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TCM Internal Medicine
Various relating to TCM herbal formulae and internal medicine
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Graduate
06/28/2011

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Da Ding Feng Zhu
Definition
treats dizziness due to LV Yang Rising where Yin deficiency causes internal wind
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Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
Definition
treats Dizziness due to LV Yang Rising
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Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
Definition
treats Headache due to phlegm turbidity or Dizziness due to phlegm damp in the Middle Jiao
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Gui Pi Tang
Definition
treats Insomnia due to HT/SP deficiency or Dizziness due to Qi/Blood deficiency
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Huang Lian E Jiao Tang
Definition
treats Insomnia due to HT/KD Disharmony
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Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Definition
treats Thoracic Bi due to Blood stasis
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Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
Definition
treats Palpitations due to HT/KD Yin deficiency
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An Shen Ding Zhi Wan
Definition
treats Palpitations or Insomnia due to HT/GB Qi deficiency
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Signs of Stable Angina
Definition

pain lasting 1-15 minutes

responds well to rest and/or nitro

brought on by exercise or stress

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Signs of Unstable Angina
Definition

pain lasting more than 15 minutes

responds poorly to rest or nitro

no apparent trigger

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Signs of a Heart Attack
Definition

Pain lasting > 20 minutes

Squeezing like a tight band around chest

SOB

Sweating

Crushing heaviness on chest

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Treatment principle for the recovery stage of Angina
Definition
Replenish HT Qi
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Treatment principle for during an attack of Angina
Definition
Activate blood and dredge the collaterals
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Excess factors for Thoracic Bi secondary to deficiency
Definition

Phlegm

Blood stasis

Cold obstruction

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Key pathogenesis for Insomnia
Definition
Dysfunction of interchange between Yin and Yang

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What pattern is manifest when an elderly person awakes early in the a.m. without restlessness?
Definition
Qi/Blood Deficiency
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Tai Yang Headache
Definition

 

on occiput and nape

treat with Qiang Huo, Gao Ben or Mang Jing Zi

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Yangming Headache
Definition

 

 

on forehead and brow

treat with Ge Gen or Bai Zhi

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Shao Yang Headache
Definition

 

On lateral side of head

 treat with Chai Hu or Chuan Xiong

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Jue Yin Headache
Definition

 

Apex of head

 treat with Wu Zhu Yu

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What's the difference b/w HA and Dizziness in TCM terms?
Definition

HA may be external or internal and is usually excessive

Dizziness is internal and is usually deficient

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Heat Strangury
Definition

 

 

Burning painful urination

 Heat in the Bladder or KD

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Blood Strangury
Definition

 

 

 

Heat damages blood vessels causing Hematuria

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Stone Strangury
Definition

 

 

Damp Heat condenses fluids, causing stones

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Unctuous Strangury
Definition

Damp Heat obstructs the collaterals and lipids effulge

 Urine is milky-white like rice water or may be greasy

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Taxation Strangury
Definition

due to overstrain, overstress or overindulgence in sex

Tends to be chronic

Term
Jin Qian Cao, Hai Jin, Sha, Ji Nei Jin
Definition
treat Stone Strangury
Term
Most Important Feature of Strangury
Definition
Painful Urination
Term
Qi Strangury
Definition
Distention of abdomen, difficult painful urination; may be stagnation or deficiency
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Key Pathogenesis of Dribbling Urinary Block
Definition
Dysfunction of storing and dispersing
Term
Excessive Patterns of Dribbling Urinary Block
Definition
Damp Heat
LU Qi stagnation
LV Qi stagnation
Urethral or Ureter obstruction
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Deficiency Patterns of Dribbling Urinary Block
Definition
SP Qi failing to Rise
KD Qi deficiency
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Key manifestations of Dribbling Urinary Block
Definition
Hesitancy
Urine Retention
No Pain
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Herbs that Nourish HT and calm shen
Definition
Suan Zao Ren
Bai Zi Ren
Fu Shen
Term
Treatment principles for Epilepsy
Definition
Expel Phlegm
Extinguish Wind
Stabilize
Open Orifices
Term
Role of Blood Stasis in development of Wasting-Thirsting Patterns
Definition
seen in late stages of disease
produce secondary conditions (TB, cataracts, etc)
Term
TCM Causes of Diabetes
Definition
Qi or Yin Deficiency
Heat Dryness
Term
Cautions for treating Internal Damage Fever
Definition
do not promote sweating
do not prescribe fever-reducing or exterior-releasing herbs
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Signs of Internal Damage Fever due to Qi/Blood Stagnation
Definition
Low grade fever
afternoon or night fever
localized hot sensation
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Signs of Internal Damage Fever due to Qi, Blood, or Yin Deficiency
Definition
High or Low fever all day
Pale tongue thin white coat
Thready, weak pulse
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Herbs containing Iodine
Definition
Hai Zao
Hai Dai
Kun Bu
Term
Sheng Yang Yi Wei Tang
Definition
Used for Internal Damage Fever due to Qi Deficiency
Term
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Definition
Used for Internal Damage Fever and/or HA due to Qi deficiency
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Wu Gong
Definition
Expels wind, relieves pain
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Quan Xie
Definition
Expels wind
Relieves pain
Term
Zhi Fu Zi
Definition
Warms the collaterals, Relieves pain
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Chuan Wu
Definition
Warms the collaterals, Relieves pain
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Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
Definition
treats Painful Bi due to Qi, Blood, LV or KD deficiency
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Ding Xian Wan
Definition
treats Epilepsy due to wind phlegm obstruction
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Chai Hu Shu Gan Tang
Definition
treats Depression due to LV Qi stagnation
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Shao Yao San
Definition
treats Depression due to LV Qi stagnation
Term
You Gui Wan
Definition
treats Dizziness or LBP due to KD Yang deficiency
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Zuo Gui Wan
Definition
treats Dizziness due to KD Yin deficiency
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Qing E Wan
Definition
treats LBP due to KD deficiency
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Zuo Gui Yin
Definition
treats Thoracic Bi due to HT/KD Yin deficiency
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Sheng Mai San + Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang
Definition
treats Thoracic Bi due to Qi/Yin deficiency
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Gua Lou Xie Bai Ban Xia Tang
Definition
treats Thoracic Bi due to Phlegm obstruction
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Gua Lou Xie Bai Bai Jiu Tang
Definition
treats Thoracic Bi due to Cold obstruction
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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Definition
treats Insomnia due to LV Depression transforming into Fire
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Huang Lian Wen Dan Tang
Definition
treats Dizziness or Insomnia due to Phlegm fire or Palpitations due to phlegm heat
Term
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
Definition
used as preventive maintenance for Dizziness due to LV Yang Rising
Term
What herbs calm shen?
Definition
Suan Zao Ren, Bai Zi Ren, Fu Shen
Term
Bai Zi Ren
Definition
Treats HT/KD disharmony (palpitations, insomnia)
Term
Suan Zao Ren
Definition
Tonifies HT, calms shen
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Fu Shen
Definition
Better at calming HT shen than Fu Ling
Term
Causative factors of scrofula
Definition
Phlegm and fire
Term
Application of iodine in treating goiter
Definition
Reduce phlegm and soften hardness
Term
Key cause of Goiter
Definition
Phlegm and Qi stagnation
Term
When no response to Edema treatment, what next?
Definition
Move, blood, qi and damp
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