Etiology - General, 6 Pathogenic Factors

Question 1

What are the five invasions of external wind?

Answer 1

Attacks in the Lung’s Defensive-Qi portion, attacks in the channels of the face, attacks in the channels and joints, attacks in the skin, and affliction of liver channel.

Question 2

A patient walks in with a headache, high fever, profuse sweating, strong thirst, and has a dry mouth… These are manifestations of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 2

Summer-heat

Question 3

What are some causative factors for disease that are neither external nor internal?

Answer 3

Phlegm-Fluid and Stagnant blood, improper diet, overexertion, stress, lack of exercise, trauma, parasites, poisons, incorrect treatment, weak constitution

Question 4

The pathogenic factors invade the body through the?

Answer 4

Skin, nose, or mouth

Question 5

Name at least five symptoms of dryness.

Answer 5

Dry nose, lips, mouth throat, thirst, dry skin and body hair, dry cough with scanty Putin, constipation, scanty urine, dry thin tongue coating, threads pulse

Question 6

A patient walks in with poor appetite, foggy thinking, and cloudy, oozing discharges… these are symptoms of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 6

Dampness

Question 7

What are some causes of disease in childhood? (Name at least three)

Answer 7

Early weaning and improper diet, emotional stress, accidents and trauma, excessive physical exercise (esp. at puberty), early sexual activity

Question 8

What are the four invasions of external cold?

Answer 8

Invade the lung’s defensive-qi portion, invade the channels and joints, invade the muscles and sinews, invade internal organ directly

Question 9

Which pathogenic factor leads to prolonged, stubborn diseases characterized by repeated attacks?

Answer 9

Dampness

Question 10

Which pathogenic factor is associated with clear, watery discharges?

Answer 10

Cold

Question 11

Although wind occurs in all four seasons, it is most prevalent in which season?

Answer 11

Spring

Question 12

Name 5 symptoms of summer-heat.

Answer 12

High fever, restlessness, profuse sweating, strong thirst, headache, dizziness, hot skin, dry mouth and tongue, scanty dark urine, coarse breathing, shortness of breath

Question 13

How do interior pathogenic factors arise?

Answer 13

Dysfunction of the zangfu organs

Question 14

Which pathogenic factor will dry body fluid and force it to the exterior?

Answer 14

Fire

Question 15

Name five symptoms of COLD.

Answer 15

Pain, Clear urine, chills, shivering, cold limbs and body, pallor, slow pulse

Question 16

What are some causes of disease during adulthood?

Answer 16

Six exogenous pathogenic factors, seven emotions, constitutional deficiencies, overexertion, excessive sexual activity, improper diet, trauma, parasites, poison

Question 17

Cold can invade which internal organs directly?

Answer 17

Stomach, intestines, and uterus

Question 18

A patient walks in with the feeling of heaviness, tiredness, and has a sticky taste in the mouth… these are symptoms of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 18

Dampness

Question 19

What is more “solid,” more drying, heat or fire?

Answer 19

Fire

Question 20

What disturbs the mind, fire or heat?

Answer 20

Fire

Question 21

A patient walks in with dry nose, lips, and mouth, is thirsty, and constipated… These are manifestations of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 21

Dryness

Question 22

If anything is smelly or foul, it is a symptom of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 22

Heat

Question 23

Which climatic factor is prevalent in spring?

Answer 23

Wind

Question 24

Summer-heat attacks which part of the body?

Answer 24

The head and upper part of body

Question 25

The pathogenic factor of Fire travels in which direction?

Answer 25

Upwards, rises to the head

Question 26

Which climatic factor occurs in all seasons, but is prevalent in summer?

Answer 26

Fire

Question 27

How is endogenous dampness produced?

Answer 27

Spleen dysfunction

Question 28

External wind is associated with which element?

Answer 28

Wood

Question 29

How does dampness invade the lower body?

Answer 29

Through channels of the legs to the organs of the lower abdomen

Question 30

How does summer-heat effect body fluid?

Answer 30

Disperses and consumes body fluid

Question 31

What does fire do to the blood?

Answer 31

Speeds blood and causes bleeding

Question 32

What can arise from overexposure to sun, excessive heat, and lack of ventilation?

Answer 32

Summer-heat

Question 33

What does summer-heat do to pores?

Answer 33

Opens them

Question 34

Clear urine and slow pulse are symptoms of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 34

Cold

Question 35

Dryness easily damages which zangfu organ?

Answer 35

Lung

Question 36

Name 5 manifestations of Exterior Wind

Answer 36

``` Rapid onset and changes, Aversion to wind and sweating, Headache, Sneezing, Cough, Itchy throat, Itchy Skin, Moving Pain ```

Question 37

Name five manifestations of dampness.

Answer 37

Heaviness, tiredness, poor appetite, no thirst, sticky taste in mouth, foggy thinking, difficult urination, oozing discharges, greasy/sticky tongue, rolling or soft pulse

Question 38

Which is of the climatic factors only occurs in one season?

Answer 38

Summer-heat

Question 39

Which pathogenic factor restricts circulation of qi and blood?

Answer 39

Cold

Question 40

Which of the climatic factors is always exogenous, never endogenous?

Answer 40

Summer-heat

Question 41

Summer-heat often combines with which other climatic factor?

Answer 41

Dampness

Question 42

A patient comes in with a headache, dizziness and vertigo, tremors, and muscle spasms... These are manifestations of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 42

Internal Wind

Question 43

A patient walks in with body aches, restricted movement, and chills... these are symptoms of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 43

Cold

Question 44

Which pathogenic factor will impair the opening and closing of pores and the circulation of Wei qi?

Answer 44

Wind

Question 45

Dampness is prevalent in which season?

Answer 45

Late summer

Question 46

Heavy, sticky, and turbid all describe what pathogenic factor?

Answer 46

Dampness

Question 47

Which of the External Pathogenic Factors are yin in nature?

Answer 47

Cold and Dampness

Question 48

What climatic factor is prevalent in autumn?

Answer 48

Dryness

Question 49

When combined with wind, dampness can invade through the _______.

Answer 49

Skin

Question 50

What combines with dampness, fire or heat?

Answer 50

Heat

Question 51

When summer-heat penetrates the interior as extreme heat, it will attack the _______.

Answer 51

pericardium

Question 52

What two ways cause disease in the pre-natal period?

Answer 52

Parents’ health conception, shock to the mother during pregnancy

Question 53

Which pathogenic factor is prevalent in winter?

Answer 53

Cold

Question 54

Dampness infuses in which direction?

Answer 54

Downward

Question 55

A patient has rapid and onset changes, itchy throat, moving pain, and a cough... these are symptoms of what pathogenic factor?

Answer 55

Exterior Wind

Question 56

What are the six climactic factors?

Answer 56

Wind, cold, summer-heat, dampness, dryness, fire

Question 57

Which pathogenic factor is the “king,” because others follow it?

Answer 57

Wind