Asian Medicine I - pre midterm Flashcards
Which organs are associated with the element of fire?
Which one is yin and yang?
yin - heart
yang - small intestine
yin - pericardium
yang - triple warmer
Name the five elements in traditional Chinese medicine?
Fire, earth, metal, water, wood
Which organs are associated with earth? Which one is yin and yang?
Yin - stomach
Yang - spleen
Which organs are associated with metal? Which is yin and which is yang?
Yin - lung
Yang - large intestine
Which elements are associated with wood? Which is yin and which is yang?
Yin - liver
Yang - gall bladder
Which organs are associated with water? Which are yin and which are yang?
Yin - kidney
Yang - urinary bladder
Which colors are associated with the elements?
Fire - red Earth - yellow Metal - white Water - black Wood - green
Which emotion is associated with fire?
Joy
Which season is associated with fire?
Summer
Which emotion is associated with earth?
Worry or pensiveness
Which season is associated with earth?
Late summer or last 18 days of every season
Which season is associated with metal?
Fall
Which emotion is associated with metal?
Sadness
What season is associated with water?
Winter
Which emotion is associated with water?
Fear
Which season is associated with wood?
Spring
Which emotion is associated with wood?
Anger
The lung is associated with what other ‘element?’
External wind
The liver is associated with what other ‘element?’
Internal wind
What are the three jewels of Chinese medicine?
Crying, sweating and farting
Which does not belong?
Is this list yin or yang?
Contraction, matter, front, cool, nourishes, light
Light does not belong.
Yin
Which does not belong?
This list is yin or yang?
Expansion, back, protects, moves, exterior, provides space for rest
Provides space for rest does not belong.
This is yang
What are the four aspects of yin and yang?
Opposition, interdependence, mutual consumption, and inter-transformation
Contraction is associated with which element?
Fire
Central is associated with which element?
Earth
Contraction is associated with which element?
Metal
Downward is associated with which element?
Water
Expansion is associated with which element?
Wood
What is the insulting cycle?
And how does this happen?
When an element black-lashes at its controller.
When the controller is deficient or the element is excess
What are the components of the 8 principles?
Exterior, interior, excess, deficiency, cold, heat, yin and yang
What is:
Runny nose with white tongue coat, and body aches?
Exterior cold
What is runny nose, yellow discharge with sore throat?
External heat
Is there such thing as exterior deficiency?
No
All exterior symptoms are known as…
Exterior excess
What is no thirst, with a pale tongue and white coat?
Interior cold
What element does metal control?
Wood
What element does wood control?
Earth
What does earth control?
Water