Foundations Flashcards
This organ stores the blood, moisten sinews and eyes.
Liver
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Rapidity
Yang
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Above the waist
Yang
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Interior medial surface of limbs
Yin
Name the Qi Pathology:
Qi is stuck and impending movements
Qi Stagnation
Name the Vital Substance:
- It nourishes the body and compliment Qi
- It has a moistening function
- It is the material foundation for the mind
- Determines mentruation
Xue (Blood)
In the Generating Sequence the element that is being affected by the first element is know as the?
Son
THis organ produces “Gu Qi”
Spleen
Name the quality? Yin or Yang:
Produces Energy
Yang
Name the quality? Yin or Yang:
Water
Yin
What is the vital substance “Xue”
Blood
Name the Vital Substance:
- It is derived from food and drink
- Lung provide the upper source
- Kidney provide the lower source
Jin Ye (Body Fluids)
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Back
Yang
Name this form of Qi:
- Can be understood as Correcting Qi
- It is an aggrgate of Qi, playing a role of fixing the body from external pathogens (like immune system)
Upright Qi (Zheng Qi)
Study notes:
Kidney-Yin nourishes Liver-Blood
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Excitement
Yang
What vital substance is produced from
Food Qi to the Heart
Kidney Essence in Bone Marow
Xue (Blood)
Study Notes:
If the Spleen has dampness it can obsrtuct the Kidney
Study Notes:
If Lung-Qi fails to descend it may impair the physiological rise of Liver-Qi, Lung-Heat may be transmitted to the Liver
Name the form of Qi:
- Facilitative Qi
- this mediates transportation and transformation of the Qi in the Stomach and Spleen
- it is Ascending Qi
Central Qi (Zhong Qi)
What are the four main pathology of Qi?
- Qi Deficiency - Insufficient Qi
- Qi Sinking - Not holding organs in location
- Qi Stagnation - Stuck and impending movements
- Qi Rebellious - Going against natural course of flow
Study Notes:
Heart Fire can dry up Lungs fluid
Name the quality: Ying or Yang
Substantial
Yin
Name the vital substance:
Maciocia explains this as composing immaterial aspect air and material aspect rice.
Qi
Name this form of Qi:
Food Qi - SP moves it to LU - LU mixes Food Qi (Gu Qi) with air to form this
- It assists LU and HT for breathing and circulation and also helps the throat and speech
- Gathers in the chest called the “Sea of Qi”
Gathering Qi (Zong Qi)
What can the book of changed be used to predict?
“The Book of Changed” is used to predict weather and the fate and energy of people.
Study Notes: Insulting Sequence
Heart-Fire can injure Yin and cause Kidney-Yin deficiency
Name the quality? Yin or Yang:
Descending
Yin
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Quiet
Yin
What is the Five Elements cosmological sequence?
Water - 1
Fire - 2
Wood -3
Metal - 4
Earth - 5
Water - 6
Fire - 7
Wood - 8
Metal - 9
Eath 10
Which four ways does Qi move?
- Ascends
- Descends
- Exit - coming out toward skin
- Enter - coming inward to organ
If Yang is below average do we need to tonify or eliminate it?
Tonify
The four possible ways to affect balance in the Five Element Sequence?
- It is in excess and over-acts on another along the overacting sequence
- It is in excesss and draws from its Mother
- It is deficiant and fails to nourish its Child
- It is deficient and is insulted by another along the insulting sequence
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Posterior-Lateral surface of limb
Yang
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Structure of organs
Yin
- This form of essence is refined and extracted from food
- Mainly produced by the stomach and spleen
- it interacts with kidney Essence
Post-Heaven Essence (Jing)
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Function of organs
Yang
Name the vital substance:
The Lung diffuses this and descends it
Body Fluids (Jin Ye)
Name the quality: Ying or Yang
Slowness
Yin
Name four points to describe the “opposition” of Yin and Yang?
- They are always in opppostion
- It’s relative opposition not absolute
- Never 50:50, its a dynamic exchange
- Contains the seed of oppotion
Name the Qi Pathology:
Qi is going against it’s natural course of flow
Qi Rebellious
Name the quality: Ying or Yang
Wet
Yin
What are the Vital substances (English)
Shen
Qi
Jing
Xue
Jinye
Shen: MInd
Qi: Energy
Jing: Essence
Xue: Blood
Jinye: Fluids
Name the quality: Ying or Yang
Soft
Yin
Study Notes: Insulting Sequence
If the kidney fails to tranform fluids, and these accumulate, the may cause dampness to accumulate in the Spleen.
Name the quality? Yin or Yang:
Fire
Yang
What five elements pari with which organs:
Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lungs, Kidneys
Liver - Wood
Heart - Fire
Spleen - Earth
Lungs - Metal
Kidneys - Water
The accumulation of this vital substance forms in the body as edema, dampness, phlegm
Body Fluids (Jin Ye)
What is the Generating sequence of the Five elements, where one element influences the next?
Wood - Fire - Earth - Metal - Water
Name the quality? Yin or Yang:
Expansion
Yang
Name the vital substance:
- This has two forms, Pre-Heaven and Post-Heaven
Essence (Jing)
Name the quality: Yin or Yang
Qi
Yang
Name the Qi Pathology:
Insufficient Qi
Qi Dificiency
This organ produces blood
Kidney
Yin Yang is first referenced from what book?
“The Book of Change”