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BODY FLUIDS Flashcards

1
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What are Body Fluids called in Chinese; what do the characters mean?

A 
Jin-ye = 'organic fluids' / body fluids
"jin" = 'moist' or 'saliva'/ anything liquid
"ye" = 'indicates fluids of a living thing'
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What is the source of body fluids?

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  • food and drink/ the Stomach

Stomach receives food and drink, then it’s transformed and separated by Spleen

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Where does the Spleen send the a)’clean’ and b)’dirty’ fluids after separating them?

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a) clean fluids UP to Lungs (which spread some to skin, and some down to Kidneys)
b) dirty fluids DOWN to Small Intestine (where they’re separated gain into pure and impure)

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The second separation of fluids (‘dirty’ into ‘pure’ and ‘impure’ occurs in the Small Intenstine. Where do the ‘pure’ and ‘impure’ fluids go from here?

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  • Pure fluids go to the Bladder

- Impure fluids go to the Large Intestine (where some water is re-absorbed)

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How does the Bladder relate to the process of separation of Body Fluids? (Describe the Bladder “function of Qi transformation”)

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  • receives ‘impure’ fluids from Small Intestine
  • further transforms and separates the fluids it receives into ‘pure’ and ‘impure’
  • pure fluids flow upwards from Bladder and go to Exterior
  • impure fluids flow downwards and are transformed into urine
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6
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Pure and impure fluids are transported in which directions?

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pure= upwards
impure= downwards
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What powers the Bladder function of transforming and separating fluids?

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Qi, which is receives from Kidney Yang.

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What does the correct movement and transformation of fluids depend on?

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The correct movement of Qi (the Qi Mechanism/ Qi Ji).

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What organs PRIMARILY contribute to the transformation, transportation, and excretion of Body Fluids?

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Lung, Spleen, Kidneys.

others involved: SI, LI, BL

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What is the “Upper Source of Water”? Why?

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Lungs
- pure fluids flow upwards to Lungs, which distribute some to space between skin and muscles, and send some down to Kidneys (ultimately, Bladder)

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What is the “Lower Source of Water”? Why?

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Kidneys

- Bladder function of Qi transformation is controlled by Kidney-Yang

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What is the “most important” organ in relation to the physiology and pathology of Body Fluids? Why?

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Spleen

  • controls initial transformation and separation
  • controls crucial direction of moving pure upwards and impure downwards at ALL STAGES of Body Fluids production
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What organ will always be treated in any type of disorders of Body Fluids?

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Spleen

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14
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What organ is said to regulate the “water passages”? Why?

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Lungs

  • b/c they diffuse some pure fluids to space between skin and muscles (diffusing function)
  • and send some downwards to Kidney and Bladder (descending function)
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What organ is responsible for keeping the Lungs moistened/ preventing them from drying out?

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Kidneys

- vapourize some of fluids they receive, send upwards back to Lungs

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How do the Kidneys contribute to the transformation of fluids? And, what aspect of the Kidneys in particular?

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Kidney-Yang

  • provide heat necessary for Spleen to transform Body Fluids
  • assist Small Intestine in its function of separation of fluids into pure and impure parts
  • provide Qi (in form of Kidney-Yang) to Bladder for its process of Qi transformation
  • assist the Triple Burner/Energizer transformation and excretion of fluids
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17
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What initial deficiency will almost certainly lead to a deficiency of Spleen-Yang? What will be the consequence?

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Kidney-Yang deficiency

  • b/c it provides heat to Spleen
  • accumulation of fluids
18
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What are the Upper, Middle, and Lower Burners compared to (as they relate to Body Fluids)?

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Upper Burner = Mist
Middle Burner = Maceration chamber
Lower Burner = Drainage ditch

(“maceration”: in biology: softening of a solid by soaking in a liquid; in chemistry: the preparation of an extract by solvent extraction)

19
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What controls the Small Intestine function of separating fluids?

A

Kidney-Yang

provides heat and QI necessary for this separation to take place

20
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How does Bladder excrete urine?

A

-separates fluids it receives into pure and impure & excretes urine by the power of Qi transformation

21
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How does the Triple Burner/Energizer assist in transformation, transportation, and excretion of Body Fluids at all stages? What are the 3 burners compared to?

