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120 Cards in this Set
- Front
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woman, water, moon, night, dark, down, right, cold, Autumn, Winter, structure, front
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Yin principles
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man, fire, sun, day, light, up, left, hot, Spring/Summer, functions, back
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Yang priciples
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Yin/Yang relationships
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1. opposition 2. interdependence 3. mutual consumption 4. intertransformation
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6 Zang organs
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lung, heart, liver, spleen, kidney
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organs that manufacture and store substances like qi, blood, body fluids and vital essence
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zang organ fuctions
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6 Fu Organs
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large intestine, small intestine, stomach, bladder, gallbladder, san jiao
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organs that receive, digest, transmit, and excrete waste
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functions of the fu organs
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excess of yin causes cold - Full/shi cold
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4limbs cold, pale face, aversion to cold, likes warm/hot drinks, chills/fever, cough with clear mucus, runny nose, whole body aches
T- white P- floating, tense sedate |
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excess of yang causes heat-
Full/shi heat |
red face, sweating, high fever, thirst, likes cold drinks, aversion to heat
T- red P- big/rapid |
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sweating, fever, thirst, pulse
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4 big heat
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weakness of yang leads to cold (chronic)
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feel cold - likes warm, not thirsty, fatique, low spirit, long clear diarrhea, lower back pain, weak knees
T- white pale w/teeth marks P- tense, weak, deep caused- premature baby yang deficiency, overdose of herbs, drinking and eating too much cold, raw food |
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weakness of yin leads to heat
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5 heart warm, night sweating, insomnia, moody, dry mouth/throat/lips, low fever,irregular menses, low lobido
T- red/dry P-rapid/thready |
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acute, rapid onset, heat, restlessness, insomnia, hot limbs, red face, loud voice, coarse breathing, thirst, constipation
T- red w/yellow coating P-big |
yang diagnosis
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chronic, gradual onset, cold, sleepiness, listlessness, cold limbs, pale face, weak voice, weak breathing, no thirst, loose stool
T- pale w/teeth marks P- empty/weak |
yin diagnosis
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5 element law of movement
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generating, controlling, overcontrolling, insulting
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grow, flourish, Spring, Green, liver, ethereal soul
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wood (mu)
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heat, flare up, Summer, red, heart, spirit mind
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fire (huo)
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give birth to all things, fertility, ripening, late Summer, yellow, spleen, thought
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earth (iu)
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be clear, reflection, change, Autumn, white, lung, corporeal soul
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metal (jin)
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cold, flows down, death, Winter, black, kidney, stores essence, will power
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water (shui)
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generating
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wood FEEDS fire MAKES earth CREATES metal HOLDS water
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controlling
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wood CONSUMES earth DAMMS water EXTINGUISHES fire MELTS metal CUTS wood
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insulting
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reverse of controlling
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stores blood, ensures the movement of qi, controls sinews, manifests in nails, opens in the eyes, ethereal soul
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liver
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governs blood, controls blood vessels, manifests in complexion, houses the mind, opens onto the tongue, controls swear
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heart
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governs transformation and transportation, controls blood and muscles, opens into the mouth, manifests into the lips, houses thought
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spleen
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governs qi + respiration, controls channels and blood vessels - dispersing/descending functions, regulate the water passages, controls skin and hair, opens into nose, manifests into skin, corporeal soul
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lung
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stores the essence, governs birth/growth, reproduction/development, produces marrow, fills up the brain, manifests in head hair, controls bones, opens into the ears, houses will power
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kidneys
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disorders of liver
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anger, eye issues, numbness of 4 limbs, bitter taste, side rib pain, tender breasts, pms - irregular menses, menopause, testicle pain, hernia, blue/green face, headache, dizziness, stiffneck, hypertension
P- wiry |
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disorders of heart
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palpatations, insomnia,
dizziness, headache, shortness of breath, dreams a lot, poor memory, restlessness - ocd, chest oppression, pale face P-rapid |
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disorders of spleen
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no appetite, diarrhea, loose stool, fullness of st. fatique, borborygormus, bleeding under skin, yellow skin, jaundice
P- rolling/slippery |
