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BodyFluids, Phlegm, LU, LI

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Body Fluid   Normal fluids in body (saliva, CSF, gastric/intestinal juices, tears, sweat, nasal discharge, urine  
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Body Fluid Formation/Distribution (Mouth to Skin)   Water(Mouth)->ST->SP->LU->HT(blood circulation)->wei qi->Skin(sweat)  
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Body Fluid Formation/Distribution (Mouth to Urine)   Water (Mouth)->ST->SP->LU->KD->UB->Urine and ST->SI (Ye)->KD->UB->Urine  
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Body Fluid Formation/Distribution (Mouth to Stool)   Water (Mouth)->ST->SI->LI->Stool  
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LU affects water metabolism   regulate water passages by descending/dispersing  
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SP affects water metabolism   key organ in water metabolism by transforming/transporting function and separations.  
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KD affects water metabolism   dominates water metabolism  
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LV affects water metabolism   circulates qi which moves fluid  
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Upper Jiao   HT/LU:dominates descending/dispersing → “vapor-like fog” (sweat)  
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Middle Jiao   SP/ST:dominates digestion → “foamy” (fluid that moisturizes body/blood)  
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Lower Jiao   KD/LV:dominates separation of clear from turbid → “drainage ditch” (urine/stool)  
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San Jiao functions (2)   Circulate Yuan Qi and internal water passage circulation (irrigation)  
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Body Fluid functions   Moisten and nourish body  
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Jin   Mobile/Clear/Thin fluids distributed on skin/muscles/orifices/fills blood to moisten (LI dominates)  
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Ye   Thick/Heavy fluids stored in bone/joints/bowels/viscera/brain/marrow nourishes (SI dominates)  
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Jin Ye   Body Fluids made from Gu Qi of food.  
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Body Fluid as Mother of Qi   Carries Qi, Nourishes Qi  
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Qi as Commander of Body Fluid   Promotes body fluid, Moves body fluid, Controls body fluid  
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Blood and Body Fluid   Nourish each other and therefore Sweating can damage blood and bleeding can damage body fluids  
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Deficiency Type Pathologies   Deficiency  
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Excess Type Pathologies   Damp (thinner than water), Water (edema), Beverage Syndrome (thicker than water), Phlegm (more concentrated)  
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Damp   moisture, yin pathogenic factor → damage yang and qi, can be mixed with heat, ex. candida, HIV (damp heat)  
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Water   thin, pure liquid  
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Beverage   water mixed with components (Cold Damp)  
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Phlegm   thick, sticky, turbid, congealed/condensed water  
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Fluid Deficiency   Not enough fluid to moisten/nourish organs and tissues in body  
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Fluid Deficiency Etiology (2)   Fluid production problems (deficiency of SP/ST, dz limiting water/intake); Fluid loss (febrile illness, excessive sweating/bleeding/urination/vomiting/diarrhea, high metabolism)  
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Fluid Deficiency Manifestations   (Dryx5)Dry mouth/throat/cracked lips; Dry skin/stool, scanty urine  
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Fluid Deficiency Organs Affected   ST (dry mouth/throat/lips/tongue crack); LU (dry skin/cough); LI (dry/hard stool); KD (scanty urine)  
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Fluid Deficiency Tongue/Pulse   Dry/Red Tongue; Rapid/thready  
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Fluid Deficiency Tx   Nourishing yin (water) and replenish fluid  
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Fluid Deficiency Complications (4)   Blood Deficiency, Qi Deficiency, Yin Deficiency, Damaged Immune System  
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Damp Characteristics/Sxs   Heaviness/Sinks, Sticky, Stagnation, Yin (cold) pathogenic factor can damage Yang, Excess/Prolonged Dampness becomes Heat/Fire  
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Edema Syndrome   Subcutaneous retention of fluid leading to puffiness of head, face, eyelids, limbs, abdomen, even whole body.  
