Eastern Systems of Healing Flashcards
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Ayurveda
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- “knowledge of life”
2
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Classic texts
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- Susruta samhita (on surgery)
- Charaka samhita
- Agnivesh tantra
- Ashtanga sangraha
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Charaka samhita
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- illnesses, drugs, therapies etc.
- first to describe digestion, metabolism, and immunity
- three dosha (similar to humors): movement, transformation, lubrication and stability
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Nei Ching
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- Inner Cannon of Yellow Emperor
- “Bible” of traditional Chinese healing
- Physician Qi Bo & Emperor Huang-ti
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Mo Ching
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- The Pulse Classic
- considerable emphasis on sphygmology in Chinese medicine
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Yin and Yang
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- Yin is dark element
- Yang is bright element
- Disease is imbalance, treatment restores balance
7
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Acupuncture
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- Traditional (zhen bian)
- 12 meridians, 365 points
- Moxibustion can be added (zhen jiu)
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Materia medica
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- 1000 animal, mineral, and vegetable drugs
- Some Asian agents adopted into western medicine
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Four qualities of an Ayurvedic physician
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- Theoretical knowledge
- Clarity of reasoning
- Wide clinical experience
- Personal skill
10
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Moxa
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- Artemesia vulgaris, mugwort
- Artemisia chinensis, wormwood
