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strong voice
strong lung qi or lung qi excess
hoarse voice
short term - acute/excess

long term - chronic/deficiency
children crying at night
food stagnation or fright.
loud, projectile vomit/acute
excess
low sound, long term/chronic
Xu
hiccups - long tem/chronic/quiet
stomach cold or heat Xu
hiccups/short term/acute/loud
stomach cold or heat excess
belching with offensive smell
food stagnation/retention
belch - rotten apple odor
diabetes
spit up foul smelling phlegm with pus and blood
lung carbuncle
carbuncle
excess heat
gangrene
yin xu. body fluid is hurt.
nail like boil
at onset: small, like millet. changes to tight root, white top. red line travels due to toxic heat.
furuncle
shallow, superficial. maybe some pus due to damp heat.
amonia smell
kidney
bad breath
stomach heat
murmuring to one's self
heart qi xu
won't shut up
exces and/or heat
won't talk
xu and/or cold
asthma
acute/excess
dry cough
yin xu (no substance)
loud cough
excess
soft cough
xu
hidden pulse
press to the bone
leather/tympanic
superficial, not deep
rapid
more than 5 beats per breath, more than 90 per minute
extreme thin and soft. a pulse feeling thready and soft, scarcely perceptable.
minute (deficient pulse)
choppy pulse never means ___________
cold
choppy pulse never means _____
cold
scattered pulse is irregular, hardly perceptable. "INDISTINCT"
True
Indistinct pulse
scattered
Slippery pulse indication?
Damp, phlegm, food retention, pregnancy. NEVER XU
Slippery pulse indication?
Damp, phlegm, food retention, pregnancy. NEVER XU
can a slippery pulse be normal?
yes, pregnancy.
slippery pulse does not indicate xu?
true - damp/phlegm/food retention/pregnancy
a sigh indicates?
liver qi stagnation
stabbing fixed pain indicates?
blood stasis
T or F: Yin xu has thick fur?
False - no coat, mappng, peeling, cracks.....
T or F: Middle of the tongue is liver/gallbladder?
FALSE! liver/gb sides. st/sp middle
t or F: Hollow pulse is large,Taut and full?
FALSE! Holllow pulse is large, soft and empty.
T or F: A wiry/taut/stringy pulse indicates liver or gb issue with pain?
TRUE
Liver Qi and Blood Deficieny is what pulse?
Thready/thin/fine
T or F: A weak pulse is deep and thready without strength?
TRUE
A deep pulse indicates prolonged illness?
TRUE
Deep, thready, unclear?
FALSE! Thready pulse is very distinct. Deep pulse is also clear.
Choppy/Uneven pulse?
Blood Xu, blood stagnation. (Chop = blood)
slow pulse pauseing at IRREGULAR intervals?
knotted
T or F: Knotted pulse pauses at reglar intervals?
FALSE! pauses at irregular intervals. (knots in your stomach cause you to be irregular)
blue/purple lips means impeded circulation?
true
overweight, swollen body. Pale or pale-bluish face. low spirit. weak muscle. prefer warm. desire to wrap up.
YANG Xu
Name the 3 crisis pulses?
scattered, swift, minute
superficial/floating + tight
external cold pathogen
heat at the yin and blood level has what kid of tongue?
crimson
atrophied ear?
exhausted kidney Qi
kid finger, fresh red?
indicated exterior condition, NOT HEAT
Green pathologically means:
cold, blood stasis
colvulsions?
inner wind excess
What are the 4 diagnostic skills?
1. Observation/inspection
2. Listening and smelling
3. asking
4. feeling pulse and palpating
List the 3 aspects of shen.
1. embodiment
2. vitality
3. luster
Sparking, clear eyes, a lively expression,a lustrous complexion, a clear and alert
mind, keen reflexes, good energy, enthusiasm, normal breathing, a clear, ringing voice & agile body movements.
high spirits, a positive approach to life, a stable personality, strong will power,
a clear sense of direction in life & a keen intellect
Strong Shen
Appears only during the course of a Severe, chronic disease A patient suddenly seems to be vigorous with a clear look in eyes, talks incessantly & wants to meet family members, Appetite
improved suddenly & the complexion suddenly becomes bright red almost as if the patient were wearing make-up
False Shen
Name two syndromes indicated by a pale complexion.
Deficiency and cold.
Name two syndromes indicated by a red complexion.
Excess heat and deficient heaT.
Name two syndromes indicated by a yellow complexion.
deficiency and damp.
Name 4 syndromes indicated by a dark complexion color.
Kidney Xu, cold, blood stasis, phlegm-fluid retention.
Name 4 syndromes indicate by a bluish-greenish complexion color.
Cold, pain, blood stasis and inner wind (convulsions)
What does a sallow complexion indicate?
Spleen Qi deficiency + dampness.
The Liver/wind wheel corresponds to which part of the eye?
iris
The Heart/blood wheel corresponds to which part of the eye?
canthus
Which syndrome causes a child to open his or her eyelids while asleep?
Deficient Qi and blood due to weak spleen
The water/kidney wheel corresponds to which part to the eye?
pupil
The qi/lung wheel corresponds to which part of the eye?
scalera
True or False: the normal color of a child's index finger is slightly red with a little bit of yellow inside of the wind gate?
