Yang activity

fever, infection
Body temperature
Metabolic activity

Pregnancy: normal
RBC and plasma
volume
Metabolic activity
Peripheral
vasodilation
Heart rate
Venous return
Stroke volume

Obstruction of urination
Inhibition of sweating
Excessive fluid intake

Kidney
Yang
vacuity

Spleen
dysfunction

Impaired
transformation
and transportation
of fluids

Agitation of Qi and
Blood, causing them
to overfill vessels

Fluid retention

If extracellular fluid
more than 3050%
above normal, fluid
goes into internal
spaces (tissue)

Extracellular fluid
volume
Excess fluid moves
into blood vessels
Blood volume
Cardiac output
Pulse
volume

Compresses
blood vessels

Pulse
volume

Complicated
by damp

Insufficient
blood
production

Cardiac output
Arterial pressure
Sympathetic stimulation of the circulation,
contraction of blood vessels to help
increase blood pressure

Acute
Trauma
GIT bleeding, e.g.
rupture of ulcer

Chronic
GIT inflammatory disease
Heavy periods
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Nosebleeds
Haemoptysis

Blood loss

Circulatory shock due to

Valve problems
Arrhythmias
Myocardial infarction

Fluid loss such as:

Profuse sweating
Vomiting
Diarrhoea
Excessive urination
Renal damage
Inadequate fluid intake
Plasma loss due to
Intestinal blockage
Severe burns

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