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Yang Deficiency is characterized by what Zang-Fu Pattern
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Empty-Cold
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Yang Deficiency arise due to what?
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Lack of Yang energy in the body.
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Yang energy is responsible for what?
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Warming the body and the transformation of Food and fluids
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Yang can become deficient due to what?
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Chronic disease
Constitutional weakness Overwork Exposure to external Cold Accumulation of internal cold due to deficient Qi Consumtion of cold, raw foods |
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Chills
Fatigue, lethargy Pale complexion Edema (swelling) Spontaneous sweating Clear, abundant urine Diarrhea, loose stools are signs and symptoms of what? |
Yang Deficiency Patterns
Empty Cold |
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Organs affected by Empty-Cold
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Kidney
Spleen Heart Stomach |
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Empty-Cold Tongue
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Pale, Swollen, wet
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Empty-Cold Pulse
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Weak, deep, slow
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Technique for Empty-Cold
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Soothing
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Application for Empty-Cold
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Gentle
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Direction Empty-Cold
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With the channel
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Level of Empty-Cold
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Superficial
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Speed of Empty-Cold
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Slow
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Breath of Empty-Cold
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With the exhale
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Yin Excess conditions are characterized by what?
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Yin pathogenic factors:
Cold, Dampness, and/or Phlegm which accumulate in the body when there is insufficient Yang Qi to warm and transform fluids or by an external invasion. |
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According to 8 principles Yin Excess Pattern falls under what general catagory?
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Full-Cold conditions
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What is the primary focus of treatment of Full-Cold conditions? What is the secondary goal?
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Eliminate pathogenic factor is primary goal
Tonify Yang Qi to prevent the formation of Cold, Damp, and Phelgm is the Secondary Goal. |
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The Signs and Symptoms for Full-Cold are similar to the ones for Empty-Cold,except that Full-Cold patterns are what?
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Generally acute and involve pain or cramping.
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What are the following Signs and Symptoms for?
Chills Cold Limbs Bright White Complexion No Thirst Desire for warm liquids Loose Stools Abdominal pain that is worse with pressure and better with warmth, or improves after a bowel movement Clear abundant urination. |
Yin Excess Patterns
Full-Cold conditions |
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What are the following Signs and Symptoms for?
Feeling of heaviness Lassitude Sticky, cloudy, clear or white fluid discharges Tends to affect the lower body Blocks the flow of Qi and blood Aggravated by Damp climate |
Dampness
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Full-Cold Tongue
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Pale body, thick white coat
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Pulse Full-Cold
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Full, Tight, Slow
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Tongue Full-Cold Damp
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Thick sticky or greasy white coat
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Pulse Full-Cold Damp
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Slippery
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Organs affected by Full-Cold Conditions
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Stomach, Spleen, Intestines, Uterus, Lungs
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Full-Cold Technique
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Soothing
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Full-Cold Application
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Hard/Sharp
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Direction
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Against the Flow of the channel
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Level
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Deep (Heavy)
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Speed
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Slow
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Breath Full-Cold
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With the inhale
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Yin Deficiency is what in the 8 principle patterns
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Empty-Heat
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Empty-Heat results from what?
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Lack of nourishing and cooling yin energies.
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What chronic condition can result from overwork, aging, heat diseases, chronic disease,excessive sex, and constitional weakness.
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Empty-Heat
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Malar Flush
Feeling of heat in the afternoon or evening Nightsweats Dark, scanty urine Dry stools 5-palm heat Thirst with desire to drink small sips Dry mouth are signs and symptoms of what? |
Empty-Heat
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Empty-Heat Tongue
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Red, peeled or no coat
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Empty-Heat Pulse
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Floating-empty, weak, thin, rapid
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Organs affected by Empty-Heat
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Kidney, Heart, Lung, Liver and Stomach
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Technique for Empty-Heat
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Pressure
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Application for Empty-Heat
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Gentle
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Direction for Empty-Heat
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With the flow of the channel
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Speed for Empty-Heat
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Slow in/Quicker out
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Level for Empty-Heat
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Deep
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Breath for Empty-Heat
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With the exhale
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Treatment Goal for Empty-Heat
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Tonify Yin
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Yang Excess patterns are characterized by signs of Heat or Fire, which can arise from what?
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Long term emotional stress
Diet (energetically hot or spicy foods) heat diseases |
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Red Face and eyes
Thirst Dark, scanty urine Feeling of heat Mental restlessness Constipation Raised, red skin eruptions Burning sensations Bitter taste High fever are signs and symptoms of what? |
Full-Heat
Yang Excess Patterns |
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Full-Heat Tongue
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Red w/a yellow coat or Red and Swollen
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Full-Heat Pulse
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Full, Wiry, rapid
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Organs affected by Full-Heat
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Liver, Heart, Stomach, Lungs
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Treatment Goal for Full-Heat?
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Clear Heat (disperse or Subdue Yang)
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Treatment Goal for Liver-Yang Rising?
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Clear Heat
Tonify Yin |
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Technique for Full-Heat
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Pressure
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Application for Full-Heat
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Hard/sharp
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Direction for Full-Heat
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Against the flow of the channel
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Speed for Full-Heat
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Quick in/slow out
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Level for Full-Heat
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superficial
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Breath for Full-Heat
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With the inhale
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Within the Eight Principle framework, Qi and/or Blood Stagnation are what?
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Excess (Full) conditions
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Qi stagnation is most often the result of what?
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Emotional stress and overwork
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Blood stagnation can be the result of what?
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Qi stagnation, Qi deficiency, Blood deficiency, Internal Cold, Heat in the Blood, or Phlegm.
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The primary treatment goal of Qi and/or Blood Stagnation is what?
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Move (disperse) Qi and Blood
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Feelings of distension of fullness
Irritability Mood swings Pain that moves from place to place Depression Frequent sighing are signs and symptoms of what? |
Qi Stagnation
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Qi Stagnation Tongue
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Normal or Lavender
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Qi Stagantaion Pulse
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Wiry
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Organs affected by Qi Stagnation
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Liver, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Intestines
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Sharp, stabbing pain that is localized
Blood clotting Bluish-purple lips, face or nails Menstual pain or cramping Fixed abdominal masses are signs and symptoms of what? |
Blood stagnation
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Blood Stagnation Tongue
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Purple or purple spots
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Blood Stagnation Pulse
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Wiry or Choppy
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Organs affected by Qi and Blood Stagnation.
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Liver, Heart, Stomach, Intestines, Uterus
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Qi and Blood Stagnation Technique
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Pressure
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Qi and Blood Stagnation Application
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Hard/Sharp
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Qi and Blood Stagnation Direction
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Against the flow of the channel
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Qi and Blood Stagnation Speed
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Quick in/Slow out
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Qi and Blood Stagnation Level
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Variable
Qi: superficial to middle Blood: middle to deep |
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Qi and Blood Stagnation Breath
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With the inhale
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Since Qi and Blood Stagnation are Full (Excess) condition, they are treated like what?
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Yang-Excess (Full-Heat) conditions even though there are no signs of Heat
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