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disorders of lung
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cough, asthma, weezing, coughing w/blood, spontaneous sweating, daytime chest pain, aversion to wind, easy to get sick, runny nose, chills/fever
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disorders of kidney
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low back pain, soft knees, sex disfunctions, impotence, seminal emmission, infertility, night/frequent urination, loose teeth, tinnitus, edema
P-deep |
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liver stores blood to nourish the heart
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wood (mother) generating fire (son)
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5 heart warm, night sweating, low fever/tidal fever, red cheeks, insomnia, palpations, poor memory, dry eyes, blurred vision, irregular menses, headache, dizziness
T - red P- rapid/thready |
heart + liver Yin deficient
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the heat of the heart warms the spleen
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fire generating the earth
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insomnia, palpations, poor memory, headache, diarrhea, 4 limbs cold
T - light pale w/teeth marks - swollen P- deep/weak |
heart + spleen qi deficient
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the spleens ability of transportation and transformation promotes water metabolism and prevents the overflow of water in the kidney
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earth controls water
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edema (face + ankles), pale face, aversion to cold, lower back pain, chronic diarrhea (early morning), difficult urination, no appetite, bloating
T-swollen P-deep/weak |
spleen +kidney yang deficient
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the vital essence of the kidney nourishes the liver
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water nourishes wood
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headache, dizziness, hotflashes, dry mouth, lips, throat, insomnia, 5 heart warm, nightsweats, low back pain, weak knees, moody
T-red, less coating, slightly yellow P- rapid/thready |
liver and kidney yin deficient
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the spleen transforms and distributes food essence to the lung
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earth generates metal
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chronic cough, no appetite, shortness of breath, sick easily, spontaneous sweating, low voice, lazy to talk, fatigue
T-light P-deep/weak |
spleen lung deficient
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the lung drains the water passages to help the kidney
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metal generates water
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cough w/dry bleeding mucus, dry mouth/throat, hoarse voice, skinny body, 5 heart warm, nightsweating, red cheeks, low back pain, weak knee, low fever, hot bones
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lung + kidney yin deficient
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the lung disperses and descends to restrain the excess of the liver
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metal controls wood
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chest pain, anger, headache, dizziness, red eyes, bitter mouth, cough w/yellow sticky mucus
T- red w/yellow coating P- wiry/rapid |
wood insulting metal
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liver smoothes and regulates qi stagnation of the liver
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wood controls earth
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moody, no appetite
T- red/dry P-wiry/rolling |
earth insulting wood
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the heart governs the blood and the lungs govern qi. the lungs rely on the blood from the heart for nourishment
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fire controls metal
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chest pain, insomnia, heart attack, cough, chills and fever, infection of the heart low fever, fatigue
T- pale P-weak/thready |
heart fire overcontrols metal lung
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kidney-yin ascends to nourish and cool heart-yang
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water controls fire
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insomnia, restlessness, poor memory, low back pain, weak knees, feel cold, night urination
T- pale, putty P- weak/deep |
kidney cannot communicate with the heart therefore, kidey yang deficient
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in case of deficiency
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tonify the mother
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in case of excess
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sedate the child
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qi, blood, body fluid (jin, ye), essence
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essential substances
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the root of the human body
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qi
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formation of qi
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inherited from parents (vital energy- kidney), food essence (afterbirth - sp/st), fresh air (lung)
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qi functions
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pushing
warming defending - immune sys - lung holding- sweat, blood, urine, saliva, sperm, organs promoting - metabolism + transformation (sp + st qi) |
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qi deficiency is caused by
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overwork, chronic desease, old age,
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spontaneous sweating, headache, dizziness, vertigo, fatigue, lazy to talk
T- light P-weak |
qi deficiency
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palpations, insomnia, cold sweating, 5 heart warm
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heart qi def.
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cough, runny nose, stuffy, spontaneous sweating, lazy to talk
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lung qi def.
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loss of appetite, fullness in st. yellow skin, bleeding, chronic, diarrhea, prolapse of organ, overthinking, sleeplessness
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spleen qi def.
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low back pain, soft knees, frequent leaking urination, sexual disfunction
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kidney qi def.
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which qi is always excessive?
