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Cold/Flu/Cough
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fall/Autumn | season of the lung, fall, season of letting go, analyze cut out/keep, metal, white, aknowledge and accept loss |
| more severe signs and Sx associated with | flu (caused by different virus than common cold) |
| types of cold virus | rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, repiratory synytial virus (RSV) |
| conronaviruses cause many colds in | adults; most active in winter and early spring |
| Rhinovirus group is responsible for | 10-40% of colds most active in aearly fall, spring and summer |
| types of flu's | A,B,C.... travels and changes seasonly. A and B most severe. C mild or asymptomatic |
| Antigenic Drift | small changes that happen continually, produce new streains, yearly updates in the influenza caccine address changes in drift. aftects both A and B type |
| antigenic shift | sudden major change in the influenza A virus, usually no human immunity, happens only occasionaly |
| Cold Sx | slight aches/pains, mild fatigue or weakness, stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, hacking cough, mild chest discomfort |
| flu Sx | high fever, headache, sever aches/pains, extreme fatigue and weakness, exhaustion, severe cough, chest discomfort can have cold like sx as well |
| complications common cold | better with days to weeks.... sinus, ear infections, bronchitis |
| complications of the flu | worsening of chonic medical conditions such as asthma, CHF, diabetes; sinus, ear infections, bronchitis; pneumonia; dehydration, death |
| top flu months | dec. jan. **Feb, march |
| why does cold and dry cause culnerability to infection | cold causing viruses survive better when humidity is low. cold weather can dry mucus membranes and air cabins planes dry crack membanes |
| pathogenic wind | air travel, closed ventilation office buildings, hotel pillows and blankets, playgrounds, classrooms |
| exterior pathogenic wind | wind cold, wind heat, wind damp |
| wind cold main sx | nasal stuffiness; runny nose; sneezing, muffled voice, white thin sputum, slight fever, H/A, arthralgia. thin white coat w/ moisture. superficial/floating, tight pulse |
| wind cold release to the exterior, promote dispersing of lung qi, clear path cold points | UB 12, LU 7, LI 20, G 20, LI 4, SI 7, yintang, taiyang, UB 13, cupping, guasha, moxa |
| points for wind heat to release exterior clear wind clear heat clear wind heat form lung system | LU 11, SJ 5, LU 5, Du 14, bleeding, ST 44, Lu 10, shixuan, LI 11 |
| main symptoms of wind damp | heavy, muffled sensation in heat, heaviness in body and limbs, joint poin, body aches, moderate fever, mild chills, sticky sweating, thirsty but no desire to drink, sticky mouth, loose stool, severe nausea vomit, diarrhea, high fever, sticky coat |
| points for wind damp to release exterior clear wind, drain damp, tonify qi | Du 14, Lu 6, Sp 6, LI 4, SP 9, Ren 12, St 40, St 36, ST 25, SJ 6, PC 6 |
| Deficiency syndromes | Qi xu, yang xu, blood xu, yin xu |
| what do you always tonify with lu xu | middle jiao (sp mother of earth) |
| Qi xu main Sx | fatigue, exhaustion, pale complexion, aversion to cold, SOB, weak cough, poor appetite, loose stool, frequent colds, flabby tongue teeth marks, weak pulse |
| qi xu points for release exterior, tonify qi, tonify st and sp | ren 17, ren 12, ren 6, HJJ T1 L5, moxa, gua sha, ub 13, ub 20, st 36, ub 21 |
| yang xu main sx | strong aversion to cold; cold limbs, exhaution, feeble speaking voice, cocks crow diarrhea, undigested food in stool, edema, frequent colds pale enlarged, deep weak pulse |
| yang xu w/ points to tonify yang | Ren 4, Du 4, UB 20, UB 23, moxa, ren 6, KD 7, KD 3, Ren 8, Du 20 also release to exterior pnts |
