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1
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This organ stores the blood, moisten sinews and eyes.

A

Liver

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2
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Rapidity

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Yang

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3
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Above the waist

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Yang

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4
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Interior medial surface of limbs

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Yin

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5
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Name the Qi Pathology:

Qi is stuck and impending movements

A

Qi Stagnation

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6
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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
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Xue (Blood)

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In the Generating Sequence the element that is being affected by the first element is know as the?

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Son

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8
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THis organ produces “Gu Qi”

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Spleen

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9
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Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Produces Energy

A

Yang

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10
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Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Water

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Yin

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11
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What is the vital substance “Xue”

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Blood

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12
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Name the Vital Substance:

  • It is derived from food and drink
  • Lung provide the upper source
  • Kidney provide the lower source
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Jin Ye (Body Fluids)

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13
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Back

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Yang

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14
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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)
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Upright Qi (Zheng Qi)

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15
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Study notes:

Kidney-Yin nourishes Liver-Blood

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16
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Excitement

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Yang

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17
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What vital substance is produced from

Food Qi to the Heart

Kidney Essence in Bone Marow

A

Xue (Blood)

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18
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Study Notes:

If the Spleen has dampness it can obsrtuct the Kidney

A
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19
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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

A
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20
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Name the form of Qi:

  • Facilitative Qi
  • this mediates transportation and transformation of the Qi in the Stomach and Spleen
  • it is Ascending Qi
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Central Qi (Zhong Qi)

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21
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What are the four main pathology of Qi?

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  • 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
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22
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Study Notes:

Heart Fire can dry up Lungs fluid

A
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23
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Name the quality: Ying or Yang

Substantial

A

Yin

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24
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Name the vital substance:

Maciocia explains this as composing immaterial aspect air and material aspect rice.

A

Qi

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25
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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”
A

Gathering Qi (Zong Qi)

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26
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What can the book of changed be used to predict?

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“The Book of Changed” is used to predict weather and the fate and energy of people.

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27
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Study Notes: Insulting Sequence

Heart-Fire can injure Yin and cause Kidney-Yin deficiency

A
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28
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Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Descending

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Yin

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29
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Quiet

A

Yin

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30
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What is the Five Elements cosmological sequence?

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Water - 1

Fire - 2

Wood -3

Metal - 4

Earth - 5

Water - 6

Fire - 7

Wood - 8

Metal - 9

Eath 10

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31
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Which four ways does Qi move?

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  • Ascends
  • Descends
  • Exit - coming out toward skin
  • Enter - coming inward to organ
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32
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If Yang is below average do we need to tonify or eliminate it?

A

Tonify

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33
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The four possible ways to affect balance in the Five Element Sequence?

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  1. It is in excess and over-acts on another along the overacting sequence
  2. It is in excesss and draws from its Mother
  3. It is deficiant and fails to nourish its Child
  4. It is deficient and is insulted by another along the insulting sequence
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34
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Posterior-Lateral surface of limb

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Yang

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35
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Structure of organs

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Yin

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36
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  • This form of essence is refined and extracted from food
  • Mainly produced by the stomach and spleen
  • it interacts with kidney Essence
A

Post-Heaven Essence (Jing)

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37
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Function of organs

A

Yang

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38
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Name the vital substance:

The Lung diffuses this and descends it

A

Body Fluids (Jin Ye)

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39
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Name the quality: Ying or Yang

Slowness

A

Yin

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40
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Name four points to describe the “opposition” of Yin and Yang?

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  • They are always in opppostion
  • It’s relative opposition not absolute
  • Never 50:50, its a dynamic exchange
  • Contains the seed of oppotion
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41
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Name the Qi Pathology:

Qi is going against it’s natural course of flow

A

Qi Rebellious

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42
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Name the quality: Ying or Yang

Wet

A

Yin

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43
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What are the Vital substances (English)

Shen

Qi

Jing

Xue

Jinye

A

Shen: MInd

Qi: Energy

Jing: Essence

Xue: Blood

Jinye: Fluids

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44
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Name the quality: Ying or Yang

Soft

A

Yin

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45
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Study Notes: Insulting Sequence

If the kidney fails to tranform fluids, and these accumulate, the may cause dampness to accumulate in the Spleen.

A
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46
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Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Fire

A

Yang

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47
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What five elements pari with which organs:

Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lungs, Kidneys

A

Liver - Wood

Heart - Fire

Spleen - Earth

Lungs - Metal

Kidneys - Water

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48
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The accumulation of this vital substance forms in the body as edema, dampness, phlegm

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Body Fluids (Jin Ye)

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49
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What is the Generating sequence of the Five elements, where one element influences the next?

