Quiz Week 5 Flashcards
What is the pericardium?
Like the heart it is a fire element.
It is paired with the triple burner.
Not counted as an organ.
It is a protective screen of the heart.
It is the official who is a statesman and messenger.
The pericardium
The pericardium corresponds to the____________.
Minister fire (others say Ming men, life gate, or others are called minister fire.)
San Jiao is also known as the ____________.
Three burners
The absolute yin channel is known as the ________.
Pericardium.
Joy and elation come out of the ____________.
Pericardium
It is the summary of the function of the yang organs plus the 3 yin organs that relate to fluid metabolism: lungs, spleen, and kidneys.
The three burners.
It has three parts and is a unified system.
The triple burners.
The upper jiao is the part that is _____________.
Receiving goods.
The middle jiao is the part that is ____________.
Manufacturing goods
The lower jiao is the part that is ______________.
Shipping out, disposing of wastes.
It corresponds to fire element and it is paired with the pericardium.
The San Jiao
The origin of the San Jiao are the ___________.
Kidneys
It is a pathway for source qi.
The San Jiao.
Source qi originates in the _______ _________ between the kidneys and spreads through the ______ ______ then enters the 12channels and emerges at the yuan source points.
Lower jiao, three jiao.
The making of post heaven qi is a type of qi transformation activated by _______ _______.
Source qi
It is in charge of movement of qi and fluids through all three jiao. It represents three divisions of the waterways.
Triple burner
The upper burner is like a ________.
Mist
The middle burner is like a _____________.
Muddy pool, bubbling cauldron, or foam.
The lower burner is like a ___________.
Sluice, or ditch.
Everything above the diaphragm, especially the heart and lungs.
The upper jiao
The diaphragm to waist, especially the spleen and stomach.
The middle jiao
Below the waist: liver, kidneys, intestines, bladder, uterus
The lower jiao
Excretion of the turbid occurs in the _________.
Lower jiao.
Li Dongyuan said that the _____________ is a physical manifestation of the 3 treasures (jing, qi, Shen)
San jiao
The ____________ are the official that open the sluices. The waterways come out of it.
Three burners
The three burners channel is the_________.
Hand lesser yang or shao yang channel.
The _________ corresponds to earth element and the center.
Spleen
___________ transforms and transports qì
Spleen
__________ transforms and transports fluids
Spleen
The ________ likes dryness and the ________ likes moisture: In disharmony, the ________ forms
phlegm
spleen, stomach, spleen
The _________ raises the clear while the stomach descends the turbid.
spleen
________ qì moves upwards and holds the organs up in their place
Spleen
The _________ sends grain qì and fluids to the upper jiāo, prevents food from passing
through the digestive tract too quickly, and raises clear yáng to aid the sense orifices and
brain
spleen
The __________ is in charge of the production of qì and blood: It is the root of post-heaven qì.
spleen
The _________ hosts the muscles and flesh of the whole body, especially the four limbs:
spleen
The __________ manages or controls the blood, causing it to stay within the vessels: _________ earth is like the banks of a river, keeping the water (blood) flowing through the proper path.
spleen, spleen
The ________ opens in the mouth and manifests in the lips. The ______ channel connects with the root of the tongue and scatters below the tongue. When the _______ is harmonious, the mouth recognizes the five flavors. The ________ is ‘the granary official from whom the five flavors are derived.’ The _______’s fluid is drool.
spleen
The ______ stores 意 yì reflection and its emotion is thought: thinking, studying, concentrating, focusing, memorizing (_______ is school-type of thinking and memorization. Heart is clear thinking and emotional memories, kidney is short-term memory.)
spleen
The _________ is the 足太陰經 foot tài yīn or greater yīn channel.
spleen
The _______ stores blood and the _______ holds blood in the vessels, as well as helping to make blood
liver, spleen
Both help with digestion: ______ transportation and transformation, _______ with smooth flow
of qì and bile
• The qì of both tends to move upward
spleen, liver
The ______ makes blood and holds it in the vessels.
spleen
The _______ governs blood. Blood is made around the heart.
heart
All dampness, swelling, and fullness is ascribed to the _________.
spleen
The _______ hosts the body’s muscle and flesh.
spleen
The _______ is united with the flesh. Its glory is the lips.
spleen
The ________… manages keeping blood inside. It warms the five viscera and stores reflection.
spleen
The center produces?
