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Organ Patterns
Chinese Medicine - Lung, Spleen, Heart, Kidney and Liver
Diagnosis | Signs & Symptoms | Treatment Principle | Points |
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Spleen Qi Deficiency | No appetite, sallow complexion, weak limbs, fatigue, loose stools | Tonify SP Qi | Ren12, ST36, SP3, SP6, BL20, BL21 |
Spleen Qi Sinking | No appetite, Loose stools, Fatigue, weak limbs, bearing down sensation in abdomen, frequent and urgent urine, hemmorhoids, varicose viens | Tonify SP Qi & Raise | Ren12, ST36, SP3, SP6 BL20, BL21, Du20, Du1, Ren6, ST21 |
Spleen not controlling Blood | Fatiuge, Loose stools, no appetite, Blood spots under skin, blood in urine or stools, menorrhagia, metrorrohaiga, sallow complexion, shorthness of breath | Tonify SP Qi | Ren12, ST36, SP3, SP6, BL20, BL21, SP10, BL17, SP1 |
Spleen Yang Deficiency | Loose stools, chilliness, cold limbs, fatiuge, edema, lack of appetite, weakness of the limbs | Tonify and Warm SP Yang | Ren12, ST36, SP3, SP6, BL20, BL21, SP9, Ren9, ST28, BL22 |
Cold-Damp invading the Spleen | No appetite, heavy head, no thirst, stuffy chest, feeling cold i the epigastrium, sweet or no taste, loose stools, white vaginal discharge | Resolve Dampness | Ren12, SP3, SP6, SP9, ST8 |
Damp-Heat invading the Spleen | loose stools with offensive oder, low grade fever, stuffiness in epigastrium, no appetite, thirst with desire to drink, nausea, vomiting, buring sensation, dark scanty urine, headache | Resolve Dampness & Clear Heat | SP6, SP9, Du9, LI11, BL20, GB34 |
Spleen and Lung Qi Deficiency | no appetite, fatigue, loose stools, weak voice, slight breathlessness, bright-white complexion, slight spontaneous sweating | Tonify LU and SP Qi | ST36, SP3, BL20, BL21, LU9,BL13, Du12 |
Spleen and Liver Blood Deficiency | Dizziness, blurried vision, floaters, numbness or tingling of the limbs, fatigue, sallow complexion, loose stools, no appetite | Tonify SP and LR Blood, Promote Blood | ST36, SP3, BL20, BL21, SP6, LR8, BL17, BL18 |
Obstruction of Spleen by Dampness with Liver Qi Stagnation | Stuffy and fullness of the epigastrium, heaviness, nausea, thirst with desire to drink small amounts, no appetite, loose stools, sallow complexion, hypochondriac pain, jandice, bitter taste | Tonify SP, Promote smooth flow of LR Qi, Clear Heat | SP3, SP6, LR13, LR 14, GB24, GB34, Ren12, BL20, Du9 |
Kidney Yin deficiency | dry mouth at night, night sweating, dizziness, tinnitus, vertigo, 5-palm heat, thirst, sore back, ache in bones, constipation, dark scanty urine, nocturnal emission | Nourish KI Yin | Ren4, KI3, KI6, KI9, KI10, SP6, Ren1 |
Kidney Yang Deficiency | cold in the back, abundant clear urine, soreness in the back, aversion to cold, cold knees, weak legs, bright white complexion, impotence, premature ejaculation, lassitude, apathy, edema of the legs, infertility in women, poor appetite, loose stools | Tonify Warm KI Yang, Stregthen Ming Men | Du4, BL23, BL52, Ren4, KI3, KI7, Jing Gong, Ren6 |
Kidney Qi not Firm | Dribbling after urination, nocturnal emissions w/o dreams, soreness in the lower back, clear and frequent urine, weak stream urine, enuresis, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, proplapse of uterus | Reinforce and Stablize KI Qi | Du4, BL23, Ren4, KI3, Jing Gong, Du20, Ren6 |
