Quiz 1 Flashcards
Latin: Cortex
PinYin: Pi
Translation: bark, peel, skin
Latin: Caulis
PinYin: Teng
Translation: stalk, stem, vine
Latin: Flos
PinYin: Hua
Translation: flower
Latin: Folium
PinYin: Ye
Translation: leaf
Latin: Fructus/Semen
PinYin: Zi (smaller) or Ren (bigger - ex: pumpkin seed)
Translation: fruit, seed, nut, pit
Latin: Herba
PinYin: Cao
Translation: plant, herb, grass (entire above ground)
Latin: Lignum
PinYin: Mu
Translation: wood
Latin: Os
PinYin: Gu
Translation: bone
Latin: Pericarpium
PinYin: Pi
Translation: peel, husk, skin
Latin: Radix
PinYin: Ben or Gen
Translation: root
Latin: Radice(s)
PinYin: Ben or Gen
Translation: roots
Latin: Ramulus
PinYin: Zhi
Translation: small branch, twig
Latin: Rhizoma
PinYin: Ben or Gen
Translation: mass of roots, underground part of plant
Those who held wisdom about how to use plants for medicinal purposes were known as?
Shamans
Another name for shaman?
Wu
Another name for ghost or ancestor?
Gui
Chinese medicine has its historical roots in three different traditions.
- Demonology
- Magic Correspondence
- Systematic Correspondence
What Chinese historical tradition deals with disease caused by evil spirits, treatments like incantations, spells, charms, dances?
Demonology
What Chinese historical tradition deals with disease caused by magical relationships among phenomena and treatment in using magical relationships?
Magic Correspondence
What Chinese historical tradition deals with disease caused by unhealthy relationships with nature and treatment in balance and use of yin/yang and 5 phases?
Systematic Correspondence
What Chinese physician is said to have originated the Nei Jing?
Huang Di - Yellow Emperor
What book is considered the oldest treatise of internal medicine?
Nei Jing
