Class 8 Flashcards
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Emotions: do normal emotions cause disease?
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Emotions: do normal emotions cause disease?
Normal emotions do not affect disease, however extreme emotions or holding onto emotions for an extended period of time can affect the body and in turn cause disease
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Heart and the Affect of Emotions:
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Heart and the Affect of Emotions: damage from emotions will always affect the heart as well as the organ corresponding to the emotion
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Over a long time, emotions can make ____ in the body?
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Over a long time, emotions can make fire in the body?
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Excessive emotions make qi…
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
Excessive emotions make qi flow improperly
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
When qi flows improperly…
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
When qi flows improperly, it accumulates rather than circulates
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
When qi accumulates…
Internal Causes of Disease; Seven Affects
When qi accumulates heat is produced, because qi is hot
Joy; Xi
Excess joy damages (organ):
Joy; Xi
Excess joy damages (organ): the heart
Joy; Xi
Excess joy causes qi to…
Joy; Xi
Excess joy causes qi to slacken (move slowly or relax)
Joy; Xi
Excess joy leads to…
Joy; Xi
Excess joy leads to heart fire or heart yin deficiency heat: mania, unceasing laughter
Anger; Nu
Excessive anger damages (organ):
Anger; Nu
Excessive anger damages (organ): the liver (smooth flow of qi)
Anger; Nu
Excessive anger causes qi to…
Anger; Nu
Excessive anger causes qi to rise
Anger; Nu
Expressed anger or rage causes (or is caused by)…
Anger; Nu
Expressed anger or rage causes (or is caused by) liver yang, or liver fire
Anger; Nu
Symptoms of excessive anger are mostly located…
Anger; Nu
Symptoms of excessive anger are mostly located in the head: headache, red face and tongue, wiry pulse, etc.
Anger; Nu
Anger includes:
Anger; Nu
Anger includes:
Resentment, bitterness, irritability, frustration, depression
Anger; Nu
Unexpressed anger causes?:
Anger; Nu
Unexpressed anger causes?: Liver qi constraint
Thought; Si
Excessive thought damages (organ):
Thought; Si
Excessive thought damages (organ): spleen
Thought; Si
Excessive thought leads to:
Thought; Si
Excessive thought leads to: weaken spleen function, causing fatigue, loss of appetite, loose stools, phlegm
Thought; Si
Thought includes:
Thought; Si
Thought includes: Pensiveness Worry Obsession or preoccupation Mental work or studying
Sorrow; Bei
Excessive sorrow damages (organ):
Sorrow; Bei
Excessive sorrow damages (organ): lungs
Sorrow; Bei
Excessive sorrow causes:
Sorrow; Bei
Excessive sorrow causes: qi to disperse (dissolve, scatter)
Lung qi deficiency- breathlessness, fatigue, crying, sighing
Sorrow; Bei
Sorrow includes:
Sorrow; Bei
Sorrow includes:
Sadness
Grief
Anxiety
Anxiety; You
Excessive anxiety damages (organ):
Anxiety; You
Excessive anxiety damages (organ): lungs and spleen
Anxiety; You
Excessive anxiety leads to:
Anxiety; You
Excessive anxiety leads to: qi binding
Worry and anxiety damage the spleen causing fatigue, loss of appetite, loose stools
It also binds lung qi causing breathlessness, stiff shoulders, and neck
Fear; Kong
Excessive fear damages (organ):
Fear; Kong
Excessive fear damages (organ): kidneys
Fear; Kong
Excessive fear causes:
Fear; Kong
Excessive fear causes: qi to descend
Depletes kidney qi causing bed wetting or incontinence
Fright (Shock); Jing
Excessive fright damages (organ):
Fright (Shock); Jing
Excessive fright damages (organ): kidneys (and heart)
Fright (Shock); Jing
Excessive fright causes:
Fright (Shock); Jing
Excessive fright causes: derangement of qi. Fright makes qi chaotic
Palpitations Breathlessness Insomnia Night sweating Dry mouth Dizziness Tinnitus
Neither External Nor Internal Causes of Disease
Also known as Neutral Causes. This includes:
Neither External Nor Internal Causes of Disease
Also known as Neutral Causes.
This includes: Improper Diet Work and Rest Sexual Taxation Trauma Improper Medical Treatment Parasites and Toxins
Improper Diet
Improper diet includes:
Improper Diet
Improper diet includes:
Overeating or malnutrition
Improper Diet
Improper diet damages (organ):
Improper Diet
Improper diet damages (organ):
Spleen and Stomach (middle jiao)
Eventually all of the organs will suffer since post-heaven qi is affected
Improper Diet
Overeating causes:
Improper Diet
Overeating causes: phlegm and dampness
Improper Diet
The five flavors are:
Improper Diet
The five flavors are: Sour (wood) Bitter (fire) Sweet (earth) Acrid or spicy (metal) Salty (water)
Improper Diet
The qi of food can be:
Improper Diet
The qi of food can be: Hot Warm Neutral Cool Cold
Improper Diet
Eating too much cold raw food:
Improper Diet
Eating too much cold raw food: puts out digestive fire of spleen yang
Work and Rest
Taxation (lao overwork) causes:
Work and Rest
Taxation (lao overwork) causes: consumption of qi
Work and Rest
Excessive rest impairs:
Work and Rest
Excessive rest impairs: circulation of qi-blood
Work and Rest
Excessive rest affects (organ):
Work and Rest
Excessive rest affects (organ): the spleen, which leads to poor transportation and transformation
Work and Rest
Excessive rest engenders:
Work and Rest
Excessive rest engenders: phlegm and dampness because qi moves and transforms fluids
Work and Rest
Activity moves…
Work and Rest
Activity moves qi and scatters dampness
Sexual Taxation
Excessive sexual activity injures…
Sexual Taxation
Excessive sexual activity injures kidney essence and yin
Sexual Taxation
In men:
Sexual Taxation
In men: mainly through ejaculation
Sexual Taxation
In women:
Sexual Taxation
In women: includes pregnancy and childbirth
Sexual Taxation
Traditionally, one should not have sex when:
Sexual Taxation
Traditionally, one should not have sex when:
Drunk or angry
Ill or exhausted
The weather changes drastically
Late night or after a long journey
The woman is menstruating, pregnant, nursing, or just after she has given birth
Trauma
Trauma includes:
Trauma
Trauma includes: Gunshots Cuts Bruises Burns Fractures Sprains Insect bites, snake bites, animal bites, etc.