Kidneys failing to Recieve Qi | SOB upon exertion, sweating, clear urination, difficulty in inhaling, cough , asthma, cold limbs, swelling of the face, thin body, mental listlessness, soreness of the back | Tonify and Warm KI Yang, Stimulate the KI reception of Qi, Stimulate the LU Descending and Dispersing function | KI3, LU7, KI6, ST36, BL23, Du4, Ren6, Ren17, KI25, Du12, Ki7 |
Kidney Essence Deficiency | poor bone development in children, weakness, falling hair, weak sexual activity, softening of bones, poor memory, loose teath, soreness of the back | Nourish the essence | Du4, BL23, KI3, KI6, GB34, BL11. DU14, Du20, BL15 |
Kidney Yang deficiency, Water Overflowing | edema of the ankles, cold feeling in legs, distension of the abdomen, sore lower back, (if in HT: palps, breathlessness, cold hands) (in in LU: thin watery sputum, cough, asthma, SOB on exurtion) | Tonify and Warm the KI and SP Yang, Transform Water, (Warm and Tonify HT Yang and/Or LU Qi) | Du4, BL23, BL20, BL22, Ren9, ST28, KI7, Du14, BL15, Du12, BL13, LU7 |
Kidney Yin deficiency, Empty Fire Blazing | malar flush, mental restlessness, dry throat at night, feeling of heat in the afternoon, night sweats, low grade fever, insomnia, scanty dark urine, blood in urine, soreness of the lower back, nocturnal emissions w/ dreams, excessive sexual desire | Nourish KI Yin, Clear Heat, Calm the MInd | KI3, KI6, KI10, KI9, KI2, LU10, HT5, LU7 |
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency | dry eyes, dry throat, night sweats, scanty menstration, sallow complexion, dull occipital or vertex headaches, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, numbness of the limbs, malar flush, dizziness, blurried vision, outbursts of anger, soreness of the lowerback | Nourish KI and LR Yin | KI3, KI6, LR8, BL17, BL18, BL20, BL23, BL10, Du20, Ren4 |
Kidney and Heart Not Harmonized | Palps, insomnia, night sweating, mental reslessness, poor memory, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness of the lower back, nocturnal emissions w/ dreams, feaver or heat in the afternoon, | Nourish KI and HT Yin, Clear Heat from the HT | KI3, KI6, KI9, HT5m HT6, HT7, GB13, Du24, Ren15, PC6, Ren4, SP6, Yin Yang |
Kidney and Lung Yin Deficiency | Dry cough, heat in the evening, night sweating, dry mouth, thin body, breathlessness on exurtion, soreness of the lower back, weak limbs, nocturnal emissions, 5 palm heat | Nourihs LU and KI Yin, INcrease body fluids | KI3, KI6, LU7, LU9, LU1, SP6, Ren4, BL43 |
Kidney and Spleen Yang deficiency | chronic diarrhea, chilliness, feeling cold in the back, physically weak, mental listlessness, phlegm in the throat, breathlessness, dislike to talk, desire to lie down, poor appetite, aversion to cold, abundant clear urine, loose stools | Tonify adn Warm KI and SP Yang | KI3, KI7, BL23, Du4, BL20, BL21, ST6, Ren6, ST37, ST25, BL25 |
Heart QI Deficiency | Papls, tiredness, SOB, Sweating, Pallor, Listlessness | Tonify HT QI | HT5, PC6, BL15, Ren17, Ren6 |
Heart Yang Deficiency | Palps, feeling of cold, cold limbs, SOB, listlessness, sweating, feeling of stuffiness in chest | Tonify and Warm HT Yang | HT5, PC6, Ren17, Ren6, Du14 |
