MidTerm Flashcards
What organs store “stuff”?
solid organs
What organs move “stuff’?
hollow organs
What are the solid organs?
heart, spleen, liver, kidney, lung, pericardium
What are the hollow organs?
small intestines, stomach, gall bladder, urinary bladder, large intestines, san jao
What are the pairs (solid - hollow)?
heart - small intestines, spleen - stomach, liver - gall bladder, kidney - urinary bladder, lung - large intestines, pericardium - san jao
What are the 3 treasures?
1) Shen - ethereal
2) Qi - mix of both ethereal & substance
3) Jing - substance
What are the 4 pillars of diagnosis?
1) inspection - observation, looking
2) listening & smelling
3) palpation - touch
4) inquiry - questioning
List Bloom’s Taxonomy from top to bottom of pyramid.
1) Evolution
2) Synthesis
3) Analysis
4) Application
5) Understanding
6) Knowledge
List the 5 phases.
1) Fire
2) Earth
3) Metal
4) Water
5) Wood
List the basic substances.
Qi, blood, fluids, essence and spirit-mind
What is Zang Fu?
Zang - solid organs (-Yin)
Fu - hollow organs (+Yang)
Fui Xi wrote the I Ching, which means ______. He was also known as________.
Book of Change
Ox Tamer
______wrote the Materia Medica, which is book that focuses on herbs. He was known as __________.
Shen Nong
Divine Husbandman
Haung Di was an emperor who was involved in writing the _______ _______ Inner Cannon. It involved ________, which answered _________ questions, and ________, which involved __________.
Yellow Emperor Su Wen Simple Lu Xi Spiritual Axis
List the 4 Yin Yang Principles:
1) Principle of Transformation
2) Principle of Interdependence
3) Principle of Mutual Consumption
4) Principle of Inter-transformation
When one fills, it must empty. What Yin Yang principle is this associated to?
Principle of Transformation
Yin Yang is relative. Nothing is entirely Yin; nothing is entirely Yang. One is more than the other. What Yin Yang principle is this associated to?
Principle of Interdependence
What are the 4 possibilities of the Yin Yang Principle of Mutual Consumption?
1) Excess of Yin (excess of cold)
2) Excess of Yang (excess of hot)
3) Yin deficiency (moisture, damp, nourishment)
4) Yang deficiency (weakness, cold)
How one completes the other; how life and growth and decay become each other. What Yin Yang principle is this associated to?
Principle of Inter-transformation
What are the 2 ideas of the Ying Yang Principle of Inter-transformation?
1) transformation is already contained inside
2) things can only transform in time
What are the 4 diagnostic methods?
1) inspection
2) Listening and smelling
3) Inquiry
4) Palpation
