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1
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What are the Extraordinary Organs (Extraordinary Fu)?

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Uterus, Brain, Marrow, Bones, Vessels, Gall Bladder

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Common Features of Extraordinary Fu

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They are hollow which makes them like fu

They store essence which makes them like zang

They belong to the yin like zang and their function is “storing without leakage”

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In Chinese medicine the entire internal reproductive system is called the ________

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uterus

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What are the main functions of the Uterus?

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  1. Regulates menstruation
  2. Houses the fetus during pregnancy
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What two organs are involved in menstruation?

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Kidney and Liver

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How is the Kidney involved in the function of menstruation?

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It is the origin of Tian Gui, which forms menstrual blood

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How is the Liver involved in the function of menstruation?

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  1. Regulating blood in the uterus (because liver stores blood)
  2. Liver-Qi moving during premenstrual phase that brings about the movement of blood and therefore the menstrual bleeding
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How is Tian Gui understood in modern times?

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hormone

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What is Tian Gui?

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a vital substance which is generated when a person’s Kidney Essence and Kidney Qi become full (second seven)

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What are the functions of Tian Gui?

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  1. Promoting the development of reproductive organs
  2. Promoting male ejaculation, female ovulation and menstruation
  3. The generation and fullness of Tian Gui determines the development of the Uterus, ovulation, and menstruation
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During pregnancy, the Uterus needs the nourishment of which two things?

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Blood and Kidney-Essence

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The Uterus has a close relationship with which four meridians?

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Chong, Ren, Dai, and Du

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What is the English name for the Chong Mai meridian?

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Penetrating Vessel

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Why is the Chong Mai/Penetrating Vessel one of the most important meridians for the Uterus?

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It brings blood and nutrients to the Uterus

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Where do the Ren Mai/Directing meridian and the Chong Mai/Penetrating vessel originate? Where do they flow through?

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the Kidney and they flow through the Uterus

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What three things does the Directing Meridian bring to the Uterus?

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Qi, Yin, and Essence

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What does the Penetrating Vessel bring to the Uterus?

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Blood

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What meridian is called “the sea of twelve meridians”?

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Chong Mai or Penetrating Vessel

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Chong Mai/Penetrating Vessel is also called

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“the sea of 12 meridians”

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Because the qi and blood of all the zang fu and meridians are related to Chong meridian it is also called

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“the sea of blood”

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“chong is the sea of blood” therefore means (2 things)….

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Chong is the basis of menstruation and brings blood to the Uterus

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Ren meridian is also called _______

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“the sea of the Yin meridian”

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Ren brings _____ and _____ to the Uterus.

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Yin; Essence

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The Du meridian is also known as the _______

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“the sea of Yang meridians’

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Both Du and ______ are important for normal function of the Uterus

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Ren

26
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Du and Ren work together to do three things. They are _____, _________, and _______.

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  1. communicate with Yin and Yang,
  2. Regulate Qi and Blood, and
  3. transport Qi from kidney
27
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The Dai/Belt Meridian does three things in relation to the Uterus. They are ____, _____, and _____.

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  1. binds all the meridians
  2. safeguards the fetus
  3. controls the secretion of leucorrhea
28
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What is the Chinese for Leucorrhea?

A

Bai Dai

29
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What is the relationship between the Kidney and the Uterus?

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The Kidney is the origin of Tian Gui

30
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What is the relationship between the Heart and the Uterus?

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Heart Governs blood

Heart-Qi descends to promote discharge of menstrual blood and eggs and to trigger transformation of Yang to Yin and vice versa in the menstrual cycle

31
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What direction does Heart-qi move?

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descends

32
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Heart-qi descends to do which two things?

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  1. promote discharge of menstrual blood and eggs
  2. trigger transformation of of Yang to Yin and vice versa in the menstrual cycle
33
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What is the relationship of the Liver to the Uterus?

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Liver governs Shu Xie and stores blood

34
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What is the relationship of the Spleen to the Uterus?

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The Spleen is the source of Blood which supplements menstruation

35
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The Heart Qi and Shen of female bodied persons are going through the same stress. What is the result?

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Menstruation syncing

36
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What are the four phases of the menstrual cycle?

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Bleeding phase, Postmenstrual phase, Intermenstrual phase, prementrual phase

37
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Yin is low but increasing while the Yang is dominant but decreasing until yin and yang have “met” (are equal), what phase is this?

A

Bleeding phase

38
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Yin and Yang have intersected and yin is still increasing while yang is still decreasing until yin is dominant and yang is low, what phase is this?

A

Postmenstrual phase

39
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Yin has become dominant and yang lowest. Yin is starting to decrease and yang increase until the two have intersected, what is this phase called?

A

intermenstrual phase

40
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Yin continues to decfrease until it is the lowest and yang continues until it is most dominant, what phase is this?

A

prementrual phase

41
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What is the Bao of men called?

A

Jing Room

42
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“Jing” in relation to the Bao of Men means what?

A

sperm

43
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What is the Bao of men?

A

male’s reproductive organ

44
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What merdians and zang does the Bao of Men relate to?

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Kidney, Chong, Ren, Du

45
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What does the Bao of Men include (anatomically)?

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testis, epididymus, seminal vesicle, and prostate

46
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What does the Bao of men control?

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male’s reproductive function

47
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What are the main functions of the Brain?

A

It houses “Yuan Shen”

Controls intelligence

is the Sea of Marrows

controls sight, hearing, smell, and taste

48
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What is Yuan Shen?

A

Pre-heaven shen that governs one’s life

49
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What are the functions of Marrow?

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It fills the bones, contributes to make blood, nourishes the brain

50
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What are the functions of the Bones?

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structural framework of the body, are the cavity that houses marrow, and are functionally related to the Kidney

51
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What zang ar ethe Bones related to?

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Kidney

52
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What are the four seas?

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The Sea of Qi, The Sea of Blood, the Sea of Food, The Sea of Marrow

53
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Where is the Sea of Qi located?

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the center of the chest or Shan Zhong (CV-17)

54
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Where is the Sea of Blood located?

A

Chong Mai

55
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Where is the Sea of Food located?

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the Stomach

56
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Where is the Sea of Blood located?

A

the Brain

57
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What two points are on the Sea of Qi

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DU-15 and DU-14

58
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What two points are on the Sea of Blood?

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BL-11 and ST-37

59
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What two points are on the Sea of Food?

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ST-30 and ST- 36

60
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What two points are on the Sea of Marrow?

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DU-20 and DU-16

Chinese Medical Theory (2 decks)

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