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what kind of moxa for ab pain?
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ginger - ab pain is cold, ginger is warming.
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what moxa for scrofula?
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garlic.
-scrofula is is a tuberculous infection of the skin on the neck . |
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what moxa for early stage of skin ulcer?
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garlic
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what moxa for tuberculosis
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garlic
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what moxa for poisonous insect bites?
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garlic.
-pun...use garlic to fight vampires. so use garlic to fight against poisonous insect bites!!! |
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what moxa for abandoned stroke?
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salt
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what is an abaondoned stroke?
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what moxa for acute ab pain acompanied by dysentery?
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salt
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what moxa for pain around the umbilicus?
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salt
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what moxa for pain caused by hernia?
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salt
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what moxa for porlonged dysentery?
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salt
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what moxa for skin ulcerations that resist healing?
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fu zi
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what moxa for yin abscesses and carbuncles where the pus will not disperse?
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fu zi!
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what moxa to restore the yang from collapse: excessive sweating?
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salt! (not fuzi)
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what moxa for undetectable pulse : restoring the yang from collapase?
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salt
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what moxa for arthritic pain?
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pepper
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what moxa for local numbness and stiffness?
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pepper
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what moxa for ezcema?
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mud plaster
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what moxa for skin diseases?
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mud plaster
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holding a moxa stick half an inch from the skin is used to treat what 2 things?
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-pain associated w/ blockage
-obstruction disorders (analogous to ahritipci pain) |
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what 2 fx are for the warm needle technique?
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-warms the meridians
-promote free flow of qi blood... to help treat painful joints d/t cold damp. and numbness with cold sensation. * and paralysis. |
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circular motion moxa treats what 3 things?
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-tx of blockage of pain over large surface area
-soft tissue injuries -skin disorders |
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sparrow pecking moxa does what?
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facilitates heat penetration: used when strong stimulaion s desired.... (if a real sparrow came and picked my skin, that is mad strong stimulatoin!
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what 2 points should scarring moxa not be used at?
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bladder 1, st 9.
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the deep branch of the ____ meridian goes to the ROOT of the T.
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heart
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the _____ meridian TRANSVERSES the ROOT of the tongue and spreads over its _______ surface
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spleen, lower (surface)
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the _____ meridian termintes at the root of the T.
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kidney
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deep red T
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extreme heat conditions,
-in vasions of yin and xue by heat, -yin xu leading to hyperactiivty of fire |
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blue-purple T
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stag of blood, which is related to either cold or heat
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swollen T - larget than normal, deep red in color occupying entire space of mouth
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excessive heat in HT and SP.
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thin and pale: smaller and thinner than normla T, that is less red than normal T.
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xu of qi and blood
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thin, dry and deep red T
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hyperactivity of fire d/t xu of yin, where the body fluid is consumed. (yin xu fire)
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crack and deep red T (irreg streaks or crakcs on T, and deep red)
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excessive heat consuming body fluid
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thorny and red T
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accumulation of pathogenic heat in the interior: the more severe the pathogenc heat, the more enlarged and profuse the thorns will be.
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Rigid tongue ....describe it.
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lakcs flexibility and is difficult to protrude, retract or roll.
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Rigid T indicates.....
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heat disease: - in vasion of P by heat
-retention of turbid ph in interior -excessive pathogic heat consuming body fluid -wind stroke -early signs of wind stroke |
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flaccid T - weak on motion - indicates what....
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-extreme xu of qi and blood
-consumption of yin fluid depriving the T of nourishment. |
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flaccid and pale means...
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xu of qi and blood.
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flaccid and deep red
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collapse of yin
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thick coating..indicates what 4 things?
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-damp
-phlegm -food in interior -inward transmissino of pathogenic factor from the exterior |
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Slippery Coating indicates
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upward flooding of harmful water and cold damp
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sticky coating indicates
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syndromes from:
-retention of turbid damp -phlegm -retention of food |
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granular coating indicates
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-excessive yang heat bringing turbid qi in the ST upwards.
-syndromes cauesd by: -retention of turbid phlegm -retention of food. |
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-geographic tongue coating indicates
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consumption of qi and yin of st. ( ST yin and Qi XU)
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white T coating can be what 3 things?
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-normal
-ext. syndromes -cold syn. |
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thin , white coating?
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present in ext cold syn
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thick white coating
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interior cold syn
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yellow coat is what 2 things
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-interior syn
-heat syn |
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deeper yellow coat
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more severe pathogenic heat
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grey coating
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interior syndrome
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grey coat that is yellowish n dry
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consumption of body fluid d/t excessive heat
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grey coat that is whitish and moist
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-retention of cold damp in interior
-retention of phlegm -retention of fluid |
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black coat
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-extreme heat
-excessive cold |
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black coating that is yellow n dry (possible thorns)
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consumption of body fluid d/t extreme heat
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pale black and slippery coating
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excessive cold d/t yang xu
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glossy T coating - entire coating peels off leaving mirror look
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-exhaustion of st yin
-severe damage of st qi. |
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P- superficial, large, weak indicates what?
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-prolonged endogenous disease (internal)
-outward floating of yang qi -critical sign!!! -possible cancer, anemia |
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deep pulse
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interior syn
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deep and forceful indicates
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interior syn of excess type
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deep and weak indicates
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interior syn of the xu type
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slow pulse is how many beats?
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less than 4 beats per breath, and less than 60 beats per min.
-indicates cold pattern |
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slow and forceful
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interior syndrome of excess type caused by retention of yin cold in the interior. (full-cold)
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slow , weak indicates
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interior syndrome of xu type d/t xu of yang qi.
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what is a rapid P
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quick, more than 5 beats per breath, more than 90 per min.
-heat syn |
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rapid and forceful indicates
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excess heat in interior and anti-pathogenic qi still strong. (full-heat)
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rapid, weak indicates
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xu of yin in prolonged illness (empty heat from yin xu)
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rapid, large, weak and empty pulse means what
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outward floating of xu yang
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xu type pulse
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- general term for all forceles pulses felt on 3 regions nad 3 depths.
-xu of qi and blood causing xu type syn. |
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excess type p
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excess qi adn blood cauesd by strong antipathoc qi sgainst the hyperactive pathogenic factor
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surging pulse means
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excessive heat
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describe a surging p
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broad, large and forceful like roaring waves which come on powerfully and fade away
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describe a large P
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surging p that lacks the momentum of roaring waves
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thready P
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-xu d/t overstrain and stress
-xu of qi and blood -found in weak cats with weak body consitution in prolonged illness manifesting as yin xu and blood xu -aka thin pulse |
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rolling p....
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-ph and retained fluid
-retention of food -excessive heat (-feels smooth and flowing like pearls rolling on a dish) |
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hesitant pulse feels like what
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feels rough and uneven
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hesitant pulse indicates?
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-stag of qi and blood
-essence is impaired -blood is xu , not enough hesitant aka choppy |
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hesitant and forceful indicate
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stag of qi and blood
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hesitant and weak
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-essence is impaired
-blood is xu |
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string-taut pulse meeans
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-disorders of lv and gb
-painful syn -ph and retained fluid |
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tense p means
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-cold
-pain -retention of food |
