Huang Di Nei Jing (the yellow emperor internal classics)
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The concept of four Chinese medical diagnosis methods originated from | Huang Di Nei Jing (the yellow emperor internal classics) |
Which book especially mentioned feeling pulse at Cun Kou (radial pulse) | Nan Jing (difficult classics) |
In Jin Dynasty, who was the first one mentioning about 24 kinds of pulse | Wang Shu He |
Who wrote “Shi Wen Gou” (Ten Inquiring song) | Wang Shu He |
The first Book about tongue diagnosis is | Ou shi yan she fa (master ou methods of examining tongue) |
Which book did mention about observing venules at index finger of child below 2 years old in order to diagnose disease | You you xin shu (a new book on pediatrics) |
Shen is specially manifested on | Eyes |
A patient hasliver disease, which complexion indicates MORE GOOD at better prognosis | BLACK |
A patient has iritis, which indicates disease of the | LIVER |
Dry, wither and black ear lobes indicate | KIDNEY QI EXHAUSTION |
Examination of venules on the index fingers is for diagnosing children under age of | 2 |
Venules appear beyond the gate of wind | Mild case * Exterior syndrome |
If the venules extend beyond the gate of life, this indicated | Life-threatening disease |
A red color of canthus indicates disease of the | Heart |
Green or blue tip of nose indicates | Abdominal pain |
Swelling and pain in the ear with yellow and thick discharge indicates | Damp heat |
If the teeth are dry and grayish or white like bone indicates | Kidney yin xu with empty fire |
A patient has liver disease, in spring, his condition should be | Fair |
A patient has heart disease which complexion indicates less good at better prognosis | Yellow |
A patient has spleen disease, which complexion indicates less bad at Worse prognosis | Black |
A patient has kidney disease, which complexion indicates more bad WORSE prognosis | Yellow |
A thin and emaciated body usually indicates | Deficiency of blood * Empty fire |
A fat body usually indicates | Deficiency of spleen yang * Retention of dampness or phlegm |
Prematurely gray hair indicates | Decline of kidney essence |
Qi edema (no mark is left on the swollen skin by pressure of a finger) indicates | Qi stagnation |
A bright and clear yellow skin color (yang jaundice) is due to | Damp heat |
A dull-yellow skin color (yin jaundice) is due to | Damp cold |
Skin eruption lesions discrete, progress from macula to papule to vesicle to crusting due to virus infection is | Chicken pox |
A child has fever for three days, with cough, conjunctivitis, kopliks spots on mouth, red vein on the back of ear and cold at root of ear, and maculopapular around ears, on face and neck and body | Measles |
A skin eruption begins at puberty and due to hormones and bacteria (heat in the blood) | Acne |
A superficial cellulitisdue to heat toxin and appears mostly on leg with pain and swollen | Erysipelas |
Skin disease with red, swelling, hot and pain is | Yong (swelling abscess) |
The skin disease due to qi and blood xu, or cold accumulation in the body is | Ju (flat abscess) |
The skin due to liver fire, or damp-heat at the LIV / GB and mostly at the waist, chest & hypochondria is | Herpes zoster |
Clear thin and white sputum | Cold phlegm |
White, big qty, easily expectorated sputum | Damp phlegm |
Yellow and thick sputum | Heat phlegm |
Saliva dripping from mouth corners and worse at night is | SPLEEN deficiency |
A lot of spittle is | Kidney deficiency |
Turbid vomiting product with foul smelling | Heat at stomach |
Yellow and green vomiting product with bitter taste is | Liver attacking stomach |
Tongue body indicates condition of | yin organs |
Tongue coating indicates condition of | yang organs |
Tongue moisture indicates condition of | body fluids |
Normal Tongue is NOT | Pale and tender |
Pale, swollen body w/ teeth marks with white coat | yang xu |
Pale and thin body with thin white coat | xue xu |
Red tongue with scant coat | yin xu |
Reddish-purple | heat and blood stasis |
Red with lots of red thorns on the sides | liver heat |
Healthy person can also have | Cracked |
Red tongue with long deep midline crack reaching the tip with yellow coat | HEART HEAT |
Red and thin body and mirrored | ST Yin Xu |
Deviated | internal wind |
Bluish purple with black spots toward the middle section | blood stasis at chest |
Pale with teeth marks and thin white coat | SP qi xu |
Red tongue with yellow thick greasy coat | heat phlegm |
Pale purple with grey and black moist coating indicates | extreme cold |
Red with grey and black dry coating indicates | extreme heat |
Geography tongue coating indicates | ST qi and yin xu |
Turbid greasy coat like bean curds | food stagnation |