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liver qi
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qi stagnation is caused by
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chronic emotional problems, qi def, outside evils
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unfixed moving pain, bloating, gas, lumps, masses
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qi stagnation
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chest pain, left arm pain
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heart qi stagnation
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anger, headache, ribside pain, sighs a lot to release pain, irregular menses, hernia
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liver qi stagnation
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bloating, pain in lower abdomen
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spleen qi stagnation
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qi movement
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lung - down
liver - up kidney - up to lung, sometimes down (urination) spleen - up heart - down kidney- up stomach - down |
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cough, asthma, weezing
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lung qi rebellion
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nausea, belching, hiccups, vomitting
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stomach qi rebellion
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headache, vertigo, coma, stroke
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liver qi rebellion
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qi sinking
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qi def. causing prolapsed organs - mostly sp + kid
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exhaling is exiting
inhaling is entering dispersing is ascending descending is descending |
qi movement
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original qi, derived from congenitel essence, takes root in kidneys
***** stimulates + promotes functions of zang organs, tissues, meridians |
yaun qi - original qi
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combination of clear qi (air/lung) and grain/food qi (st/sp), stored in the chest
***** promotes the lung functions - respiration, speech, voice promotes heary functions - dominates the blood + heartbeat |
zong qi - gathering qi
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derived from the qi of food, circulates in the vessels
****** produces the blood nourishes |
ying qi - nourishing qi
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derived from food qi
circulates outside of the vessels ***** protects the muscular surface defends against outside evils controls opening and closing of pores to moisten hair and skin regulates temp - warms zang fu |
wei qi - defensive qi
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dense and material form of qi
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blood
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formation of blood
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from the food essence of sp/st goes up to the lungs
the essence of life stored in the kidneys goes into the bone and turns into marrow |
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fx of blood
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1. nourishing and moistening the entire body
2.the material basis for mental activity |
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blood def. is caused by
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old age, chronic disease, loss of blood., blood stagnation
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pale complexion, pale lips, anemia, fatigue, disturbed visions, poor memory, restlessness, insomnia, mental instability
T- pale thin P- fine/thready/weak |
blood def.
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palpitations, insomnia, poor memory, dizziness, dreams a lot
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heart blood def.
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blurred/double vision, nearsightedness, itching, dry eyes, numbness of 4 limbs at night, irregular menses
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liver blood def.
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no appetite, heavy body, loose stool, bleeding under the skin
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spleen blood def.
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blood stagnation is caused by
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qi def./stagnation, blood cold, blood heat (stroke -internal wind in the liver)
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bright sharp fixed pain, pain at night, sweating, possible discoloration of influenced region, lumps, bleeding - clots, rough skin
T dark red P tight wiry |
blood stagnation
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cancer is caused by?
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blood/qi stagnation
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blood heat is caused by
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outside - dryness/fire
inside - stomach heat, chronic disease, fever, food |
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heat sensation, restlessness, dry mouth, itchy skin, bright red bleeding, hypermenorrhea, thirst
T red, raised dots P rapid |
blood heat
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what organs are connected to blood?
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heart, spleen, liver, kidney, lungs
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clear, light, thin body element
more yang circulates mostly on the body keeps skin, hair, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, genitals, muscles, joints and other orifices moist |
jin
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turpid, heavy, denser element
more yin, moistens and nourishes brain, bone marrow, lubricates joints |
ye
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what organs are connected with body fluid?
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lung, sp, st, kidney
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body fluid disease is caused by
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high fever, sweating, 4 bigs, vomitting, diarrhea, loss of blood
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dry skin, lips, nose, tongue, mucus, dry cough, constipation
t red/dry p thready |
dry body fluids
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edema on the face
t fatty/swollen/puffy p rolling |
lung water retention
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ascites
t fatty/swollen/puffy p rolling |
kidney water retention
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acid reflux/borborygmis, bloating
t fatty/swollen/puffy p rolling |
sp/st water retention
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the essence
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jing
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jing fx
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growth, reproduction, development
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1.kidney qi is produced by
2. produces marrow to fill the brain (spinal cord) |
essence
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dysfunction of essence is caused by
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poor constitution, premature aging, sexual disorders: sterility/infertility
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5 delayed in kids
infertility/sterility, loose teeth/hair weak bones in adults |
jing def.
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shen-spirit
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heart: consciousness, thought, creativity
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ethereal soul
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han - liver, rigor
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corporeal soul
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po - lung, instinct/intuition
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mind
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zhi - kidney, will power character
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thought
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shi - spleen, analytical thinking memory
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dysfunctions of spirit and souls
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insomnia, psychological/mental problems caused by
heart + liver heart + spleen heart + kidney |
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qi and blood relationship
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1. qi makes blood
2. qi as the driving force of blood 3. qi keeps the blood flowing within the vessals |
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fatique, pale face, sweating, lazy to talk, blurred vision, vertigo,
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qi/blood def.
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qi promotes, moves and holds what?
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body fluid
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body fluid carries
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qi
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blood and body fluid
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are both yin, have the same origin, and transform each other
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no bleeding method to:
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emaciated patients
-those with loss of blood, severe perspiration, severe diarrhea, and loss of blood from childbirth |
