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Lecture 1 Basics Flashcards

1
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Zhong Qi
stored?
formed by?
function?

A

Air Qi

  • stored in chest
  • formed by combo qing qi (clean air qi) + gu qi (food essence qi)
  • promotes lung’s functions of controlling respiration
  • promotes heart’s function of dominating the blood & blood vessels
  • circulation of qi & blood, coldness & warmth, and motor function of the 4 limbs & trunk
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Yuan Qi

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Primary Qi / Pre-Natal Qi / Original Qi

  • needs to be supplemented and nourished by food essence
  • rooted in kidneys and transported through body by Triple Warmer
  • the greater the yuan qi, the greater the zang-fu activity & vice versa

can be depleted by:

  • poor diet
  • prolonged illness requiring more qi
  • increased ejaculations/pregnancies
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Ying Qi

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Food Essence Qi / Nutritive Qi

  • refined form of Gu Qi
  • from food extracted by the spleen & stomach
  • circulates to the vessels
  • functions to produce blood and circulate with it
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Wei Qi

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Defensive Qi

  • immunity
  • derived from Ying Qi - food essence qi
  • circulates outside vessels
  • defends against EPIs (#1 function)
  • protects muscular surface
  • controls opening of the pores
  • moistens skin & hair
  • makes adjustments of body temperature
  • warms up zang-fu organs
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5
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Zang-Fu organ qi

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  • combines all forms of qi
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6
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Heart’s relationship to Blood

A

moves blood

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7
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Spleen’s relationship to Blood

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contains blood within the vessels

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8
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Liver’s relationship to Blood

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stores blood & ensures smooth circulation of blood

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9
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“__ is the commander of Blood, and Blood is the mother of __”

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Qi

Qi is yang & it moves blood
blood is yin and gives body nutritional substance to carry
w/o qi, blood would be inert fluid

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Blood formed from __ + __?

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gu qi + qing qi

unrefined food essence + clean air

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11
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Gu Qi from the ______ rises to the chest where it is acted upon by Kidney Essence and Yuan Qi.

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Gu Qi from the Sp/St rises to the chest where it is acted upon by Kidney Essence and Yuan Qi.
At this point it is known as Blood.

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After being sent to the chest and being turned into Blood, blood is not complete until it is sent to the ____ and Qing Qi is added

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lung

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13
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4 functions of Blood

A
  • nourishment & moisture
  • nourishes hair, sinews, bones & bowels
  • foundation of mental activities
  • nutrition
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14
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Jin

A

thin fluids

  • circulate w/defensive qi
  • controlled by the Lung
  • warm & nourish mm & moisten skin
  • clear & watery in nature
  • found on mucus membranes & the skin
  • becomes fluid portion of blood
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Ye

A

thick fluids

  • circulate with nutritive qi
  • controlled by the spleen and kidney
  • lubricates joint cavities, bone marrow & CSF
  • turbid & viscous in nature
  • found in the bowels, brain, bones & viscera
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16
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Fluid metabolism

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  • begins @ stomach where fluids are churned and separated
  • spleen further separates fluid & ascends the pure to the lung & descends the impure to the small intestine
  • SI functions to separate pure from impure & sends pure to stomach & spleen and impure to LI or UB
  • lungs send more refined portion to skin; less refined portion to kidneys
  • kidneys send a steam up to the Lungs to keep them moist
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17
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What comprises the lower burner?

A

SI
LI
Kidney
Bladder

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18
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what comprises the middle burner?

A

spleen / stomach

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19
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what comprises the upper burner?

A

lungs

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20
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Where do the lungs send refined fluids?

A

skin

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21
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SI sends pure fluids where?

A

stomach & spleen

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22
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SI sends impure fluids where?

A

LI or UB

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23
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spleen sends pure fluid where?

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lung

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24
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spleen sends impure fluid where?

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descends to SI

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25
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kidneys send steam up to where?

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lungs to keep them moist

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26
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At what age is it normal for men to have hair begin to fall out & teeth become loose?

A

40

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27
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At what age is it normal for men to have kidney energy peak, and wisdom teeth arrive?

A

24

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28
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at what age are men’s tendons & bones strongest?

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32

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29
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at what age are men’s hair and teeth gone usually?

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64

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30
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at what age is kidney energy very abundant, sperm arrives, and yin and yang are harmonized and can produce a child

A

16

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31
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at what age does yang qi become exhausted in a man; face darkens & hair turns grey

A

48

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32
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at what age does sperm dry up, tendons stiffen & liver energy weakened?

A

56

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33
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What are the 3 types of Essence?

A

Prenatal Essence
Postnatal Essence
Kidney Essence

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34
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disharmonies in Essence manifest as (5 things)?

A 
improper maturation
sexual dysfunction
infertility
early aging
congenital defects
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35
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age that a woman’s essence peaks, wisdom teeth arrive, and peak of growth?

A

21

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36
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age that woman’s yang channels weaken, hair turns gray

A

42

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37
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age that woman’s menses arrive, GV and CV are primed

A

14

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38
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age that woman’s yang channels weaken, complexion withers, hair begins to fall

A

35

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39
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age that CV and GV are empty, uterus closes, infertility sets in

A

49

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40
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woman’s age that tendons and bones are strongest, hair flourishes

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28

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41
Q

The eyes are the window to the ______.

