exam review V Flashcards
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traditional chinese medicine
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based on humans in harmonious relationship with their mind, body, spiti and the universe around them
- basic principles are rooted in the philosophy of yin and yang
- energy field between poles of yin and yang gives the primal force qi
- the body extracts and absorbs qi from food
- 3000yr tradition in china
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traditional chinese medicine food classification
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3
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Qi - the body gathers daily energy from three sources
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- congenital constitution essence
- from food
- ancestral qi
