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D&D Correspondences
Macioca FCM Correspondences between various Signs & Sx Limbs
| Sign of State of Health | Disharmony/ Significance |
|---|---|
| Limbs | Health of SP/ST SP influences muscles ST transports Food Essence to limbs |
| Firm muscles | Good SP/ST Qi |
| Flabby muscles | SP/ST deficiency |
| Healthy color of flesh and firm around ankles and wrists | Good Body Fluids |
| Skin lacks luster, is dry, shrivelled | Exhaustion of Body Fluids |
| Swelling of joints of 4 limbs | Bi syndrome esp. from Dampness which can develop to Phlegm causing Bone deformities In women often cooccurs with Blood deficiency |
| Red swollen hot joints | retention of Damp-Heat |
| Water edema of limbs or Pitting edema Skin pits and changes color upon pressure | Yang deficiency |
| Qi edema or Non-pitting edema Skin does not pit or change color upon pressure | Qi stagnation or Dampness Fluids can't transform or transport or excrete correctly so accumulate in the Cou Li |
| Edema in hands | LU-Yang deficiency |
| Edema in feet | KD-Yang deficiency |
| Edema in hands and feet | SP-Yang deficiency |
| Acute edema of hands and face | Wind-Water invasion of LU (Wind-Cold) |
| Acute flaccidity of limbs | Wind-Heat in LU developing into Internal-Heat which injures Body Fluids of ST/SP |
| Chronic flaccidity of limbs | Damp-Heat affecting SP/ST in Full conditions or ST/SP deficiency in Empty conditions |
| Severe chronic flaccidity of limbs - may become atrophy | KD-Yin deficiency |
| Rigidity of 4 limbs | Unable to flex or extend wrist, elbow, knee, or ankle joints |
| Acute sudden onset of rigid limbs | Wind invasion which resolves once Wind is expelled |
| Rigidity of limbs from interior condition | LR-Yang rising or LR-Wind in the elderly also Painful obstruction syndrome esp from Dampness w/ Phlegm (chronic) and pain and swelling of joints |
| Rigid joints in elderly | Can't flex joints due to Phlegm in channels w/ Internal-Wind |
| Rigidity w/ joint and/or muscle pain worsening at night | Blood stasis |
| Rigidity of limb from an Empty condition | LR&KD-Yin deficiency OR SP&KD-Yang deficiency (more common in elderly) |
| Paralysis of 4 limbs - ranging from slight to complete | Main causes are ST/SP deficiency, general deficiency of Qi and Blood and LR&KD-Yin deficiency Full condition: retention of Damp in muscles and Blood stasis |
| Hemiplegia after stroke | Retention of Wind and Phlegm in channels of limb on one side |
| Contraction 4 of limbs acute sudden onset | Wind invasion - short and resolves by itself |
| Contraction of limbs from Full condition | Damp obstructing muscles or Heat injuring Body Fluids of limb channels |
| Contraction of limbs from Empty condition | Most common is LR0Blood or LR-Yang deficiencies in elderly is Dupuythen contracture involving ring or little finger? |
| Tremors or spasticity of limbs | shaking, trembling, quivering arms and legs or both - subtle or with amplitude hands more common than legs cause is ALWAYS LR-Wind |
| Tremors or spasticity of limbs Full condition | Pronounced shaking |
| Tremors or spasticity of limbs Empty condition | Fine tremor |
| Tremors or spasticity of limbs most common | in elderly combo of LR-Wind and Phlegm affecting channels and sinews |
| Tremors | LR-Yang rising - Internal-Wind |
| Fine tremor more common in women | LR-Wind from LR-Blood deficiency |
| Tremors in elderly | commonly LR&KD-Yin deficiency |
| Fine tremor | Qi and Blood deficiency not nourishing sinews and muscles |
| Spasticity and tremor happening at Blood level | Heat from FV causes LR-Wind or Yin deficiency leading to Empty-Wind |
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