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Root Tantra Flashcards

1
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Subtypes of rlung

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1) life holding/sustaining lung
2) ascending lung
3) pervading lung
4) fire accompanying lung
5) downward cleansing (descending) lung

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Subtypes of tripa

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1) digestive tripa
2) color changing tripa
3) determined/wish fulfilling tripa
4) sight giving tripa
5) clarifying tripa

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Subtypes of bekan

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1) supportive bekan
2) composting bekan
3) tasting bekan
4) satisfying/satisfied bekan
5) connective bekan

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Seven bodily constituents

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1) essence from food
2) blood
3) muscle
4) fat
5) bone
6) marrow
7 reproductive fluid

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Three waste products

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1) feces
2) urine
Both from assimilation of food essence to blood
3) sweat - from the rest of the process of creating the bodily constituents

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Primary causes of disease

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Desire (attachment), hatred, ignorance.

Really–ignorance.

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Secondary causes (conditions) of disease.

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1) seasonal causes
2) diet
3) behavior
4) provocation

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The six pathways (gates) of entrance of disease

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1) skin
2) muscle
3) channels (white and red)
4) bone
5) solid organ
6) hollow organ

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Locations (seats) of bekan

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Upper body, Especially the brain.

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Location (seats) of tripa

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Middle body, esp the liver and gallbladder.

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Locations (seats) of lung

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Lower body, esp the genitals.

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Pathways of lung

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Bone (body constituent)
Ear (sense organ)
Skin (sense organ)
Heart (solid organ)
Large intestine (hollow organ)
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Pathways of tripa

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Blood (body constituent)
Sweat (waste)
Eyes (sense organ)
Liver (solid organ)
Gallbladder (hollow organ)
Small intestine (hollow organ)
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Pathways of bekan

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Food essence (body const)
Muscle (body constituent)
Fat ("")
Bone marrow ("")
Reproductive fluid ("")
Feces (waste)
Urine (waste)
Nose (sense organ)
Tongue (sense organ)
Lungs (solid organ)
Spleen (solid organ)
Kidney (solid organ)
Stomach (hollow organ)
Bladder (hollow organ)
Reproductive organs (hollow)
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15
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Times of day when lung waxes

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Late afternoon, early morning

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16
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Season lung predominates

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Summer

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17
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Season tripa predominates

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Autumn

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18
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Season bekan predominates

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Spring

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19
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Times of day tripa waxes

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Noon and midnight

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Times of day baekan waxes

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Late evening (10pm), late morning

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21
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Age when baekan is strongest

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Childhood (0-16 years)

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Age when tripa is strongest

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Adulthood (17-70 years)

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Age when lung is predominant

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Senior age (70+ years)

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Climate where lung predominates

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Cool, windy climate (ie, mountain tops)

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25
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Climate where tripa predominates

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Dry hot climate (ie desert)

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26
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Climate where bekan predominates

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Wet, humid climates

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27
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Nine fatal results of disease

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1) depletion of life strength, merit and karma (?)
2) humors become fatally enemies of one another
3) Cure is so wrong it’s of the same nature of the disease and fatally exacerbates it.
4) fatal injury to sensitive bodily site.
5) treatment too late (disease out of control) in tripa conditions.
6) treatment too late in bekan condition.
7) treatment too late in lung condition.
8) body can’t take the treatment (will die from treatment)
9) fatal (ie constant) attack from provocation (other beings)

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12 combinations of side effects of treatment

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Disease humor is treated, but one of the other humors is aggrevated by treatment. (
Disease humor isn’t treated but another humor is aggrevated.

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29
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Summary of the 2nd (disease) tree

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Any kind of bekan or rlung problem = cold (water) problem

Any kind of blood or tripa problem = heat (fire) problem

Any microorganism or lymphatic problem = neutral (hot or cold depending on what other factors or humors are involved)

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30
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Baekan moves to what body constituent(s)?

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Food essence, musle, fat, bone marrow, reproductive fluid

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31
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Baekan moves to what waste product(s)?

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Feces, urine

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32
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Baekan moves to what sense organ(s)?

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nose, tongue

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33
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Baekan moves to what solid organ(s)?

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lungs, kidneys, spleen

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34
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Baekan moves to what hollow organ(s)?

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stomach, bladder, reproductive organs

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35
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Tripa moves to what body constituent(s)?

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blood

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36
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Tripa moves to what waste product(s)?

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sweat

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37
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Tripa moves to what sense organ(s)?

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eyes

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38
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Tripa moves to what solid organ(s)?

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liver

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39
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Tripa moves to what hollow organ(s)?

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gallbladder, small intestine

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40
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Loong moves to what waste product(s)?

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none!

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41
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Loong moves to what bodily constitute(s)?

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bone

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42
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Loong moves to what sense organ(s)?

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ears, skin

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43
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Loong moves to what solid organ(s)?

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heart

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44
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Loong moves to what hollow organ(s)?

