Class 6 Flashcards
What is Right Qi (righteous/upright) in the context of health versus disease?
The sum of all healthy Qi and other health-promoting substances in the body: ‘antipathogenic factor”
What are the7 functions of Qi?
Activity Transformation Transportation Containment Rising Defense Warming
What is Evil Qi in the context of health versus disease?
Qi, mostly from weather, that can cause disease: ‘pathogenic factors.’ Evils can also arise internally
What is Source Qi?
It is transformed from jing essence, associated with kidneys or life gate. It is before heaven Qi.
What are the 4 functions of source Qi?
- The basis of all physiological activity, activating the functions of all the organs.
- Facilitates transformation of Qi and blood
- Distributed by the triple burner to the whole body.
- Available to influence at the source points
What is Center Qi?
Spleen-stomach Qi, digestive qi. Also the spleen function of raising clear Qi and the stomach function of defending turbid Qi.
The spleen-stomach are considered the ______ burner, so their qi is ____ Qi.
Middle, central
What are the two raw materials for the body?
Grain or food Qi
Great or air Qi
Grain Qi: Food enters the _____ and its Qi is extracted from it by the _____.
Stomach, spleen
Grain Qi is sent up to the ______ to help form ______ Qi and to the _____ to help form _______.
Chest, gathering, heart
What is Great or Air Qi?
The Qi from the air, taken into the lungs to help form gathering Qi
What is gathering Qi?
A combination of grain Qi and great Qi.
Gathering Qi is also know as
Ancestral Qi
Gathering Qi gathers in the ____. It is the ancestor of ______ qi.
Chest, true
What are the three functions of gathering Qi?
- Gathers in the chest and nourishes the heart and lungs
- Helps the lungs govern Qi, controls respiration, speech, and the strength of voice
- Helps the heart govern the blood, vessels, pulse, and prompt circulation to the extremities
What is True Qi?
What most of the body uses in the channels and organs
_____ Qi is transformed by _____ Qi into ______ Qi.
Gathering, source, true
What are the two types of True Qi?
Construction (nutritive) Qi
Defense (protective) Qi
What is the function of Construction qi?
Nourishes the organs and the whole body
Construction Qi is located within the ____ and the _____.
Channels, vessels
Construction Qi forms and flows with ____.
Blood
Construction Qi is _____ and _____ compared to defense Qi.
Yin, refined
What is defense (protective) Qi?
Coarser, more yang, slippery, and aggressive
Defense Qi is located ______ the channels and vessels.
Outside
Defense Qi opens and closes the _____ and controls ______.
Interstices, sweating
Defense Qi is ____ to the surface of the body by the _____.
Dispersed, lungs
Defense Qi ____ the surface of the body.
Warms
Defense Qi ______ during the daytime. It flows in the _____ and the _____ with body fluids.
Moves in the yang, skin, flesh
At night defense Qi ______. It goes into the ______ leaving us more vulnerable to external attack.
Moves in the yin, organs
What is channel Qi ?
Qi as it flows in the channels
What is organ Qi?
Qi as it is used by each organ
What is an example of channel Qi?
Qi of the heart channel
What is an example of organ Qi?
Spleen or kidney Qi
What is the Qi mechanism?
The activity, particularly the movement of Qi
Movement of Qi:
Enters or _____, exits or ____, _____ and _____.
Sinks, floats, rises, falls
Blood is part of ____, a very dense form of ____.
Yin, Qi
How is blood manufactured?
Gathering Qi and fluids are transformed to blood around the heart
Kidney > _____ > marrow > _____ > blood.
Essence, bone marrow
What are the 4 functions of blood?
- Nourishes the body (primary function)
- Moistens the eye, sinews, skin and hair
- The material foundation for spirit
- Nei Jing: if the liver is supplied with blood we can see. If the feet are supplied we can walk etc
_____ governs the blood and vessels, blood is made around the ____.
Heart
_____ helps produce blood and ____ Qi holds blood in the vessels.
Spleen
_____ stores blood during rest.
Liver
_____ blood nourishes the eyes, sinews, and nails.
Liver
____ generates ____. _____ moves _____.
Qi, blood
_____ holds blood in the vessels.
Qi
_____ nourishes Qi.
Blood
Essence and blood can _____ into each other.
Transform
What are the 5 main problems that can develop with blood?
Blood deficiency Blood dryness Blood stasis Blood heat Blood cold
What is blood deficiency?
Insufficiency of blood
What is blood dryness
Blood deficiency manifesting in signs of dryness
What is blood stasis?
Impairment or cessation of the normal free flow of blood
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 _____.
Febrile, lifestyle
Blood cold: _____ congeals, inhibiting movement of _____ causing _____.
Cold, blood, stasis
What are the two types of body fluids?
Jin or liquids
Ye or humors
_____ body fluids are thinner and ____ are thicker.
Jin or liquids
Ye or humor
________ moistens and nourishes the skin, muscles, swear, tears, saliva and mucus.
Jin or liquids
______ moistens and nourishes the brain, marrow, joints, and sense orifices.
Ye or humor
The primary function of body fluids is to _____ the secondary function is to ____.
Moisten, nourish
The _____ is the source of fluids.
Stomach
The _____ upbears clear fluids, sending them towards the lungs.
Spleen
The ______ is in charge of transformation and transportation of fluids.
Spleen
The ______ allows turbid fluids to pass downwards.
Stomach
The _____ are the upper source of water.
Lungs
The lungs _____ clear fluids outwards to the skin and flesh. They _____ turbid fluids toward the kidneys and U.B.
Disperse, descend
The turbid of the stomach is passed to the _____ _____.
Small intestine
The _____ _____ separates the clear from the turbid.
Small intestine
The clear of the small intestine goes to the ____. The turbid goes to the ______ to become stool.
U.B., large intestine
The U.B. excretes the turbid as _____. The L.I. excretes the turbid as _____.
Urine, stool
A small amount of _____ is re absorbed into the body from the U.B. and L.I.
Clear
______ _____ gives the needed fire to the three burners, spleen, small intestine, urinary bladder, and large intestine.
Kidney yang
_____ transforms and transports _____.
Qi, fluids
____ holds body fluids in and produces body fluids.
Qi
______ nourish and anchor Qi.
Body fluids
Fluids and blood are both _____ in nature and _____ each other.
Yin, nourish
What are the two fluid pathologies?
Damage to fluids
Fluid accumulation
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.
Heat or fire
What are three examples of fluid accumulation?
Edema, phlegm, rheum
