Name the 4 Body Fluid Syndromes
- Body Fluid Deficiency
- Phlegm Retention
- Fluid Retention
- Water Retention Syndrome
What is body fluid deficiency?
An interior dryness
How can body fluid deficiency happen?
- Decreased function of spleen/stomach not generating fluids
- Long term restriction of food consumption
- Significant loss of body fluids through profuse sweating, high fever, excessive vomiting & diarrhea
True or False:
Body fluid = yin so
Body fluid xu = yin xu
TRUE
What are the symptoms of body fluid deficiency?
Dry mouth and throat Thirst Dry cracked lips, nostrils and skin Sunken orbital sockets Dry, hard stool Oliguresis (absence of urine) T red C dry P thready and rapid
What syndrome is described as a sticky pathology due to retention in the zang fu.
Phlegm Retention
Name the 6 Excesses
Wind Cold Fire Summer heat Damp Dryness
When lung qi rebels upward the symptoms are:
Cough
Panting
Wheezing
Spitting sticky sputum
When qi is obstructed by phlegm the symptoms are:
Chest opression
Painful gastric fullness
Accumulation of sputum in stomach
Anorexia
Nausea
Indicates what syndrome?
Stomach Qi Disharmony
Retention of phlegm in the middle jiao affecting yang rising causes what symptoms?
Dizziness
Indifference
Delirium
Accumulation of phlegm in the channels affecting qi flow causes what symptoms?
Numbness
Hemiplegia
Enlarged thyroid/glandular swelling is caused by:
Accumulation of phlegm under the skin and in the muscles
What type of tongue and pulse will you have with phlegm retention?
C greasy
P slippery
Fluid Retention happens in what 7 parts of the body?
- Heart
- Lungs
- Stomach
- Intestines
- Chest
- Hypochondrium
- Limbs
Name the 3 main causes of fluid retention
- Pathogenic invasion
- Deficiency of middle jiao
- Improper diet and overwork
There are 4 types of fluid retention, determined by location.
Name the location for each.
- Phlegm Fluid Retention - _______________
- Pleural Fluid Retention- _________________
- Thoracic Fluid Retention- _______________
- Subcutaneous Fluid Retention- _________
- Phlegm Fluid Retention- stomach & intestine
- Pleural Fluid Retention- chest & hypochondrium
- Thoracic Fluid Retention- chest/heart/lung
- Subcutaneous Fluid Retention- limbs
What type of fluid retention
Obstructs lung qi causing fullness and distention in the chest & hypochondrium, cough, worse when turning the body and breathing.
Pleural Fluid Retention
What type of fluid retention
Causes edema, heaviness, aching in the limbs and retention of urine, with a slippery white coating on tongue and a deep, rapid, slippery pulse?
Subcutaneous Fluid Retention
What type of fluid retention causes
Retention in the pleural lung & diaphragm stopping lung qi from decending. Coughing, panting, profuse thin & clear sputum, with wheezing, unable to lay flat.
Thoracic Fluid Retention
What type of fluid retention causes
Qi obstruction, causing rebellious stomach qi with pain and fullness, and sound of water on stomach?
Phlegm fluid retention.
Water retention syndrome is:
Internal retained water over the muscles or in the abdominal cavity. General localized edema.
Water Retention Syndrome is caused by what 4 factors?
- Invasion of wind or damp
- Overwork
- Excess sexual activity weakening KD qi
- Internal blood stasis
What 4 factors can cause Yin Edema
- Qi xu
- Prolonged illness
- Over exertion
- Internal injury