Heart Yang Collapse | Cyanosis of lips, cold limbs, palps, SOB, Shallow breathing, profuse sweating, in severe cases can be a coma | Rescue Yang, Stop Sweating, Restore Consciousness | Ren4, Ren6, Ren8, Du4, BL23, St36, PC6, LB15, Du14, Du20 |
Heart Blood Deficiency | Palps, insomnia, poor memory, dizziness, dream-disturbed sleep, anxiety, eaisly startled, dull-pale compexion, pale lips | Tonify Blood, Tonify HT, Pacify the Mind | HT7, PC6, Ren14, Ren15, Ren4, BL17, BL20 |
Heart Yin Deficiency | palps,insomnia, dream-dsiturbed sleep, eaisly startled, poor memory, anxiety, mental restlessness, feeling of heat, malar flush, heat in the evening, night sweating, dry mouth and throat, 5-palm heat | Tonify and Nourish HT Yin, Nourish KI Yin (if necessary), Pacify the Mind | HT7, PC6, Ren4, Ren14, Ren15, HT6, HT7, SP6, KI6 |
Heart Fire Blazing | Ulcers in mouth, thirst, palps, mental restlessness, feeling of heat, insomnia, red face, dark/blood in urine, bitter taste | Clear Heat, Pacify the MInd | HT9, HT8, HT7, Ren15, SP6, KI6 |
Phlegm-Fire Harasing the Heart | mental restlessness, palps,insomnia, easily startled, incoherent speech, confusion, rash behavior, tendency to hit/scold, uncontrolled laughter, shouting, muttering to oneself | Clear HT-Fire, Resolve Phlegm, Pacify the Mind | HT9, HT8, HT7, PC6, Ren15, Ren12, ST40, PC5, SP6, LR2, LR3, Du20, Du24, GB13, GB15 |
Phlegm Misting the MInd | mental confusion, rattling sound in throat, lethargic stupor, vomiting, aphasia, unconsciousness, coma | Open HT, Resolve Phelgm, Restore consciousness (if necessary) | HT9, PC5, ST40, BL15, Du26, Ren12, BL20 |
Heart Blood Stagnation | Pain in chest, Cyanosis of lips, palps, Stuffiness in chest, cold hands, radiating pain down left arm | Regulate Blood, Remove stasis, Tonify and Warm HT Ynag, Pacify the Mind | PC6, PC4, HT7, Ren17, BL14, BL17, SP10, KI25 |
Liver Qi Stagnation | feling of distension, melancholy, depression, moodienss, feeling lumb in throat, irregular/painful menses, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, belching, sighing, hiccup, porr appetite | Disperse Liver, Regulate/Move Qi | G34, TE6, LR3, LR13, LR14, PC6 |
Liver Blood Stasis | Dark clotted menstral blood, vomiting of blood, abdominal pain, "masses" in the abdomen, iregular and painful periods | Disperse LIver, Regulate/ move Blood | GB34, BL17, SP10, BL18, Ren6 |
Liver FIre Blazing Upwards | irritability, red face, red eyes, outburst of anger, tinnitus, temporal HA’s, dizziness, thirst, bitter taste, dream-disturbed sleep, constipation with dry stools, dark yellow urine | Sedate LR, Clear Fire | LR2, LR3, GB20, GB13, Tai Yang |
Extreme Heat Generating Wind | hight temp, convulsion, coma, stiff tongue | Disperse LR, Clear Heat, Subdue Wind | LR2, LR3, SI3, Du16, Du20, GB20, Shi Xuan (10 declarations) |
Liver Yang Rising Causing Wind | unconsicousness, convulsions, deviation of eyes | Nourish LR Yin, Subdue LR Yang and Wind | LR 8, SP6, KI3, LR3, Du16, DU20, BL18 |
Deficiency of Liver Blood causing Wind | numbness of limbs, tics, shaking, tremors | Tonify LR Blood, Subdue Wind | LR3, LR4, Du16, Du20, GB20, LR8, Sp6, KI3, BL20, BL23, BL17, BL18 |