True
Abnormalities in which segment of a child's index finger indicates a life threatning situation?
distal segment/life gate
Edema - Hypothyroidism.
Pitty or non-pitty?
non-pitty
What does dimness and darkness around the orbital region mean?
Deficient kidney
Dry hair is realted to ________________
Yin xu and/or body fluid xu
Dark, necrotic tissue. Yin condition. no nutrition or blood flow.
Gangrene
Superficial vein with a floating pulse on a child's index finger signify?
common cold
Swollen tongue with and teethmark means ______?
spleen qi xu with some water retention in the interior
White to yellow coating indicates
cold to heat
headache in forhead
yangming
headache inside all over,
shaoyin
headache vertix
jue yin
headache in temples
shao yang
headache posterior
tai yang
headache stabbing, worse at night
blood stasis
throbbing headache/distending pain
liver yang rising
dull pain
qi and blood deficiency
headache: wants to add pressure
xu
headache: does not like pressure
excess
yang edema (upper)
lung and kidney
yin edema (lower)
spleen and kidney
any joint pain is
bi syndrome (blockage/pain)
wei syndrome
no pain, weak muscle, atrophy (bells palsy)
chills and fever at the same time?
exterior / taiyang
*When is the best time to feel the pulse?
early morning
What is the best position to feel the pulse?
sitting better than lying down. Important thing is everyone is relaxed and arm is level with the heart.
What part of your finger do you use to feel the pulse?
Upper edge of the tip. It is more sensative. ***Not the tip.
which helps us locate the pulse?
styloid process
Which finger is medial to the styloid process?
middle finger
younger than 3 years old, where do you feel the pulse?
rub your thumbs down the childs index finger
3 years to 7 yrs old feel, how do you feel the pulse?
moving the thumb through all the positions
Cun Guan Chi - each position has 3 depth levels of pulse
Ju (superficial), Xun (middle) , An (root, deep)
one breath should be how many beats?
4
True or false: You should regulate your breath to the patient's.
true
How long should you feel the patients pulse?
50 beats is good - not too long and not too short. You want to be able to catch an irregular heartbeat.
normal pulse is _________
1. 4 beats per respiration cycle 2. pulse in all 9 positions 3. deep kidney/chi/root pulse 4. St qi, shen, root
Describe a normal pulse.
4 beats during normal breath, know "wei shen gen"
what is "wei shen gen"
Wei = stomach qi shen = spirit Gen = root
In a normal pulse, Wei/St qi should be?
NOT superficial, fast or slow. SHOULD BE gentle, calm and regular.
In a normal pulse, Shen should be?
soft, gentle with some strength
Normal Gen pulse has?
strong root "chi" pulse
true or false: different seasons mean different pulses?
yes. Neijing says "4 different seasons mean 4 different pulse"
Does your pulse change as you get older?
yes. As you get older you consume yin. You get smaller, shorter... You will have Yin Xu which equals thinner pulser and harder (like the creek)
In severe cases, a superfical pulse indicates ________________
yang qi leaving. patient is about to die.
Pale tongue, generally speaking is __________
Deficiency - Qi xu, Yang Xu, Blood Xu and Cold. (3 Xu and one excess)
What type of excess can cause a pale tongue?
cold
Qi Deficiency plus cold is_______?
Yang Deficiency
If coating is changing from thin to thick that means what?
it is moving from exterior to interior. Prognosis is getting worse. Evil is getting deeper.
flaccid tongue indicates?
blood and qu xu, yin xu, extreme blood and qi xu.
wry (diviated) tongue?
wind/phlegm obstucting collaterals/wind stroke.
mirror tongue?
extreme yin xu and stomach qi xu
kids who sleep with eyes open?
spleen qi xu
red eye?
liver fire
whole eye red and swollen?
external wind and heat
both eyes bulging?
hyperthyroidism
one eye bulging?
cerebroma
white face?
qi xu, blood xu, yang xu, cold
purple and dark/black finger on kid?
collateral is blocked.
back of head/neck?
TAIYANG
thick yellow dry coat?
interior heat affecting fluids
fissues?
normal, yin xu, blood xu
wind gate?
first joint
normal color for kid finger?
light red or yellowish.
kid finger: purple and red
internal heat
qi gate?
middle joint
Swollen abdomen: even largeness
gas/bloating
uneven, swollen abdomen
water retention (water retention can indicate cirosis. Qi Xu can cause this)
hypochondriac distention w/pain?
liver qi stagnation with blood stasis. (cirosis,cancer can be this)
distended chest. Touch is uncormfortable all over chest region?
phlegm/damp retention. heart and lung qi cannot move freely.
clear shaped mass in abdomen. pain is fixed.
blood stasis
hernia
blood stasis or phlegm retention
mass has no clear shape, pain moves, not always present.
qi problem
appendix
right lower corner
left hypochondriac region?
pancreasright hypochondriac area?
right hypochon area?
GB
palm heat?
internal heat
forehead heat?
external heat
qi edema?
no lasting impressing
water edema?
lasting impression when press skin
edema, no depression because too hard?
hypothyroidism
"Xu li" 5th intercostal space - heart apex: if weak? if strong? Irregular and flooding?
1. Xu 2. zong qi leaking out. 3. heart qi is leaving, zhong qi is almost gone.
pale face, cold hands/feet, overweight, likes to wrap up
yang Xu