Organ and External Patterns

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+ - Organ Patterns
- + - Heart Patterns
  - + - HT QI Deficiency
    - + - General Signs
      - Changes in heart rate
      - shortness of breath w/ exertion
      - heart palpitations
      - spontaneous sweat
      - pale complexion
      - fatigue
      - tongue: pale/normal
      - pulse: deficient (empty/weak)
    - + - Specific Signs
      - palpitations
      - tiredness
      - deficiency pulses
    - + - Causes
      - blood loss
      - chronic problem
      - HT governs the blood, any blood loss affects the heart
      - constitutional (ancestral qi)
      - emotional sadness (over a long period of time)
    - + - TX Principle
      - tonify heart qi
    - + - Points Used In Treatment
      - + - HT7
        shu point good for excess or deficiency
      - + - HT5
        tonifies ht qi and stabilizes rhythym
      - + - PC6
        PC surrounds the heart, tonfies the qi, good point to use if the disease is sadness
      - + - BL15
        back shu point for the heart, tonfieis the heart (w/ moxa)
      - + - CV17
        influential point of qi
        
        tonifies qi in upper jiao
      - + - CV4
        all pupose tonification point
        
        deeply tonifying
      - + - ST36
        tonifies everything
  - + - HT Yang Deficiency
    - + - General Signs
      - palpitations
      - changes in heart rate
      - many signs of qi deficiency w/ added cold signs
    - + - Specific Signs
      - they feel cold
      - cold hand/limbs
      - face - bright pale complexion
      - tongue - wet/pale (possibly swollen)
      - pulse: week, deep, and knotted (not smooth)
    - + - Causes
      - same as HT qi deficiency with the addition of cold
    - + - TX Principle
      - tonify and warm the heart
    - + - Points Used In Treatment
      - HT7
      - HT5
      - PC6
      - + - BL15
        w/ moxa
        
        tonfies ht yang
        
        back shu of heart
      - + - CV17
        w/ moxa
        
        especially warm needle technique
        
        builds qi and warms heart
      - + - CV6
        w/ moxa
      - + - CV4
        w/ moxa
      - + - ST36
        w/ moxa
  - + - HT Blood Deficiency
    - + - General Signs
      - Palpitations
      - insomnia
      - dizziness
      - poor memory
      - dream disturbed sleep
      - startle easily
      - dull/pale complexion
      - pale lips
      - disquieted heart spirit
      - tongue: pale/thin/slightly dry looking
      - pulse - deficiency/choppy or fine
    - Specific Signs
    - + - Causes
      - blood deficiency
      - poor diet
      - hemmorhage or accident
      - childbirth (post natal depression)
    - + - TX Principle
      - tonify the blood, tonfiy the heart, pacify the spleen
    - + - Points Used In Treatment
      - + - HT7
        all purpose shu stream/yuan source
        
        quite the mind
        
        tonfiy the blood
      - PC6
      - + - CV17
        heart mu point (esp. with anxiety
      - + - CV15
        luo connecting point of the CV (esp. with anxiety)
      - + - BL22
        back shu point for the spleen (tonify spleen to build blood)
      - + - BL17
        influential point of blood
      - + - SP6
        help supplement the blood (along with ST36 to tonify the blood)
  - + - HT Yin Deficiency
    - + - General Signs
      - palpitations
      - overheat at night
      - feel anxious
      - dream disturbed sleep
      - red cheek bones (mallor flush)
      - five heart heat
      - hot in the PM (night sweats)
      - dry mouth/dry throat
    - Specific Signs
    - Causes
    - + - TX Principle
      - nourish the HT yin, calm restlessness
    - + - Points Used In Treatment
      - + - HT7
        good for any ht pattern
        
        calms restlessness
      - + - HT6
        xi cleft point for ht
        
        good for clearing deficiency HT
      - + - PC6
        per above
      - + - CV14, CV15
        good for quieting the mind
      - + - CV4
        help tonfiy the yin
        
        said to ground the mind when there is a deficienvy heat
      - + - SP6
        meeting point for the 3 yin of the leg
      - + - HT6 and KD6
        nourish the KD yin
        
        (usually in one treatment)
  - + - Heart Fire Blazing
    - + - notes:
      - excess heat in the heart
      - + - different from the HT yin deficiency because the signs aare all excess
        tongue will show you
        
        restlessness will be more excess
        
        pulse will be more excess
    - + - causes
      - emotional causes over time
      - Chronic worrying
      - chronic depression
      - causes the qi to not move properly and generates heat
      - + - this could take years to make fire
        unless you add other factors
      - + - mental depression
        like liver qi stagnating (liver is the mom to heart)
        
        don't let depression fool you as a deficiency problem
      - liver fire
    - + - symptoms
      - + - tip of the tongue will be red and perhaps swollen
        like the heat is expanding the tip of the tongue
      - + - fire - they can't/won't extend the tongue
        if pale, it's a qi deficiency
        
