Quiz 1 Review (History, Temps + Tastes, Preparation) Flashcards
Han Dynasty
(~200 BCE to 220 CE) Period of peace and stability, civilization reached new peaks; beginning of more literate CM tradition (earlier texts were largely lost); Mawangdudi tomb
Huang Di Nei Jing
~2 parts names?
~why is it important?
Su Wen– “Simple Questions”– major theoretical text
Ling Shu– “Spiritual Pivot” – classic of acupuncture
~important because it created the written underpinnings of CM
What is the Nan Jing and why is it important?
addresses unanswered questions from the SuWen (Huang Di Nei Jing)
~addresses pulse taking, channel systems, physiology; source of antique points
What is the Shang Han Za Bing Lun, who is it attributed to and why is it important?
~Text discussing Cold damage
~most commonly studied, commented on and annotated text in CM (25% of the formulas we study are from this text)
~attributed to Zhang Zhong Jing
What is the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing and why is it important?
~Compiled during the Han dynasty and considered the first major herbal work (Shen Nong– “divine farmer”, lived aroundd 4000BCE, patron saint of CM)
~365 herbs, categorizedd into Upper (nourish/cultivate life), Middle (supplement nature) and Lower (treat illness) grade herbs
Warm Disease School
“Wen Bing Pai”; developed during Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), evolved thru Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
~pathology enters body thru nose
~focuses on warm pathogens
~uses heat clearing herbs that resolve toxicity
~provides new model for disease progression
~concept of “releasing the exterior”
Qing Dynasty Highlights
1644-1911
~Weng Bing Pai (Warm Disease School)continues to evolve and be practiced
~study of western anatomy comes to China
~first attempts to integrate Western medicine
~concept of San Jiao embraced more widely
4 Great Masters
Liu Wan Su– created school of Cooling– becomes basis for other schools
Zhang Cong-Zheng– created School of Attacking & Purging –> resolve pathology by inducing sweat, purge
Li Dong Yuan– created Earth School –> focused on rectifying the middle (SP + ST)
Zhu Dan Xi– created School of Nourishing Yin –> need to tonify yin; yin anchors yang
What are the 8 herbal strategies?
Drain downward, Tonify, Harmonize, Sweating, Induce Vomiting, Warming, Clearing, Reducing
What are the 4 (5) flavors?
Hot, Warm, Cool, Cold, Neutral
What are the 5 (8) tastes?
Sour, Bitter, Sweet, Acrid, Salty; Bland, Fragrant/Aromatic, Astringent
What do Acrid (xin) herbs do?
*Move and disperse (OUTWARD), often thru sweating
*Promote Movement (treat stagnation)
*Break up and eliminate pathological products
What do sweet (Gan) herbs do?
*Tonify (treat deficiency)
*Moisten
*Harmonize
*Soften the effect of more harsh herbs
*Moderates
What do bitter (Ku) herbs do?
*reduce heat
*reduce dampness (drying)
*downward movement (sinking)
*generally reduce
*helps settle fire
*help expel phlegm
What do sour (suan) herbs do?
*Astringe
*holds/contains
*stabilize + bind
*tonifies by helping us retain nourishment –> helpful with Chronic isssues
*relieves toxicity
What do the Salty (xian) herbs do?
*softens hardness and purges excess
*reduce
*treat chronic inflammation *treat masses
*downward moving
*sometimes laxative
*can be drying
*most animal parts in CM are considered salty
What do aromatic (xiang) herbs do?
*light and moving
*similiar to acrid, with a moving/dispelling quality
*awaken/revive (open + awaken sensory orifices)
*awaken shen + heart orifices
*awaken SP for digestive function
What do bland (dan) herbs do?
*leech out dampnesss
*induce + promote urination
Which tastes drains and are yin?
Salty + bitter
Which tastes scatter and are yang?
Acrid and sweet
Which taste seeps and drains and is yang?
Bland
Which taste travels in the Qi, and so should only be usesd sparingly in diseases of the Qi?
Acrid
Which taste travels in the blood, and so should be avoided in diseases of blood?
Salty
Which taste travels in the bones, and should be avoided with diseases of the bones?
Bitter
