Midterm Flashcards
4 principles of yin and yang
- Opposition
- Interdependence
- Mutual Consumption
- Intertransformation /mutual convertibility
Zang organs
Lung Spleen Heart Kidney Liver Pericardium
Fu function
Gov official moves things through
Zang function
Solid hold precious substance
Fu organs
Large intestine Stomach Small intestine UB Gall bladder Triplewarmer/San Jiao
Match Zang Fu with Yin Yang
Zang - Yin
Fu - Yang
Triple warmer and organs in each one
Upper Jiao – respiration, heart, lungs ethereal
Middle Jiao – Stomach spleen liver gall bladder. Digestion. Transformation.
Lower Jiao – material stuff substance. Intestines urinary bladder, kidney, reproductive organs
Draw controlling/generating cycle
Water controls fire. Fire yields to water.
Fire controls metal. Metal yields to fire
Metal controls wood. Metal shapes wood. Wood yields to metal.
Wood controls earth. Earth yields to wood.
Earth dominates water. Water yields to earth
What are the vital substances
Essence Qi Blood Fluids Shen
What are the 3 treasures
Jing, Qi, Shen
Functions of Qi
Activation: source of all movement
Warming: maintains normal range of heat in the body, internal organs
Defense: resists penetration of external pathogenic factors
Transforms: all transformation- food into qi and blood, maturing and growth processes
Contains: holds things together and within (blood within the vessels), holds organs in place
What are the pathologies for qi blood and fluid
QI – Vacuity or stagnation
Blood – Vacuity, Stasis, Heat
Fluids – 2 Deficiency, 2 excess.
Qi is the commander of
Blood
Blood is the mother of
Qi
2 types of fluids
Jin Ye
Which fluid type is Yin and which is Yang
Jin - yang
Ye - yin
What is function of the lungs
Disperses outward and descends downward
Function of spleen
Movement and transformation
Function of kidneys
governs water, purification and regulating volume
function of small intenstines
separates the pure from the turbid
Function of Large intestine
regulate volume; conveys waste forms the stools
Function of San jiao
official in charge of irrigation and regulating water passages (sluices)
Symptoms for each Qi pathology
Qi vacuity - Weakness, fatigue, weak pulse
Qi stagnation - Pain (chronic) Dull pain in a general area, choppy pulse
Symptoms for each Blood pathology
Blood vacuity - pale, dizziness, dry, thin pulse, tongue flat pale dry coat
Blood stasis - fixed pain, bleeding with dark clots, pulse is choppy irregular, tongue darker
Blood heat - reckless bleeding ie nose bleed, internal bleeding, maniacal, skin rash, pulse is fast, tongue yellow with red specks
Symptoms for each Blood pathology
Blood vacuity - pale, dizziness, tigh cramp muscles, dry, thin pulse, tongue flat pale dry coat
Blood stasis - fixed pain, bleeding with dark clots, pulse is choppy irregular, tongue darker
Blood heat - reckless bleeding ie nose bleed, internal bleeding, maniacal, skin rash, pulse is fast, tongue yellow with red specks
Symptoms for each Qi pathology
Qi vacuity - Weakness, fatigue, weak pulse
Qi stagnation - Pain (chronic) Dull pain in a general area, choppy pulse
Symptoms for each Blood pathology
Blood vacuity - pale, dizziness, tigh cramp muscles, dry, thin pulse, tongue flat pale dry coat
Blood stasis - fixed pain, bleeding with dark clots, pulse is choppy irregular, tongue darker
Blood heat - reckless bleeding ie nose bleed, internal bleeding, maniacal, skin rash, pulse is fast, tongue yellow with red specks