Exterior syndrome which of the following is the most important | Chills |
Which indicates the exterior syndrome | Chills and fever |
Which indicated the interior heat syndrome | Fever without chills |
Which indicated the interior cold syndrome | Chills without fever |
Which indicated the shao yang syndrome | Alternate chills and fever |
A patient has more chills than fever, no sweating, thin white coating and superficial and tight pulse | exterior wind Cold |
A patient has chills that are alleviated by covering himself up, a pale swollen tongue with teeth marks and thin white and slippery coating and deep weak slow pulse | interior xu cold |
Constant high-grade fever, a lot of sweating with constipation and red tongue with yellow thick dry coat | interior shi heat |
Low grade fever getting worse in the afternoon or night or only occurring in the afternoon indicates | yin xu |
Constant low-grade fever that does not drop after sweating indicates | damp-heat |
A fever with spontaneous sweat and lassitude indicates | qi xu |
Yin xu syndrome often companies with | night sweating |
HT & KID yin xu can especially have | sweating at the palms and soles |
Which sweating can indicated turning point of disease process | zhan han (sweating following shivering) |
Oily sweat on forehead, or profuse cold sweat or pearl-like drop sweat with cold extremities during a severe illness indicates | collapse of yang |
Sticky greasy and profuse sweating with warm body and extremities indicated | collapse of yin |
Sweating appearing in the day time indicates | yang xu |
Distending headache is due to | Liver yang rising |
Heavy abdominal pain with thick and greasy coating is due to | dampness |
Stabbing chest pain with a purplish tongue is due to | blood stasis |
Dull pain all over with feeling of tiredness is due to | qi and xue xu |
Fixed joint pain with swelling, heavy and numbness indicates | dampness |
Wandering joint pain from joint to joint indicates | wind |
Fixed and very painful joint | cold |
Hot and swelling joint paint indicates | heat |
Severe dizziness when everything seems to sway and the person loses balance due to | internal wind |
Severe lower back pain aggravated during cold and damp weather, alleviated by application of heat is due to | external wind and damp |
Continuous and dull lower back pain is due to | KID xu |
Sudden onset of tinnitus, aggravated by pressing ears and a red tongue with yellow coat indicates | liver fire |
Insomnia in the sense of not being able to fall asleep with soreness and weakness at the lower back, night sweats, and poor memory | disharmony between HT & KID |
Insomnia in the sense of waking up many times during the night with poor appetite, lassitude, and loose stool indicates | SP & HT xu |
Insomnia in the sense of waking up during the night with scaring, palpitation, anxiety and bitter taste in the mouth indicates | disorder of the GB |
Insomnia in the sense of restless sleep during the night with epigastrium and abdominal distention and this greasy coating indicates | retention of food |
Falling asleep after eating indicates | SP qi xu |
A general somnolence with heavy sensation of body and greasy and white coating indicates | retention of dampness |
Extreme somnolence with lassitude and cold body and limbs indicates | KID yang xu |
Alternation of constipation and diarrhea indicates | LIV overacting on SP |
Cock-crow diarrhea or early morning diarrhea indicates | KID and SP yang xu |
Constipation with small, bitty stool like goat’s stools indicates | LQS & heat in the LI |
Diarrhea with mucus in the stool and tenesmus indicates | damp heat in the LI |
Enuresis or incontinence of urine or very frequent and copious urination indicates | kidney xu |
White leucorrhea with no smell indicates | Damp cold and SP qi xu |
Painful urination and difficult urination with blood or hot sensation indicates | damp heat in UB |
A yellow leucorrhea with foul smelling indicates | damp heat in the uterus |
A yellow leucorrhea with pus and blood in a woman after menopause indicates | toxic damp heat in the uterus (cancer) |
Vomiting during pregnancy indicates | disorders of ST and Chong meridians |
Miscarriage with dizziness, tinnitus, and lower back pain indicates | KID xu |
A heavy menstruation with thirst and feverish body indicates | heat in the blood |
A child with five retardation indicates | KID xu |
Overall examination (head, upper and lower limbs) of the pulse diagnosis comes from the | Huang Di Nei Jing |
Cun Kou (wrist Pulse) of the pulse diagnosis comes from the | Nan Jing |
Left wrist pulse diagnosis is for (qi or blood) | BLOOD |
Cun (near wrist crease) Left wrist pulse diagnosis is for (qi or blood) | HT |
