Lesson 5 Flashcards by Colleen Broberg

Which of the following is least important for finding a remedy:

The biomedical name for the disease

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Which of the following are important remedies to prevent colds, flus, fevers, and acute disease.

Zinc

Vitamin D

Quercitin

Vitamin C

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Which of the following are absorbed from sunlight:

Vita D

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Which of the following strengthens the basement membrane of the mucosa to prevent invasion from the external environment?

Vita C

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An ionophore helps:

friendly substances cross the cell membrane

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Ionophore is:

An ionophore is a chemical that transports ions across cell membranes. The term “ionophore” means “ion bearer”

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The following is/are ionophores:

hydroxychloroquine

ivermectin

quercetin

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Ivermectin is primarily a ‘horse paste.’ True or false?

False

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The FDA removed ivermectin from human use during the coronavirus epidemic because it was:

would have interfered with corporate profits

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Vitamin D2 and D3:

have about the same properties

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Vitamin D is important for:

absorption of calcium

absorption of phosphorus

to strengthen immunity

to strengthen bones

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Vitamin D2 and D3 both:

need to be processed in the liver

are fat soluble

have about the same properties

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The antiviral properties of St. John’s Wort may be due to the fact that it helps convert D into a form usable to the body. True or false?

true

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Vitamin D may be useful in the body for:

Protection against acute disease

Defense during acute disease

Protection against Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Cardiac health

Fibromyalgia

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For defense against colds and flus:

get reasonable exposure to the sun in the summer

supplement with vitamin D

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Vitamin D could be protective against acute diseases associated with solar radiation and EMFs.

True

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The more melanin in the skin, the less likely vitamin D can be absorbed.

Suspected

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The more melanin in the skin, the less likely vitamin D can be absorbed.

virostatic

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Zinc is especially available in proteinaceous foods. True or false?

True

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Virostatic means tending to stop the growth of viruses. Virostatic agents are drugs used to treat viral infections

tending to stop the growth of viruses. Virostatic agents are drugs used to treat viral infections

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Zinc strengthens the cell membrane. True or false?

True

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Quercetin and rutin:

are flavonoids

are antioxidants

help liver metabolism

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Quercetin is:

derived from apple peels

is an ionophore

helps get zinc into cells

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Vitamin C and ascorbic acid are chemically identical. True or false?

False

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Vitamin C deficiency causes:

scurvy

Linus Pauling:

introduced Vitamin C for colds and flus introduced Vitamin C for cancer was a world famous scientist

Pauling’s research on vitamin C was rejected by the scientific community during his lifetime, but has been largely validated by subsequent research.

True

Vitamin C has been known to reduce high blood pressure. True or false?

True

Vitamin C has been shown to strengthen the collagen in:

endothelium (under layer of the mucosa and blood vessels)

An indication for Vitamin C may be a red, irritated tongue. True or false?

True

Astragalus is traditionally used for:

strengthen the periphery before and infections used in the fall.

Astragalus is used in modern Western herb commerce differently from traditional Chinese herbalism. True or false?

True

Astragalus is has a mild, sweet flavor. This corresponds with its use in traditional Chinese herbalism to:

nourish the periphery

Astragalus is used for:

bloating from water retention dry tongue with water loss exhaustion and weakness palid, bloated tongue or dry, thin tongue

Astragalus is in the rose family. True or false?

false - No, Astragalus is in the legume family, Fabaceae. Astragalus is a large genus of herbs and small shrubs with over 3,000 species.

It is considered incorrect to take Astragalus during an acute illness unless great weakness and exhaustion is present. True or false?

true

What plant is called ‘herbal sunshine?’

Calendula

Calendula is used for:

draining the lymphatics warming the stomach preparing for winter

The use of Calendula for cuts, scratches, and wounds to the surface indicates that it may also ‘strengthen the periphery’ against climate conditions. True or false?

True

Astragalus, Calendula, and Schizandra all have a similar taste, showing that they have a similar use. True or false?

false

Astragalus comes to us from China, Calendula from Europe, and Schizandra from:

Siberia

Schizandra contains:

Vitamin C Zinc Schisandrins

Astringents are used in Chinese herbalism to ‘bring together the pieces of the mind or spirit that are going different directions,’ in other words, for mental concentration. True or false?

true

Schizandra strengthens the connection between heart and mind. True or false?

true

Schizandra increases peripheral vision. True or false?

true

Schizandra:

deepens the breath reduces coughing strengthens respiration strengthens the kidneys, which increases depth of respiration

Schizandra, ‘good for leaks of any kind’ (Margi Flint), would therefore be good for strengthening the periphery. True or false?

true

The berry antidotes the nuts, which contain the valuable schisandrins. True or false?

false

Herbalist David Christopher recommended the combination of Marshmallow root with astragalus. This increases the polysaccharides which are reparative to the extracellular matrix beneath the skin. True or false?

true

Labrador tea (Ledum spp.) is a mild astringent used in Native American medicine to strengthen for winter or during a fever, flue, or cold. True or false? is a mild astringent used in Native American medicine to strengthen for winter or during a fever, flue, or cold. True or false?

