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Definition
Hypochondriac, abd pain
Vomiting blood, epistaxis
painful, irreg periods, dk clotted blood
infertility
masses in abd
purple lips, nails, complexion (or dk), petechiae
dry skin |
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Term
| LV Blood Stasis Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Purple, esp or only on sides. Severe: purple spots on sides
Pulse:string taut or firm |
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Term
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Definition
pallor (dull, pale, lusterless), pale lips
dizzy, vertigo
blurry vision, dry eyes, floaties
night blindness
numb limbs, tingling
tendon spasms, muscular weakness, cramps
scanty menses or amenorrhea
dry hair and skin, withered, brittle nails
insomnia, depression, aimlessness |
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Term
| LV Blood Xu Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Pale, esp on sides, thin, sl dry. Severe: orangey
Pulse: hesitant or thready |
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Term
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Definition
hypochondrial, abd, epigastrium fullness
bitter, sticky taste
poor appetite
nausea
heaviness of body
yellow vag discharge, itching, sores
Mid cycle bleeding/ pain
scrotum pain, redness, swelling
Genital papular or vesicular rashes, itching
urinary difficulty
burning urination
Dk urine
dysuria |
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Term
| LV Damp Heat Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Red with redder sides, sticky yellow coat
Pulse: slippery, wiry, rapid |
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Term
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Definition
Distending pain in head, temporal HA
dizzy, vertigo
tinnitus like waves
red, swelling pain of eyes (red face)
bitter taste, dry mouth, thirst
irritability
hypochond burning pain
(dk) yellow urine, constip with dry stools
propensity to anger outbursts
dream disturbed sleep
hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis |
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Term
| LV Fire Flaring Up Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Red, yellow coat OR red body, redder sides, dry yellow coat
Pulse: String taut, (rapid) OR forceful, string taut rapid |
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Term
| LV Channel Cold Stagnation |
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Definition
Lower abd/ hypogastrium distending painw/ bearing down in testes OR pain radiating to scrotum or up to hypochondrium
contracted scrotum
pain worse w/ cold, better w/ warmth
feels cold, cold hands, feet
vertex HA\vomiting clear, watery fluid or dry vomiting
WOmen: shrinking of vagina |
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Term
| LV Channel Cold Stagnation Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Pale, wet w/ a white coat OR white coat
Pulse: Deep, wiry, slow OR slippery, deep, string taut |
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Term
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Definition
eczema of scrotum
swelling, burning pain of testes
yellow foul leukorrhea w/ pruritis vulvae |
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Term
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Definition
Hypochond, epig distention
hiccups, belching, vomiting
sighing
nausea
churning in ST
irritability
breast distention |
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Term
| LV Qi Rebelling Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: mild: no change. Severe: red sides
Pulse: wiry, esp in LV, ST areas |
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Term
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Definition
Mental depression, moodiness, melancholy, fluctuation of mental state, feeling wound up
lump (foreign body) in throat
epig, abd, dist and pain
costal, hypochondriac distending or wandering pain
breast distention
stuffy chest
sighing
irreg menses, dysmenorrhea, PMS
irritability
poor appetite, belching
possible accumulations and gatherings
Severe/ prolongued: pricking pain in costal, hypochond or palpable mass |
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Term
| LV Qi Stagnation Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: TWC OR purplish dark or purple spots
Pulse: String taut |
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Term
| LV Wind Due to Extreme Heat |
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Definition
high fever
convulsions, neck rigidity, tremor of limbs, agitation/ convulsions of hands, feet
dry lips
stupor
upward staring of eyes
Severe: opisthotonos, lockjaw, coma |
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Term
| LV Wind Due to Extreme Heat Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Deep red (stiff, dry, yellow coat) OR red w/ little fluid or crimson with yellow or black dry fur
Pulse: wiry, rapid |
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Term
| LV Qi Stag Turning Into Heat |
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Definition
Hypoch, epig dist, sl oppression in chest
irrit, melancholy, depression
lump in throat
heat, red face
thirst
easy anger
PMS, irreg menses, pm breast distention
heavy menses |
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Term
| LV Qi Stag Turning Into Heat Tongue, Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: red on sides
Pulse: siry, esp on L, sl rapid |
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Term
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Definition
HA with distending, stiff neck, tension
dizzy, vertigo
tinnitus
flushed face, eyes
irritability, agitation, wound up
Insomnia, dream dist sleep
dry mouth, throat
yellow urine, bound stools
palps
poor memory
sore, weak low back, knees
deafness, blurry vision |
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Term
| LV Yang Rising Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Red OR varies OR red with yellow
Pulse: wiry, thready, rapid OR string taut OR string taut and rapid |
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Term
| LV Yang Rising Causing LV Wind |
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Definition
Dizzy, vertigo
HA, heaviness of head
Numbness, tremor of limbs, hands, possible abnormal gait
dysphagia
If sudden fainting, deviation of mouth eyes, stiffness of tongue impeding speech, gurgling phlegm in throat, hemiplegia: wind stroke |
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Term
| LV Yang Rising Causing LV Wind Tongue, Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Red, tremulus
Pulse: string taut, rapid |
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Term
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Definition
Dryness, roughness of eyes
blurry vision
rib side pain
tidal or low fever
5 HT heat, night sweats
dry lips, throat
bitter taste
yellow urine, bound stools |
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Term
| LV Yin Xu Tongue and Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: Red w/ little fluids, no coat or thin coat
Pulse: string taut, fine, rapid |
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Term
| LV Yin Xu Causing LV Wind |
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Definition
tremor, facial tic
severe dizziness
HA
HTN
dry throat, eyes
tinnitus
numb, tingling limbs
blurry vision
poor memory |
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Term
| LV Yin Xu Causing LV Wind Tongue, Pulse |
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Definition
Tongue: normal w/o coat
Pulse; string taut, thready |
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Term
| LV, KD Yin Xu Causing Wind |
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Definition
Same as LV plus:
backache
scanty urine
night sweats
Tongue: normal, no coat
Pulse: string taut, thready |
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