        + - it's likely to be thin/long and red when they do stick it out
        perhaps a little bulb at the end of the tongue
      - + - excess heat in the heart will lead to excess heat signs
        thirsty
        
        + - whiole face red
        complexion: red
        
        feel red
        
        + - ulcers on the tongue and in their mouth
        + - white ulcers with red rim
        yin deficient
        
        + - red and they hurt
        this is the herat fire blazing type of ulcer
      - agitated and hotter signs
      - mental restlessness
      - + - HT heat can transfer to cause bladder heat problems
        HT and SI are internal/external related
        
        SI is tai yang
        
        Bl is tai yang as well
        
        + - so you get bladder infection
        pain with urination
        
        burning with urination
      - + - pulse
        rapid
        
        full
        
        flooding
        
        excess type of pulse
        
        surging type of pulse
        
        heart pulse itself could be real strong
    - + - treatment principles
      - clea the heat
      - pacify the mind
    - + - points
      - + - ht8
        ying spring
      - + - ht9
        jing well
      - + - ht7
        shu point for heart
      - + - CV15
        good for calming the mind and clearing the heat
      - + - SP6, KD6
        help cool the fire/mind
        
        SP6 is very calming as well
        
        could be usefull for yin deficiency even if they isn't really showing as a problem
- + - Liver Patterns
  - + - Liver Qi Stagnation
    - + - Symptoms
      - sighing
      - pain under the ribs
      - belching and hiccups
      - + - emotional component
        depression
        
        mood swings
        
        anger
      - + - poor appetite
        churning in the stomach
        
        sour stomach
        
        diarrhea
        
        gas
      - person feels wound up or unhappy
      - feeling of a lump in the throat
      - + - menstrual problems
        irregular periors
        
        painful periods
        
        PMS
        
        breast tenderness
    - + - Key Symptoms
      - pain in diaphragm
      - feelings of frustration or blockage
      - + - considered a result of emotional problems in life
        in the habit of being frustrated
      - tantrums, anger frustration, resentment
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - disperse liver qi, regulate the liver
    - + - Points used in Treatment
      - + - LV3
        smooth and spread liver qi
        
        shu and yuan source
        
        either alone or with LV14
      - + - LV8
        if deficient
        
        he sea point - a little more nourishing, good for the blood, doesn't move things as fast)
        
        perhaps instead of LV3
        
        a little more gentle
      - + - LV14
        smooth, spread liver qi
        
        either alone or with LV3
      - + - GB20
        yuan source point for the GB
        
        also spreads liver qi
        
        also influences the hip
      - + - GB34
        regulates the liver qi
        
        useful for problems in the middle jiao
        
        pain under the ribs
      - + - PC6
        the upper body LV3
        
        esp. if they are stuck emotionally
        
        with pain in the chest
  - + - Liver Blood Deficiency
    - + - Symptoms
      - floaters in the eyes
      - numbness
      - dizziness
      - insomnia
      - + - problems with periods
        not enough blood
        
        scanty or no period at all
      - pale lips
      - muscles aren't being nourished
      - tingling or funny feelings, pins, needles (dyskenishea)
      - + - problems iwth the nails
        finger and toe nails
        
        look like dry wood
      - + - pulse: choopy, fine, soggy (overall weak)
        not enough blood to fill the vessels
      - + - tissues not being nourished by blood
        dry skin
    - + - Key Symptoms
      - tongue is pale in the lv/gb area
        sides may look a little orange or pale
        
        tongue is dry
    - + - Cause
      - liver stores the blood so anything that can cause a deficiency of blood can affect the liver function
        poor diet
        loss of blood
        excessive menstrual bleeding
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - tonify the liver, nourish the blood
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - LV5
      - + - LV8
        hea sea and water point for liver
      - + - ST36, SP6
        classic combination
      - + - BL17
        influential point of blood
        
        perhaps with moxa
      - + - BL18
        back shu point for the liver
        
        good for eyes as well
      - + - BL20
        back shu point for spleen
        
        build blood
      - + - CV4
        w/ moxa
        
        very tonifying
      - CV6
      - + - SP10
        moves the blood
        
        + - esp. if stagnation is present
        purple tongue
    - + - Common Combinations
      - For menstrual disorders
        SP6, PC6, BL18, BL20, CV3, Zi Gong
  - + - Liver Yang Rising
    - + - symptoms
      - + - headaches
        at the temples, eyes, sides of head
      - dizziness
      - tinnitus
      - feels agitated
      - dry mouth, throat
      - insomnia
      - irritable
      - shouting in anger - a little touchy
      - + - tongue: tends to be red on sides
        yin deficient - red and peeled on sides
        