Trauma
Trauma causes:
Trauma
Trauma causes: stagnation of qi and stasis of blood in the channels and network vessels
Trauma
Stagnation may remain…
Trauma
Stagnation may remain even after the flesh and bones have healed
Constitution
Constitution is:
Constitution
Constitution is: the fundamental physical and mental make-up of a person composed of essence, qi, and spirit, but essence is the foundation
Constitution
Ability to avoid disease:
Constitution
Ability to avoid disease:
While disease causes are external, internal, and neutral, we cannot forget that the ability to avoid disease is also based on the body’s right qi and constitution
Constitution
Dependent on:
Constitution
Dependent on: parents’ health especially at the time of conception, and the mother’s health during pregnancy
Constitution
Constitution cannot…
Constitution
Constitution cannot be changed for the most part. It can only be changed within limits by healthy lifestyle and qiqong
Constitution
Constitution helps determine…
Constitution
Constitution helps determine prognosis, as well as resistance to disease
Conflict Between Right Qi and Evil Qi
Quality:
Conflict Between Right Qi and Evil Qi
Quality: right qi is yang, life and evil qi is yin, death (this is quality, not quantity)
Conflict Between Right Qi and Evil Qi
Quantity:
Conflict Between Right Qi and Evil Qi
Quantity: right qi is the sum of all healthy qi and substances in the body that resist disease
Balance is Health, Imbalance is Disease
For disease to occur:
Balance is Health, Imbalance is Disease
For disease to occur: there must be an imbalance within the body
In most cases, an evil cannot invade unless there is already an underlying insufficiency of right qi
Conflict Between Right Qi and Evil Qi
Root and Branch:
Conflict Between Right Qi and Evil Qi
Root and Branch:
Right qi is the root and evil qi is the branch
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Treatment should…
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Treatment should mobilize the right qi to defeat the evil
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Supplementation in Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess:
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Supplementation in Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess:
You must be careful not to supplement the evil
You must also be careful not to take the evil deeper if is is still on the exterior
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Supplementation:
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Supplementation: for deficiency. Invigorates resistance, strengthens whatever is weak, restores function or substance
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Draining:
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Draining: an offensive method for excess. Attacking the evil. Eliminates evils, reduces, expels, transforms, or scatters evils or accumulations
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
You can supplement…
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
You can supplement yin, yang, qi, blood, or any type of organs (especially spleen and kidney)
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (first or strongest):
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (first or strongest): drain the evil
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (when evil is resolved):
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (when evil is resolved): strengthen the body
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (when there is evil):
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (when there is evil): supplementation can strengthen the evil
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (supplementation should be primary):
Supporting the Right and Dispelling the Evil Qi
Situations with Mixed Deficiency and Excess (supplementation should be primary): only if the patient is too weak to receive draining treatment
Disharmony of Yin and Yang
Heat:
Disharmony of Yin and Yang
Heat: is from yang excess or yin deficiency
Disharmony of Yin and Yang
Cold:
Disharmony of Yin and Yang
Cold: is from yin excess or yang deficiency
Disharmony of Yin and Yang
In addition to heat and cold, yin and yang disharmony can manifest between:
Disharmony of Yin and Yang
In addition to heat and cold, yin and yang disharmony can manifest between:
Zang-viscera (yin) and fu-bowels (yang)
Blood (yin) and qi (yang)
Ying-construction (yin) and wei-defense (yang)
Interior (yin) and exterior (yang)
Descending (yin) and ascending (yang)
Abnormal Descending and Ascending of Qi
The qi mechanism:
Abnormal Descending and Ascending of Qi
The qi mechanism: the functional relationships between organs, channels, substances, yin and yang, are maintained by ascending, descending, entering (sinking), and exiting (floating), of qi
Abnormal Descending and Ascending of Qi
Spleen and Stomach:
Abnormal Descending and Ascending of Qi
Spleen and Stomach: they are central so they pivot the body and are most important. They also provide the material basis for post-heaven nourishment
Three Types of Pathological Processes
Disharmony of yin and yang:
Three Types of Pathological Processes
Disharmony of yin and yang: quantity
Three Types of Pathological Processes
Right versus evil:
Three Types of Pathological Processes
Right versus evil: quality
Three Types of Pathological Processes
Abnormal ascending and descending:
Three Types of Pathological Processes
Abnormal ascending and descending: movement
Improper Diet
Eating Unclean Foods:
Improper Diet
Eating Unclean Foods: contaminated, spoiled, or toxic foods, parasites