True

Labrador tea (Ledum spp.)

Arm of Gold -french name

According to herbalist Robert Rogers, astringents are often calming to the mind. True or false?

True

Ledum is used in Ayurveda. True or false?

true

The words for swamp and medicine are related in the Ojibwa tongue. True or false?

True

Ledum is known as ‘black medicine.’ True or false?

false

Sumach is a member of the Cashew family (Anacardiaceae). True or false?

True

Sumach is used for weakness of the skin, kidneys, bowels, and lungs, resulting in fluid loss. True or false?

True

Comptonia should be collected after or just before the frosts in the fall. True or false?

True

Sweetfern is a warming astringent used to support the periphery in cold and winter. True or false?

False

Witch Hazel is used like Sweetfern, Sumach, and Ledum as a “tonic of the woods.”

True

A good remedy for the first stage of acute infection, incubation, might be Elder flower but not Elder berry. True or false?

False Elderberry first, Flower later

Elder berry is more diaphoretic than Elder flower. True or false?

false

The prodrome is the same stage as the incubation. True or false?

false

In an acute disease a fast from _________ would be most desirable.

proteins

What plant would act like a fast, to get rid of excess proteins?

nettle

The third stage of acute infection is when the disease finally appears in its full form. True or false?

true

Vomiting can be used as a therapy, at the beginning of an acute disease.

true

The illness stage usually presents as:

head cold influenza stomach flu

Remedies for the illness stage:

Onion, Raspberry leaf, and Elder

Nigella (Black Seed, Black Cumin) is not a beneficial remedy in acute conditions. True or false?

False (when do you use it?)

When getting better fro a virus, a replase can occur due to bacteria. A remedy for this is:

Goldenrod

In convalescence we offer no treatment other than bed rest, fluids, and digestible foods.

false

Wind is considered a ‘pathogen’ in Chinese herbalism.

True

The high pulse signifies blood to the surface in Chinese and Greek medicine.

True

The rapid pulse indicates fever. True or false?

True

The ‘quick’ pulse indicates:

fever lack of rest between the systoles heat rising to the head mental agitation

Cardiac tone from exercise cannot be detected in the pulse.

False

A low pulse indicates lack of heat in the organism.

True

Dry tongue indicates:

lack of fluids

The tense, wiry, resistant pulse can indicate acute disease.

True

The first level of cold disease is characterized by a high pulse.

True

The third level of cold disease is characterized by intermittent chills and fever and a:

wiry pulse

The Tai Yin or Initial Yin level is associated with:

food poisoning disease that bypasses the periphery diseases that bypass the innate immunity, to give a modern interpretation deficiency

Tai Yin

Tai Yin is a yin conformation in Chinese medicine that is associated with the spleen and lung. Tai Yin This conformation is associated with the inward movement of yin, and is considered the first of the yin conformations. It is associated with the physical matter that is necessary for life, and the ability to create this matter to replenish the body. Tai Yin is also associated with the substance of thought, emotion, and belief

The final two levels of disease in the Chinese six level system are characterized by:

weakness cold poor digestion

The immunity at the immediate surface is called the Wei Qi in Chinese medicine. True or false?

True

Samuel Thomson:

learned the importance of diaphoresis from Mrs. Benton used the technique of perspiration from hot rocks from Native American medicine used lobelia to open sweat pores

Samuel Thomson used Cayenne to warm the periphery.

False. Samuel Thomson used Cayenne to warm the periphery. He used Lobelia

Thomson’s three favorite herbs:

Lobelia Bayberry Cayenne

Both Thomson and Ayurveda taught the principle of heating the center and removing phlegm from the system.

true

Both Samuel Thomson and American Indian medicine apply cold to heat to remove severe heat or burns.

False

Homeopathic remedy for fever with anemia and lack of resistance.

Ferrum phosphate

Homeopathic remedy for fever that has caused the heart to over exert itself.

Veratrum viride

Homeopathic remedy for overheating on a hot summer day.

Gelsemium

Homeopathic remedy for sudden, intense fever following exposure to intense cold (or heat).

Aconite

Remedy for drying out in the winter, or dry wind.

Aralia racemosa

Sudden fever and runny discharge from an internal cyst that has popped open is treatable by:

Red Clover

Cucumber water tastes different from cucumber.

True

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