        bld deficient - pale and thin/dry
      - + - pulse: wiry
        or could re rooted in deficiency
        
        if deficient bld- then choppy/weak
        
        if deficient yin - thin rapid, thin, thready
      - backache, weakness in legs
    - + - Cause
      - Emtions, anger or frustration over time
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - subdue liver yang, nourish the yin
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - LV3
        balance and subdue the liver yang
      - + - LV14
        mu point of liver
      - + - BL2
        helps with liver yang
        
        local point for ehadaches around the eyes
      - + - GB 9.8.6
        all subdue liver yang
        
        good local points on the lateral side of head for headaches
      - + - GB20
        any migraine type liver headache
        
        pulls the liver yang down
      - + - GB34
        treat the opposite end of the channel
        
        for headaches in the temporal area
      - + - BL18
        back shu point
        
        for any liver problem
      - + - SP6, KD3
        nourish the kidney water
        
        for yin deficiency
      - + - DU20
        helps descend the liver yang
        
        needle against the channel
      - + - LI4
        good for any headache
        
        reduces the superabundance of liver yang
      - + - TW5
        bring down the liver yang
        
        good for when the headaches are in the shao yang
  - + - Liver Fire Blazing upward
    - + - Notes:
      - this is full heat rather than deficiency heat
    - + - Symptoms
      - + - Symptoms in the upper part of the body
        red face
        
        eye balls are red
        
        ears turning read
        
        headaches in the temple areas
        
        + - dizziness
        this is excess dizziness
        
        room spinning dizziness
      - + - tinnitus
        excess tinnitus
        
        like sirens
        
        high ptched whistle
        
        usually a sudden onset
        
        "liver fire goes up to the ears to cloud the orifice"
      - + - full excess hot temper
        irritable
        
        outbursts of anger
      - + - bitter taste in mouth
        morning mouth that lasts all day
      - + - sudden deafness
        the ascending energy blows out the heareing
        
        usually a sudden onset
      - more foreceful pulse
      - more dramatic symptoms that liver yang ascending above
      - + - tongue is red
        almost crimson
        
        dry
        
        yellow coat
      - constipated
      - concentrated urine
      - + - dream disturbed sleep
        may be dreaming about burning buildings
        
        dreaming about flying
        
        dreaming about running away from people
      - + - bleeding problems
        liver stores the blood
        
        the blood will get hot
        
        vomitting blood
        
        nose bleeds
        
        coughing up blood
      - + - pulse
        rapid
        
        full, excess
        
        wiry
    - + - Causes
      - + - commonly caused by emotions
        long standing anger
        
        resentment
        
        frustration
        
        repressed emotions
      - + - stagnating liver qi
        stagnant things cause heat
      - + - diet
        greasy food
        
        alcohol
        
        excess consumption
        
        + - excess meat
        beef
        
        lamb
        
        + - tobacco
        smoked
        
        chew
    - + - treatment principle
      - sedate the liver
      - clearr the fire
    - + - points
      - + - LV2*
        ying spring
        
        take out the heat
      - + - LV3
        + - shu point
        often combined with LV2,
        
        shu and ying combination classic
        
        good for any liver problem
      - + - LV8
        see above
      - + - LV14
        mu point for the liver
      - + - GB13
        ghost point
        
        subdues liver yang
        
        calms the mind
      - + - GB20
        anchors the fire
        
        esp. with a throbbing headache
      - + - GB43
        subdues liver yang
        
        further from the problem, the stronger it is to treat
        
        esp. for headaches
      - + - Tai Yang
        clears liver fire
        
        help with temporal headaches
      - + - TW5
        good for headaches on side of head
        
        good to calm liver
      - + - BL18
        back shu point for the liver
      - + - BL2
        esp. with pounding behind the eye
        
        subdues liver yang
  - + - Damp Heat in the liver/gallbladder
    - + - Caused
      - diet
      - emotions
      - drinking
      - often a deficient spleen causing the dampness
      - dampness obstructs the smooth flow of qi
      - + - often a dietary problem
        irregular diwet/lifestyle
        
        too much greasy food
      - + - long time liver qi stagnation
        emotions
        
        stagnant liver qi can generate heat, when added with damp, viola.
      - + - can invade from the outside.
        down in Florida
    - + - symptoms
      - distention/fullness in the hypochondrium
      - + - liver qi invading the spleen/stomach
        nausea
        
        vomitting
        
        distention in the stomach
      - + - iver qi is stagnante so bil isn't released at proper time
        bile back up
        
        jaundice
        
        whites of eyes turning yellow
      - + - related to external genitalia
        vaginal discharge
        
        redness or itching in the genitals for men
      - + - low grade fever
        they don't feel hot at first
        
        the person may say they feel cold, but the heat is locked in by the dampness
        
        heat may come and go or a continuous thng.
        
