Etiology: Misc Factors

Question 1

What the the 5 misc factors?

Answer 1

1. Improper diet
2. Overstrain, stress
3. Lack of physical exercise
4. Traumatic injury and insect of animal bites
5. Incorrect medical treatment

Question 2

What are the 3 characteristics of an improper diet?

Answer 2

1. Overeating and malnutrition (weakens sp/st)
2. Overindulgence in particular foods (one or wrong type of food, cold or raw foods and drinks, alcohol, sweet, greasy, rich)
3. Intake of unclean food (spoiled food or parasites)

Question 3

What are 3 characteristics of overstrain and stress

Answer 3

A. Excessive physical labor
B. Excessive mental work
C. Excessive sexual activity

Question 4

Excessive physical labor does what to the qi?

Answer 4

consumes the qi

Question 5

Excessive mental work affects what 2 organs and why?

Answer 5

Spleen governs pensiveness
Heart stores Shen
Excessive mental activity consumes Heart-­Blood and damages Spleen-­Qi

Question 6

Excessive sexual activity ____ and ____ Kidney essence. Why? List two examples

Answer 6

consumes - damages
Why Kidney stores Essence
Excessive sex or masturbation
Early-­‐‑teen sex and pregnancy