Zang Fu Principles and Diagnosis

Reference Guide for Advanced Practitioner

This small tome is succinctly formatted as a study guide for memorizing TCM eight-principle theory. Pulse, tongue, disease and symptom indications combine with suggested points and herbal formulas to produce a useful quick-reference for test or clinic.

Contents

Lung Disharmonies
Wind-Cold fettering the lungs
Wind-heat invading the lungs
Phlegm-damp obstructing the lungs
Lung yin vacuity
Lung qi vacuity
Spleen Disharmonies
Spleen qi vacuity
splenic yang vacuity
Spleen qi fall
Blood management failure
Splenic vacuity with damp encumbrance
Splenogastric damp-heat obstruction
Upper body harassment by phlegm turbidity
Heart Disharmonies
Heart blood vacuity
Heart yin vacuity
Heart yang vacuity
Cardiac obturation
Phlegm confounding the cardiac portals
Phlegm fire harassing the heart
Upflaming of the heart fire
Kidney Disharmonies
Insufficiency of kidney essence
Kidney yang vacuity
Kidney yin vacuity
Heat entering the pericardium
Clouding pericardium by phlegm turbidity
Liver Disharmonies
Binding depression of liver qi
Upflaming liver fire
Insufficiency of liver yin
Ascendant hyperactivity of liver yang
Liver wind
Liver blood vacuity
Cold stagnating in the liver channel
Brewing hepatocystic damp-heat
Invasion of liver by cold-damp

Yang Organ Disharmonies

Large Intestine Disharmonies
Large intestinal damp-heat
Intestinal abscess
Large intestinal humor depletion
Large intestinal vacuity
Large intestinal cold-damp

Stomach Disharmonies

Gastric qi stagnation
Stomach qi vacuity cold
Intense stomach fire
Stomach yin vacuity
Stomach blood stasis

Small Intestine Disharmonies

Heart fire spreading to the small intestine
Qi stagnation in the small intestine
Small intestinal qi obstruction
Small intestinal vacuity cold

Bladder Disharmonies

Downpour of damp-heat into the bladder
Bladder damp-heat
Damp turbidity in the bladder
Bladder qi vacuity

Gall Bladder Disharmonies

Hepatocystic damp-heat
Gall bladder vacuity

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