        this is not a yin deficiency fever - not just in the evening
      - + - bitter/sticky taste in the mouth
        it's still an excess problem
      - + - tongue
        red
        
        damp/sticky
      - + - pulse
        rapid
        
        slippery
        
        an excess pulse
    - + - treatment principle
      - resolve the dampness
      - disperse the liver and gall bladder to clear heat
    - + - points to use
      - + - LV2
        ying spring
        
        take out heat
      - LV3
      - LV14
      - + - GB24
        helps move stagnant liver qi
      - + - GB34
        takes damp heat out of the middle jiao (liver/gallbladder)
        
        clears heat
        
        relaxes the muscles as well if needed
        
        moves liver qi
      - + - SP3
        dampness
      - + - SP6
        dampness
      - + - SP9
        dampness
      - + - DU9
        it takes the dampness from the gall bladder channel
      - + - BL18
        back shu for liver
      - + - BL19
        back shu for gall bladder
      - + - LI11
        clears damp heat
- + - Lung Patterns
  - + - Lung QI Deficiency
    - + - Symptoms
      - day time sweat
      - not enough lung qi to be able to sweat correctly
      - catch watever colds are going around (wei qi connection)
      - tired
      - cough
      - complexion is pale (bright white)
      - tongue: normal or pale
      - pulse: deficient esp. in cun position on right hand
    - + - Causes
      - caused by constitutional deficiency
      - could be because poor breathing habits
      - studying too much
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - Tonify the lung qi
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - LU7
        most frequent
        
        good for someone with cough
        
        makes lung qi descend
        
        tonifying
      - + - LU9
        source point for lungs
      - + - CV6, CV4
        tonify qi in the while body
      - + - BL13,12
        bakc shu points over the lung
      - DU12
      - + - ST36 (and sp3 or sp6)
        tonify qi
        
        mom to metal is earth
        
        tonify earth to nourish metal
      - + - BL23
        strengthen the KD qi to help grasp the da qi better
        
        get deep breathing going
  - + - Lung YIn Deficiency
    - + - symptoms
      - yin deficiency signs
      - warm in pm
      - red cheeks
      - malor flush
      - insomnia
      - dry mouth
      - dry throat
    - + - key symptoms
      - + - dry cough
        no or little sputum
        
        it's sticky or blood tinged
        
        always have a lozenge in their mouth
      - hoarse voice
      - tickly throat
      - + - tongue is yin deficient
        red with peeled dry coat
        
        mirror tongue
      - pulse is rapind and thin/thready
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - nourish the lung yin, nourish the yin of the whole body, clear empty heat
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - LU9
        src point for the lungs
        
        nourish the lung yin
      - + - LU10
        takes empty heat from the lungs
      - + - BL13
        back shu point
      - + - BL43
        outer shu point
      - + - DU12
        clears heat from the lung and heart
        
        local point
        
        tonifies lung qi and yin
      - + - CV4
        good for nourishing the yin
        
        conducts deficiency heat downwards
      - + - KD3
        good for kidney yin or yang
      - + - KD6
        tonify the kidney yin
        
        helps sore throat and dry cough (LU7, and KD6)
      - + - CV12
        mu point for the stomach
        
        helps the stomach, which is the mother of fluids
      - + - CV17
        tonify the lung qi and yin
- + - Spleen Patterns
  - + - Spleen Qi Deficiency
    - + - Symptoms
      - digestions and ingestion difficulties
      - + - no appetite/eating too much
        can't pull nutrition out of their food
      - bloating after they eat
      - tired/fatigue/weakness
      - no post-natal essence
      - + - things in the body fall down
        prolapses
      - weakness in the limbs
      - + - can cause dampness
        to weak to transform and transport fluids
      - heavy feeling in arms/legs/head
      - nausea due to obstruction
      - stuffy feeling in chest
      - tongue: pale or normal (dampness=swelling)
      - pulse:deficient or soggy
      - muscles and arms feel real week, they are deprived of nutrition
    - + - Causes
      - most common spleen pattern
      - diet, eating at the wrong time, eating too much , eating too many raw foods
      - not enough protein in diet
      - eating too little
      - mental strain over a long period of time
      - environmental dampness
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - tonify spleen qi
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - SP3
        source point for the spleen
      - SP6
      - + - ST25
        when w/ diarrhea
      - ST36
      - + - BL20 & 21
        back shu point for spleen and stomach
      - CV12
      - + - CV12
        mu point for the stomach
  - + - Spleen Yang Deficiency
    - + - Symptoms
      - as per spleen qi deficiency but with symptoms of cold
      - cold limbs, etc...
      - could also be edema (not enough fire)
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - tonfiy and warm the spleen yang
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - SP9
        for damp
        
