MidTerm

Question 1

What organs store “stuff”?

Answer 1

solid organs

Question 2

What organs move “stuff’?

Answer 2

hollow organs

Question 3

What are the solid organs?

Answer 3

heart, spleen, liver, kidney, lung, pericardium

Question 4

What are the hollow organs?

Answer 4

small intestines, stomach, gall bladder, urinary bladder, large intestines, san jao

Question 5

What are the pairs (solid - hollow)?

Answer 5

heart - small intestines,
spleen - stomach,
liver - gall bladder,
kidney - urinary bladder,
lung - large intestines,
pericardium - san jao

Question 6

What are the 3 treasures?

Answer 6

1) Shen - ethereal
2) Qi - mix of both ethereal & substance
3) Jing - substance

Question 7

What are the 4 pillars of diagnosis?

Answer 7

1) inspection - observation, looking
2) listening & smelling
3) palpation - touch
4) inquiry - questioning

Question 8

List Bloom’s Taxonomy from top to bottom of pyramid.

Answer 8

1) Evolution
2) Synthesis
3) Analysis
4) Application
5) Understanding
6) Knowledge

Question 9

List the 5 phases.

Answer 9

1) Fire
2) Earth
3) Metal
4) Water
5) Wood

Question 10

List the basic substances.

Answer 10

Qi, blood, fluids, essence and spirit-mind

Question 11

What is Zang Fu?

Answer 11

Zang - solid organs (-Yin)

Fu - hollow organs (+Yang)

Question 12

Fui Xi wrote the I Ching, which means ______. He was also known as________.

Answer 12

Book of Change

Ox Tamer

Question 13

______wrote the Materia Medica, which is book that focuses on herbs. He was known as __________.

Answer 13

Shen Nong

Divine Husbandman

Question 14

Haung Di was an emperor who was involved in writing the _______ _______ Inner Cannon. It involved ________, which answered _________ questions, and ________, which involved __________.

Answer 14

Yellow Emperor
Su Wen
Simple
Lu Xi
Spiritual Axis

Question 15

List the 4 Yin Yang Principles:

Answer 15

1) Principle of Transformation
2) Principle of Interdependence
3) Principle of Mutual Consumption
4) Principle of Inter-transformation

Question 16

When one fills, it must empty. What Yin Yang principle is this associated to?

Answer 16

Principle of Transformation

Question 17

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?

Answer 17

Principle of Interdependence

Question 18

What are the 4 possibilities of the Yin Yang Principle of Mutual Consumption?

Answer 18

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)

Question 19

How one completes the other; how life and growth and decay become each other. What Yin Yang principle is this associated to?

Answer 19

Principle of Inter-transformation

Question 20

What are the 2 ideas of the Ying Yang Principle of Inter-transformation?

Answer 20

1) transformation is already contained inside

2) things can only transform in time

Question 21

What are the 4 diagnostic methods?

Answer 21

1) inspection
2) Listening and smelling
3) Inquiry
4) Palpation