A

Shen

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42
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4 examinations in TCM

A

inspection
auscultation & olfaction
inquiry
palpation

43
Q

What 5 things do you look at on inspection

A 
vitality
appearance
skin colour
facial evaluation
secretions & excretions
44
Q

Signs that someone is lacking vitality?

A 
dull eyes
dark, dull expression
emaciation
rough respiration
disoriented
may be unconscious

serious illness with poor prognosis

45
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What do you look at for appearance?

A

overall w movements
smooth & desired movements
build, gait, posture, movements

46
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what kind of appearance do Yang conditions have

A

agitated
talkative
aggressive
irritable

47
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what kind of appearance do yin conditions have

A

passive
introverted
quiet

48
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what kind of appearance do cold conditions have?

A

desires heat

49
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what kind of appearance do heat conditions have?

A

desires cold

50
Q

What are the 5 skin colours?

A 
blue
red
white
yellow
black
51
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what do blue skin colours state?

A

cold
pain
blood stasis

52
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what do red skin colours state?

A

heat

excess, deficiency or pseudo

53
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what do white skin colours state?

A

deficiency
cold
blood loss

54
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what do yellow skin colours state

A

deficiency

jaundice - esp sclera

55
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what do black skin colours state

A

kidney deficiency
cold syndrome
blood stasis
water retention

56
Q

what Organ do the eyelids represent?

57
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what organ do the sclera represent?

58
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what organ does the iris represent?

59
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what organ do the pupils represent?

60
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what organ do the corners of the eye (canthus) represent?

61
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what does nasal discharge signify?

62
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what does white watery nasal d/c signify

63
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what does yellow turbid nasal d/c signify

64
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what organ correlates with Rancid smell (sweat)

65
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what organ correlates with burnt smell

66
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what organ correlates with sweet or fragrant smell

67
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what organ correlates with rotten smell

68
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what organ correlates with putrid smell (urine)

69
Q

10 Questions for intakes

A 
temperature
thirst & appetite
perspiration
energy
respiration & voice
sleep
vision & hearing
digestion
defecation & urination
reproductive
70
Q

how does someone with yin deficiency drink?

71
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how does someone with yang excess or Fire drink?

72
Q

night sweats are a yin or yang excess or deficiency?

A

yin deficiency

73
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spontaneous sweating signifies what pathology?

A

qi deficiency

74
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lack of sweating could be what pathology?

A

Excess exterior cold invasion

75
Q

profuse sweating could be which 2 pathologies?

A 
excess heat syndrome
yang collapse (cold sweating, pale complexion, cold limbs)
76
Q

low energy is found in which 5 pathologies?

A 
qi deficiency (general low energy)
yang deficiency (general low energy w cold sxs)
dampness (lassitude, heaviness)
qi stagnation (active but crashes when relaxed)
yin deficiency (usually afternoon fatigue w heat)
77
Q

high energy is found in which 4 pathologies?

A

yang rising
qi stagnation
yin deficiency
excess heat

78
Q

which pathology?

SOB, < exertion, cough & asthma

A

lung qi def

79
Q

which pathology?

SOB, palpitations & emotional/mental problems

A

heart qi def

80
Q

which pathology?

feeble cough or asthma

A

lung qi def

81
Q

which pathology?

dry cough or w small amount of sputum or w blood tinged sputum

A

lung yin def

82
Q

which pathology?

dry cough w little sputum that is too sticky to cough up

A

lung dryness

83
Q

which organ corresponds with anger

84
Q

which organ corresponds with sadness

85
Q

which organ corresponds with shock

A

kidney & heart

86
Q

which organ corresponds with fear

87
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which organ corresponds with worry

88
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which organ corresponds with joy

89
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which organ corresponds with pensiveness

90
Q

Exterior/Interior refers to the _________ of the symptoms within the body

91
Q

what parts of the body are considered exterior

A

skin
hair
muscles
channels

92
Q

what parts of the body are considered interior

A

internal organs
bones
incl Qi & Blood

93
Q

chilliness, cold limbs, no thirst, desire for hot drinks, loose stools, frequent pale urination, weak pulse, pale and wet tongue

94
Q

qi def + cold sxs = ?

95
Q

runny nose w thick yellow d/c, cough w yellow sputum, sore throat, slight sweating, floating and rapid pulse

A

exterior heat

96
Q

low grade fever or afternoon fever, 5 centre heat sensation, dry throat at night, night sweats, emaciation, floating, weak pulse, red peeled, dry tongue

97
Q

Blood def + Heat sxs = ?

98
Q

no sweating, general aching

floating and forceful pulse

A

exterior excess

99
Q

runny nose w clear or white d/c, cough w white sputum, NO SWEAT, floating and tense pulse

A

exterior cold

100
Q

chills, cold limbs, no thirst, loose stools, clear or profuse urine, deep and slow pulse, pale tongue w white coat

A

interior cold

excess, yang def

101
Q

sweating, intolerance to wind, floating and moderate pulse

seen as a disharmony between wei qi & yin qi

A

exterior def

wei qi is low & ying qi is high; wei qi cannot contain ying qi within the vessels => sweating

102
Q

high fever, thirst, irritability, flushed face, constipation, deep yellow, scanty urine, red tongue w yellow coat, rapid & forceful pulse

A

interior heat

excess, yin def

103
Q

coarse breathing, loud voice, irritability, fullness in the chest, abdominal distension, constipation, rough tongue body w a thick coat, deep and forceful pulse

A

interior excess

cold, heat
qi stag, blood stag, food stag
damp retention syndromes

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