        w/ moxa to warm person up
      - + - ST28
        good to stimulate the spleen and transform the fluids
        
        water passage is the chinese name
      - + - LV13
        mu point for the spleen
      - + - BL22
        back shu for TW
        
        supports water metabolism
      - + - BL23
        back shu point for kidney
        
        spleen yang and kidney yang are often deficieny together
        
        cock's crow diarrhea
        
        kidney yang root of all body's yang
      - + - CV4,6
        w/ moxa
      - + - Moxa Du4
        ming men huo
  - + - Damp heat invading spleen
    - + - cause
      - invasion of dapmness and heat from external
      - exposure to hot and humid weather
      - eating contaminated foods
    - + - symptoms
      - obstructs the normal flow of qi
      - + - the person feels heavy and stuffy
        in the chest
        
        in the abdomen
      - abdominal pains
      - bloating/vomtting
      - no appetite
      - + - "they are thirsty without the desire to drink"
        they just want sips of water to drink
        
        they've got obstructions
      - + - loose stools
        with a very bad smell
        
        burning in the anus
      - + - concentrated urine
        this is heat
      - + - low grade fever
        damness will obstruct the high fever
      - headache
    - + - treatemnt principle
      - resolve dampness
      - clear the heat
    - + - points
      - sp9
      - sp6
      - DU9
      - + - LI11
        clears heat
        
        resolves dampness
      - + - BL20
        back shu of spleen
      - + - GB24
        resolves damp heat in the middle jiao
- + - Kidney Patterns
  - + - Kidney Yin Deficiency
    - + - Symptoms
      - backaches
      - bone aches (ache deep inside)
      - + - dizziness, vertigo
        kidney yin deficiency - kidney's fail to produce enough marrow to fill the brain - causes poor memory , dizziness, etc...)
      - deafness
      - tinnitus
      - night sweats
      - fiver heart heat
      - dry mouth/throat
      - dark small amounts of urine
      - constipation
    - + - Key Symptoms
      - dizziness - deficient dizziness is a slight dizziness
      - tinnitus - deficient tinnitus is a low sound like rushing water or crickets
    - + - Causes
      - over work
      - long chronic illnesses
      - excessive secual activity
      - loss of blood/body fluids
      - taking too many kidney yang tonifiers
    - + - Treatment principle
      - nourish the KD yin
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - KD3
        tonify the kidneys
        
        most commonly used
      - + - KD6
        tonify the kidney yin
        
        also helps with the throat
      - + - KD7
        five phase association
        
        metal point on channel
        
        mother point of water (engenders water)
      - + - KD10
        water point on the water channel
        
        good to tonify the kidney yin
      - + - BL23
        back shu point of kidney
        
        good for backaches
      - + - CV4
        no moxa - too much heat already
      - + - SP6
        good for nourishing liver/kd yin
        
        calms the mind as well
  - + - Kidney Yang Deficiency
    - + - Symptoms
      - Root of all yang in the body
      - back aches
      - + - a cold backache
        the back may sometimes feel cold
      - + - knee problems
        cold knees
      - don't want to be near cold - aversion to cold
      - bright white complexion
      - + - impotence
        no sexual desire
        
        for men or women
      - urination is copious and clear
      - urination is scant and clear
      - feel apathetic
      - infertility in women
      - edema in lower part of the body
      - tongue: pale and swollen, drippy wet
      - pulse: deep and weak
    - + - Causes
      - chronic illness
      - excessive sexual activity
      - exposed to cold immediately after sex
      - too much dmapness in body over time
      - old age
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - tonify and warm the kidneys, strengthen the ming men huo
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - KD3
        tonify the kidney yin and yang
      - + - KD7
        tonify the kidney yang
      - + - ST36
        w/ moxa
      - + - BL23
        ack shu point of the kidney
      - + - DU4
        ming men huo
        
