Ancient Eastern

Question 1

Ayurvedic medicine

Answer 1

Means the knowledge/science of life
Arose in India
Classic texts include agnivesh tantra, susrute samhita, charaka samhita, ashtanga sangraha
Prohibits cutting the dead, no internal anatomy

Question 2

Nei Ting

Answer 2

Ancient Chinese text
Bible of traditional Chinese healing
Compiled by physician Qi Bo and Emperor Huang-ti

Question 3

Mo Ching

Answer 3

Ancient Chinese text

The Pulse Classic

Question 4

Chinese medicine

Answer 4

Emphasis on sphygmamology (study of the pulse)
Rejected venisection (draining of blood)
Believed in yin and yang balance

Question 5

Yin and yang

Answer 5

Imbalance of these causes disease
Treatment restores harmony
Dietary mgt, acupuncture, pharma, tx of bowel viscera blood breath

Question 6

Yin

Answer 6

dark element

passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, corresponds to night, symbolized by water and earth

Question 7

Yang

Answer 7

bright, active, light, masculine, upward-seeking, day, fire and wind

Question 8

Moxa

Answer 8

mugwort or wormwood
warms regions and acupuncture points
stimulates circulation of the life force
burned on acupuncture needle, or directly on skin

Question 9

Charaka samhita

Answer 9

ancient ayruvedic text
charaka = wandering religious student
samhita = collection/compilation
several authors
therapeutic medicine and tx by drugs, diet, lifestyle
first to describe digestion, metabolism, immunity
dosha (principles, humors) include movement, transformation, lubrication and stability
illness results from loss of balance among dosha