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What is Right Qi (righteous/upright) in the context of health versus disease?

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The sum of all healthy Qi and other health-promoting substances in the body: ‘antipathogenic factor”

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What are the7 functions of Qi?

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Activity 
Transformation
Transportation
Containment
Rising
Defense
Warming
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What is Evil Qi in the context of health versus disease?

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Qi, mostly from weather, that can cause disease: ‘pathogenic factors.’ Evils can also arise internally

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What is Source Qi?

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It is transformed from jing essence, associated with kidneys or life gate. It is before heaven Qi.

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What are the 4 functions of source Qi?

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  1. The basis of all physiological activity, activating the functions of all the organs.
  2. Facilitates transformation of Qi and blood
  3. Distributed by the triple burner to the whole body.
  4. Available to influence at the source points
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What is Center Qi?

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Spleen-stomach Qi, digestive qi. Also the spleen function of raising clear Qi and the stomach function of defending turbid Qi.

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The spleen-stomach are considered the ______ burner, so their qi is ____ Qi.

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Middle, central

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What are the two raw materials for the body?

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Grain or food Qi

Great or air Qi

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Grain Qi: Food enters the _____ and its Qi is extracted from it by the _____.

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Stomach, spleen

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Grain Qi is sent up to the ______ to help form ______ Qi and to the _____ to help form _______.

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Chest, gathering, heart

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What is Great or Air Qi?

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The Qi from the air, taken into the lungs to help form gathering Qi

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What is gathering Qi?

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A combination of grain Qi and great Qi.

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Gathering Qi is also know as

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Ancestral Qi

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Gathering Qi gathers in the ____. It is the ancestor of ______ qi.

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Chest, true

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What are the three functions of gathering Qi?

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  1. Gathers in the chest and nourishes the heart and lungs
  2. Helps the lungs govern Qi, controls respiration, speech, and the strength of voice
  3. Helps the heart govern the blood, vessels, pulse, and prompt circulation to the extremities
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What is True Qi?

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What most of the body uses in the channels and organs

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_____ Qi is transformed by _____ Qi into ______ Qi.

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Gathering, source, true

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What are the two types of True Qi?

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Construction (nutritive) Qi

Defense (protective) Qi

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What is the function of Construction qi?

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Nourishes the organs and the whole body

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Construction Qi is located within the ____ and the _____.

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Channels, vessels

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Construction Qi forms and flows with ____.

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Blood

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Construction Qi is _____ and _____ compared to defense Qi.

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Yin, refined

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What is defense (protective) Qi?

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Coarser, more yang, slippery, and aggressive

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Defense Qi is located ______ the channels and vessels.

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Outside

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Defense Qi opens and closes the _____ and controls ______.

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Interstices, sweating

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Defense Qi is ____ to the surface of the body by the _____.

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Dispersed, lungs

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Defense Qi ____ the surface of the body.

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Warms

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Defense Qi ______ during the daytime. It flows in the _____ and the _____ with body fluids.

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Moves in the yang, skin, flesh

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At night defense Qi ______. It goes into the ______ leaving us more vulnerable to external attack.

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Moves in the yin, organs

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What is channel Qi ?

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Qi as it flows in the channels

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What is organ Qi?

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Qi as it is used by each organ

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What is an example of channel Qi?

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Qi of the heart channel

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What is an example of organ Qi?

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Spleen or kidney Qi

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What is the Qi mechanism?

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The activity, particularly the movement of Qi

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Movement of Qi:

Enters or _____, exits or ____, _____ and _____.

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Sinks, floats, rises, falls

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Blood is part of ____, a very dense form of ____.

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Yin, Qi

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How is blood manufactured?

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Gathering Qi and fluids are transformed to blood around the heart

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Kidney > _____ > marrow > _____ > blood.

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Essence, bone marrow

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What are the 4 functions of blood?

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  1. Nourishes the body (primary function)
  2. Moistens the eye, sinews, skin and hair
  3. The material foundation for spirit
  4. Nei Jing: if the liver is supplied with blood we can see. If the feet are supplied we can walk etc
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_____ governs the blood and vessels, blood is made around the ____.

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Heart

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_____ helps produce blood and ____ Qi holds blood in the vessels.

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Spleen

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_____ stores blood during rest.

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Liver

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_____ blood nourishes the eyes, sinews, and nails.

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Liver

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____ generates ____. _____ moves _____.

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Qi, blood

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_____ holds blood in the vessels.

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Qi

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_____ nourishes Qi.

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Blood

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Essence and blood can _____ into each other.

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Transform

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What are the 5 main problems that can develop with blood?

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Blood deficiency
Blood dryness
Blood stasis
Blood heat
Blood cold
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What is blood deficiency?

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Insufficiency of blood

49
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What is blood dryness

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Blood deficiency manifesting in signs of dryness

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What is blood stasis?

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Impairment or cessation of the normal free flow of blood

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Blood heat is a condition characterized by heat and blood signs mostly occurring in externally contracted heat or _____ diseases, though possible in diseases due to _____.

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Febrile, lifestyle

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Blood cold: _____ congeals, inhibiting movement of _____ causing _____.

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Cold, blood, stasis

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What are the two types of body fluids?

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Jin or liquids

Ye or humors

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_____ body fluids are thinner and ____ are thicker.

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Jin or liquids

Ye or humor

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________ moistens and nourishes the skin, muscles, swear, tears, saliva and mucus.

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Jin or liquids

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______ moistens and nourishes the brain, marrow, joints, and sense orifices.

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Ye or humor

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The primary function of body fluids is to _____ the secondary function is to ____.

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Moisten, nourish

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The _____ is the source of fluids.

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Stomach

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The _____ upbears clear fluids, sending them towards the lungs.

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Spleen

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The ______ is in charge of transformation and transportation of fluids.

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Spleen

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The ______ allows turbid fluids to pass downwards.

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Stomach

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The _____ are the upper source of water.

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Lungs

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The lungs _____ clear fluids outwards to the skin and flesh. They _____ turbid fluids toward the kidneys and U.B.

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Disperse, descend

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The turbid of the stomach is passed to the _____ _____.

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Small intestine

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The _____ _____ separates the clear from the turbid.

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Small intestine

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The clear of the small intestine goes to the ____. The turbid goes to the ______ to become stool.

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U.B., large intestine

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The U.B. excretes the turbid as _____. The L.I. excretes the turbid as _____.

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Urine, stool

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A small amount of _____ is re absorbed into the body from the U.B. and L.I.

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Clear

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______ _____ gives the needed fire to the three burners, spleen, small intestine, urinary bladder, and large intestine.

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Kidney yang

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_____ transforms and transports _____.

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Qi, fluids

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____ holds body fluids in and produces body fluids.

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Qi

72
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______ nourish and anchor Qi.

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Body fluids

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Fluids and blood are both _____ in nature and _____ each other.

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Yin, nourish

74
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What are the two fluid pathologies?

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Damage to fluids

Fluid accumulation

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Damage of fluids occurs by a reduction of fluids by the _____ as a result of enduring illness, excessive loss of blood, excessive urination, or over use of herbs that promote urination or sweating.

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Heat or fire

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What are three examples of fluid accumulation?

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Edema, phlegm, rheum

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