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Edema   Leaking of fluids from normal pathways from space between skin and muscles  
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Yang Edema Etiology   External and Internal pathogenic factors  
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External pathogenic factor for Edema   invasion of wind upon the lung resulting in dysfunction of LU dispersion (strep infxn-> acute nephritis)  
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Internal pathogenic factor for Edema (4)   Living in damp place/Wading through water/Drenched by rain/irregular food intake damaging SP transformation/transportation (acute allergic food reaction)  
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Yang Edema Manifestations   abrupt onset edema, puffy face/eyelids->anasarca, lustrous skin, scanty urine, aversion to cold/chills/fever/body ache/sore throat (wind heat invasion)  
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Yang Edema Tongue/Pulse   Thin white or yellow coating; floating/slippery and rapid pulse  
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Yang Edema Tx   Disperse LU and remove retained liquid; Diaphoretics/Diuretics/Purgatives  
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Yang Edema Summary   Acute/Abrupt, puffy/swollen face/eyelids/above waist, shiny skin, LU->SP, slippery/floating/rapid, thin white/yellow  
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Yin Edema Summary   Chronic/Insidious, pitting ankle/below waist, dim/rough skin, SP Qi->KD yang, deep/weak, pale, puffy, flabby  
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Yin Edema Etiology   Overstrain, Internal injury, indulgent sexual activity leading to weakness of SP and KD  
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Yin Edema in WM   Acute → Chronic Nephritis/Renal failure, CHF, Cirrhosis, Protien/B1 Deficiency  
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Yin Edema Manifestations   Insidious onset edema (esp. below waist), pitting, rough/dim skin, scanty urine, poor appetite, loose stool, ascites, fatigue, soreness/weakness of low back/legs, cold limbs (aversion to cold)  
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Yin Edema Tongue/Pulse   White moist coating and pale flabby tongue; Deep and weak pulse  
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Yin Edema Tx   Warm yang and remove the retained liquid (Diuretics/Purgatives), limit fluid intake, no sexual activity,  
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Beverage Syndrome   (aka Yin Syndrome) Water mixed with components. Dz resulting from thin and clear fluid retention between organs, meridians, and tissues.  
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Beverage Syndrome Etiology   Hypofunction or impairment of internal organs  
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Tan Yin   aka “Phlegm-like”, Location: Stomach, Intestines  
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Tan Yin Clinical Manifestations   abd. distention, prefers warm, splashing sound in upper abd, watery vomiting, no thirst/thirst but dislikes drinking, poor appetite/weight loss, dizziness;  
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Tan Yin T/P   Swollen w/ white/sticky tongue coating, slippery pulse  
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Tan Yin in WM   Pyloric Stenosis or GI Tract Obstruction  
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Tan Yin Diagnoses   SP Qi Xu, SP Yang Xu  
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Xuan Yin   aka “Hanging”, location: hypochondrium  
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Xuan Yin Manifestations   pain in chest/hypochondria, aggravated by cough/bringing up sputum/breathing/upper body movement, SOB  
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Xuan Yin T/P   Sticky, white tongue coating, deep/wiry pulse  
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Xuan Yin in WM   Pleural effusion mostly by CHF, Pleurisy,  
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Yi Yin   aka “Overflow”, location: limbs  
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Yi Yin Manifestations   Edema/pain/heaviness in limbs/joints, fever, aversion to cold, no sweating  
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Yi Yin T/P   Sticky, white tongue coating, wiry/tight pulse  
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Yi Yin in WM   Arthritic Effusion (fluid in joint cavity-water on knee)  
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Zhi Yin   aka “Branch out”, location: chest, diaphragm  
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Zhi Yin Manifestations   cough, asthma, dyspnea, foam-like sputum, fullness in chest, inability to lie flat, repeated occurrences of illness, worse in cold  
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Zhi Yin T/P   Sticky, white tongue coating, wiry/tight pulse  
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Zhi Yin in WM   Bronchiectasis from recurrent infection or cystic fibrosis  
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Yin Syndrome Tx   Warm Yang and Dissolve beverage in body  
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Substantial Phlegm   Visible, LU (sputum)  
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Nonsubstantial Phlegm   Invisible, Between organs/meridians, under skin (cysts, tumors, fibroids, stones, goiters, phlegm misting mind/HT, plum pit qi  
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Phlegm Syndrome   Thick, Turbid Fluid Retention between organs, meridans, and tissues.  