Guang (middle) Left wrist pulse diagnosis is for (qi or blood) | LIV |
Chi (most proximal) Left wrist pulse diagnosis is for (qi or blood) | KID (UB & SI) |
Right wrist pulse diagnosis is for (qi or blood) | QI |
Cun (near wrist crease) Right wrist pulse diagnosis is for | LU |
Guang (middle) Right wrist pulse diagnosis is for | SP |
Chi (most proximal) Right wrist pulse diagnosis is for | KID (UB & LI) |
Push deeper into the wrist pulse to check condition of the | zang organs |
Push more shallow into the wrist pulse to check condition of the | fu organs |
Position of patient for pulse diagnosis | sitting or laying down (use pillow under wrist) |
Spring affects the pulses by | slightly wiry (LIV GB) |
Summer affects the pulses by | speeds up (rapid due to HT fire) |
Autumn affects the pulses by | Floating (LU is superficial) |
Winter affects the pulses by | slow and deep |
Men’s pulse is | strong and slower |
Woman’s pulse is | Weak and fast |
Student | weak and wiry |
Construction | strong |
Mountains affects the pulses by | slow and tight (due to cold) |
Desert affects the pulses by | speeds up |
Being younger affects the pulses b | faster |
Being older affects the pulses by | slower |
Being skinny | thready and rapid (empty fire) |
Being heavy affects the pulses by | slow and slippery |
Being angry affects the pulses by | rapid and wiry |
The Pulse is not superficial, not deep, not fast, not slow, 4 beats per on breath in and out, Consistent, regular, soft, calm | good ST qi |
The pulse is soft, vessels shouldn’t be big or small | good spirit (HT) |
Pulse could be detected at the regular positions | good root (Kidney |
When touching the wrist pulse – gently touching skin, you get a clear picture of pulse & when heavy force is used, pulse becomes weaker “Wood on water” (Skin level) | Superficial Pulse (Fu Mai)* |
Indication of Superficial Pulse (Fu Mai)* | exterior syndrome |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel stone on water (deeper level) | Deep pulse (Chen Mai)* |
Indication of Deep pulse (Chen Mai)* | interior syndrome |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel less than 4 beats for one breath in and out | Slow Pulse (Chi Mai)* |
Indication of Slow Pulse (Chi Mai)* | Cold |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel more than 4 beats for one breath in and out | Rapid Pulse (Shu Mai)* |
Indication of Rapid Pulse (Shu Mai)* | Heat |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel all three positions are weak | Empty pulse (Xu Mai)* |
Indication of Empty pulse (Xu Mai)* | Xu |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel all three positions are strong | Full pulse (Shi Mai)* |
Indication of Full pulse (Shi Mai)* | Shi |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel very smooth like water on the floor “pearls on plate” (mostly middle level) | Slippery/ Rolling pulse (Hua Mai)* |
Indication of Slippery/ Rolling pulse (Hua Mai)* | damp Phlegm water retentionPregnancy excess heat food stagnation |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel Stopping, not smooth (middle level) | Hesitant pulse (Se mai)* |
Indication of Hesitant pulse (Se mai)* | Blood Stagnation or stasis * severely damaged body fluids, essence & yin |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel extends past the index and ring finger | Long Pulse (Chang Mai) |
Indication of Long Pulse (Chang Mai) | excess and heat |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel shorter than the index and ring finger | Short pulse (Duan Mai) |
Indication of Short pulse (Duan Mai) | cold |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel sea waves – comes in strong, fades weakly (mostly middle level) | Surging (over flowing) Pulse (Hong Mai)* |
Indication of Surging (over flowing) Pulse (Hong Mai)* | Stomach heat or yang ming syndrome |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel Thin and fine | Thready (thin or fine) pulse (Xi Mai)* |
Indication of Thready (thin or fine) pulse (Xi Mai)* | Xu (qi, xue, yin, and yang), retention of water or damp (usually with edema) |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel very thready very soft if you push softly, it disappears | Minute Pulse (Wei mai) |
Indication of Minute Pulse (Wei mai) | severe Xu |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel like twisted ropes – short and constricted | Tense (Tight) Pulse (Jin Mai) |
Indication of Tense (Tight) Pulse (Jin Mai) | cold & pain |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel like string instruments – straight and long | String-taught (wiry) pulse (Xuan Mai) |
Indication of String-taught (wiry) pulse (Xuan Mai) | Liver Qi Stagnation GB disordersPain retention of the damp and phlegm obstructing qimalaria * |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel Sluggish but not SLOW yet | Slow-down pulse (Huan Mai) |