        w/ moxa
        
        don't use just needles here are it will cool the body
      - + - CV4,6
        w/ moxa
      - + - SP9, CV9
        is edema
  - + - Insecurity of Kidney Qi
    - + - Symptoms
      - Insecure because failing to regulate urine/sperm
      - weakness and soreness in the low back
      - + - urination problems
        clear and copious urine
        
        frequent urination
        
        dribbling after urination
      - incontinence, bed wetting
      - nocturnal emmisions
      - premature ejaculation
      - w/ women, cause for uterine prolapse or chronic vaginal discharge
      - tongue: pale
      - pulse: deep and weak, especially in KD position
    - + - Cause
      - + - kidney qi is so weak, there's not enough qi for the transformation of urine.
        it isn't held within the body and just leaks out
      - result of aging
      - in children as a result of mal-development of kidney qi
      - excessive secual activity
      - too many children too close together
      - having sex at too young an age damages the kidneys
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - Reinforce or stabilize the kidney qi
    - + - Points used in treatment
      - + - KD3
        tonify the kidneys
      - + - SP9
        he sea and water point
        
        good for almost all urinary problems
      - + - ST36, SP6
        any tonification problems
      - + - BL23
        kidney back shu
      - + - DU4
        tonify the kidney
        
        ming men huo
        
        helps stop incontinence
        
        helps stop excessive urination
      - + - CV4
        w/ moxa
      - + - DU20
        raises the yang
        
        helps prolapse
      - + - CV2
        meeting point of CV and liver channel
        
        good w/ moxa
- + - Large Intestine Patterns
  - + - Damp Heat in the Large Intestine
    - + - symptoms
      - + - diarrhea
        mucus is possible - more dampness
        
        blood is possible - mode heat
      - abdominal pain
      - + - stools
        foul smell
        
        burning in the anus
      - + - urine
        concentrated
      - fever
      - + - Sweating
        not releiving the fever
      - thirst w/o desire to drink
      - heavyness
      - can't think straight
      - + - fluids aren't being reabsorbed by the body
        diarrhea
      - tongue - red
      - pulse - rapid
    - + - cause
      - too many hot foods
      - too many greasy foods
      - + - emotions
        worry over a long period of time.
      - chronic stress on the body
    - + - treatment principle
      - clear heat
      - resolve dampness
      - stop the diarrhea
    - + - points
      - sp9
      - sp6
      - + - cv3
        resolve damp from lover burner
      - + - bl23
        resolve damp from lover burner
      - + - BL17
        influential point of blood
      - + - CV12
        front mu of stomach
      - + - LI11
        clear damp heat
      - + - ST25
        mu of LI
        
        stop diahrea
      - + - ST37
        lower he sea of LI
      - + - BL20
        tonify spleen back shu
      - + - BL25
        back shu of li
        
        clears heat
- + - Stomach patterns
  - + - Digestive Stagnation
    - + - symptoms
      - fullness and obstruction
      - vomitting feels good
      - nausea
      - burping and sour regurgitation
      - + - foul breath
        food fermenting in the stomach too long
      - obstructon stopping the downbearing of the stomach
      - an internal excess problems
      - more associated with cold or heat
      - + - coating on tongue
        white if cold
        
        yellow if heat
      - pulse - slippery
      - + - insomnia
        mind becomes disturbed because heart qi cannot descend
    - + - cause
      - eating too quickly
      - excessive emotions while you eat
      - eating too much
      - eating too late at night
    - + - treatment principle
      - remove the obstruction
      - stimulate the stomach qi to descend
    - + - point
      - + - cv13
        stimulate the st qi to descend
      - + - CV10
        stimulate the st qi to descend
      - + - CV12
        stimulate the st qi to descend
      - + - ST44
        resolve stagnate food
        
        ying spring point
        
        esp. if with heat
      - + - ST45
        resolves stagnant food
        
        jing well point
        
        clears heat
        
        esp/ w/ insomnia
      - + - ST21
        also a local point
        
        stimulates the descending of the ST qi
        
        helps with stagnant food
      - + - SP4
        stimulate the stomach qi
      - + - SP4 + PC6
        stmulate the stomach qi and reduce nausea
  - + - Stomach Fire
    - + - notes
      - interior
      - excess
      - heat
      - could have phlegm
      - watch for the medicines that a person is on. Welbutrin can cause hunger...
    - + - cause
      - smoking cigarrettes
      - eating too many hot foods
      - + - phlegem
        rench fries
    - + - symptoms
      - upset stomach
      - nausea
      - + - heat is fermenting what's going on in the stomach
        sour belching
        
        sour stomach
      - dry tongue
      - constipated
      - feels thirsty
      - constant hunger
      - + - excess heat causes
        bleeding in the gums
        
