TCM Review Chap 1

Wood not GENERATING Fire
LV Bld not Nour HT Fire (Zang Fu organ Dx)

SX:
- Weakness
- PALP
- Poor memory
- Insomnia
- TIMIDITY
P: thin , choppy

Fire not GENERATING earth
- SP Yang Def (KD And not Warming SP)

SX:
- Loose stools,
- Chilliness, COLD Limbs, Aversion to COLD
- Distended Abd
- Edema

Earth not GENERATING Metal
- SP not Nour LU, Phlegm in LU

SX:
- Phlegm
- Cough
- Fatigue
- P: Empty

Metal not GENERATING Water
- LU not Sending Water to KD (KD Yin Def)
- KD not Receiving LU Qi

SX:
- Cough
- Breathlessness, SOB
- Asthma
- SORE Low Back
- Weak KNEES
- Scanty DARK Urine
- Short Urine Flow

Water not GENERATING/Producing Wood
- KD & LV Yin Def
- KD Yin not Nour LV Yin

SX:
- Tinnitius
- Low Back PX
- Weak KNEES
- VERTIGO
- TREMORS

Wood OVERACTS (control) Earth
- LV > SP

SX:
- HA
- Distension
- Loose Stool
- Flatulence

Earth OVERACTS (control) Water
- SP Damp > KD function to excrete fluids impaired

SX:
- Edema
- Difficult Urination
- Yellow Face

Water OVERACTS (controls) Fire
- NO KD XS

SX: None

Fire OVERACTS (controls) Metal
- FULL HEAT in LU

SX:
- Cough w/ PROFUSE Yellow Sputum
- Heat
- Red Face

Metal OVERACTS (controls) Wood
LU > LV

SX:
- Tiredness
- IRRITABLE
- Abd Distension
- White Face

Wood INSULTS Metal/ Metal HUMILIATED by Wood
- LV Stabbing LU
- LV invades LU

SX:
- PX Flanks
- Bitter Taste in mouth
- Cough
- Irritable

Metal INSULTS Fire/ Fire Humiliated by Metal
- LU & HT Qi Def
- HT Yang Def
- LU Qi Def

SX:
- PALP
- Insomnia
- SOB
- Circulatoyt Pbx
- Frequent Urine

Fire INSULTS Water/ Water Humiliated by Fire
- HT & KD Disharmony
- KD & HT Yin Def

SX:
- Malar Flush
- Dry Mouth
- Insomnia, IRRITABLE
- Dizzy
- Low Back PX (Thoracic-Lumbar region),
- Lumbago PX (lumbar region)
- Spermattorrea (wet dream)
P: Thin Rapid
T: RED

Water INSULTS Earth/ Earth Humiliated by Water
- SP & KD Yang Def (SX: KD def signs)

SX:
- Loose Stools
- Edema
- Tired
- Weak Limbs

Earth INSULTS Wood/ Wood Humiliated by Earth
- SP Damp > LV Qi Stag

SX:
- Jaundice
- Hypochondriac PX
- Distension