Mechanisms of Disease Flashcards
True or false, oriental medicine does not analyze pathological changes at a microscopic level.
True
True or False, Oriental Medicine does not take into account the changes taking place in the tissues and chemistry of the body.
True
True or false, oriental medicine takes into account the changes taking place in the tissues and chemistry of the body.
False, it is only concerned with the broad disease processes and changes
How to ____________ is most important in acupuncture treatment.
Regulate yin and yang
Excess of Yang is also called?
Full-Heat
Excess of Yin is also called?
Full-Cold
Deficiency of Yin is called?
Empty-Heat
Deficiency of Yang is called?
Empty-Cold
What are three different ways someone can have Excess of Yang?
External Pathogenic factor like Summer-Heat or Wind-Heat,
Internally generated from emotional stress or diet,
Transformation of other pathogenic factors
What term denotes the deficiency of physiological heat?
Deficiency of Yang
Deficiency of Yang leads to ______, which may also be caused by Full-Cold
Empty-Cold
Deficiency of Yang mainly affects which organs?
Heart, Spleen, Lungs, Kidney
What are four ways we can get an excess of yin?
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
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?
Pain
Excessive consumption of Body Fluids, the Yin substances of each organ, the Essence and Blood will lead to?
Deficiency of Yin
What is the main cause of Yin Deficiency?
Overwork
Excess of Yang and Yin Deficiency both manifest in symptoms of Heat, but what are some unique characteristics of Yin Deficiency?
Five centered heat, red cheeks, night sweats
What is the treatment principle for Empty-Cold?
Expel Cold, tonify and warm Yang
What is the treatment principle of Empty-Heat?
Clear Heat, nourish Yin
What is the treatment principle of excess of yin?
Expel cold
Yang qi moves in which directions?
Ascending, Exiting
Yin qi moves in which directions?
Descending, Entering
In general, internal diseases disrupt qi moving in which directions?
Ascending/Descending
In general, external diseases cause more of a disruption of qi moving in which directions?
Entering, Exiting
What does the Liver do with qi?
Ascends and Spreads
What are some symptoms of disrupted liver-qi?
Headache, dizziness, irritability
Heart Qi travels in which direction?
Descends to warm Kidney Water
What are some manifestations of disrupted Heart Qi?
Insomnia, anxiety, mental restlessness
What does the Spleen do with its qi?
Ascends pure Qi and Body Fluid to Lung
What are some manifestations of Spleen Qi not doing its job?
Loose stools, prolapse of organs
What direction does stomach qi travel?
Descends pure qi to small intestine
What are some symptoms of rebellious stomach qi?
Hiccup, nausea, vomiting, belching
When the Lungs inhale, Qing Qi travels in which direction?
Descends
When the Lungs exhale, Dirty Qi travels in which direction?
Ascends out of the lungs
Specifically, Lung Qi travels in which direction?
Descends and diffuses
The Lungs descend qi and body fluid to __________.
The Kidneys
The Lungs send qi downwards and diffuses what?
Qi and Body Fluids
The Lungs diffuse qi and body fluid to enter where?
Space between skin and muscles
What are some symptoms of rebellious lung qi?
Coughing, breathlessness, urinary problem
What ascends to nourish Heart Fire?
Kidney Qi
What type of qi ascends to Lung to support inhalation?
Kidney Qi
The Kidney will receive and store _______ into dantian.
Qing Qi
Kidney will ascend _____ to moisten Lung
Body Fluid
Which zangfu organ will ascend body fluid to moisten Lung?
Kidney
What is the main direction in which Kidney Qi travels?
Descends to the Bladder
What are two ways ascending/descending qi can stagnate?
An invasion of external pathogenic factors in the channels or trauma
If Qi fails to ascend in a channel, the muscle below that area will feel ______ where’s those above that area will feel ________.
Stiff, Flabby
If Qi fails to descend in a channel, the muscle below that area will feel ______ whereas those above the area will feel ________.
Flabby, Stiff
The disruption of Ascending/Descending of Qi causes local ________ and therefore pain.
Stagnation
When Ascending/Descending Qi stagnates, it causes?
Pain
The pathology of the Ascending/Descending of Qi affects which part of the body?
Orifices and sense organs
The ascending of Qi is crucial to bring _____ to the origices
clear Qi
What ‘brightens’ the orifices and enables our sense organs?
Clear Qi
The descending of Qi is to bring _______ from the orifices.
Turbid Qi
If Qi does not ascend, how does it affect the eyes?
Blurred vision
If qi does not ascend, how does it affect the ears?
Hardness of Hearing
If Qi does not ascend, how does it affect the nose?
Diminished sense of smell
If qi does not ascend, how does it affect the mouth?
Lack of taste sensation
If qi does not ascend, how does it affect the mind?
Thinking not clear, poor memory
If qi does not descend, how does it affect the eyes?
Sticky eyes, pain in eyes
If Qi does not descend, how does it affect the ears?
Excessive wax
If qi does not descend, how does it affect the nose?
Blocked or runny nose
If Qi does not descend, how does it affect the mouth?
Sticky Taste
If Qi does not descend, how does it affect the mind?
A feeling of heaviness, dizziness
In Antipathogenic Qi vs Pathogenic factors, which is the cause and which is the root?
Zhong Qi is the Root and Pathogenic Factors are the Manifestations
When should we treat the Root only and maybe Manifestations later?
When Manifestations are few
We should treat the Manifestation first and the Root later under what circumstances?
When Manifestations are severe and acute
When using The Root and Manifestations to decide our principles of treatment, should we focus more on the manifestations or the root?
Manifestations
When does The Root coincide with the Manifestation?
When symptoms are caused by external physical trauma
When using the balance between Antipathogenic Qi and Pathogenic Factors to decide our principle of treatment, we should focus more on _________.
Antipathogenic Qi
When Antipathogenic Qi is weak and there are no pathogenic factors (deficiency pattern), what is the strategy of treatment?
Tonify Antipathogenic Qi
When Both Pathogenic factors and Antipathogenic Qi are strong, what strategy of treatment should be used?
Expel the Pathogenic factors
When patient’s qi is deficient and pathogenic factors are evident but not severe, what strategy of treatment should be used?
Tonify Qi and Expel Pathogenic factors together
When patient’s qi is very depleted, and pathogenic factors are present, what strategy of treatment should be used?
Tonify Qi first, then Expel pathogenic factors
When symptoms of pathogenic factors are severe and causing urgent, painful or distressing symptoms, what strategy of treatment should be used?
Expel pathogenic factors, then tonify qi
