Eastern Medicine (2)

Question 1

4 qualities of good Ayurvedic physician

Answer 1

theoretical knowledge, clarity of reasoning, wide clinical experience, personal skill

Question 2

Ayurveda meaning

Answer 2

the “science” or “knowledge” of life

Question 3

Ayurveda Roots

Answer 3

arose in Indian antiquity from Lord Brahma, still practiced today in India and Sri Lanka

Question 4

Two important Ayurveda Texts

Answer 4

Susruta samhita and Charaka samhita- recognize and calssify ~1200 diseases

Question 5

Human dissection and Ayurveda

Answer 5

Hinduism prohibits cutting the dead, Susruta recommended soaking body then pulling skin off with feather

Question 6

Charaka samhita

Answer 6

several authors-importance on prevention, also describes many drugs made from plants, minerals, and animals -300 BCE- first to describe digestion, metabolism, and immunity

Question 7

Three Dosha- what are they and what are they from?

Answer 7

From Charaka samhita- body functions as a result of these three functions:
movement
transformation
lubrication/stability
-similar to humours from the Greeks

Question 8

according to the Dosha, illness is caused by what?

Answer 8

imbalance of the three dosha (movement, transformations, and/or lubrication/stability

Question 9

Ayurvedic healers were traditionally___

Answer 9

Brahmin (priestly) caste

Question 10

Ayurvedic surgery

Answer 10

very adept, doing this before europeans, C-sections, rhinoplasty, cataracts, amputations, etc.

Question 11

8 branches of Ayurvedic medicine

Answer 11

internal medicine, surgery, ENT and eyes, pediatrics, toxicology, purification of genetic organs, health and longetivity, spiritual healing/psychiatry

Question 12

Core beliefs of ancient Chinese medicine (4)

Answer 12

unity of nature, yin-yang dualism and balance, theory of the 5 phases, theory of systematic correspondences

Question 13

what is the “Nei Ching”

Answer 13

“the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor”- book that most ancient Chinese medicine is based upon - written by Qi Bo and Emperor Huang-ti

Question 14

What is the “Mo Ching”

Answer 14

The Pulse classic- information about pulse- highly valued in ancient Chinese medicine- sphygmology

Question 15

Anatomy in Ancient Chinese medicine

Answer 15

base on dynamic interplay-described organs based on perceived function-some that don’t even exist

Question 16

Chinese and venisection

Answer 16

rejected it!

Question 17

Chinese medicine- disease caused by what

Answer 17

imbalance of yin and yang

Question 18

Chinese medicine- how to treat disease (5)

Answer 18

curing spirit-living in harmony with the universe
dietary management
acupuncture
pharmacotherapy
treatment of the bowel, viscera, blood, and breath

Question 19

Yin elements (7)

Answer 19

dark element, feminine, passive, downward-seeking, corresponds to night, water, earth

Question 20

Yang elements (7)

Answer 20

bright element, light, day, masculine, upward-seeking, fire, wind

Question 21

How do yin and yang relate?

Answer 21

complementary opposites- not absolute opposites- kept in balance, not static

Question 22

Basics of acupuncture

Answer 22

12 meridians, 365 acupuncture points, purges energy, restores yin/yang harmony, empiric and often effective

Question 23

what is moxa?

Answer 23

using heated wormwood or mugwort on skin or needle during acunpucture

Question 24

China materia medica

Answer 24

~1000 animal, plant, and mineral drugs- many agents adopted into western medicine “Great Pharmacopia”