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large intestines

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45
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What are the types of body parts/organs/constituents that can be pathways for the duwas?

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bodily constituents, sense organs, waste products, solid organs and hollow organs

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46
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What are the three main types of diagnosis?

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Observation, touching, inquiry

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47
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What is the nature of the tongue of excess loong?

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reddish, dry, rough (little pimples/bumps)

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48
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What is the tongue characteristic of excess tripa?

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yellowish, heavy white-yellow coat

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49
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What is the tongue characteristic of excess baekan?

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pale, dull, smooth (like it’s wet)

50
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Five basic aspects of urine analysis

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1) color of the urine
2) vapors of the urine (when warm)
3) sedaments of urine (when cooled) and their characteristics
4) nature of bubbles on the urine and how fast they pop
5) how fast the urine changes

51
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Characteristics of loong urine

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color like water (clear) or slightly greenish
when stirred, has big bubbles
bubbles disappear neither too fast or too slow
no strong vapor
no strong sedament

52
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Characteristics of tripa urine

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Color is yellow-reddish. The more red (or thicker), the more heat (fever, infection)
Strong vapor/smell
Bubbles not to big or too small and disappear fast. (faster=more heat)

53
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Characteristics of baekan urine

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Color is white (clear) like water, thin.
No strong vapor or smell.
Bubbles small and stay a long time, like saliva bubbles; can stick together.

54
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Prelimaries to good urine analysis

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at least 12 hours before:
eat or drink regular foods–nothing unusual,
neither excess or too little water or activity.
don’t take supplements or eat food that will directly effect urine (asparagus, beets, etc). Or tell practitioner clearly what you’ve been doing.

55
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Overview of types/aspects of pulse reading

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Looking for:
general strength of pulse
elevations of pulse (surface, middle, sunken)
how many beats/minute (or breath cycle)
the 12 organ pulses
other pulses: provocation pulse, death pulse, etc.

56
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General characteristics of loong pulse

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superficial and floating (high elevation–disappears when you push).
Skips beats irregularly/occasionally

57
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General characteristics of tripa pulse

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Easy to find (strong), fast, and tight–a little like touching a wire

58
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General characteristics of baekan pulse

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Sunken (only deep), slow/weak, slow rhythms.

Hard to find, doesn’t shoot much.

59
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Speed (rate) of a normal pulse

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5 beats per breath cycle, or roughly 65-70 bpm

60
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Speed (rate) of tripa pulse

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More than 5 beats per doctor breath cycle, or roughly more than 70 bpm.

61
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Speed (rate) of baekan pulse

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less than 5 beats per doctor breath cycle, or roughly less than 65 bpm.

62
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Aspects of inquiry

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Conditions of the disease (what might have caused it–diet, provocations, behavior, seasons)
symptoms of the disease
effects on the disease (when pt does this, I feel better, in this season i feel worse…)

63
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Common conditions of a loong disorder (revealed in inquiry)

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Too much rough (not oily), light food.

64
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Common conditions of a tripa disorder (revealed by inquiry)

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Eating hot, sharp food or drink (alcohol) or doing hot, sharp activity (exercise, sun exposure)

65
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Common conditions of a baekan disorder (revealed by inquiry)

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Eating food with heavy, oily nature (dairy, wheat, beer) or heavy (stagnant?) physical activity.

66
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Four methods/categories of treatment

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Diet, lifestyle, medicine and external therapies

67
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Just modifying diet is good for what kind of illness?

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A new, minor illness.

Ie, when food is a simple cause of illness.

68
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Loong behavior is characterized by what?

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Too much activity/action

69
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Tripa behavior is characterized by what?

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Too much determination, heat or intensity.

70
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Baekan behavior is characterized by what?

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Too much inactivity

71
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Medicine/supplements are good for what sort of illnesses?

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More serious, life threatening or chronic illnesses that diet alone (or diet and behavior together) couldn’t resolve.

72
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What sort of illnesses are external therapies suited for?

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1) urgent cases
2) when medicine is not helpful to get directly to the problem
3) medicine worked but external therapy would further uproot illness
4) to prevent reoccurance of an illness.
5) situations when it’s unclear if anything could help, it can be easily tried with quick-to-see results.

73
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How many common forms of external therapies are there?

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six

74
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9 (10) foods used to treat loong

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meat, esp:

1) year old dried horseflesh
2) year old dried donkeyflesh
3) year old dried marmot
4) shachhen (great meat–human, animals with big upper teeth)

5) grain seed oils (mustard, sesame)
6) aged (“year old”) butter

7) molasses
8) garlic
9) onion
* *10) year old meat

75
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5 (4) drinks used to treat loong

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1) milk
and four chhangs (fermented/beers):
2) chhang from angelica
3) chhang from solomon-seal
3) molasses chhang
4) bone chhang
76
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7 foods used to treat tripa

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1) fresh milk (cow, goat)
2) game animal meat
3) goat meat
4) meat of skam/tole (crosses of ox and yak)
5) clear fresh barley (grain) soup (with no salt, oil or meat)**
6) soup of dandelion,
7) soup from turnip leaves (arugula?)