| blood xu main symptoms | sallow complextion; pale lips and nail beds, poor concentration and memory, easly startled, insomnia, palpitations, dizziness, constipation, frequent colds, small tongue pale thin thready fine pulse |
| points to tonify blood | UB 17, UB 18, UB 20, SP 10, ST 36 |
| yin xu main sx | tidal fever, night sweats, five palms hot, dizziness, irritability, thirst, dry throat, dry, prolonged cough, blood tinged sputum, frequent colds or flue, small narrow tongue red peeled or mirror, rapid thready pulse |
| points to tonify yin | UB 13, Ub 23, Ub 43, Sp 6, KI 6, HT 6 |
| sourness enters the | liver |
| bitterness enters the | heart |
| sweetness enters the | spleen |
| acrid enters the | lung |
| saltiness enters the | kindeys |
| sourness enters the | sinews |
| bitterness enters the | blood |
| acridity enters | qi |
| sweetness enters the | flesh |
| saltiness enters the | bone |
| sweet feeds what by tonifying what | lung; spleen |
| Gan Mao Ling | wind cold and wind heat; highly effective for acute conditions |
| Yin Qiao San | Wind heat; effective for acute conditions |
| Gui Zhi Tang | wind cold; effective for very acute conditions w/ qi xu |
| Yu Ping Fen San | qi xu (allergies) |
| Bu Fei Wan | lung qi and yin xu |
| points to expel wind | UB 12, LU 7, GB 20, Du 14, SJ 5, Ub 13 |
| points to moisten the lung | UB 12, KI 7, LU 9, Ren 12, Sp 6 |
| points to circulate lu qi | LU 9, UB 13, LU 7 |
| points to reduce LU heat | LU 10, LV 2, LV 14, LI 11, LI 4, LU 5, LI 20 |
| points to descend lu qi | LU 1, KD 4, LU 7, Ren 17 |
| points to nourish yin | Ki 3, UB 13, UB 23, Sp 6, UB 43, LU 9 |
| generating cycle | fire--- earth--- metal--- water--- wood---fire |
| controling cycle | fire---metal---wood---earth---water---fire |
| counteracting cycle | fire--water--earth---wood--metal---fire? |
| TCM cough | reverse flow of lung qi, diseases of the lung, or dysfunction of liver, spleen, or kidney, external invasion (6 pathogens), internal injury (lung qi xu and yin sp qi, kd qi, yin, xu lv fire attacks lu |
| Sx wind cold cough | chills and fever (chills predom), aversion to cold, headache, stuffy nose, clear mucus, chocking cough |
| treatment wind cold cough | release the exterior, expel wind, circulate lung qi, dispel cold |
| points for wind cold cough | LU 1, UB 12, UB 13, LU 7, LU 9, LI 4, Du 16, GB 20, gua sha, wind gate cupping, moxa |
| LU 1 | LU front mu, palpate for tenderness, crossing of LU and SP. Cough, asthma, wheezing, chest pain, shoulder and back pain, abdominal distention.. Disperses heat from chest, stops cough, regulates descends lu qi. (wind cold/heat) |
| UB 12 | wind gate (cupping/gua sha), cross of UB/DU, common cold, cough, fever, headache, qi/blood stag. release exterior, tonify wei qi, spreds/descends lung qi, regulates ying/wei |
| UB 13 | LU back shu, fever, night sweats, cough, hemophysis, nasal congestion, alopecia, smallpox, rash, tonify lung qi, descend/circulate lu qi, regulate lung qi, open chest, clear lu heat/cold, stops cough |
| LU 7 | luo, master pnt of ren channel, command pnt head/neck. head/neck problems, migranes, headaches, neck rigidity, facial paralysis, toothache, sore throat, cough, asthma, nasal, urogenital problems, ab distention, release exterior, wind, descend lung qi |
| lung weakness and cough combo | lu 7 and lu 9 |
| LU 9 | shu stream/yuan source, cough with much phltegm, asthma w/ weakness, vascular problems, headache, gemiplegia, cold, pain/weakness lower, hiccups, tonify lug qi and yin, resolves phlegm, descends lung qi, pulse |
| LI 4 | yuan source, command of head and face, best for wind cold, diseases of head and face, aversion to cold, fever, sweating or lack of, dysmenorrhea, delayed, irregular, abdominal pain, spasm, release exterior, tonify wei qi, downbears qi, restors yang |
