Class 7

Question 0

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

Answer 0

Cause, pattern, symptoms

Question 1

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

Answer 1

right, evil

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Root, branch

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Chronic, acute

Question 4

In acute disorders treat the _____.

Answer 4

Branch

Question 5

For chronic disorders treat the _____.

Answer 5

Root

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Simultaneously

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Supplement

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Expelling the evil

Question 9

T/F

In trauma the root and branch are different.

Answer 9

F

May be the same

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Qi, blood

Question 11

Pathogenesis is the study of

Answer 11

How a disease is developed

Question 12

What are the 3 types of pathological processes?

Answer 12

1. Disharmony of yin and yang
2. Conflict between right Qi and evil Qi
3. Abnormal descending and ascending Qi

Question 13

What are the 4 principles of treatment ?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What is Right Qi?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Yin and yang
Qi and blood
Construction and defense

Question 16

Evil Qi opposes right Qi and refers to….

Answer 16

The various causative factors of disease

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Onset
Progression
Transformation

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Yin yang

Question 19

If evil Qi invades it must be _____.

Answer 19

Excess

Question 20

If right Qi is insufficient there is also _____.

Answer 20

Deficiency

Question 21

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

Answer 21

An imbalance within the body

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Insufficiency

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Excess - deficiency

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Evil, right

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Aversion to cold Fever Shivering Sweating

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Chronic

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Evil, evil, right

Question 28

Supplementation Is for ____.

Answer 28

Deficiency

Question 29

Draining is _____

Answer 29

An offensive method for excess

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Supplementation

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Drain

Question 32

T/F When there is evil Qi, supplementation can strengthen the evil.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Drain and supplement simultaneously

Question 34

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...

Answer 34

Drain first and supplement later

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Supplement first and drain later

Question 36

When the evil invades and the patient does not have deficiency...

Answer 36

Drain or attack

Question 37

What is disharmony of yin and yang?

Answer 37

Pathological changes involving excess or deficiency of yin and yang.

Question 38

Disharmony of yin and yang frequently manifests as...

Answer 38

Heat or cold

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Supplementation

Question 40

Heat is from _____ excess or _____ deficiency.

Answer 40

Yang, yin

Question 41

Cold is from ____ excess or _____ deficiency.

Answer 41

Yin, yang

Question 42

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

Answer 42

``` Viscera and bowels Qi and blood Construction and defense Exterior and interior Ascending and descending ```

Question 43

Internally caused disease is caused by

Answer 43

Emotions

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Lifestyle

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Imbalance of yin and yang

Question 46

What are 2 ways to regulate yin and yang?

Answer 46

Supplement deficiency | Reduce excess

Question 47

An uncomplicated deficiency of yin or yang requires _____ alone.

Answer 47

Supplementation

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Draining

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Draining, supplementation

Question 50

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

Answer 50

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

Question 51

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

Answer 51

Spleen, stomach

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Post heaven

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Person, season, place

Question 54

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

Answer 54

Different, the same

Question 55

What is pattern identification?

Answer 55

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

Question 56

What are the four examinations?

Answer 56

Looking Feeling Asking Listening and smelling

Question 57

What is a disease?

Answer 57

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.

Question 58

What is a symptom?

Answer 58

Something the patient reports

Question 59

What are some examples of symptoms?

Answer 59

Feeling of heat, thirst, impotence

Question 60

What is a sign?

Answer 60

Something the doctor can observe

Question 61

What are some examples of Signs?

Answer 61

Pulse, complexion, tongue

Question 62

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

Answer 62

Sign and symptoms

Question 63

7 examples of pattern identification are

Answer 63

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

Question 64

What are some examples of diseases having the same treatment?

Answer 64

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

Question 65

What are examples of the same disease having different treatments ?

Answer 65

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