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What are the five Yin & Yang Relationships?

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  1. Opposition
  2. Inter-dependence
  3. Mutual Consumption
  4. Intertransformation
  5. Infinite Divisibility
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What are the five vital substances?

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  1. Jing - associated with Kidney
  2. Qi - associated with Lung
  3. Blood - associated with Liver
  4. Body Fluids - associated with Spleen
  5. Shen - associated with Heart
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What are the three treasures?

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  1. Shen
  2. Qi
  3. Jing
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What is the commander of blood?

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Qi

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Who is the mother of Qi?

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Blood

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What are the directions of Qi?

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  • Upbear
  • Downbear
  • Enter
  • Exit
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What are the functions of Qi?

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  • Transporting
  • Warming
  • Protection/Defense
  • Holding/Containing
  • Transforming
  • Nourishing
  • Rising
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Qing qi

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Qi of Air

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Gu Qi

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  • Qi extracted from food from spleen and stomach
  • Gu qi is sent up to the lung to be combined with Qing qi. This forms Zong qi
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Zong qi

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  • Ancestral, Gathering, Pectoral Qi
  • Combination of Gu Qi & Qing Qi
  • Stored in the chest
  • Promotes lungs functions of controlling respiration and voice
  • Promotes heart’s functions of regulating heartbeat, blood, and vessels
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Yuan qi

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  • Original qi
  • Derived from kidney (preheaven essence)
  • Stored in kidney
  • Supplemented by food (post-heaven essence)
  • Circulated through body via San Jiao
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Wei qi

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  • Defensive qi
  • Protects against pathogens
  • Controls opening and closing of pores
  • Circulates outside the vessels and channels in the skin and flesh
  • Regulates body temperature
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Ying Qi

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  • Constructive/Nutritive Qi
  • Flows in channels and vessels with the blood
  • Nourishes the blood
  • Said to be functional aspect of blood
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How does Anger impact Qi?

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  • Makes qi rise
  • creates headache
  • injures the liver
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How does Fear impact Qi?

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  • Makes qi descend
  • Creates urinary incontinence
  • Injures the kidney
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How does Joy impact Qi?

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  • Slows qi down
  • Impairs circulation
  • Injures the heart
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How does Worry/Pensiveness/Overthinking impact Qi?

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  • Knots, binds, or stagnates Qi
  • Leads to bloating & distention
  • Injures the Spleen
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How does Grief/Sadness/Sorrow impact Qi?

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  • Dissolves or consumes Qi
  • Creates shortness of breath
  • Injures the lung
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How does shock/fright impact Qi?

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  • Scatters the qi
  • Creates insomnia and panic attacks
  • Injures the Kidney and Heart
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What is the nature of Jin fluids?

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  • Yang in nature
  • Clear, light, thin, watery
  • sweat, tears, saliva, mucus
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What is the nature of Ye fluids?

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  • Yin in nature
  • Turbid, heavy, dense
  • Synovial fluid, cerebral spinal fluid, bone marrow, inner humors of eyeball
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What are internal causes of disease?

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Emotions such as anger, joy, worry, sadness, fear, and shock

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What are external causes of disease?

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Exposure to weather and enironment elements such as wind, cold, fire, summer-heat, dampness, and dryness

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What are miscellaneous causes of disease?

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Constitution, Taxation, excessive sexual activity, improper diet, overindulgence, injury, parasites, bad treatment

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What are the six extraordinary organs?

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  1. Uterus
  2. Brain
  3. Marrow - contributes to making blood and nourishes the brain
  4. Bones
  5. Blood Vessels
  6. Gallbladder - affects capacity to make decisions and gives courage to act on them
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What is the function of the Liver?

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  • Maintain the free flow of qi, blood, and fluids
  • Liver qi moves in all directions but especially upward
  • Liver stores the blood
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What is the function of the Heart?

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  • Circulates blood
  • Governs blood and vessels
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What is the function of the Spleen?

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  • Transformation and transportation
  • Helps contain blood in the vessels
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What is the function of the Lung?

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  • Governs qi (particularly wei qi)
  • Governs skin and body hair
  • Dominates respiration
  • Controls dispersing and descending
  • Regulates water passages
  • Directs qi and fluids downward
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What is the function of the Kidneys?

