Overview/ week 1

Question 1

Daoism: the one

Answer 1

The source which gives birth to chaos

Question 2

Daoism: the two

Answer 2

The source organizes itself and divides into polar opposites

Question 3

Daoism: the three

Answer 3

the interaction among/ between the polar opposites

Question 4

The 10,000 things

Answer 4

the interactions of the three produce all phenomena

Question 5

Definition of De?

Answer 5

the virtue or power one possesses when in harmony with the Dao – our original nature, we need not struggle to develop it

Question 6

Definition of Wuji?

Answer 6

an unmanifested state of indifferentiated unity; “no extremity,” “no limit.” Symbolized by an empty circle

Question 7

wuji gives birth to _______

Answer 7

Taiji

Question 8

definition of taiji?

Answer 8

“supreme extremity,” “Ultimate limit.” The way of the created/ phenomenological universe

Question 9

Hierarchy of Humans, Earth, Heaven, the Dao?

Answer 9

“The laws of what is present in the here and now”&raquo_space; Heaven subject to the laws of Dao&raquo_space; earth subject to laws of Heaven&raquo_space; Humankind subject to lawas of earth – Ch. 25, Dao De Jing

Question 10

The Dao is ______ and man is ______ within it

Answer 10

everywhere; patterned

Question 11

Chinese Medicine studies the ______ that exist between______

Answer 11

functional relationships; things

Question 12

CM is all about ______ and ______, and ______ in particular

Answer 12

movement; change; transformation

Question 13

True or false: CM clearly distinguishes between physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels?

Answer 13

False

Question 14

In CM, what does “the complex of signs and symptoms that a patient presents with tell the practitioner?

Answer 14

!, the “cause” of ill health 2, what must be done to restore health

Question 15

Why is there no emphasis on linear chronology in CM?

Answer 15

Because the physician treats what is present int he here and now

Question 16

How does CM organize information?

Answer 16

In abstract nested meta-systems

Question 17

Chinese name for the Three Components?

Answer 17

san cai (aka 3 treasures, san bao)

Question 18

What are the three components?

Answer 18

heaven, earth, man

Question 19

The three treasure are?

Answer 19

Essence, Qi, Spirit

Question 20

Chinese name for the Four Appearances?

Answer 20

si xiang

Question 21

Chinese name for the Five Phases?

Answer 21

wu xing

Question 22

How are phenmoena categorized in the meta-systems?

Answer 22

According to whether or not they fit the abstract qualities of a given meta-system

Question 23

In CM, you are always referencing an _____________ and not just its ___________

Answer 23

complete entity; component parts

Question 24

Huang Di Nei Jing

Answer 24

The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Cannon of Medicine

Question 25

Name the two volumes of the inner Canon, and what they cover

Answer 25

1) Simple Questions: basic theory, very diverse topics 2) Spiritual Pivot: “Acupuncture Classic” – channels, points, etc.

Question 26

Su Wen

Answer 26

Simple Questions

Question 27

Ling Shu

Answer 27

Spiritual Pivot

Question 28

Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing

Answer 28

Divine Husbandman’s Classic of Materia Medica

Question 29

What does the materia medica cover?

Answer 29

Three levels of medicine: superior, middle, low ( govern nourishment of destiny (heaven) , one’s nature (Man), and the treatment of illness (Earth), respectively)

Question 30

When were the Inner Canon and Materia Medica written?

Answer 30

During the Han dynasty