Damp-Heat in Liver/Gall Bladder | fever fullness in chest, nausea, vaginal dicharge, bitter taste, vomiting, loss of appetite, | Resolve Dampness, Disperse LR and GB, Clear Heat | LR2, LR14, GB24, GB34, LI11, BL18, BL19, Du9, SP3, SP6, SP9, Ren12 |
Stagnation of Cold in Liver Channel | Hypogastric pain, distension, contraction of scrotum and vagina | Sedate LR, Disperse Cold | Ren3, LR5, LR1 |
Deficiency of Liver Blood | blurry vision, scanty periods, pale complexion, dizziness, pale lips, floaters, weakness, dry skin and hair | Tonify LR, Nourish Blood | BL17, BL18, BL20, BL23, LR 8, ST36, Sp6, Ren4 |
Liver Yang Rising | Headaches, irritability, dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth, insomnia, shouting in anger, worked-up | Subdue LR Yang, Tonify Yin | LR3, TE5, SP6, KI3, LR8, GB43, GB38, BL2, GB(, GB8, GB6 GB20, Tai Yang |
Liver invading Spleen | Atlernating Constipation and Diarrhea, abdominal distension and pain, flatulence, tiredness | Harmonize LR, Tonify SP | LR 13, LR14, GB34, Ren6, Ren12, ST36, SP6 |
Liver Invading Stomach | irritability, distention and pain, fullness in epigastrum, sour regurgitation, belching, nausea, vomiting | Harmonize LR, Tonify SP | LR14, GB34, Ren13, Ren10, ST36, BL21 |
Liver Fire insulting the Lungs | breathlessness, asthma, fullness, HA’s, cough, yellow or blood in sputum, constipation, scanty dark urine | Clear LR Fire, Harmonize LR, Stimulate LU QI descending | LR2, LR14, Ren17, Ren22, PC6, LU7, LI11 |
Lung Qi Deficiency | SOB, weak voice, cough, daytime sweating, dislike cold, fatigue, disinclination to speak | Tonify LU QI, Warm Yang | LU9, LU7, Ren6, BL13, Du12, ST36 |
Lung Yin Deficiency | Dry cough, low grade fever in the afternoon, malar flush, night sweating | Tonify LU Yin, Nourish Fluids, Clear Empty Heat | LU9, Ren17, BL43, BL13, Du12, Ren4, KI6, LU7, Ren12, LU10 |
Invasion of Lungs by Wind-Cold | cough, fever, itchy throat, occipital HA, body aches, aversion to cold | Release Exterior, Scatter Cold, Stimulate D/D fx of Lungs | LU7, BL12, Du16, BL60, BL64 |
Invasion of Lungs by Wind-Heat | cough, fever, sore throat, aversion to cold, HA’s, body aches, sweating, thirst, swollen tonsils | Release Exterior, Clear Heat, Stimulate Lung D/D | LI4, LI11, Du14, BL12, GB20 |
Invasion of Lungs by Wind-Water | sudden swelling of eyes and face, bright shiny complexion, scanty pale urine, aversion to wind, fever, cough, breathlessness | Release Exterior, Scatter cold, Resolve Dampness, Stimulate LU D/D, Open water Passages | LU7, BL12, LI6, LI7, LI4, Ren9 |
Lung Dryness | dry cough, dry throat, dry mouth, dry skin | Moisten LU, Nourish Fluids | LU9, Ren4, KI6, SP6, Ren12 |
Damp-Phlegm obstructing the Lungs | chronic cough, profuse white sputum, stuffiness in chest, "clogged up", dislike lying down | Resolve Dampness, Restore D/D fx of LU | LU5, ST40, LU1, Ren22, PC6, Ren17, LU7,BL13, Ren9, Ren12, BL20 |
Phlegm-Heat Obstructing the Lungs | barking cough, profuse yellow sputum, foul smelling, SOB, stuffy chest | Resolve Phlegm, Clear Heat, Stimulate LU D/D Fx | LU5, LU7, LU10, LI11, BL13, ST40, Ren12 |
Phlegm-Fluids Obstructing the Lungs | Cough, breathlessness, white-watery sputum, chilliness, cough by scare | Resolve Phlegm, Tonify SP and LU Qi | LU5, ST40, Ren9, LU9, Ren17,BL13, BL43, ST36 |