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  • Stores essence and engenders marrow
  • Governs water and bones
  • Aids in grasping qi from the lungs
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What is the function of the Pericardium?

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Protects the heart

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What is the function of the Gallbladder?

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  • Controls secretion of bile
  • Controls judgement
  • Provides courage in decision making
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What is the function of the Small Intestine?

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  • Separates the pure from the turbid
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What is the function of the San Jiao?

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  • Conduit for original qi (yuan qi) throughout the body
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What is the function of the Stomach?

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  • Controls Rotting & Ripening of food
  • Makes qi descend
  • Origin of Fluids
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What is the function of the Large Intestine?

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  • Conduction and Conveyance
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What is the function of the Urinary Bladder?

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  • Stores and excretes urine
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What is the Spirit of the Liver?

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  • The Hun or Ethereal Soul
  • Responsible for “coming and going of shen”
  • Planning
  • Making goals
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What is the Spirit of the Heart?

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  • The Shen
  • Responsible for consciousness, thinking, memory, and affections
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What is the Spirit of the Spleen?

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  • The Yi
  • Responsible for thinking, memory, and concentration
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What is the Spirit of the Lung?

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  • The Po or Corporeal Soul
  • Responsible for physical feelings and sensations
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What is the Spirit of the Kidney?

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  • The Zhi
  • Responsible for willpower and determination
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What is the season associated with the Wood element?

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What is the direction associated with the Wood element?

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What is the development associated with the Wood element?

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What is the Yin organ associated with the Wood element?

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What is the Yang organ associated with the Wood Element?

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Gallbladder

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What is the color associated with the Wood element?

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What is the sound associated with the Wood element?

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What is the smell associated with the Wood element?

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What are the emotions associated with the Wood element?

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What are the tastes associated with the Wood element?

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What are the tissues associated with the Wood element?

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What are the sense organs associated with the wood element?

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What is the climate associated with the Wood element?

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What is the season associated with the Fire element?

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What is the direction associated with the Fire element?

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What is the development associated with the Fire element?

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What is the Yin organ associated with the Fire element?

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What is the Yang organ associated with the Fire element?

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Small Intestine

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What is the color associated with the Fire element?

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What is the sound associated with the fire element?

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What is the Smell associated with the Fire element?

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Burnt/Scorched

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What is the emotion associated with the Fire element?

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What is the taste associated with the fire element?

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What is the tissue associated with the Fire element?

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Blood vessels

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What is the sense organs associated with the Fire element?

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What is the climate associated with the Fire element?

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What is the season associated with the Earth element?

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Late Summer

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What is the Direction associated with the Earth element?

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What is the development associated with the Earth element?

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Transformation

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What is the Yin organ associated with the Earth element?

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What is the Yang organ associated with the Earth element?

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What is the color associated with the Earth element?

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What is the sound associated with the Earth element?

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What is the smell associated with the Earth element?

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What is the emotion associated with the Earth element?

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What are the tissues associated with the Earth element?

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What are the sense organs associated with the Earth element?

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Mouth & Lips

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What is the climate associated with the Earth element?

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What is the season associated with the Metal element?

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What is the Direction associated with the Metal element?

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What is the development associated with the Metal element?

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What is the Yin organ associated with the Metal element?

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What is the Yang organ associated with the Metal element?

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Large Intestine

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What is the color associated with the Metal element?

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What is the sound associated with the Metal element?

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What is the smell associated with the Metal element?

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What is the emotion associated with the Metal element?

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What is the taste associated with the Metal element?

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What are the tissues associated with the Metal element?

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What are the sense organs associated with the Metal element?

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What is the climate associated with the Metal element?

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What is the season associated with the Water element?

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What is the direction associated with the Water element?

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What is the development associated with the Water element?

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What is the Yin organ associated with the Water element?

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What is the Yang organ associated with the Water element?

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What is the color associated with the Water element?

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What is the sound associated with the Water element?

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What is the smell associated with the Water element?

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What is the emotion associated with the Water element?

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What is the taste associated with the Water element?

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What is the tissues associated with the Water element

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What are the sense organs associated with the water element?

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What is the climate associated with the Water element?

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