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UPPER BURNER
- assists Spleen in directing pure fluids upwards
- assists Lungs in dispersing them to space between skin and muscles
- ‘mist’
MIDDLE BURNER
- assists Stomach in its function of churning the fluids & directing impure downwards
- Maceration chamber / muddy pool
LOWER BURNER
- assists Small Intestine, Bladder, Kidneys in their function of transforming, separating, and excreting fluid
- ‘drainage ditch’

22
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“___ is the official in charge of irrigation and it controls the water passages.”

A

The Triple Burner

23
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Of the Stomach and Spleen, which likes dryness and which likes to be moist?

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  • Stomach likes to be moist, damaged by dryness

- Spleen likes dryness, damaged by dampness

24
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According to the Spiritual Axis, what are Jin (fluids), and what are Ye (liquids)?

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  • Jin: fluids dispersed between skin and muscles, come out as sweat
  • Ye: “when Qi is abundant, fluids overflow to bones, enabling them to bend, irrigating and tonifying the brain and marrow, and moistening the skin.”
25
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Which fluids are clear, light, and thin-watery?

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Jin

26
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Where do Jin fluids circulate?

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  • with Wei Qi (defensive), on the exterior
27
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What controls Jin fluids?

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  • Lungs (spread them to space between skin and muscles)

- The Upper Burner (controls their transformation and movement towards the skin)

28
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What are the function of Jin fluids, and how do they manifest?

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  • moisten and partly nourish skin and muscles

- sweat, tears, saliva, mucus

29
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How do Jin fluids relate to Blood?

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  • component of the fluid part of Blood
  • prevent its stasis, thin it out
  • (jin = yang, fast-moving, clear, light)
30
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Describe Ye fluids and their function.

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  • more turbid, heavy, dense, slow-moving (yin to Jin fluids)
  • circulate with Ying Qi (Nutritive) in the interior
  • moisten joints, spine, brain, bone marrow
  • lubricate orifices of sense organs (eyes, ears, nose mouth)
31
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What controls Ye fluids?

A
  • Spleen and Kidneys (for their transformation)

- Middle and Lower Burner (for their movement and excretion)

32
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“The Qi of the Triple Burner goes to the muscles and skin and is transformed into __. Other body fluids do not move and are transformed into __.” - The Spiritual Axis

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  • fluids/Jin

- liquids/Ye

33
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Define the relationship/roles between Qi and Body Fluids.

A
  • Qi Transforms/Transports and Holds Body Fluids

- Body Fluids Nourish Qi

34
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What would happen to Body Fluids without the powers of Qi?

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  • fluids accumulate & stagnate, giving rise to disease
  • fluids leak out*
  • Leaking examples:
  • Kidney-Qi deficiency = urinary incontinence/ enuresis
  • Lung-Qi = spontaneous sweating
  • Spleen-Qi = chronic vaginal discharges
35
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Deficiency of what organs would, in the long run, cause deficiency of fluids?

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Stomach and Spleen (stomach = original of fluids)

36
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What are some symptoms of Yang deficiency? What pathology of Body Fluids could lead to this? Why?

A
  • cold limbs, pallor, dislike of cold
  • deficiency of fluids (ex: from excess sweating)
  • sweat = Wei/Defensive Qi mixed with Jin fluids in space between skin and muscles; Wei Qi pertains to Yang
37
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Qi deficiency causes sweating, True or False? Why?

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True, because of Qi function of holding Body Fluids

38
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Define the relationship between Blood and Body Fluids

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  • Blood nourishes/supplements Body Fluids
  • Body Fluids replenish and thin Blood

(deficiency of Body Fluids can lead to deficiency of Blood and vice versa)
sidenote: both pertain to Yin

39
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Why would you not induce bleeding if a patient is excessively sweating, or induce sweating if a patient is bleeding?

A

Blood and Body Fluids come from the same source and mutually nourish each other.

40
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What are the two pathologies of Body Fluids?

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  • Accumulation: oedema, Dampness, Phlegm

- Deficiency: dryness, “bones cracking like a skeleton”

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