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Chinese medical causes of disease

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5 external xie (excl. Fire)   Wind, Cold, Damp, Summer Heat, Dryness  
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4 combined external xie   Wind-Cold, Wind-Damp, Wind-Heat, Damp-Heat  
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3 Yang external xie   Wind, Heat, Dryness  
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2 Yin external xie   Cold, Damp  
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Spearhead of disease   Wind  
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Wind behaviour   Arise quickly, change rapidly, move location swiftly, blow intermittently  
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Directions of Wind dispersion   Upward & outward  
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How Wind makes things move   Shake & sway  
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Nature of Wind symptoms   Change rapidly, move around, affect top part of body, itchy  
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Signs & symptoms of external Wind affecting Lungs   Aversion to cold, fever, sneezing, sore throat, occipital stiffness, floating pulse  
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Signs & symptoms of internal Wind affecting Liver   Tics, tremors, convulsions, dizziness, Wiry pulse  
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Functions impaired by Cold   Moving, warming  
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Cold causes pain by   Contracting tissues, obstructing circulation of Qi & Blood  
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Nature of Cold symptoms   Fixed, severe, gripping & contracting pain, better for warmth, worse for cold  
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General signs & symptoms of Cold   Aversion to cold, cold limbs, contraction of tendons, thin watery clear fluid discharges, pale tongue, white coat, Slow / Tight pulse  
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Signs & symptoms of Cold in Uterus   Pain, clots in menstrual blood, infertility  
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Can Cold affect the Large Intestine and Stomach?   Yes  
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External xie that impairs Yang & obstructs Qi circulation   Damp  
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Characterises Damp   Heaviness, dirtiness  
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Nature of Damp symptoms   Sticky, lingering, heavy, worse in damp environment, worse for lack of movement, slow to arise & leave, causes swelling & bloating, worse for Damp-forming foods  
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Examples of Damp signs & symptoms   Heavy limbs, heavy & muzzy head, no appetite, bloating, stuffy feeling in epigastrium/chest, recurrent dirty discharges/secretions, Swollen tongue body, sticky tongue coat, Slippery pulse  
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External xie characterised by upward direction, dispersion & consumption of Body Fluids   Summer Heat  
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Only xie occuring in just one season   Summer Heat  
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Nature of Summer Heat symptoms   Hot, sudden onset, summertime only  
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Signs & symptoms of Summer Heat   Aversion to heat, sweating, dark scanty urine, headache, dry lips, thirst, Rapid pulse, Red tongue  
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Signs & symptoms of Summer Heat invading Pericardium   Clouding of the mind (delirium, slurred speech, unconsciousness)  
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External xie tending to injure Blood & Yin   Dryness  
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Nature of signs & symptoms of Dryness   Injures Blood, Yin & Body Fluids (esp. Dryness in face)  
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Environments in which symptoms of Dryness can occur   Dry weather, artifically dry environment (eg air conditioning)  
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Example signs & symptoms of Dryness   Acute dry cough, dry throat, dry mouth, dry nose, dry lips, dry skin, dry stools, scanty urination, Floating pulse, Dry tongue coat & body  
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Direction characterising Fire   Upward  
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Fire injures   Blood & Yin  
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Fire depletes ? and affects ?   depletes Qi, affects Shen  
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Nature of Fire signs & symptoms   'Big', intense, hot!, particularly affects head, redness, agistation, bleeding  
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Example Fire signs & symptoms   Easily feels hot, likes cool, red/flushed, intense thirst, bitter taste, dark scanty urine, sore throat, red inflamed eyes, mania, 'reckless' haemorrhage, Full Overflowing pulse, Red tongue, Yellow tongue coat  
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Xie internally generated / derived from other external xie   Fire  
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Wind-Cold symptoms   Aversion to cold & wind, fever, sneezing, clear & watery mucous, Floating Rapid pulse  
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Wind-Heat symptoms   Aversion to cold, fever, sore throat, yellow mucous, Floating Slippery pulse  
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Wind-Damp symptoms   Like Wind-Cold & Wind-heat + bodily heaviness, muzzy head, bloating, Floating Slippery pulse  
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Damp-Heat symptoms   Dirty foul-smelling thick discharges, painful swollen joints, purulent inflamations, sticky-yellow tongue coating, Slippery Rapid pulse  
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Weather in which Damp-Heat particularly arises   Humid  
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The 7 internal causes of disease   Anger, Joy, Worry, Over-thinking, Grief, Fear, Shock  
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Emotions become a cause of disease when they are   extremely intense, prolonged, not expressed/acknowledged  
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Do the emotions affect the Zangfu?   Yes  
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Do the Zangfu affect the emotions?   Yes  
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What does Anger do to Qi?   Anger makes Qi rise  
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Organ affected by Anger   Liver  
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Anger can include   Resentment, repressed anger, irritability, rage, bitterness, hatred, frustration, depression  
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What does Joy do to Qi?   Joy slows Qi down  
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Joy can include   TIGGERS!!!  
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Organ affected by Joy   Heart  
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Organ affected by lack of joy   Heart  
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What does Worry & Over-thing do to Qi?   Worry & Over-thinking knots Qi  
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Organ affected by Worry & Over-thinking   Spleen  
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Worry & Over-thinking can include   Overwork, too much studying, cogitation, worrying obsessively, continually mulling over something  
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What does Grief do to Qi?   Grief dissolves Qi  
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Organ affected by Grief   Lungs  
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Grief can include   Emptiness, longing, sorrow, regret, remorse, sense of loss  
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What does Fear do to Qi?   Fear makes Qi descend  
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Fear can include   Extreme fear, terror, anxiety  
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What does Shock do to Qi?   Shock scatters Qi  
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Organs affected by Shock   Heart & Kidney  
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Shock can include   Fright, sudden intense fear, emotional & physical trauma  
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The 8 Miscellaneous causes of disease   Constitution, Overwork & fatigue, Exercise, Diet, Sex, Trauma, Parasites & poisons, Wrong treatment  
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The 2 Secondary causes of disease   Blood stagnation, Phlegm  
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2 factors affecting Constitution   Age of parents, shocks in pregnancy  
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5 sorts of overwork & fatigue   Working while fatigued, heavy work, repitition in work, working long hours, dissatisfaction at work  
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5 ways exercise causes disease   Insufficient exercise, exercising to point of exhaustion, exercising one area of body, exercising too much at young age, running  
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8 ways diet causes disease   Malnutrition, over-eating, cold foods, hot foods, Phlegm-forming foods, hurried eating, eating in wrong conditions, insanitary food  
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2 ways sex causes disease   Too much sex, sex when too young  
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2 sources of physical trauma   Injury, operations  
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