        halitosis
        
        + - scorching the blood vessels
        bleeding problems from the heat
      - + - if complicated with the presence of phlegm (phlegm fire)
        even more obstructive
        real feelings of chest stuffiness
        + - manic behavior
        heat makes them want to go do something
        
        they want to act up
        
        the way they act is clouded by the phlegm
        
        insomnia
        neurosis
        psycosis
        tongue: you can see a midline crack (not all the way to the tip) with little yellow fur in the center
        it doesn't reach the tip
      - + - tongue
        just red if only heat
        
        thick yellow tongue throughout the tongue if just heat
      - + - pulse:
        rapid
        
        strong- because it is an excess
        
        if with phlegm - it'll be slippery or slippery/wiry
      - + - treatment principle
        stimulate the stomach to descend
    - + - points
      - + - st21
        clear the heat
        
        promote the stomach heat to descend
      - + - ST40
        if for phlegm
      - ST45
      - + - PC5
        is phlegm is affecting the mind - upper body ST40
      - + - PC6
        help the rebelious stomach qi
      - CV13
      - CV12
      - ST44
- + - Bladder
  - Damp Heat in the bladder
    - + - Symptoms
      - burning pain with urination
      - frequent urgent urination
      - difficulty urinating
      - urine is concentrated
      - dampness can cause cloudy urine
      - fever and thirst
      - heat can cause blood in the urine
      - + - stopping in the middle of the flow
        dampness in the lower jiao can cause obstructions in the fluids moving smoothly
        
        "sand in the urine"
      - pulse - rapid
      - tongue - red
    - + - Notes
      - excess heat in the bladder
      - too much dampness
      - caused by a bladd infection or cystitis
      - can cause kidney stones
      - + - caused by exposure to dampness
        damness from exterior
        
        damp cold changing into damp heat as it moves inward
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - resolve dampness
      - clear heat
      - open the water passages of the lower jiao
    - + - Points to use
      - + - SP9 & SP6
        resolve the dampness in the lower part of hte body
      - + - ST28
        local point for managing the fluids of the body
      - + - BL22
        back shu point for the TW
        
        helps to stimulate the metabolism of fluids in teh lower burner
      - + - BL28
        back UB shu point
        
        good for any bladder problems
        
        clears heat from the bladder
      - + - LV8
        good for urinary problems
      - + - C V3
        mu point for the bladder
      - + - BL63
        diagnostic point
        
