Class 7 Flashcards
The root is the _____ or ______ and the branches are the _____.
Cause, pattern, symptoms
The root is the strength of ____ Qi and the branch is an invasion of _____ Qi.
right, evil
The earlier disease is the ______. Later progression is the ______.
Root, branch
The root is a _____ disease and the branch is an ______ disease.
Chronic, acute
In acute disorders treat the _____.
Branch
For chronic disorders treat the _____.
Root
In most cases the root and the branch are treated _____.
Simultaneously
If the deficiency is extreme, it is more important to _____ the patient.
Supplement
If the deficiency is mild, but the wind attack is severe, then the formula should focus more on….
Expelling the evil
T/F
In trauma the root and branch are different.
F
May be the same
The symptom of pain is nothing other than the stagnation of ____ and the stasis of _____.
Qi, blood
Pathogenesis is the study of
How a disease is developed
What are the 3 types of pathological processes?
- Disharmony of yin and yang
- Conflict between right Qi and evil Qi
- Abnormal descending and ascending Qi
What are the 4 principles of treatment ?
- Supporting the right and dispelling evil
- Regulating yin and yang
- Treat according to the person, the season, and the place
- Straight versus paradoxical treatment
What is Right Qi?
The sum of all healthy Qi and substances in the body that resist disease. Antipathogenic.
Right Qi includes the physiologic activities of the body, the natural flux of ____ and _____, production of ____ and _____, and the flow of _____ and ______.
Yin and yang
Qi and blood
Construction and defense
Evil Qi opposes right Qi and refers to….
The various causative factors of disease
If evil Qi invades and it meets the opposite of right Qi there is a struggle which has significant in ____, ______, and ____ of disease.
Onset
Progression
Transformation
The struggle destroys ____-_____ balance and causes disturbances in the functioning of the body, leading to pathological changes.
Yin yang
If evil Qi invades it must be _____.
Excess
If right Qi is insufficient there is also _____.
Deficiency
For most diseases to occur there must first be…..
An imbalance within the body
In most cases and evil cannot invade unless there is already a ________ of right Qi.
Insufficiency
If an insufficiency of right Qi leads to an invasion of evil, the is a combined _____-____condition.
Excess - deficiency
In externally caused disease the struggle is always between the _____ and _____ Qi.
Evil, right
Some symptoms of the battle between evil and right Qi are..
Aversion to cold
Fever
Shivering
Sweating
If an externally contracted disease is not resolved (neither evil nor the right Qi wins) the disease will go deeper inside and may become _____.
Chronic
When a body that has deficiency contracts an evil, you must eliminate the _____. As soon as you eliminate the _____, you can supplement the ____.
Evil, evil, right
Supplementation Is for ____.
Deficiency
Draining is _____
An offensive method for excess
If right Qi is weak, draining must be combined with _____.
Supplementation
In situations with mixed deficiency and excess, _____ the evil first or strongest.
Drain
T/F
When there is evil Qi, supplementation can strengthen the evil.
True
If both evil and deficiency are not too strong, or patient is too weak to withstand draining methods alone then…
Drain and supplement simultaneously
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…
Drain first and supplement later
If the right Qi is dangerous weak, even though the evil is strong…
Supplement first and drain later
When the evil invades and the patient does not have deficiency…
Drain or attack
What is disharmony of yin and yang?
Pathological changes involving excess or deficiency of yin and yang.
Disharmony of yin and yang frequently manifests as…
Heat or cold
In the absence of an evil, treatment focuses on _____.
Supplementation
Heat is from _____ excess or _____ deficiency.
Yang, yin
Cold is from ____ excess or _____ deficiency.
Yin, yang
In addition to heat and cold, disharmony of yin and yang can also manifest as disharmony between…
Viscera and bowels Qi and blood Construction and defense Exterior and interior Ascending and descending
Internally caused disease is caused by
Emotions
Disease caused by not-internal not-extern factors is caused by
Lifestyle
In disease caused by emotions and lifestyle ________ within the body is predominant.
Imbalance of yin and yang
What are 2 ways to regulate yin and yang?
Supplement deficiency
Reduce excess
An uncomplicated deficiency of yin or yang requires _____ alone.
Supplementation
An excess of yin or yang means that an evil is present. Excess alone reviews ______ treatment.
Draining
If excess of yin or yang causes deficiency of the opposite, then ______ and ______ are both needed.
Draining, supplementation
The functional relationships between organs, channels, substances, yin and yang are maintained by
Ascending, descending, entering, and exiting of Qi (Qi mechanism)
In the Qi mechanism the _____ and _____ are most important.
Spleen, stomach
The spleen and stomach provide the material basis for ______ nourishment.
Post heaven
Treat according to the _____, the ______, and the ______.
Person, season, place
The same disease has _____ treatments. Different diseases have the ______ treatment.
Different, the same
What is pattern identification?
The process by which information is gathered through the four examinations and classified into different patterns.
What are the four examinations?
Looking
Feeling
Asking
Listening and smelling
What is a disease?
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.
What is a symptom?
Something the patient reports
What are some examples of symptoms?
Feeling of heat, thirst, impotence
What is a sign?
Something the doctor can observe
What are some examples of Signs?
Pulse, complexion, tongue
A pattern describes the underlying mechanism causing this set of ______ and ______.
Sign and symptoms
7 examples of pattern identification are
- Eight principle pattern identification
- Disease-evil pattern identification
- Qi-blood pattern identification
- Channel pattern identification
- Organ pattern identification
- Six channel pattern identification
- Four-aspect pattern identification
What are some examples of diseases having the same treatment?
Diarrhea, prolapse, fatigue, or wasting muscles may all be due to spleen Qi deficiency. Each would have a similar treatment.
What are examples of the same disease having different treatments ?
Diarrhea may be due to spleen Qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, spleen and kidney yang deficiency etc. Each would have a different treatment.