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Phlegm Syndrome Etiology   Invasion of External pathogenic factors, emotional disorders, impairments of internal organs  
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Phlegm Syndrome in LU   substantial: cough/asthma, expectorates viscous and turbid sputum  
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Phlegm Syndrome in SP   substantial: distention in abdomen, poor appetite, nausea/vomiting phlegm (mostly damp phlegm), excessive vaginal discharge  
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Phlegm Syndrome in LV   vertigo, “plum pit” throat, numbness of limbs, apoplexy (copious extravasation of blood: stroke, CVA), nodes/masses  
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Phlegm Syndrome in HT   mental confusion, coma, rattle in throat, epilepsy, depression, mania, schizophrenia  
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Phlegm Syndrome T/P   Sticky Tongue coating, Slippery Pulse  
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Phlegm Syndrome Tx   Strengthen SP and resolve the phlegm (LU contains phlegm, SP produces phlegm)  
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Types of Phlegm (5)   Phlegm Heat/Fire, Cold Phlegm, Damp Phlegm, Dry Phlegm, Wind Phlegm  
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Phlegm Heat Etiology   Internal/Eternal Heat or Emotions; Heat consumes Qi and Fluids → Phlegm  
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Phlegm Heat Manifestations   Yellow color phlegm and/or tongue coating  
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Phlegm Heat in WM   Lung infection  
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Cold Phlegm Etiogy   Internal/External Cold, Excess Yin Accumulation/Yang Xu; Cold and congestion of body fluids  
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Cold Phlegm Manifestations   White color phlegm and/or coating, slippery pulse  
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Cold Phlegm in WM   Seasonal Allergies  
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Damp Phlegm Etiology   SP Qi Xu, External Damp (esp late summer)  
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Damp Phlegm Manifestations   Sticky phlegm, heavy extremities, dizziness, vertigo, chest stiffness, excessive vaginal discharge; thick tongue coating, slippery pulse  
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Damp Phlegm in WM   Candida in GI and respiratory tract  
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Dry Phlegm Etiology   Pathogenic/External dryness, dries out fluid (esp in fall)  
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Dry Phlegm Manifestations   Glue-like phlegm, LU problems (dry cough or sputum, hard to expectorate, hemoptysis-severe)  
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Wind Phlegm Etiology   Liver Wind, Yin Xu, External Wind d/t internal LV dysfunction  
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Wind Phlegm Manifestations   Neurological sxs (stroke, seizure, numbness, paralysis)  
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LU aka (element)   ”Canopy” (metal), “Vigor's house”, “Qi's Master”  
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LU Spirit   Po (material body of moon-physiological function for instincts (breathing, seeing, etc))  
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LU Functions (3)   Dominates Qi (Respiration), Dominate Dispersing (skin/wei qi +body hair/sweat), Dominate Descending (Regulate water passages-to KD)  
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Inhalation   LU descends qi + KD grasps qi  
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Exhalation   LU only  
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LU communicates with...opens into... and manifests in ...   Throat and Nose and Body Hair  
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LU Emotion   Grief/sadness  
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LU Deficiency   Qi and Yin, Body Fluid insufficiency  
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LU Excess   Wind cold, Wind heat, Wind dryness, Phlegm attacking  
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LU Qi Xu   Hypofunction of LU Qi d/t chronic cough or asthma (damages LU Qi) or insufficiency of production of Qi (SP/Earth → LU/Metal)  
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LU Qi Xu Manifestations   Feeble cough/asthma, SOB, Spontaneous sweating; low/weak voice, fatigue, cold aversion, catches cold easily, pale face  
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LU Qi Xu T/P   Pale/flabby tongue body w/ teeth marks and thin, white coating; weak pulse (esp. R side d/t angle)  
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LU Qi Xu Tx   Reinforce/Tonify LU and SP Qi (Probiotics/Lotus root), Exercise (Walk/Run/Tai Chi/Swimming)  
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LU Qi Xu in WM   COPD (Asthma, Bronchitis, Emhysema); Long term smokers; Immune Deficiency (recurrent colds/seasonal allergies)  
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LU Qi Xu P/C   Wei Qi Xu (recurrent exterior syndromes), SP Qi Xu, HT Qi Xu (CHF), KD Qi/Yang Xu (failure to grasp qi)  
