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1
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Name 3 ways in which TMC has a similar philosophy to Natropathic principles

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1:Treat the roots not the branches.
2: Every patient is individual and will respond differently.
3: Ill health is a product of environment rather than one single entity.

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Define the Eight principles

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8 principles that are a diagnostic method that categorises disease patterns.

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Name the 4 pairs from the 8 principles

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Ying- Yan
Interior- exterior
Deficiency- excess
Heat- cold

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4
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Is Yin hot or cold?

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Cold (dark part)

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Is Yang hot or cold?

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Hot (white part)

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What does Yang symbolise in the body?

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Activity, circulation and warmth

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What does Yin symbolise in the body?

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Physical form

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Yin: blood and lymph. What is yang?

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Yang: circulation of blood and lymph

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9
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What is excess Yang

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Heat

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Excess Yang symptoms and signs

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Red face, angry, headaches, feeling hot.
Usually long term.

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Excess yang tongue

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Red (sides linked to liver and gallbladder)

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Excess Yang Pulse

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Wiry

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13
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Excess Yang Aetiology

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Stress, actuate inflammation, anger

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Nautropathic advice for excess Yang

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1: Avoid energetically hot food (alchol, sugar, hot spices)
2: Eat cooling juices and foods.
3: Avoid stress
4: Gentle exercise

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15
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Why are deficient in Yin milder than Excess yang?

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Because technically there is a excess heat due to the deficient Yin (think balance scales) but the Excess Yang = full symptoms where are Yin Deficiency is milder

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Signs and symptoms of Yin Deficiency

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Low grade fever, night sweats, dry throat at night (due to Yins link to night) weight loss, flush.

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Tongue in Yin deficiency

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Red and peeled or dry

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Aetiology of Yin Deficiency

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Chronic illness, menopause, blood loss, old age, over worked

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What should you eat if you are Yin deficiency

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Eat warming soups, broths. Any nourishing foods.

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19
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What should Yin deficicney avoid food wise?

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Energetically hot foods

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19
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Pulse diagnosis deficient Yang?

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Weak (deficient) , floating but rapid

20
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What organs can become yin deficiency?

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Kidney / Lung/ Heart

20
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If the patient has a deficiency in Yin is it more important to nourish Yin or cool yang?

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Nourish yin (as its a deficiency) so that this provides a natural anchor to balance Yang.

21
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Any other advice? For yin deficiecy? (not diet)

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Sleep more, gentle exercise

22
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Describe excess yin using the balance level

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Yin is in excess over the balance line, Yang is in balance

23
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Signs and symptoms of Yin excess

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Pale in complexion. Sharp pains due to constriction and constipation due to cold making everything slow.

24
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Another way to name excess in yin?

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Full cold

25
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Excess yin tongue

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Blue with thick white coating

26
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Excess yin in pulse

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Slow and deep

27
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Excess Yin aietology

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Cold diet (raw diet) or exposure to extreme cold

28
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Advice for excess yin

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Warm foods/ warm baths

29
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Treatment for excess yin

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Scatter cold, acupuncture and moxa

30
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Signs and symptoms of Yang deficiency

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Tired, chilly, loose stools and undigested food (due to lack of action). Odema, low libado

31
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Yang deficiency tongue

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Pale, swollen, wet

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Yang deficiency aetiology

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Chronic illness, old age, cold diet

33
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Nauthropathic advice for deficient Yang

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Warming foods, herbs, herbal infusions, wrap up warm.

34
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What do you do to Yang to treat when in deficiency

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Nourish

35
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Define exterior conditions

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Surface layers of the body and skin

36
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What is the EPF and how does it effects exterior conditions

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EPF= external pathogen factor (viruses and bacteria) which are the main cause of exterior conditions and have acute onset and short durations

37
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Symptoms of exterior conditions

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Cold, chills, runny nose, headaches , sore throat

38
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What is an internal conditions?

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Related to inner organs where the EPF has penetrated the body. Gradual onset, long lasting

39
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Describe exterior and interior pulse?

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Superficial floating/ superficial deep

40
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Describe urine for hot and cold

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Scanty and yellow
Frequent and pale

41
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What are the four vital substances

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Qi, blood, jingle and Shen

42
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Define Qi

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The force that drives and irrigates the body bringing life and health

43
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What 5 organs are Involved in the circulation of QI?

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Stomach, spleen, kidneys,lungs, liver

44
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Name 3 functions of QI

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Transporting, protecting, warming

45
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Define nutritive QI

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Flows in muscles and channels

46
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Define defensive QI

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Circulates in muscles and skin

47
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Which QI is blood and Qi? Yang or Yang?

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Blood = yin
QI= Yang

48
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