| GB 20 | crossing GB/yang wei, wind cold w neck tension, common cold, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, redness, swelling, eye pain, headdache, neck/shoulder pain/stiff, dizzy, vertifo, dispel exterior/interior wind, clears head, benefits eyes nose ears, subdue lv yng |
| DU 16 | cross Du/Yang wei, window sky, sea of marrow, psychoemotional, aphasia, hemiplegia, vertigo, neck pain, sore throat, dispel wind, calm shen, clears head, benefits head/neck, WIND |
| wind heat cough main Sx | fever, sore throat, thirst, cough w/ yellow sputum |
| treatment wind heat cough | expel wind heat, release exterior, circulate lung qi |
| points for wind heat cough | Ub 12, Ub 13, Lu 5, Lu 10, SJ 5, Du 10, LI 20, UB 60, gua sha w/ white flower (swelling/redness) |
| LU 5 | he sea, sore throat, cough, asthma, hemoptysis, chest congestion, tidal fever, ab pain (vomit/dia), spasms, clear lu heat, descend lu qi, phlegm, relax sinew, free from water passage |
| LU 10 | fire point (ying spring), asthma, sore throat, fever, hoarseness, cough, hemoptysis, clears lung heat, benefits the throat |
| SJ 5 | luo pnt, master pnt of yang qi (GB 41), fever, headache, redness/swelling, pain of eye, tinnitus, deafness, pain in hypochond, spasm of upper, dispel wind heat, release exterior, benefit ears, regulates LU/Sp KD water metaboslism |
| DU 10 | strong heat pnt, acute gastic pain, furncles, cough, asthma, stifness pain back, opens chest, relieves cough and wheezing, clears heat toxins (reduce) |
| LI 20 | cross LI and ST, nasal congestion, epistaxix, wry face, facial itching, bells palsy, worms in ducts (bilary ascariasis), dispels wind, opens nasal passage, clears heat |
| UB 60 | jingg river, acute lumbar pain, heel pain/swelling, difficult labor, H.A, neck stiffness, dizziness, epistaxis, convulsion, expels wind, clears heat, relax sinews, courses channel, promotes labor |
| main Sx wind damp cough | profuse mucus, productive cough, heavy sensation in lungs and body, greasy thick coat, slippery pulse |
| wind damp cough treatment | expel wind, resolve damp |
| points for wind damp cough | LU 5, LU 7, SP 5, SP 9, Ren 12, gua sha, moxa |
| SP 5 | jing river, hemorrhoids, abdominal distention and pain, diarrhea, constipation, strengthens sp and st, resolves damp |
| SP 9 | he sea pnt, dysuria, urinary incontinence, edema, abdominal distention, diarrhea, jaundice, pain in penis/vulva, dysmennorhea, resolve damp, regulate spleen, frees water passage/urination |
| Ren 12 | front mu ST, cross Ren/SI/SJ/ST, epigastric pain, vomiting, hiccup, acid regurgi, ab distention, diarrhea, cough, copious phlegm, jaundice, insomnia, tonify and harmonize sp and st, resolve damp, relieve pain |
| wind dry cough main Sx | dry cough w/o sputum, dry mouth, nose, throat, red tip, dry floating pulse |
| Tx wind dry cough | expel wind, moisten the lung, circulate lung qi |
| points wind dry cough | UB 12, Ub 13, LU 9, KD 7, Ren 12, Sp 6, dietary therapy (need more fluid) |
| KD 7 | jing river, regulates fluid metabolism, edema, ab distention, diarrhea, febrile disease w/o sweating, night sweats, weakness/numb low extrem, tonifies KD qi and yang, resolves damp, regulates sweat, treats edema, strengthens low back |
| LU and KD yin Xu main Sx | unproductive cough, scany/no sputum, blood tinged, tida fever, night sweats, mallor flush, five palms hot, geographic tongue, rapid/thin pulse WM:TB |
| lung and kd yin xu treatment | moisten lung, nourish yin, descend lung qi |
| points for lu and kd yin xu | KD 3, KD 6, Lu 7, LU 5, LU 6, Sp 6, UB 13, UB 23, UB 43, dietary herbal therapy |