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LU Qi Xu vs SP Qi Xu   S: Fatigue, Spontaneous Sweating; D: digestive sxs/bloating, loose stool, poor appetite  
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LU Qi Xu vs HT Qi Xu   S: SOB, chest stiffness; D:chest pain/arrythmia, tachycardia, palpitation, insomnia  
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LU Qi Xu vs KD Qi Xu   S: Asthma/Cough; D: More severe asthma/difficulty inhaling, LBP, weak knees, freq. urination, nocturia, sexual dysfunction  
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LU Yin Xu   LU Yin failing to nourish LU producing deficient fire on the interior  
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LU Yin Xu Etiology   prolonged cough (injures LU Yin), pathogenic factors (Heat/Dry attack LU), or KD Yin Xu  
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LU Yin Xu Manifestations   Dry Cough (no phlegm or little/glue-like phlegm), Blood tinged phlegm, Afternoon fever (low grade), Weight Loss; dry mouth/throat, malar flush, night sweats, 5 center heat sensation  
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LU Yin Xu T/P   Dry/red tongue body, dry, peeled coating; rapid/thready pulse  
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LU Yin Xu in WM   Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Lung Cancer, HIV/AIDS, COPD, Steroid use, Sjogrens Syndrome  
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LU Yin Xu Prognosis/Complications   LU Qi Xu, KD Yin Xu  
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LU Yin Xu vs LU Qi Xu   Dry/Weak Cough, Sticky/Thin Phlegm, Blood/No, Afternoon fever/SS, Restless/Fatigue, TB/COPD, Red-Dry-Peeled/Pale-Flabby-Teethmarked, Thready-Rapid Pulse/Weak Pulse  
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LU Yin Xu vs LU Heat   Low grade afternoon fever w/ heat sensations vs Higher fever w/o chills; dry or bloody cough vs productive, yellow cough; rapid/thready vs rapid/flooding  
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LU Yin Xu Tx   Nourish LU and KD Yin -Yin Tonic diet (Asian pear, duck, fresh water fish), Tai Chi  
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LU Cold etiology (2)   Wind Cold attacking body (exterior syndrome) or Cold pathogenic factor directly invades LU  
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LU Cold Sxs   Cough/Asthma (deep/strong/severe/productive [thin, white sputum]); feel cold/chills w/o fever, not thirsty, clear urination/loose stools, runny nose, headache, bodyache  
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LU Cold T/P   White coating; Tight/strong pulse  
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LU Cold in WM   Cold/Flu-sinusitis, Asthma attack, Environmental/Seasonal Allergies  
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LU Cold P/C   Can be cured; Acute cold becomes heat via 2ndary infection; Combine w/ Phlegm, Chronic LU Cold → LU Qi Xu  
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LU Cold DDX   Wind Cold, LU Qi Xu, LU Heat  
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LU Cold vs Wind Cold   Cough/asthma, chills/no fever, P:Strong/tense VS No resp. sx, chills/fever, P:floating/tense  
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LU Cold vs LU Qi Xu   Strong cough, cold sx, P: strong/tense, T: thin/white VS Weak cough, Big 5, P:weak, T:flabby  
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LU Cold Tx   Disperse LU and Eliminate Cold, Eat warm foods (ginger tea)/keep warm, gentle exercise  
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Wind Cold Sx   Chills (averse to wind/cold), Fever, Aches (H/A, Body, Joint)  
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Wind Cold T/P   Thin white coating; Superficial/floating and tense/tight  
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LU Heat Etiology   Wind heat attacking body (exterior syndrome) or Heat directly invading LU or pathogenic cold transforming into heat (secondary infection)  
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LU Heat Sxs (3)   Cough/Asthma (active, frequent, rapid, productive); Yellow/Green/Rusty (w/ blood) sticky sputum; Fever w/o chills; thirst, constipation, scanty/concentrated urine  
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Wind Heat Sxs (3)   Fever, Chills, Sore throat  
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LU Heat T/P   T: Yellow coating, red body; rapid/flooding  
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Wind Heat T/P   Yellow coating, red body; floating/superficial + rapid  
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LU Heat or Wind Heat in WM (3)   Pneumonia, Acute Bronchitis, Strep Throat, Acute tonsillitis  
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LU Heat P/C   Can be cured; Combine w/ phlegm, Heat damages Yin (LU Yin Xu), Heat consumes body fluids (Constipation)  
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LU Heat DDX   Wind Heat, LU Cold, LU Yin Xu, LU Dry  
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LU Heat vs Wind Heat   Fever/no chills, Resp. sx, P:Flooding VS Fever/chills, Sorethroat, P:Floating  
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LU Heat vs LU Cold   Fever/no chills, Yellow T, Heat Sx VS Chills/no fever, White T, Cold Sx  
