acupuncture TCM Theory Midterm
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- woman, water, moon, night, dark, down, right, cold, Autumn, Winter, structure, front
- Yin principles
- man, fire, sun, day, light, up, left, hot, Spring/Summer, functions, back
- Yang priciples
- Yin/Yang relationships
- 1. opposition 2. interdependence 3. mutual consumption 4. intertransformation
- 6 Zang organs
- lung, heart, liver, spleen, kidney
- organs that manufacture and store substances like qi, blood, body fluids and vital essence
- zang organ fuctions
- 6 Fu Organs
- large intestine, small intestine, stomach, bladder, gallbladder, san jiao
- organs that receive, digest, transmit, and excrete waste
- functions of the fu organs
- 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 -
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 - sweating, fever, thirst, pulse
- 4 big heat
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weakness of yang leads to cold (chronic)
Tonify -
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 -
weakness of yin leads to heat
Tonify -
5 heart warm, night sweating, insomnia, moody, dry mouth/throat/lips, low fever,irregular menses, low lobido
T- red/dry
P-rapid/thready -
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
- 5 element law of movement
- generating, controlling, overcontrolling, insulting
- grow, flourish, Spring, Green, liver, ethereal soul
- wood (mu)
- heat, flare up, Summer, red, heart, spirit mind
- fire (huo)
- give birth to all things, fertility, ripening, late Summer, yellow, spleen, thought
- earth (iu)
- be clear, reflection, change, Autumn, white, lung, corporeal soul
- metal (jin)
- cold, flows down, death, Winter, black, kidney, stores essence, will power
- water (shui)
- generating
- wood FEEDS fire MAKES earth CREATES metal HOLDS water
- controlling
- wood CONSUMES earth DAMMS water EXTINGUISHES fire MELTS metal CUTS wood
- insulting
- reverse of controlling
- stores blood, ensures the movement of qi, controls sinews, manifests in nails, opens in the eyes, ethereal soul
- liver
- governs blood, controls blood vessels, manifests in complexion, houses the mind, opens onto the tongue, controls swear
- heart
- governs transformation and transportation, controls blood and muscles, opens into the mouth, manifests into the lips, houses thought
- spleen
- 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
- lung
- 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
- kidneys
- 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 - 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 - 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 - disorders of lung
- cough, asthma, weezing, coughing w/blood, spontaneous sweating, daytime chest pain, aversion to wind, easy to get sick, runny nose, chills/fever
- 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 - liver stores blood to nourish the heart
- 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
- the heat of the heart warms the spleen
- 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
- the spleens ability of transportation and transformation promotes water metabolism and prevents the overflow of water in the kidney
- 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
- the vital essence of the kidney nourishes the liver
- 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
- the spleen transforms and distributes food essence to the lung
- 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
- the lung drains the water passages to help the kidney
- metal generates water
- 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
- lung + kidney yin deficient
- the lung disperses and descends to restrain the excess of the liver
- 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
- liver smoothes and regulates qi stagnation of the liver
- wood controls earth
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moody, no appetite
T- red/dry
P-wiry/rolling - earth insulting wood
- the heart governs the blood and the lungs govern qi. the lungs rely on the blood from the heart for nourishment
- 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
- kidney-yin ascends to nourish and cool heart-yang
- 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
- in case of deficiency
- tonify the mother
- in case of excess
- sedate the child
- qi, blood, body fluid (jin, ye), essence
- essential substances
- the root of the human body
- qi
- formation of qi
- inherited from parents (vital energy- kidney), food essence (afterbirth - sp/st), fresh air (lung)
- 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) - qi deficiency is caused by
- overwork, chronic desease, old age,
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spontaneous sweating, headache, dizziness, vertigo, fatigue, lazy to talk
T- light
P-weak - qi deficiency
- palpations, insomnia, cold sweating, 5 heart warm
- heart qi def.
- cough, runny nose, stuffy, spontaneous sweating, lazy to talk
- lung qi def.
- loss of appetite, fullness in st. yellow skin, bleeding, chronic, diarrhea, prolapse of organ, overthinking, sleeplessness
- spleen qi def.
- low back pain, soft knees, frequent leaking urination, sexual disfunction
- kidney qi def.
- which qi is always excessive?
- liver qi
- qi stagnation is caused by
- chronic emotional problems, qi def, outside evils
- unfixed moving pain, bloating, gas, lumps, masses
- qi stagnation
- chest pain, left arm pain
- heart qi stagnation
- anger, headache, ribside pain, sighs a lot to release pain, irregular menses, hernia
- liver qi stagnation
- bloating, pain in lower abdomen
- spleen qi stagnation
- 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 - cough, asthma, weezing
- lung qi rebellion
- nausea, belching, hiccups, vomitting
- stomach qi rebellion
- headache, vertigo, coma, stroke
- liver qi rebellion
- qi sinking
- 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
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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
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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
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produces the blood
nourishes - ying qi - nourishing qi
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derived from food qi
circulates outside of the vessels
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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
- dense and material form of qi
- blood
- 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 - fx of blood
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1. nourishing and moistening the entire body
2.the material basis for mental activity - blood def. is caused by
- 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.
- palpitations, insomnia, poor memory, dizziness, dreams a lot
- heart blood def.
- blurred/double vision, nearsightedness, itching, dry eyes, numbness of 4 limbs at night, irregular menses
- liver blood def.
- no appetite, heavy body, loose stool, bleeding under the skin
- spleen blood def.
- blood stagnation is caused by
- 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
- cancer is caused by?
- blood/qi stagnation
- blood heat is caused by
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outside - dryness/fire
inside - stomach heat, chronic disease, fever, food -
heat sensation, restlessness, dry mouth, itchy skin, bright red bleeding, hypermenorrhea, thirst
T red, raised dots
P rapid - blood heat
- what organs are connected to blood?
- 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
- what organs are connected with body fluid?
- lung, sp, st, kidney
- body fluid disease is caused by
- 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
- the essence
- jing
- jing fx
- growth, reproduction, development
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1.kidney qi is produced by
2. produces marrow to fill the brain (spinal cord) - essence
- dysfunction of essence is caused by
- 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.
- shen-spirit
- heart: consciousness, thought, creativity
- ethereal soul
- han - liver, rigor
- corporeal soul
- po - lung, instinct/intuition
- mind
- zhi - kidney, will power character
- thought
- shi - spleen, analytical thinking memory
- dysfunctions of spirit and souls
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insomnia, psychological/mental problems caused by
heart + liver
heart + spleen
heart + kidney - 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 - fatique, pale face, sweating, lazy to talk, blurred vision, vertigo,
- qi/blood def.
- qi promotes, moves and holds what?
- body fluid
- body fluid carries
- qi
- blood and body fluid
- are both yin, have the same origin, and transform each other
- 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 - are both yin, have the same origin, and transform each other
- blood and body fluid