Six Pathogenic Factors That Occur In Tcm

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joy

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heart

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anger

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liver

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grief and melancholy

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lung

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worry

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spleen

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fear or fight

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kidney

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Can dysfunction of organs cause emotional disturbance?

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Yes - definitely

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The ways that the pathogenic diseases attack the body

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through skin, mouth nose

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Heart dominates the _____ and houses

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blood, the mind

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liver stores ________ and promotes

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blood and free flow of qi

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spleen dominates and is a source of

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transportation and transformation
Qi and blood

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spleen is also very important in relation to

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ascending and descending

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worry can

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injure the spleen

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prolonged depression and anger

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can cause disharmony between liver and spleen

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Affect of anger on the qi:

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rise up

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Affect of Joy

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causes qi to move slowly

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Affect of Grief

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drastically consumes the qi

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Affect of Fear

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qi to decline

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Affect of fright

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causes qi to be deranged

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Affect of worry

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causes qi to stagnate

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Affect if the emotions are not stable

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condition will become more severe

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The weakening of antipathogenic qi is caused by

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poor diet

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Relevant factors of the pathology

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Phlegm fluid and stagnant blood can cause disease

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Blood stasis is due to

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Qi deficiency
qi stagnation
cold in the blood
heat in the blood
all will eventually lead to blood stagnation

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Signs of stagnant blood in the heart

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palpitations, stifling sensation in the chest and heart pain, cyanosis of the of lips and nails

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Signs of stagnant blood in the lung

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chest pain and coughing up blood

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Signs of stagnant blood in the stomach

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pain in the epigastrum. vomiting blood, black or dark brown stool

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Signs of stagnant blood in the liver

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hypochondiac pain in the and palpable masses in the abdomen area

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Signs of stagnant blood strongly disturbs the heart

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can result in manic behaviour

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5 Signs of blood stagnation

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Pain, masses with swelling, Bleeding, Purplish colour, pulse - thin and choppy

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Signs of stagnant blood in the uterus

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lower abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dark red menstrual flow with clots or excessive uterine bleeding

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Name 5 Preponderance of Yin Yang

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Yin: cold and damp yin pathogen
aversion to cold
cold limbs
pale tongue
Yang:heat or fire
cold pathogen transformed into heat
emotional imbalances
qi and blood stagnation
diet that change into heat

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Signs yang excess

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heat signs and symptoms
ie high fever, red face, red eyes, red tongue, rapid and forceful pulse

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Result of XS yang

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will eventually damage yin and will cause deficiency of yin fluid

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Deficiency of yang can be caused by

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congenital deficiency
aquired deficiency due to lack of nutrients
overexertion
chronic disease

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Deficiency of yin can be caused by

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congenital deficiencies
pathogenic yang that damages yin
imbalance emotions that turn into fire and damage yin
chronic disease that consume and others

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Deficiency of yin fluid mainly refers to to KD and LV yin deficiency - when yin fluid is deficient it cannot control

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yang qi - which leads to interior heat due to yin deficiency

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General signs and symptoms

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5 center heat, tidal fever, or low grade fever, red face esp cheeks, thirst, night sweating dry throat and mouth red tongue with little coating, thin rapid and forceless pulse and others.

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Deficiency of Yin damaging
Yang

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Yin is deficient and and damages yang leading to deficiency of both yin and yang

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Liver yang rising means

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it is due to kidney yin deficiency because the water cannot nourish the wood

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Signs of deficiency of yin

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damage to the essential qi of the kidney and may consume kidney yang

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Aversion to cold, cold limbs, deep and weak pulse in addition to heat signs caused by yin deficiency

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Kidney yin deficiency

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Signs of edema is caused by

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yang deficiency - shows that the body cannot transform water to body fluid and dysfunction of the water metabolism is not metabolized

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The eventual outcome of yang damaging yin

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signs of irritability and dryness and others may appear

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profuse cold sweat like pearls, very cold limbs and chilliness, the body is curled up while sleeping, listlessness, minute deep pulse which are dangerous signs

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collapse of yang

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profuse sticky sweating, warm limbs, shortness of breath, thirst irritability, thin rapid and minute pulse

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collapse of yin