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Wood - Fire - Earth - Metal - Water

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50
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Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Expansion

A

Yang

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51
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Name the vital substance:

  • This has two forms, Pre-Heaven and Post-Heaven
A

Essence (Jing)

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52
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Qi

A

Yang

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53
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Name the Qi Pathology:

Insufficient Qi

A

Qi Dificiency

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54
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This organ produces blood

A

Kidney

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55
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Yin Yang is first referenced from what book?

A

“The Book of Change”

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56
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Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Blood and body fluids

57
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Describe Inter-transformation of Yin and Yang?

A

At the peak of Yin or Yang, one will start to become the opposition. (similar to day and night)

58
Q

Pair these seasons to the 5 Elements:

Summer, No Season, Autumn, Winter, Spring

A

Summer: Fire

No Season: Earth

Autumn: Metal

Winter: Water

Spring: Wood

59
Q

Pair these movements to the 5 Elements:

Contraction, Stability, Expansion, Downwards, Upwards

A

Contraction: Metal

Stability: Earth

Expansion: Wood

Downwards: Water

Upwards: Fire

60
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What is the Insulting sequence of the Five elements?

A

Earth affects Wood

Wood affects Metal

Metal affects Fire

Fire affects Water

Water affects Earth

61
Q

Name the vital substance:

The kidney vapourizes this and sends them to the Lung and provides the heat for all stages

A

Body Fluids (Jin Ye)

62
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Energy

63
Q

Name a common sub branch of “The Book of Change”?

A

Numerology

64
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This is…

  • The smallest unit thaty forms the body
  • The lightest athereal form of this would be the mind
  • The next form of this would be energy/aura
  • The heaviest material form would be bloog, fluid and physical from
65
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Immaterial

66
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Study Notes: Insulting Sequence

If the Lung has Phlegm, this may inpair the circulatikon of Heart-Qi.

67
Q

Name this form of Qi:

Gathering Qi (Zong Qi) mixed with Orginal Qi (Yuan Qi) becomes this…

  • It enhances Qi control in the Lungs
  • It takes two forms Nutritive (Ying) Qi and Defensive (Wei) Qi
68
Q

Name this form of Qi:

  • It nourishes internal organs and is closely related to blood
    • It is formed by True Qi
A

Ying Qi (Nutritive Qi)

69
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Transformation/Change

70
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Cold

71
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Restless

72
Q

Name the vital substance: Jin or Ye

  • Clear, Light, Thin and circulates with the defensive Qi
  • Moistens muscles and skin and may become sweat
  • Thins blood and improves circulation
A

“Jin” part of Jin Ye

73
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Body (opposed to Head)

74
Q

Study Notes:

The Organ Cosmological Sequence:

  • Water/Kidneys as the Foundation
  • Axis Kidneys - Heart
  • Stomach and Spleen as the Centre
  • Stomach and Spleen as support for the Heart
  • Earth as Center in Cycle of Seasons
  • Axis is Essence-Qi-Mind (Jing-Qi-Shen)
75
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Study notes:

Lung-Qi descends to meet the Kidneys and also sends fluids to the Kidneys

76
Q

If Yin is above average do we need to tonify or eliminate it?

A

Eliminate it

77
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Exterior

78
Q

Study Notes: Insulting Sequence

Liver fire by ascending may impair the descending of Lung-Qi

79
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Front

80
Q

What was the purpose of “The Book of Change”?

A

The purpose of “The Book of Change” is to understang the course of nature, mainly due to agricultural development and preperation.

81
Q

List the function of Qi

A
  • Transform and Transportation - Gu Qi to areas of the body
  • Holding - fluids, bolld in proper location
  • Raising - Keeps organs in location
  • Protecting - against external invasion
  • Warming - essential to transport, transform, excrete Yin Original Qi (Yuan Qi) from Kidney Yang
82
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Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Below

83
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Interior Organs

84
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Material

85
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Matter

86
Q

Study Notes:

Overacting Liver_Qi impairs Spleens’s transformation and transportation

87
Q

What are the Four aspects of Yin and Yang relationship?

A
  • Opposition
  • Interdependence
  • Mutual Consumption
  • Inter-transformation
88
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Contraction

89
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Above

90
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Rising

91
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Study Notes: Insulting Sequence

If the Spleen has dampness, it may impair the free flow of Liver-Qi

92
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Generates

93
Q

Name the organ:

Blood is formed through Essence

Essence gets nourishment from blood

94
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Fu Organ

95
Q

What is the Controlling sequence of the Five elements, where one element controls the third element in the sequence?

