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The root is the _____ or ______ and the branches are the _____.

A

Cause, pattern, symptoms

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The root is the strength of ____ Qi and the branch is an invasion of _____ Qi.

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right, evil

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The earlier disease is the ______. Later progression is the ______.

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Root, branch

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The root is a _____ disease and the branch is an ______ disease.

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Chronic, acute

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In acute disorders treat the _____.

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Branch

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For chronic disorders treat the _____.

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Root

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In most cases the root and the branch are treated _____.

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Simultaneously

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If the deficiency is extreme, it is more important to _____ the patient.

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Supplement

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If the deficiency is mild, but the wind attack is severe, then the formula should focus more on….

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Expelling the evil

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T/F

In trauma the root and branch are different.

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F

May be the same

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The symptom of pain is nothing other than the stagnation of ____ and the stasis of _____.

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Qi, blood

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Pathogenesis is the study of

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How a disease is developed

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What are the 3 types of pathological processes?

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  1. Disharmony of yin and yang
  2. Conflict between right Qi and evil Qi
  3. Abnormal descending and ascending Qi
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What are the 4 principles of treatment ?

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  1. Supporting the right and dispelling evil
  2. Regulating yin and yang
  3. Treat according to the person, the season, and the place
  4. Straight versus paradoxical treatment
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What is Right Qi?

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The sum of all healthy Qi and substances in the body that resist disease. Antipathogenic.

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Right Qi includes the physiologic activities of the body, the natural flux of ____ and _____, production of ____ and _____, and the flow of _____ and ______.

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Yin and yang
Qi and blood
Construction and defense

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Evil Qi opposes right Qi and refers to….

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The various causative factors of disease

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If evil Qi invades and it meets the opposite of right Qi there is a struggle which has significant in ____, ______, and ____ of disease.

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Onset
Progression
Transformation

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The struggle destroys ____-_____ balance and causes disturbances in the functioning of the body, leading to pathological changes.

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Yin yang

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If evil Qi invades it must be _____.

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Excess

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If right Qi is insufficient there is also _____.

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Deficiency

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For most diseases to occur there must first be…..

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An imbalance within the body

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In most cases and evil cannot invade unless there is already a ________ of right Qi.

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Insufficiency

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If an insufficiency of right Qi leads to an invasion of evil, the is a combined _____-____condition.

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Excess - deficiency

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In externally caused disease the struggle is always between the _____ and _____ Qi.

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Evil, right

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Some symptoms of the battle between evil and right Qi are..

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Aversion to cold
Fever
Shivering
Sweating

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If an externally contracted disease is not resolved (neither evil nor the right Qi wins) the disease will go deeper inside and may become _____.

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Chronic

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When a body that has deficiency contracts an evil, you must eliminate the _____. As soon as you eliminate the _____, you can supplement the ____.

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Evil, evil, right

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Supplementation Is for ____.

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Deficiency

29
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Draining is _____

A

An offensive method for excess

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If right Qi is weak, draining must be combined with _____.

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Supplementation

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In situations with mixed deficiency and excess, _____ the evil first or strongest.

A

Drain

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T/F

When there is evil Qi, supplementation can strengthen the evil.

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True

33
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If both evil and deficiency are not too strong, or patient is too weak to withstand draining methods alone then…

A

Drain and supplement simultaneously

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If a strong evil needs to be dispelled urgently, and right Qi can withstand treatment, especially when the evil is the cause of the damage to right Qi or in exterior conditions then…

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Drain first and supplement later

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If the right Qi is dangerous weak, even though the evil is strong…

A

Supplement first and drain later

36
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When the evil invades and the patient does not have deficiency…

A

Drain or attack

37
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What is disharmony of yin and yang?

A

Pathological changes involving excess or deficiency of yin and yang.

38
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Disharmony of yin and yang frequently manifests as…

A

Heat or cold

39
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In the absence of an evil, treatment focuses on _____.

A

Supplementation

40
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Heat is from _____ excess or _____ deficiency.

A

Yang, yin

41
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Cold is from ____ excess or _____ deficiency.

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Yin, yang

42
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In addition to heat and cold, disharmony of yin and yang can also manifest as disharmony between…

A 
Viscera and bowels
Qi and blood
Construction and defense
Exterior and interior
Ascending and descending
43
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Internally caused disease is caused by

A

Emotions

44
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Disease caused by not-internal not-extern factors is caused by

A

Lifestyle

45
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In disease caused by emotions and lifestyle ________ within the body is predominant.

A

Imbalance of yin and yang

46
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What are 2 ways to regulate yin and yang?

A

Supplement deficiency

Reduce excess

47
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An uncomplicated deficiency of yin or yang requires _____ alone.

A

Supplementation

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An excess of yin or yang means that an evil is present. Excess alone reviews ______ treatment.

A

Draining

49
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If excess of yin or yang causes deficiency of the opposite, then ______ and ______ are both needed.

A

Draining, supplementation

50
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The functional relationships between organs, channels, substances, yin and yang are maintained by

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Ascending, descending, entering, and exiting of Qi (Qi mechanism)

51
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In the Qi mechanism the _____ and _____ are most important.

A

Spleen, stomach

52
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The spleen and stomach provide the material basis for ______ nourishment.

A

Post heaven

53
Q

Treat according to the _____, the ______, and the ______.

A

Person, season, place

54
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The same disease has _____ treatments. Different diseases have the ______ treatment.

A

Different, the same

55
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What is pattern identification?

A

The process by which information is gathered through the four examinations and classified into different patterns.

56
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What are the four examinations?

A

Looking
Feeling
Asking
Listening and smelling

57
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What is a disease?

A

A very specific set of signs and symptoms. A disease is a morbid condition that is characterized by a similar set of symptoms and a similar course in that it affects.

58
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What is a symptom?

A

Something the patient reports

59
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What are some examples of symptoms?

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Feeling of heat, thirst, impotence

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What is a sign?

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Something the doctor can observe

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What are some examples of Signs?

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Pulse, complexion, tongue

62
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A pattern describes the underlying mechanism causing this set of ______ and ______.

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Sign and symptoms

63
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7 examples of pattern identification are

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  1. Eight principle pattern identification
  2. Disease-evil pattern identification
  3. Qi-blood pattern identification
  4. Channel pattern identification
  5. Organ pattern identification
  6. Six channel pattern identification
  7. Four-aspect pattern identification
64
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What are some examples of diseases having the same treatment?

A

Diarrhea, prolapse, fatigue, or wasting muscles may all be due to spleen Qi deficiency. Each would have a similar treatment.

65
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What are examples of the same disease having different treatments ?

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Diarrhea may be due to spleen Qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, spleen and kidney yang deficiency etc. Each would have a different treatment.

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