        xi cleft points good for acute conditions
        
        xi cleft point for the bladder
      - + - BL66
        ying spring point
+ - External Patterns
- + - Wind Cold in the lungs
  - + - Symptoms
    - cough
    - itchy throat
    - stuff nose/runny nose
    - cold looking mucus
    - sneezing
    - doesn't want to be exposed to cold
    - occipital headache (tai yang)
    - tongue is thin white coat or normal
    - pulse - floating
  - + - Notes
    - tai yang (Shan hang lun)
    - exterior wind cold attacks the wei qi of the lung and war breaks out.
    - don't tonify the person, this will only make it worse
    - release the exterior instead, there's an excess pathogen to deal with
    - use a reducing method
  - + - Treatment Principles
    - scatter cold, stimulate the lung to ddescend and disperse
  - + - Poinst to use
    - + - LU7
      - help disperse the wind cold
      - release the exterior
      - stimulate the lung function
    - + - BL12
      - very effective (w/ cupping)
      - pull out the wind
      - release the exterior
      - could moxa
    - + - BL13
      - lung shu point
    - + - DU16
      - expel the wind
      - good for occipital headache
    - + - GB20
      - wind pool
      - help take the wind out
      - also good for occipital headache
    - + - KD7, LI4
      - help promote sweat
      - release the exterior
- + - Invasion of Lung by Wind Heat
  - + - Symptoms
    - May have aversion to cold, but more feverish signs
    - + - thirsty
      - heat drys up the body fluids
    - dry lips
  - + - Notes
    - combines heat wirh wind
    - could star out as wind cold and transforms into wind heat
    - more fever and more heat signs
    - nose is runny or stuffy w/ yellow/breen/brown/bloody mucus
    - headache - splitting headache
    - high body temp/feverish
    - body aches still rpesent due to wind
    - could be slight sweating
    - tongue: more red (tips and sides), coat turning yellow or cream
    - pulse: floating but perhaps rapid
    - no moxa
    - use reducing methods
  - + - Treatment Principle
    - release the exterior and clear the head
    - promote lung function
  - + - Points to use
    - + - KD7
      - only kidney point you can safely use on an exterior condition
      - + - promote sweating
        maybe you don't want to do this
      - release the exterior
    - + - LI4
      - release the exterior
      - release the heat
    - + - LI11
      - release the exterior
      - release the heat
    - + - TW5
      - releases the exterior
      - clears heat
    - + - SI3
      - tai yang
      - release the exterior
    - + - LU11
      - prick to bleed for sore throat
    - + - LU10
      - w/ sore throat
      - tonsils enlarged
    - + - DU14
      - to clear heat
      - meeting of all the yang channels
      - if they feel feverish
    - + - LU5
      - takes out deficiency heat or excess heat
    - + - BL12
      - Releases the exterior
    - + - DU16
      - take out the wind
    - + - GB20
      - wind pool
      - help take the wind out
      - also good for occipital headache
- + - Cold and Damp invading the spleen
  - + - Symptoms
    - obstructs the chest (stuffy in teh epigastrum)
    - could feel cold
    - + - head feels heavy
      - dampness and fog has moved into the head
      - dampness prevents the clear yang from going to the head
    - sweet taste in the mouth or bland taste in the mouth
      - spleen opens to the mouth
    - no appetite
    - + - no thirst
      - due to cold
    - + - loose stools
      - dampness is heavy and tends to want to move down (to the more tin part of the body)
    - + - white vaginal discharge
      - dampness is heavy and tends to want to move down (to the more tin part of the body)
    - + - tongue: looks damp
      - sticky or slippery coat
      - more excess than in spleen qi deficiencies
    - + - pulse
      - + - slippery
        perhaps a more excess type of pulse
  - + - notes
    - could start as an acute problem, but then become chronic
    - exterior dampness can invade the spleen. (this is environmental)
    - overall it looks a lot like spleen qi defiency, but the ulse and tongue will indicate an excess
  - + - Treatment Principle
    - resolve dampness
  - + - Points to use
    - + - SP9
      - to remove dampness
      - esp. in the lower jiao
    - + - BL20
      - back shu for the spleen
      - tune up the spleen
    - + - SP6
      - tonify
      - remove dampness
    - + - CV12
      - mu point of the stomach
    - + - SP3
      - earth point on the earth channel
    - + - ST8
      - fog in the head
      - dampness between the ears
      - heavy headedness
+ - Internal Patterns
- Excess heat in the interior of the body
- + - Yin Deficiency
  - + - Deficiency Heat
    - + - Symptoms
      - + - Restlessness
        feeling that there is vaguely something wrong
      - five palm heat
      - hirsty, without desire to drink
      - dry mouth/dry throat
      - night sweats
      - dry constipation
      - + - pulse: floating/empty or thready
        it feels on the thin side
        
        its deficiency and rapid
      - + - tongue: red, coating is deficient
        perhaps peeled
        
        in the areas where the organs are deficient
    - + - Causes
      - chronic illness
      - overwork
      - excess sex
      - + - anything that depletes your body of fluids
        over sweating
        
        vomitting
        
        diarrhea
        
        loss of blood
      - + - improper herbs
        esp. stomach yin
        
        read the labels for warnings on herb
    - + - Treatment Principle
      - clear the heat
      - nourish the yin
    - + - Points to treat
      - + - KD3
        tonfies the kidney
        
        root yin of the body
      - + - KD6
        specific for kidney yin
      - + - SP6
        3 yin of th leg
      - + - LV8
        tonify the liver blood and yin
      - + - bl18
        liver shu
      - + - CV4
        for kidney yin deficiency
      - + - BL23
        kidney shu
        
        for kidney yin deficiency
    - + - Notes
      - rule of thumb: the liver and kidney get deficient together. The liver and kidney share the same root. This will tend to cause the liver yang to get even more excess - liver yang ascending. So, you might see some excess signs, but it is rooted in the deficiency of the liver yin.
        Anchor the yang, but still nourish the yin
  - + - Effulgent Fire
    - + - symptoms
      - yin deficiency with effulgent fire
      - dries out the throat and mouth
      - just want sips of water
      - really dramatic night sweats
      - feel roasted inside
    - + - notes
      - + - steaming bone tidal fever
        "fever" gets bad in the afternoon
        
        the actual temperature may not very
        
        + - post menopausal osteoporsis
        bones are moistened by the marrow any more
      - yin deficiency gone too far
    - + - treatment principle
      - extinguish the heat
      - nourish the yin
    - + - Points to use in treatment
      - + - KD2
        put out the fire
        
        ying spring point
      - + - SP6
        nourish the yin
      - + - KD3
        nourish the yin
      - + - BL23
        back shu point for kidney
        
        nourihs the yin
      - + - CV4
        good for kidney essence
        
        root fo the body