| SP 6 | cross SP/KD/LV, dysmen, leukorrhea, ab fullness, uterine prolapse, postpartum fatigue, nocturnal emission, impotence, premature ejac, enuresis, tonify sp/st/kd/bld/yin, damp, benefits urination, harmonize liver, menses cools invigorate blood, calms shen |
| DU 23 | h/a, eye pain, rhinorrhea, epistaxis, manic psychosis, apoplexy, dispel wind, open nose, benefit eye |
| Sp Qi or Yang xu main Sx | poor appetite, gas and bloating, loose stools, undigested food, fatigue, weakness, cold extremeties, pale face, cough, profuse sweating, |
| treatment Sp qi or yang xu | tonify sp, transform phlegm, relieve cough |
| points for sp qi or yang xu | UB 13, UB 20, Ub 23, St 36, Ren 4, Ren 6, Ren 12, Du 4, St 40, Ub 12, moxa |
| UB 20 | back shu of spleen, gas, bloating, vominting, jaudice, diarrhea, dysentary, edema, tonify sp and st qi and sp yang, regulates sp and st qi, nourishes blood, resolves damp |
| UB 23 | back shu KD, enuresis, dysuria, edema, leukorrhea, deaf, cough, astma, lumbar pain, tonify KD qi/yang/yin/essence, helps KD to grasp Qi, benefits ears and bones, damp, strengthen low pack |
| St 36 | command pnt abdomen, he sea, gastric ab pain, vomiting, dysphagia, gas/bloating, acute mastitis, general xu, palpitations, SOB, poor appetite, dizzy, insomnia, cough, astma, tonify qi and blood, harmonize st qi/wei qi, raises yang, calm shen, stop pain |
| Ren 4 | SI front mu, cross Ren/Sp/LV/KD, impotence, enuresis, irregular men, leukorrhea, uterine prolapse, diaarhea, rectal prolapse, tonify KD qi, yin, yang, essence, calm shen, benefit uterus |
| Ren 6 | ab pain, diarrhea, constipationm enuresis, hernia, irregular men. emaciation, tonify KD qi and yang, regulates qi and middle jiao |
| DU 4 | seat of fire, spermatorrhea, impotence, irregular menst, leukorrhea, diarrhea, stiffness of lumbar, tonify KD qi and yang, essence, clears heat, strengthen lumbar region/knee, great for MOXA |
| ST 40 | luo, cough, excessive phlegm, asthma, manic psychosis, epilepsy, H.A, dizzy, transforms phlegm/damp, stops cough/wheeze, calm shen |
| Liver fire attacking lung main Sx | blood tinged cough, costal pain, irritability, red tongue yellow coat/ wiry/rapid pulse |
| liver fire attacking lung treatment | clear liver heat and stop cough |
| points for liver fire attacking lung | Lv 2, LV 14, GB 34, UB 43, Lu 5, herbs (cool, bitter) |
| LV 2 | ying spring, heat pnt, redness, eye swelling, glaucoma, insomnia, epilepsiy, syuria, irregular men, leukorrhea, clears liver heat, expels interior wind, subdue liver yang, sooths lv qi, benefits low jiao... BLEED |
| LV 14 | frong mu LV, cross LV/Sp/Yin wei, depression, chest, breasy, hypochon pain, hiccup, acid regugitation, harmonize LV/St, regulate lv qi, moves blood, PMS w/ breast distention, waking at LV time |
| GB 34 | he sea, influen. sinew pnt, hemiplegia, pain and numbness esp of knee, shoulder, low exterem, pain in hypochondrium, bitter taste in mouth, vomit, jaundice, benefits sinews and joints, moves lv qi, harmonize shaoyang, relieve pain |
| UB 43 (moxa 100 cones) | pulmonary TB, cough, asthma, poor appetite, loose stools, emaciation, weak, night sweating, poor memory, nourishes lung yin, tonify qi of whole body, noursish essence (caution: heart heat) |
| LV fire diet | eat light, clear foods, meat and veggie soups, steamed veggies, steamed grains, pears.. avoid dairy, sugar, seafood, cold food, greasy food, spicy food |
| Xiao Qing Long Wan (Pian) | wind damp cold cough and asthma- wet/clear mucus |
| Qing Qi Hua Tan Pian | removes heat from the lung and dissolves phlegm, relieves cough and asthma (very effective) |
| Bai He Gu Jin Wan | nourishes lung yin for dry cough and dry throat, unproductive raspy |
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