce Kidney, Stop Pain
Manifestations: Dull Pain, empty feeling head, Chronic onset, intermittent pain, less severe likes pressure; Look for KD Qi XU [Fatigue, dizziness, vertigo/balance, lower back pain and weak knee joints] Tongue: Depends on Qi [flabby, slightly pale, thin white coat] or Yin [red, no coat, cracks] Pulse: Depends on Qi [Deep weak] or Yin [rapid thin] or Yin & Yang [thready weak] Points: KD3, BL23, CV4, DU20 (moxa or needle) [Tonify all] |
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Tou Tong Due to Internal Factors - Blood Deficiency (Xue Xu Tou Tong)
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Principle: Tonify Qi and Blood, Regulate Collaterals, Stop pain
Manifestations:Dull headache, chronic, fatigue, poor memory, signs of anemia, intermittent Points: ST36, SP6, BL20, SP10, DU23, DU20 [tonify all] |
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Tou Tong Due To Internal Factors - Turbid Phlegm
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Principle: Resolve the Phlegm, clear collaterals, stop pain
Manifestations: Heavy feeling head like towel wrapped, chronic, mental emotional disturbance, trouble ST/SP transform-transport pathomechanism Pulse: Slippery Tongue: Thick White Greasy Coat Points: CV12, ST36, SP9, ST40, DU20, Yintang |
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Tou Tong Due to Internal Factors - Blood Stasis
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Principle: Promote Blood flow, resolve stasis, stop pain
Manifestations: Persistent sharp pain, consistent Pathomechanism: Trauma, surgery, bleeding in head, Points: Ashi, BL17, LI4, SP6 |
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Frontal Headaches
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Yang Ming
Symptoms on YM Meridian Eyes/Nose SSX Points: LI4, ST8, ST44 LI4 distal, ST8 local [Jie Gen Branch & Root] |
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Lateral Headaches
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Shaoyang
One side or both Points: GB20, GB39, GB41, TB5, Taiyang [and other GB local if wanted] |
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Vertex Headache
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Jueyin
Top, dizziness, irritable, insomnia, hypochondriac pain Points: LR2, LR3, DU20 |
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Occipital Headaches
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Taiyang
Occipital and Neck Pain Points: BL10, BL60, SI3, BL62 |
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Headache Behind Eyes
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Could be Liver or Shaoyin - Marrow
Jueyin points or KD Shaoyin points |
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What is Xuan Yun?
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Dizziness; symptoms characterized by vertigo and blurred vision. Mild dizziness may be relieved instantly closing the eyes, while in severe cases the patients may feel body movement with a rotating sensation like sitting in a sailing boat or moving car that makes the patient unable to stand steadily. It may accompanied by nausea, vomiting or sweating
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Hyperactivity of Yang - Xuan Yun
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Principle: Calm Liver, subdue Liver Yang
Manifest: Dizzy, distending pain in head, tinnitus, red eyes, dry throat, flush face, irritable, bitter taste Pulse: Wiry Tongue: Red, thin yellow coat Points: GB20, LR2, BL18, GB43, BL23, KI3 [even] |
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Deficiency of Qi and Blood - Xuan Yun
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Principle: Strengthen SP/ST, Reinforce blood and qi
Manifest: Worsened by overstrain, pale complexion, palpitation, insomnia, lusterless lips, nails, poor appetite, SOB, unwillingness to speak Tongue: Pale, puffy Pulse: Thready, weak Points: ST36, DU20, CV6, SP6, BL20, SP10 |
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Obstruction of Phlegm & Damp - Xuan Yun
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Principle: Resolve phlegm damp, invigorate Spleen
Manifest: Dizziness with heavy head, as if tightly bound, fullness of chest, nausea Tongue: Thick Greasy coat Pulse: Slippery Points: BL20, CV12, PC6, ST40, SP9, ST8 |
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What is Zhong Feng?
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Wind Stroke - Sudden Onset, deviated mouth, rigid tongue, slurred speech, hemiplegia, LOC
Because of its sudden onset, emergency with various symptoms and wandering and changing nature of the wind, it is called wind stroke, or sudden attack (Cu Zhong). *Zhong = attack, implies a quickness to the onset of symptoms. Symptoms may also change quick According to the location of the diseases and the degree of severity, wind stroke can be classified as either an attack on the Zangfu organs or an attack on the meridians |
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How does Zhong Feng to Collaterals Present?
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Deviated mouth, slurred speech, clear state of mind → Attack Meridians/Collateral
LOC, Falling down, mental disturbance → Attack Zang Fu Organ |
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Zhong Feng of Collaterals
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Principle: Dredge Meridians Collaterals, regulate qi and blood
Manifest: Hemplegia, numb limbs, deviated mouth & slurred speech, h/a dizzy vertigo tinnitus, insomnia Tongue: White or greasy, body depends; Wind Qi = Red, Fire = Dusky Pulse: Slippery or Wiry Points: *Hemiplegia: LI15, LI11, LI10, LI4, GB30, GB34, ST36, St41, BL62 *Deviated Mouth: ST4, St6, LI4, ST44, GB14, LR3, BL2 |
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Zhong Feng of Zangfu: Bi Zheng (Tense Pattern)
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Principle: Open Orifice, induce resuscitation, eliminate phlegm, clearing away heat
Manifest: Falling down in a fit, LOC, deviated mouth, hemiplegia, trismus &clenched fist, urine retention, constipation, flush face, rough breathing, rattling sound d/t sputum Tongue: Red w/thick yellow coat Pulse: Slippery Wiry Rapid Points: DU26, PC8, LR3, ST40, 12 jing well |
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Zhong Feng of Zang Fu : Collapse Syndrome
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Principle: Recuperating Depleted yang, restoring collapse
Manifest: Falling, LOC with Eyes closed, Mouth Open, snoring from weak breath (have to make sure they are even breathing) relaxed hand, incontinence, cold limbs, profuse cold sweat, flush face Tongue: Pale or purple dark Pulse: Thready weak or floating large (demise) without root Points: CV4, CV8 |