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LU Heat Tx   Disperse LU and Eliminate Heat (via BM-increase water, fruits/veggies)  
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LU Dry Etiology   Pathogenic dryness invading body and consuming LU Yin or Pathogenic wind heat damaging body fluids → dryness (often seen in autumn)  
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LU Dry Sxs   Dry Cough w/ little sputum too sticky to cough out; dry nose/throat/tongue, chest pain  
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LU Dry T/P   T:Dry w/ thin coating; P:rapid/thready  
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LU Dry in WC   Cold/Flu, Seasonal/Fall Allergies,  
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LU Dry P/C   LU Heat (wei qi xu, pneumonia), LU Yin Xu, LI dryness (constipation)  
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LU Dry Tx   Clear LU and moisten dryness (increase water, pears, soups)  
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Heat Type Dry   Dry cough/no phlegm, Summer to Fall, Blood tinged phlegm, body feels dry, fever, nasal bleeding, SOB, T:Thin yellow, P:Rapid/thready  
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Cool Type Dry   Dry cough/no phlegm, Fall to Winter, No Blood, Less Dry, Chills, nasal obstruction, T:Thin white, P:Tight/tense  
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LU Phlegm Etiology   EPF Wind Cold Damp, Prolonged LU Heat/Cold (cough/asthma) damage DD fxn of water metabolism causing fluid accumulation, SP Qi Xu (poor TT)  
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LU Phlegm Sx   Productive Cough/Asthma, Thick/excessive/white/sticky sputum; cloudy mind/lethargy/laziness/heaviness  
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LU Phlegm T/P   T:Pale w/ sticky coating; P:Slippery/wiry  
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LU Phlegm in WM   Chronic Infection/Dz (ie. COPD), Food Allergy (esp. dairy)  
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LU Phlegm P/C   LU Qi Xu, SP Qi Xu, KD Qi Xu; Easier to catch cold/develop infection  
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LU Phlegm Types   Heat and Cold  
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LU Phlegm Heat   Yellow phlegm, more cough/asthma, Secondary infections (fever), yellow/sticky tongue  
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LU Phlegm Cold   White phlegm, more phlegm, related to food (allergies)  
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LU Phlegm Tx   Eliminate damp and transform phlegm (avoid dairy, ice cream, sugar, fatty/cold foods)  
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LU Phlegm vs LU Qi Xu   More phlegm, excess cough, sticky coating, slippery pulse VS Fatigue, Weak cough, flabby tongue, weak pulse  
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LI Fxns   Receive water (Reabsorption)/Dominate Jin Fluid and Make feces  
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Normal BM   Well formed/long, sinks, easily passed, yellow/brown, not too smelly, in LI time (5-7am)  
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Constipation   Stool too hard/dry, difficult to pass, less frequent  
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LI Damp Heat Etiology   EPF SU Heat, Damp and Toxic Heat invade ST/Intestine, irregular/unclean food intake, excessive raw/cold food (esp in SU and FA)  
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LI Damp Heat Sxs   Diarrhea (yellow/watery/smelly or bloody/white stools), internal heat (high fever, thirst, scanty urine, no sweat), GI (tenesmus, burning at anus, cramping abdominal pain, N/V)  
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LI Damp Heat T/P   T:Yellow/sticky; P:Rapid and rolling or rapid and soft  
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LI Damp Heat in WM   GI/Stomach Flu, Parasites, E. Coli/Food poisoning/Dysentery, Acute Crohns/UC  
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LI Damp Heat P/C   Body fluid deficiency/dehydration, Heat attack PC (unconsciousness), Yang collapse/shock → death, Damage to SP/ST/Intestines  
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LI Damp Heat vs SP Qi Xu   Acute, Heat sx vs Chronic, Weak, no fever  
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LI Damp Heat vs UB Damp Heat   GI tract vs UB Damp frequent, urgent, burning  
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LI Damp Heat Tx   Eliminate Damp in LI, Reinforce SP Qi, (Avoid rich/cold food)  
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LI Fluid Consumption Etiology   Elderly (menopausal women), Women after delivery, Late stage febrile/heat dz  
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LI Fluid Consumption Sx   Constipation w/ hard/dry stools; abdominal distention  
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LI Fluid Consumption T/P   T: Red body w/ yellow rough coating; P:Thready  
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LI Fluid Consumption Complications   Accumulation of toxins, SP/ST Damage, Qi/Yin Damage  
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LI Fluid Consumption Tx   Moisten Intestines, Drink water/fluids, Eat Pear/prunes/dry figs/hemp seed/fiber  
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