The center produces dampness. Dampness produces earth. Earth produces sweetness. Sweetness produces the spleen. The spleen produces the flesh. The flesh produces the lungs. The spleen manages the mouth.
The __________ corresponds to earth element, and is paired with spleen: a close relationship.
stomach
The term ‘middle jiāo’ means the _______ and ________together, digestion and production of
post-heaven qì.
spleen, stomach
The ___________ is in charge of receiving and fermenting or rotting and ripening: It is a
bubbling cauldron. The ________ is called the sea of water and grains.
stomach
_________ qi is descending
Stomach
The ________ assists the spleen in transportation of food essences
stomach
_______ qì is important in diagnosis and prognosis: Its qì reaches the pulse, and the tongue coating is related to _________. “Because __________ qì is the root of man, if there is __________ qì, there is life. If ______ qì is strong, the prognosis is good.”
stomach
The _________ is the ‘origin of fluids’: The kidneys are the (exit) gate of the __________.
stomach
The is the 足陽明胃經 the foot yáng míng or yáng brightness channel.
stomach
The _______ is the envoy. The _______ is the market.
spleen, stomach
The __________ and ________ are the officials of food and granaries. The five flavors come out of them.
spleen, stomach
The ________ is the sea of water and grains.
stomach
The spleen unites with the ________. The _________ is the bowel of the five grains.
stomach
The large intestine and small intestine both belong to the _________, which is foot yáng brightness.
stomach
The spleen, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, triple burner, and urinary bladder are the root of the food granary. They are the dwelling of construction [yíng]. They are called the ‘vessel.’ They are able to transform the dregs and sediments. They pass on the flavors so that they can enter and exit. Their bloom is in the four whites of the lips. Their fullness is in the flesh. Their flavor is sweet. Their color is yellow. They are in the category of reaching yīn. They communicate with earth [element] qì.
The spleen, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, triple burner, and urinary bladder are the root of the food granary. They are the dwelling of construction [yíng]. They are called the ‘vessel.’ They are able to transform the dregs and sediments. They pass on the flavors so that they can enter and exit. Their bloom is in the four whites of the lips. Their fullness is in the flesh. Their flavor is sweet. Their color is yellow. They are in the category of reaching yīn. They communicate with earth [element] qì.
________________ store like yīn organs, but are hollow like yáng organs.
• They do not decompose food nor excrete wastes.
• They store purified substances.
• All are said to be directly or indirectly related to the kidneys.
Extraordinary organs
The brain, marrow, bone, vessels, gallbladder, and uterus of the females: these six are generated by earth qì. All of them store in yīn and their image is in the earth. Thus, they store and do not drain. They are called the ____________.
extraordinary organs
The ________ regulates menstruation, conception, pregnancy. It is closely related to kidney (for essence), and Rèn (for qì) and Chōng (for blood) vessels.
uterus
The liver stores blood in the ________ and chōng vessel, releasing it in menstruation. The ________ stores the fetus.
uterus
Men have 精室 the room of essence which stores ______.
semen
The _________ is the sea of marrow (stores marrow) and controls memory, concentration, intelligence, sight, hearing, touch, smell.
brain
The kidneys make marrow to fill up the ______.
The _______ is also related to heart blood and the governing (Dū) vessel.
brain
_________ includes bone marrow, spinal cord, and brain.
Marrow
The ________ make marrow. It is related to essence.
kidneys
____________ helps make blood (menstrual blood according to some).
Marrow
The bones store __________, and are related to the kidneys.
marrow
The bones are the mansion of ___________.
marrow
any pathway of blood or of qì.
Vessels
The ________ store blood (and also qì).
vessels
The vessels are the mansion of _________.
blood
The ________ governs the body’s blood and vessels.
heart
The ___________ stores bile, so it is different from other yáng organs (fǔ). It is a
bowel because it plays a role in the processing and conveyance of food and stands in interior/exterior relationship with the liver, its paired viscera.
gall bladder
When evils try to invade the heart, they must first pass through the _________________.
Pericardium