Indication of Slow-down pulse (Huan Mai) | SP xu, Early condition of damp |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel Big and Empty (fresh green onion stalks) | Hollow pulse (Kou Mai) |
Indication of Hollow pulse (Kou Mai) | essence, blood and Yin xu |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel empty drum (empty inside) | Leather pulse (Ge Mai) |
Indication of Leather pulse (Ge Mai) | loss of blood or essence (post natal or post abortion) |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel Very Very Deep (can touch the bone deep*) | Firm pulse (lao mai) |
Indication of Firm pulse (lao mai) | cold or severe diseases (cancer) |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel on the superficial level | Soft (weak-floating) pulse (Ru Mai)* |
Indication of Soft (weak-floating) pulse (Ru Mai)* | Qi xu, Yang Xu, Blood Xu |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel deep thready and weak (deeper level) | Weak pulse (Ruo Mai)* |
Indication of Weak pulse (Ruo Mai)* | internal xu |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel no root, superficial, fast | Scattered pulse (san Mai)* |
Indication of Scattered pulse (san Mai)* | severe xu of source qi (KID qi exhaustion) |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel cannot find the pulses easily (very deep) | Hidden Pulse (Fu Mai) |
Indication of Hidden Pulse (Fu Mai) | Severe pain, or extreme yin shi/ extreme yang shi |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel jumping beans under finger | Moving pulse (Dong Mai) |
Indication of Moving pulse (Dong Mai) | shi, heat, wind, sudden fright |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel one breath in, one breath out with 7-8 beats | Hasty Pulse (Ji Mai) |
Indication of Hasty Pulse (Ji Mai) | severe tachycardia (yin/yang separation), extreme heat |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel Slow, irregular missing beats | Knotted Pulse (Jie Mai) |
Indication of Knotted Pulse (Jie Mai) | HT – spirit (cold with blood stasis or qi stagnation) |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel fast irregular missing beats | Abrupt (hurried) pulse (Cu Mai) |
Indication of Abrupt (hurried) pulse (Cu Mai) | excess heat with qi and xue stagnation |
When touching the wrist pulse you feel slow regularly missing beats | Regularly intermittent pulse (Dai Mai) |
Indication of Regularly intermittent pulse (Dai Mai) | cold or xu (HT qi xu) early stages of heart failure |
Superficial + slow down pulse | exterior syndrome with SP qi xu |
Wiry + slippery + cu mai (fast irregular missing beats) pulse | liver fire with qi & blood stagnation |
Thready + rapid pulse | yin xu with heat |
Tight + wiry pulse | cold with LQS |
Wiry + slippery + rapid pulse | Liver Damp Heat |
Menstrual pulse | slippery during, thready after |
Pregnancy pulse | Slippery (amnion fluid and baby is a “phlegm ball”) |
Giving birth pulse | Tight and rapid (pain) |
Dead fetus pulse (sad pulse) | wiry, choppy or firm (stagnation) |
Palpation of skin | Diagnosis external or internal (LU) |
Palpation of hands, feet, and limbs | Diagnosis condition of the SP |
Palpation of the chest – xu li | Heart beat (Zong Qi)-condition of respiration and blood circulation (HT & LU) |
Bloated and hard epigastrium (dislikes touch) | excess |
Bloated and hard epigastrium (likes touch) | xu |
Palpation of the abdomen above the umbilicus (Da Fu) | SP & ST |
Palpation of the abdomen below the umbilicus (Shao Fu) | SI & LI |
Palpation of the abdomen the sides of the umbilicus (Ce Fu) | LIV, LI, GB, KID |
Palpation of Special acupuncture points – five shu points, back shu points, front mu, Yuan source, xi cleft points, luo connecting | Condition of zang fu organs according to Patients reaction to palpating |
In pulse diagnosis, cun (front) position indicates | qi, upper jiao, heart-lung |
In pulse diagnosis Guan (middle) position indicates | blood, middle jiao, ST/SP |
In pulse diagnosis Chi (rear) position indicates | yin, lower jiao, kidneys |
In spring the pulse is usually | wiry |
In winter the pulse usually is | deep |
The normal pulse has quality of having | ST qi, Spirit & root (all of them) |
The pulse being soft, gentle, calm, and 4 beats per respiratory cycle indicates having | stomach Qi |
The pulse being soft but with strength, neither big or small and regular indicates having | Spirit |
Superficial, tight and slippery pulse indicates | wind-cold-dampness |
Rapid and slippery pulse indicates | damp heat |
Superficial and rapid pulse indicates | wind heat |
Superficial and tight pulse indicates | wind cold |