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Mechanisms of Disease Flashcards

1
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True or false, oriental medicine does not analyze pathological changes at a microscopic level.

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True

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True or False, Oriental Medicine does not take into account the changes taking place in the tissues and chemistry of the body.

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True

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True or false, oriental medicine takes into account the changes taking place in the tissues and chemistry of the body.

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False, it is only concerned with the broad disease processes and changes

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How to ____________ is most important in acupuncture treatment.

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Regulate yin and yang

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5
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Excess of Yang is also called?

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Full-Heat

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Excess of Yin is also called?

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Full-Cold

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Deficiency of Yin is called?

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Empty-Heat

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Deficiency of Yang is called?

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Empty-Cold

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What are three different ways someone can have Excess of Yang?

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External Pathogenic factor like Summer-Heat or Wind-Heat,
Internally generated from emotional stress or diet,
Transformation of other pathogenic factors

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10
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What term denotes the deficiency of physiological heat?

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Deficiency of Yang

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Deficiency of Yang leads to ______, which may also be caused by Full-Cold

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Empty-Cold

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Deficiency of Yang mainly affects which organs?

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Heart, Spleen, Lungs, Kidney

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What are four ways we can get an excess of yin?

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An external yin pathogenic factor like Wind-Cold,
External Cold that invades the Interior directly,
External Cold that invades the channels or joints,
Internally generated Dampness or Phlegm

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Both Deficiency of Yang and an Excess of Yin manifest in Cold symptoms like feeling cold, cold limbs, and pale urine, but what is a unique characteristic of Excess of Yin?

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Pain

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Excessive consumption of Body Fluids, the Yin substances of each organ, the Essence and Blood will lead to?

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Deficiency of Yin

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16
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What is the main cause of Yin Deficiency?

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Overwork

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17
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Excess of Yang and Yin Deficiency both manifest in symptoms of Heat, but what are some unique characteristics of Yin Deficiency?

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Five centered heat, red cheeks, night sweats

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18
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What is the treatment principle for Empty-Cold?

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Expel Cold, tonify and warm Yang

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What is the treatment principle of Empty-Heat?

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Clear Heat, nourish Yin

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What is the treatment principle of excess of yin?

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Expel cold

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21
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Yang qi moves in which directions?

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Ascending, Exiting

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Yin qi moves in which directions?

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Descending, Entering

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23
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In general, internal diseases disrupt qi moving in which directions?

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Ascending/Descending

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24
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In general, external diseases cause more of a disruption of qi moving in which directions?

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Entering, Exiting

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25
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What does the Liver do with qi?

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Ascends and Spreads

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26
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What are some symptoms of disrupted liver-qi?

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Headache, dizziness, irritability

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27
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Heart Qi travels in which direction?

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Descends to warm Kidney Water

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28
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What are some manifestations of disrupted Heart Qi?

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Insomnia, anxiety, mental restlessness

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29
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What does the Spleen do with its qi?

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Ascends pure Qi and Body Fluid to Lung

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30
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What are some manifestations of Spleen Qi not doing its job?

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Loose stools, prolapse of organs

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31
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What direction does stomach qi travel?

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Descends pure qi to small intestine

32
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What are some symptoms of rebellious stomach qi?

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Hiccup, nausea, vomiting, belching

33
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When the Lungs inhale, Qing Qi travels in which direction?

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Descends

34
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When the Lungs exhale, Dirty Qi travels in which direction?

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Ascends out of the lungs

35
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Specifically, Lung Qi travels in which direction?

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Descends and diffuses

36
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The Lungs descend qi and body fluid to __________.

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The Kidneys

37
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The Lungs send qi downwards and diffuses what?

A

Qi and Body Fluids

38
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The Lungs diffuse qi and body fluid to enter where?

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Space between skin and muscles

39
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What are some symptoms of rebellious lung qi?

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Coughing, breathlessness, urinary problem

40
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What ascends to nourish Heart Fire?

A

Kidney Qi

41
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What type of qi ascends to Lung to support inhalation?

A

Kidney Qi

42
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The Kidney will receive and store _______ into dantian.

A

Qing Qi

43
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Kidney will ascend _____ to moisten Lung

A

Body Fluid

44
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Which zangfu organ will ascend body fluid to moisten Lung?

A

Kidney

45
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What is the main direction in which Kidney Qi travels?

A

Descends to the Bladder

46
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What are two ways ascending/descending qi can stagnate?

A

An invasion of external pathogenic factors in the channels or trauma

47
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If Qi fails to ascend in a channel, the muscle below that area will feel ______ where’s those above that area will feel ________.

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Stiff, Flabby

48
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If Qi fails to descend in a channel, the muscle below that area will feel ______ whereas those above the area will feel ________.

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Flabby, Stiff

49
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The disruption of Ascending/Descending of Qi causes local ________ and therefore pain.

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Stagnation

50
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When Ascending/Descending Qi stagnates, it causes?

A

Pain

51
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The pathology of the Ascending/Descending of Qi affects which part of the body?

A

Orifices and sense organs

52
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The ascending of Qi is crucial to bring _____ to the origices

A

clear Qi

53
Q

What ‘brightens’ the orifices and enables our sense organs?

A

Clear Qi

54
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The descending of Qi is to bring _______ from the orifices.

A

Turbid Qi

55
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If Qi does not ascend, how does it affect the eyes?

A

Blurred vision

56
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If qi does not ascend, how does it affect the ears?

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Hardness of Hearing

57
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If Qi does not ascend, how does it affect the nose?

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Diminished sense of smell

58
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If qi does not ascend, how does it affect the mouth?

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Lack of taste sensation

59
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If qi does not ascend, how does it affect the mind?

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Thinking not clear, poor memory

60
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If qi does not descend, how does it affect the eyes?

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Sticky eyes, pain in eyes

61
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If Qi does not descend, how does it affect the ears?

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Excessive wax

62
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If qi does not descend, how does it affect the nose?

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Blocked or runny nose

63
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If Qi does not descend, how does it affect the mouth?

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Sticky Taste

64
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If Qi does not descend, how does it affect the mind?

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A feeling of heaviness, dizziness

65
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In Antipathogenic Qi vs Pathogenic factors, which is the cause and which is the root?

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Zhong Qi is the Root and Pathogenic Factors are the Manifestations

66
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When should we treat the Root only and maybe Manifestations later?

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When Manifestations are few

67
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We should treat the Manifestation first and the Root later under what circumstances?

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When Manifestations are severe and acute

68
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When using The Root and Manifestations to decide our principles of treatment, should we focus more on the manifestations or the root?

A

Manifestations

69
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When does The Root coincide with the Manifestation?

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When symptoms are caused by external physical trauma

70
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When using the balance between Antipathogenic Qi and Pathogenic Factors to decide our principle of treatment, we should focus more on _________.

A

Antipathogenic Qi

71
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When Antipathogenic Qi is weak and there are no pathogenic factors (deficiency pattern), what is the strategy of treatment?

A

Tonify Antipathogenic Qi

72
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When Both Pathogenic factors and Antipathogenic Qi are strong, what strategy of treatment should be used?

A

Expel the Pathogenic factors

73
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When patient’s qi is deficient and pathogenic factors are evident but not severe, what strategy of treatment should be used?

A

Tonify Qi and Expel Pathogenic factors together

74
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When patient’s qi is very depleted, and pathogenic factors are present, what strategy of treatment should be used?

A

Tonify Qi first, then Expel pathogenic factors

75
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When symptoms of pathogenic factors are severe and causing urgent, painful or distressing symptoms, what strategy of treatment should be used?

A

Expel pathogenic factors, then tonify qi

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