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Asian Medicine I - pre midterm Flashcards

0
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Which organs are associated with the element of fire?

Which one is yin and yang?

A

yin - heart
yang - small intestine

yin - pericardium
yang - triple warmer

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Name the five elements in traditional Chinese medicine?

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Fire, earth, metal, water, wood

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Which organs are associated with earth? Which one is yin and yang?

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Yin - stomach

Yang - spleen

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Which organs are associated with metal? Which is yin and which is yang?

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Yin - lung

Yang - large intestine

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Which elements are associated with wood? Which is yin and which is yang?

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Yin - liver

Yang - gall bladder

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Which organs are associated with water? Which are yin and which are yang?

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Yin - kidney

Yang - urinary bladder

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Which colors are associated with the elements?

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Fire - red 
Earth - yellow 
Metal - white
Water - black 
Wood - green
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Which emotion is associated with fire?

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Joy

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Which season is associated with fire?

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Summer

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9
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Which emotion is associated with earth?

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Worry or pensiveness

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Which season is associated with earth?

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Late summer or last 18 days of every season

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Which season is associated with metal?

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Fall

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Which emotion is associated with metal?

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Sadness

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What season is associated with water?

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Winter

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14
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Which emotion is associated with water?

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Fear

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15
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Which season is associated with wood?

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Spring

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Which emotion is associated with wood?

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Anger

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17
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The lung is associated with what other ‘element?’

A

External wind

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18
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The liver is associated with what other ‘element?’

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Internal wind

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19
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What are the three jewels of Chinese medicine?

A

Crying, sweating and farting

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20
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Which does not belong?

Is this list yin or yang?

Contraction, matter, front, cool, nourishes, light

A

Light does not belong.

Yin

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Which does not belong?

This list is yin or yang?

Expansion, back, protects, moves, exterior, provides space for rest

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Provides space for rest does not belong.

This is yang

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What are the four aspects of yin and yang?

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Opposition, interdependence, mutual consumption, and inter-transformation

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Contraction is associated with which element?

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Fire

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Central is associated with which element?

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Earth

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Contraction is associated with which element?

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Metal

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Downward is associated with which element?

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Water

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27
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Expansion is associated with which element?

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Wood

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28
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What is the insulting cycle?

And how does this happen?

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When an element black-lashes at its controller.

When the controller is deficient or the element is excess

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What are the components of the 8 principles?

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Exterior, interior, excess, deficiency, cold, heat, yin and yang

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30
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What is:

Runny nose with white tongue coat, and body aches?

A

Exterior cold

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What is runny nose, yellow discharge with sore throat?

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External heat

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32
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Is there such thing as exterior deficiency?

A

No

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33
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All exterior symptoms are known as…

A

Exterior excess

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34
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What is no thirst, with a pale tongue and white coat?

A

Interior cold

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35
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What element does metal control?

A

Wood

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36
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What element does wood control?

A

Earth

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37
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What does earth control?

A

Water

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38
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What element does water control?

39
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What element does if control?

40
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What principle does a patient that is thirsty with a red tongue with a white coat have?

A

Interior heat

41
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A patient with shortness of breath and dizziness has what principle?

A

Interior deficient

42
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A patient that is irritable, with abdominal distention and blood stagnation has which principle?

A

Interior excess

43
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What are the 6 pathogenic factors?

A

Wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and summer heat

44
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Which organ is associated with external wind?

45
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Which organ is associated with internal wind?

46
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Which pathogenic factor is associated with:

Sneezing, cough with white discharge, body stiffness and aches, and a floating pulse

47
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Which pathogenic factor is associated with:

Tremors, tics, vertigo, numbness, severe cases of convulsions, unconsciousness, hemiplegia, deviation of mouth/tongue

A

Internal wind

48
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Which pathogenic factor is associated with sleepiness, lack of thirst, loose stool, and clear, profuse urine?

49
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Which pathogenic factor is associated with blazing upwards, drying and affects the mind?

50
Q

Is heat associated with yin or yang?

51
Q

What pathogenic factor is associated with having a lump or discharge where there shouldn’t be?

52
Q

Is dampness yin or yang?

53
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Where is dampness located?

A

Internal organs, channels and skin

54
Q

What pathogenic factor is associated with dry symptoms?

