Exam 1 Review

Question 1

What are the 4 vital substances?

Answer 1

Qi, Blood(xue), Body Fluids (jing ye), essence

Question 2

What are the 3 treasures?

Answer 2

Essence, Qi, Mind

Question 3

What is the more basic and important vital substance?

Answer 3

Essence

Question 4

Define Essence

Answer 4

all body substances; can also be described as certain fluid like substances (ova, sperm, and certain secretions)

Question 5

What is congenital/prenatal/pre-heaven essence

Answer 5

a persons basic constitutional make-up, strength and vitality.

Question 6

What is acquired/postnatal/post-heaven essence

Answer 6

the essence derived originally from spleen and stomach (food and nutrients)

Question 7

where is essence (both pre and postnatal) stored?

Answer 7

kidneys

Question 8

What are the functions of essence

Answer 8

growth, reproduction and development;
produces marrow;
its the basis of constitutional strength.

Question 9

What is Qi

Answer 9

something that exists that gets transformed from one thing to the other.
It is a refined vital substance produced by the internal organs which has the function of bringing nourishment to the body and mind.

Question 10

What are some sources of qi

Answer 10

Air ( Da Qi), Food (Gu Qi), Human Being/Primary Qi (yuan qi)

Question 11

Essence Vs. Qi

Answer 11

Essence is fluid like and Qi is energy like
Essence is yin while Qi is yang
Essence is stored in the KD while Qi isn’t store but is present in every activity
Essence is hard to replace and Qi can be easily acquired or tonified
Essence is more static while qi is more dynamic
Essence derives from parents while qi is produced after birth

Question 12

Original Qi/Primary Qi/Yuan Qi

Answer 12

derived form the essence and is therefore located between the KDs

Question 13

Food Qi/Gu Qi

Answer 13

derives from SP/ST and includes two parts: Nutritive Qi/Ying Qi and defensive Qi/Wei Qi; Ying qi flows inside the blood vessels while wei qi flows in soft tissues

Question 14

Gathering Qi/Zong Qi

Answer 14

pure are + pure food. It gathers in the chest and is associated with the throat (speech) and rhythm of the breath and heartbeat.

Question 15

True Qi/Zhen Qi

Answer 15

the combination of all the types of qi that are to circulate throughout the body contrast to Xie Qi (evil qi)

Question 16

Functions of Qi

Answer 16

Transport, Transform, Raise, Hold, Protect, Warm

Question 17

Functions of Original/Yuan Qi

Answer 17

motive force; basis of kidney qi; facilitates the transformation of qi; facilitates the transformation of blood; come out at the source points

Question 18

Which direction(s) does qi move

Answer 18

ascending, descending, exiting, entering

Question 19

Which direction(s) does LU qi move

Answer 19

Ascends, descends, enters, exits.

* Descending is the most important.

Question 20

Which direction(s) does HT qi move

Answer 20

ascends, descends, and exits

*has no direct connection to external pathogens

Question 21

Which direction(s) does SP qi move

Answer 21

ascends

*disorder of SP Qi: dizziness, abd distension, diarrhea, prolapse

Question 22

Which direction(s) does LV qi move

Answer 22

ascends, exits

Question 23

Which direction(s) does KD qi move

Answer 23

ascends, enters, descends

* if it descends too much you could lose stored essence

Question 24

Which direction(s) does PC qi move

Answer 24

enters and exits

* heart loathes heat- pericardium exists to protect the HT from heat

Question 25

The Six Fu Organs ( qi move which direction)

Answer 25

the qi in siz yang organs descends; the san jiao is one exception, the qi in SJ also ascends and exits.

Question 26

Disorder of Qi Volume

Answer 26

excess: heat and fire
deficiency: qi deficiency and then yang deficiency
* local excess- qi stagnation

Question 27

Stagnation of Qi

Answer 27

qi slows down in all directions (dull and distending)

• blood stagnation- sharp
• wandering pain is associated with wind

Question 28

Qi Rebelling

Answer 28

Too much Qi ascending or insufficient Qi descending (LV/ST/LU)

LV: anger, irritability, headaches
ST: vomiting, nausea, hiccups, acid reflux
LU: cough, asthma

Question 29

Qi Prolapse

Answer 29

deficient type of qi disorder and is due to too much qi descending with no enough Qi ascending (SP/KD)
s/s: organ prolapse, full or sinking sensation in the lower abd., miscarriage, frequent urination, chronic loose stools or diarrhea.

Question 30

Qi Closing

Answer 30

Excessive entering of Qi or insufficient exiting of Qi (HT/PC- as these two organs involve the Shen/Mind)

Question 31

Qi Collapse

Answer 31

deficiency condition due to over exiting and insufficient entering of qi (LU/HT/KD)
s/s: spontaneous and profuse sweat; incontinence, LOC
*this often happens at the end of life when the yin and yang separate.

Question 32

What do blood and body fluids do

Answer 32

nourish and moisten

Question 33

Ying Qi vs. Wei Qi

Answer 33

Ying Qi: runs deeply; circulates in the vessels

Wei Qi: runs superficially; controls the opening and closing of pores; protects body against pathogens.

Question 34

What are the 4 causes of bleeding

Answer 34

heat, trauma, stasis, deficiency (SP)

Question 35

Stagnation vs Stasis

Answer 35

Stagnation: channel; little movement; local
Stasis: viscera; no movement; systemic

Question 36

Ying Qi and Body Fluids transform into blood in which organ

Answer 36

Heart

Question 37

Qi Deficiency s/s

Answer 37

SOB, pale, spontaneous sweat, lassitude

Question 38

Blood Deficiency

Answer 38

sallow, blurred vision, floaters, dry skin, nails and hair, leg cramps, poor memory

Question 39

Yin Deficiency

Answer 39

night sweats, 5 palm heat, tidal fever, night thirst, scanty urination, enuresis

Question 40

Yang Deficiency

Answer 40

white/pale face, lassitude, cold limbs, clea and proguse urine, lack of labido