Zang-Fu Pattern Differentiation Flashcards
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The key distinguishing feature of Kidney Yang Deficiency compared to Kidney Qi Deficiency is:
Answer: Cold limbs and strong aversion to cold with a pale swollen wet tongue
Kidney Yang Deficiency includes all Kidney Qi Deficiency signs plus pronounced cold manifestations: cold limbs, aversion to cold, and a pale swollen wet tongue.
A 52-year-old woman presents with night sweats, five-center heat, dry mouth at night, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of the low back and knees, and a red tongue with no coat and a thin rapid pulse. The most likely pattern is:
Answer: Kidney Yin Deficiency
Kidney Yin Deficiency features the classic triad of tinnitus, low back weakness, and dizziness combined with night sweats and five-center heat.
Kidney Jing Deficiency in an adult is best characterized by:
Answer: Premature aging, hair loss, weak bones and knees, poor memory, and reproductive disorders
Kidney Jing governs growth, reproduction, and aging, so its deficiency manifests as premature aging, hair loss, bone weakness, memory decline, and infertility.
Kidney not Grasping Qi is most closely associated with which clinical presentation?
Answer: Dyspnea on exertion with difficulty on inspiration and a weak voice, worse with exertion
The Kidney's function of grasping Lung Qi means its failure produces shortness of breath worse on exertion with difficulty inhaling rather than exhaling.
Combined Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency typically presents with symptoms from both organ systems, which include:
Answer: Headache, dizziness, dry eyes, tinnitus, night sweats, and five-center heat
Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency combines Liver signs (dry eyes, headache, dizziness) with Kidney Yin signs (tinnitus, night sweats, five-center heat).
Heart and Kidney not Communicating (Water and Fire not Harmonizing) is best described as:
Answer: Insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, tinnitus, low back weakness, and night sweats
When Heart Fire fails to descend and Kidney Water fails to ascend, the result is insomnia, palpitations, anxiety (Heart), and tinnitus, low back weakness, night sweats (Kidney).
A patient with Kidney Qi not Firm most characteristically presents with:
Answer: Urinary incontinence, nocturia, premature ejaculation, or excessive leukorrhea
Kidney Qi not Firm means the Kidney fails to secure bodily substances, leading to leakage of urine, semen, or vaginal discharge.