55
Q

Dryness is yin/yang deficient.

Which one?

A

Yin deficient

56
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Summer heat is associated with…

A

Heat stroke

57
Q

Qi is…

A

Life force

58
Q

True or false.

Chinese medicine is disease centered.

A

False.

Chinese medicine is patient centered.

59
Q

The Book of Changes references what?

A

Yin and yang

60
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The Han Dynasty firmly established…

A

Yin and Yang
Five Elements
Channel theory
Pharmacopeia

61
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What is the functions of Qi?

A 
promote growth and development
warmth maintained by readjusting Qi
protects the body from exterior attacks
maintains homeostasis
nourishes (Ying/Nutritive Qi)
Qi hau (functions of organs)
62
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What are the types of Qi?

A 
Yuan Qi - primary/congenital/pre-natal/source
Zong Qi - Pectoral 
Ying Qi - food essence/nutritive 
Wei Qi - defensive
Zang-fu organ Qi - Qi of all organs
63
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What does Yuan Qi mean?

A

Primary/congenital/pre-natal/source Qi

64
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What does Zong Qi mean?

A

Pectoral Qi

65
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What does Ying Qi mean?

A

Food essence/nutritive Qi

66
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What does Wei Qi mean?

A

Defensive Qi

67
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What does Zang-fu Qi mean?

A

Qi of all organs

68
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What is Yuan Qi rooted in and what is it transported by?

A

Rooted in the kidneys

Transported by the triple-warmer

69
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What is Yuan Qi depleted by?

A

excess activity
long term lack of rest
increased ejaculation in males
increased pregnancies in women

70
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Which organs are found in the Zong Qi?

A

heart and lungs together

71
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Where does Ying Qi come from and which organs is it extracted from?

A

Comes from Food

extracted by the spleen and the stomach

72
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What does Gi Qi mean?

A

refined energy from the extraction of energy from the spleen and stomach

73
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Where does Ying Qi circulate?

A

IN the vessels

74
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What does Ying Qi help produce?

A

Helps produce blood, and it circulates with it

75
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What does Wei Qi’s function?

A

immunity, derived from Ying Qi

  • defends against external pathogenic influences
  • protects muscular surface
  • controls opening of pores
  • moistens skin and hair
  • adjusts body temperature
  • warms Zang-fu organs
76
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Where does Wei Qi circulate?

A

OUTSIDE the vessels

77
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What are other forms of Zang-fu Qi?

A

Zheng/zeng Qi

Meridian Qi

78
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What contributes to Zhong Qi?

A

Air and Food Qi

79
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Blood is yin or yang?

80
Q

Which Qi is blood formed from?

A

Food and Air Qi

81
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To become complete blood, which organ does blood have to go through?

82
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What is the functions of blood?

A

nourishment (bone, hair, sinew, bowels), moisture, foundation of mental activities

83
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Which organs make blood?

A

heart
spleen
kidneys

84
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What does liver do for blood?

A

stores blood and ensures smooth circulation

85
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What are Jin Body fluids?

A

thin fluids - mucous membrane

you lose them all the time and you need to

86
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What are Ye body fluids?

A

thick fluids

  • bone marrow
  • body makes theses, but doesn’t lose them - body contains them
87
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What is Jing? and is it yin or yang?

A

Essence

yang

88
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What is Jing used for?

A

primary substance for growth and development

- pre and post-natal essence

89
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disharmonies manifest in Jing as…

A 
improper maturation
sexual dysfunction
infertility 
early aging
congenital defects
90
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How you do better utilize Jing?

A

eat and sleep well, control stress and sexual activity

91
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How do you utilize prenatal essence?

A

tai chi, Qi Gong, Yoga, breathing exercise, exercise

92
Q

What is the female maturation cycle?

A

7 year cycle, and mature/develop faster than males

93
Q

What is the male maturation cycle?

A

8 year cycle

ejaculation 2/day when younger and it decreases as they get older

94
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What is Shen?

A

Mind/Spirit

95
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Shen is part of 3 essential substances. What are they?

A

essence
qi
shen

96
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What is the function of Shen?

A

think and discriminate

personality

1st year - Asian Med Yr 1 (1 decks)

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