Use these pages as a “Monarch note” version of all that has been shared before. For quick reference, two pages will contain visual and written reminders for each organ or body part. Remember to note the body type: Vata, Pitta or Kapha.
General Indications
| Hot indicates upward motion | ↑ | Red | Fast | ||
| Cold indicates downward motion | ↓ | Pale | Slow | ||
| Damp indicates inward stagnation | ~~~ | Puffy | Mucus – heavy | Sing-song voice | |
| Dry indicates outward evaporation | Insomnia | Dark urine | Itchy | ||
| Wind indicates uncontrolled movement | ~~~ | Irregularities | |||
| Concave areas indicate | prolapse, atonic conditions. | ||||
| Convex indicates | weak tissue | Wet | Boggy | Stagnation | |
| Skin with tight, dense, clear porosity indicates a strong constitution. | |||||
| Large pored skin indicates a more sensitive, “open to receive” constitution. | |||||
| Pathology may exist when one side is different | |||||
| “Liver rules the smooth flow of emotions across the body, then stomach, then bowels.” W.Le. | |||||
Color
| White | Pale | Anemic | Shock | Lung |
| Gray | Large intestine | |||
| Ruddy | Gallbladder | |||
| Red | Heat | Heart | ||
| Yellow | Gallbladder | |||
| Yellow/brown | Deficiency in Stomach | |||
| Lemon yellow | Pancreas | |||
| Blue | Lack of oxygen | |||
| Purple | indicates infection, stagnation | |||
| Black | chemotherapy, extreme fungal infection | |||
Pupils
| Shen, Spirit, presence, who is home? “Pupils should be even, round and accommodating.” W.Le. | |
| Alternating – adrenal stress | Dilated – lack of enervation from low blood sugar. |
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