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Chinese patterns
Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency) with Water Overflowing
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: pulmonary heart disease; edema due to Liver cirrhosis; nephrosis.

» etiology: severe Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency) results in Shi (Excess) pattern of chronic retention of Dampness; excessive cold, raw foods resulting in Spleen Yang Xu (Deficiency); with Water for overflowing to the Lung: retention of Exterior Cold in Lung which has caused Lung Qi Xu (Deficiency) and produced Internal Phlegm; with Water overflowing to the Heart: Heart Yang Xu (Deficiency) poor constitution and emotional problems.

signs and symptoms

general signs and symptoms:

• chilly

• fullness and distension of abdomen

• scanty clear urine

• low back soreness

edema, esp. feet and ankles

• cold feeling in legs and back

with Water overflowing to the Lung:

• above plus asthma

• cough

• dyspnea on exertion

thin, watery, frothy sputum

with Water overflowing to the Heart:

• above plus palpitations

• breathlessness

• cold hands

» pulse: deep, weak, slow, slippery.

» tongue: pale, wet, swollen; white coating.

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: tonify and warm Kidney; transform Water; warm and tonify Spleen Yang; tonify Heart Yang or Lung Qi, respectively, if overflowing affecting either organ.

differential diagnosis

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