A

Wood controls Earth

Earth controls Water

Water controls Fire

Fire controls Metal

Metal controls Wood

96
Q

In the Generating Sequence the starting element or referential element is called?

97
Q

This is the essence your are born with and determines your constitution.

It is also closely linked to mingmen (gate of fire) in the kidney.

A

Pre - Heaven Essence (Jing)

98
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Nutritive Qi

99
Q

Study notes:

The Spleen provides Gu-Qi to the Lungs, where is forms Zong-Qi

100
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Dry

101
Q

What does the insulting cycle represent?

A

Rebellious

102
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Substantial

103
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Head

104
Q

Study notes:

Liver-Blood nourishes Heart-Blood

105
Q

Study notes:

Heart-Qi helps the Spleen transformation and transportation

106
Q

Name the Qi Pathology:

Qi is deficient and not holding organs in it’s location

A

Qi Sinking

107
Q

This vital substance thins and replenishes blood

A

Body Fluids (Jin Ye)

108
Q

What was interpreted on the back of a horse and on the back of a turtle, also known in chinese as Yi Jing?

A

The Book of Change

109
Q

Name the vital substance:

This can have teo extremities, often reffered to as heaven and earth. It is the basic source of life formation.

110
Q

Name this form of Qi:

  • The food processed in the stomach turns into this
  • It is the basic source of Qi which our body utilizes to create other Qi
A

Food Qi (Gu Qi)

111
Q

Describe the Interdependence of Yin and Yang?

A
  • One cannot exhist without one another, the balancing theory
112
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Grows

113
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Non-Substantial

114
Q

Name this form of Qi:

  • It protects the body from ecternal evil qi
  • It promotes sweating when invaded by external evil qi
  • It is formed by True Qi
A

Wei Qi (Defensive Qi)

115
Q

What are the Five Elements?

A
  • Wood
  • Fire
  • Earth
  • Metal
  • Water
116
Q

Name the Vital Substance:

The spleen transforms and transports pure and impure of this vital substance

A

Body Fluids (Jin Ye)

117
Q

In line representation whichi has one line and which has two?

Yin -

Yang-

A

Yin has 2

Yang has 1

118
Q

Study Notes:

IF the fluids of the Kidney accumulate pathologically, they impair the function of the Heart.

119
Q

This particular Qi arises from Essence (jing)

  • it is the motive force (makes organs work)
  • The basis of Kidney-Qi
  • It facilitates the transformation of Qi
  • It is the conduit for the Triple Burner
  • It facilitates the transfromation of Blood
  • It comes out at the source points ( Acupoints)
120
Q

Name the quality? Yin or Yang:

Produces from

121
Q

What did Chairman Mao ban when he introduced communism?

A

The Book of Change

122
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Hard

123
Q

Name the quality: Ying or Yang

Inhibition

124
Q

Name the quality: Ying or Yang

Conservation/storage/sustainment

125
Q

Describe Mutual Consumption in in Yin and Yang Theory?

A

When yin and yang are not in balance one can consume another. In this condition bigger yin or yang will just consume the opposition.

126
Q

Giovani Maciocia describes these as what?

  • basic process of NAture
  • qualities of natural phenomena
  • phases of cycle
  • inheret capabilities of change of phenomena
A

The Five Elements

127
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Below the Waist

128
Q

This organ propels the blood

129
Q

Name the vital substance:

  • This is the most subtle and non-material type of Qi
  • Often related to the heart
  • Blood holds it
A

Shen (mind)

130
Q

Name the vital substance:

Main function

  • Growth, reproduction and development
  • Basis of Kidney-Qi
  • Producer of Marrow
  • Bassis of constitutional strength
  • Bassis of the Three Treasures
A

Essence (Jing)

131
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Non-Substantial

132
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Zang organs

133
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Heat

134
Q

Name the vital substance: Jin or Ye

  • Turbid, heavy, dense and circulates with nutritive Qi
  • Under control of Kidney and Spleen
  • Moistens Joints, spine, brain and bone marrow
A

“Ye” part of Jin Ye

135
Q

This organ forms and distributes blood

136
Q

Name the quality: Yin or Yang

Defensive Qi

137
Q

In the controlling sequence the element controlling the mother element is

A

The Father/Grandparent

138
Q

This vital substnce nourishes body fluids

A

Blood (Xue)

139
Q

This essence turns into Kidney jing after puberty.

A

Pre-Heaven Essence (Jing)

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