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If the tip of the nose is blue or green, this indicates.. |
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abdominal pain or Qi Stagnation in the Middle burner |
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Infertility due to Deficiency is usually because |
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Blood Deficiency Kidney Jing Deficiency or Cold |
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Infertility due to Excess is usually because of |
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Damp Heat in the Lower Burner or Stasis of Blood in the Uterus |
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Vomiting during pregnancy indicates |
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| Stomach Heat, or Deficiency of Stomach and Chong Mai |
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White, thin, clear vaginal discharge indicates |
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| Cold from Spleen or Kidney Yang Xu |
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Vaginal Discharge that is Yellow, especially if thick and accompanied by foul smell indicates |
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| Damp Heat in the Low Jiao |
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Pain before periods indicates |
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Qi Stagnation or Blood stasis, Cold/Cold Damp obstructing |
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Pain during periods indicates |
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Qi stagnation or Blood Stasis, Stagnation of Cold, or Qi & Blood Xu |
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If period arrives early (one or more weeks early), this indicates |
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Heat in the Blood (red tongue, etc.) or Qi Xu (pale tongue, etc.) |
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Late period (lengthened a week or more) indicates... |
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Blood Xu, Blood Stasis, or Cold (xu or shi cold) |
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Irregular period indicates |
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Liver Qi Stagnation or Spleen Qi Xu |
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during menses, Heavy blood loss that is bright red indicates... |
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Blood Xu, Blood Stasis, or Cold Obstructing |
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Blood Xu, Pregnancy, Stagnant Qi/Blood Stasis |
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during menses, normal color is |
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Very dark red or bright red Indicates |
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Purple/blackish blood Indicates |
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Blood Stasis (often seen with clots) |
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| The Heart is the residence of the Shen, and the ___________nourish the Shen. |
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| Insomnia associated with palpitation, excessive dreams, inablility to sleep deeply, and poor memory is caused by |
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| insufficiency of blood nourishing the Heart |
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| Insomnia...Accompanied by restlessness in mind & difficulty falling asleep or staying awake all night or waking frequently, accompanied by night swats, and dry throat indicates |
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Kidney Yin Xu leading to Heart Fire
(Kidney and Heart not interacting) |
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Delayed ability to fall asleep
waking before dawn
unable to fall asleep again |
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Heart Qi Xu, or Gallbladder Xu
(common in elderly bc qi is weaker) |
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Insomnia accompanied by...
bitter taste, vomiting saliva,
palpitation
irritability
inability to fall asleep |
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| internal disturbance of Phlegm-fire |
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| Insomnia due to disharmony of the Stomach indicates |
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a derrangement of Stomach Qi leading to restless in the mind during sleep (from Liv/St disharmony or Food stagnation) |
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| Waking during the night is often due to |
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Heat disturbing the Shen
(can be due to KI Yin failing to nourish HT Yin, ST Heat from Food Retention, Liv Fire, HT Fire, Etc.) |
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| Somlonenece, excessive sleepiness and drowsiness, with heaviness, fatigues limbs, and drowsiness can be caused by |
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Damp Encumberance w/ clear Yang not rising,
Qi Xu |
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Somnolence with Extreme LEthargy
and a feeling of Cold w. weak pulse indicates |
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Diarrhea....
sudden onset
frequent, foul odor, abdominal pain,
borborymus, burning, (possible presence of mucus/blood) indicates |
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| Loose stools with undigested food indicates |
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| Spleen Qi Xu or Spleen Yang Xu |
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| Diarrhea that is enduring, long term, thin, watery(sloppy), soft or not completley transformed |
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Diarrhea at dawn ever day
(5th watch, daybreak, cock crow diarrhea) |
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| presence of mucus in stool |
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| presence of blood in stool |
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| heat, or spleen qi not containing blood in vessels |
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| skin feels hot and after some time warmth ceases |
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| skin feels hot and after some time warmth increases |
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| cold limbs, low back, knees, feet |
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exterior or interior condition |
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LV blood xu or LU yin xu if accompanied by dry cough |
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non-pitting edema (skin is swollen & distended, tight, no pit after pressing) |
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| qi swelling from qi stagnation or dampness |
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cold fingers & toes (may be a warm person) |
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| cold hands & feet in women |
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Abdominal masses that move under fingers |
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| abdominal masses that do not move & feel hard |
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| loud, coarse voice, agitation, incessant talking |
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| Repletion & heat patterns |
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| weak, thin voice, reluctance to speak |
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Vacuity & cold patterns (lung qi xu or cold) |
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| external attack wind-heat, wind-cold, warm-dryness |
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| vacuity of LU qi or Lu yin (dryness, thirst) |
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Lu yin xu (chronic) attack or warm dryness or wind-heat (acute) |
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| Breath, respiration, involves which govers qi, and the which grasps qi |
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Repletion - belching loud, long sound |
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cold attack stomach, liver/stomach disharmony or food stagnation |
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| Repletion hiccough: repetitive, loud, forceful |
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| Liver qi invading Somach, or eating too quickly |
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| Vacuity hiccough- weak, forceless, quiet |
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| Stomach qi xu, or St yin xu |
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vomiting above, diarrhea below (vomit is sour, foul, diarrhea is foul & dirty) accompanied by abdominal pain, fever |
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| Flautulence with foul odor |
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| Damp-Heat in Spleen, Stomach Heat, or stagnant qi in Small Intestine |
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Spleen Yang xu producing interior Cold |
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distending (zhang) pain with no fixed location comes & goes with emotions Pain is sometimes mild, sometimes strong pain is diminished by sighing, belching, flatulence |
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pain is severe, stabbing in a fixed location, often on head, chest, abd. epig. and uterus. Pain is worse with cold or cold weather |
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cramping, spastic pain worse with cold weather or cold food slightly better with warmth Often in epig.. abd. uterus, joints, head, and low back. |
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Cold Pain (either xu or shi) caused by cold blocking the collaterals, or Yang Qi Xu, causing lack of warmth & nourishment in Z.F. organs & meridians |
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| burning pain with burning sensation, often in epigastrium, hypochondriac regions |
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shi or xu heat (ex: Stomach Fire) |
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| intense pain with feeling of fullness or distention |
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| pain accompanied by heaviness |
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| dampness, often in head, 4 limbs, lumbar region |
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| headache is distending, throbbing |
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| Thirst with no desire to drink |
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| Thirst w. desire to drink cold beverages |
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| Thirst with desire to drink warm beverages |
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| if excessive drinking does not relieve the symptoms of thirst & then excessive urination follows, this suggests |
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wasting & thirsting syndrome (xiao ke) diabetes |
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