77
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4 (5) drinks used to treat tripa

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1) yogurt (curd) from cow and goat milk
2) buttermilk (fermented whey) of cow/goat
3) cool water (“melted snow”)
4) boiled and cooled water
* *5) clear unseasoned soup of cereals

78
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6 foods used to treat baekan

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1) lamb (mutton)
2) wild yak meat
3) carnivorous animal meat
4) fish
5) honey
6) warm dough balls of barley grain aged 1-2 years, grown in arid regions

79
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3 drinks used to treat baekan

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1) curd (yogurt), buttermilk from yak milk
2) chhang - strong ale prepared from barley
3) hot water

80
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behavior used to treat loong

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1) stay in a warm place with
2) good companions that you like.
(avoid cold, noisy, distracting places)

81
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behavior used to treat tripa

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1) stay in a cool place
2) relax
(avoid bright, stimulating places and activity)

82
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behavior used to treat baekan

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1) exercise (“diligently walking until sweating.”)

2) stay in a warm place.

83
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tastes that counter loong

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sweet, sour, salty

84
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tastes that counter tripa

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sweet, bitter, astringent

85
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tastes that counter baekan

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sour, hot (pungent), astrigent

86
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powers/qualities that counter loong

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oily, heavy, smooth

87
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powers/qualities that counter tripa

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cool, subtle (?) / wet, blunt

88
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powers/qualities that counter baekan

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sharp, rough, light

89
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what of the five elements are provided by sweet taste?

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earth, water

90
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what of the five elements are provided by sour taste?

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fire, earth

91
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what of the five elements are provided by salty taste?

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fire, water

92
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what of the five elements are provided by bitter taste?

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water, wind

93
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what of the five elements are provided by astringent taste?

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earth, wind

94
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what of the five elements are provided by hot taste?

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fire, wind

95
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medicines traditionally used to pacify loong

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medicinal broths, medicinal butters

96
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medicines traditionally used to pacify tripa

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medicinal decoctions, medicinal powders

97
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medicines traditionally used to pacify baekan

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medicinal pills, medicinal ashes

98
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types of broths (examples) used to pacify loong

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bone broth,
4 essence broth (meat, butter, molasses, barley chhang)
broth made from aged (3 year old) sheep head cooked for a long time

99
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types of medicinal butters (examples) used to pacify loong

A 
butters made with:
nutmeg (zah)
garlic (gokya)
3 fruits
5 roots
or "Menchhen" - powerful medicines
100
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four (example) decoctions used to pacify tripa

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manu (elecampane?), tikta (moonseed?), laetal (indian gentian or chirata?), 3 fruit

101
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examples of powders used to pacify tripa

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four formulas:
gebur (camphor?)
tsenahen (red or white sandlewood?),
gurkun (saffron)
chugang (bamboo pith)
used either together or separately
102
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examples of pills used to pacify baekan

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tsenghug - herbs of sharp nature

salts

103
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examples of medicinal ash used to pacify baekan

A 
five types:
ash based on burnt pomegranate
ash based on burnt rhododendron
ash based on vulture droppings (birds that eat bones)
ashes based on burnt salt
ashes based on burnt calcite
104
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type of cleansing used to cleanse loong

A

soft essence (oil)? treatment enema

105
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How many types of enamas does the root tantra give?

A

three (lehjam, trujam, trumalen)

106
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type of enema used for combo loong and tripa condition

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trujam - cleansing - washing with oil mixed with something else. (or cow’s milk and decoction of flesh of water animals?)

107
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type of enema used with straight up loong condition

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lehjam - fat - enema using oil / fat alone (or milk of Dri and decoction of sheep flesh)

108
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type of enema used in combo loong and baekan condition

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trumalen - not totally washing, not totally oil. (or goat milk and decoction of dry land animal flesh)

109
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type of cleansing used to cleanse tripa

A

laxative technique (purgation)

110
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categories of laxatives

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1) general
2) speific for disease (ie, of liver, gallbladder, small intestine)
3) strong - if someone is otherwise healthy and disease is strong - or in autumn when everything has reached condensed heat
4) mild/gentle - if person is old, pregnant, season not appropriate, etc

111
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type of cleansing used to cleanse baekan

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emetic (vomiting)

112
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types of emetic

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1) strong
2) gentle/mild
depends on strength of problem, age, circumstances, season etc.
(ie, spring is good time to use since baekan is also melting in outside world.)

113
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The root tantra gives what two external therapies as helpful for loong conditions?

A

kunye (oil massage) and horgi maetsa (moxa based on hor system) - herbstal poultices with oil on points.

114
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therapies as helpful for tripa conditions?

A

muliyu - inducing sweating - steam, sauna, etc
ta-ka - blood letting
cold water therapies - showers, splashing cool water on specific points

115
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therapies as helpful for baekan conditiions?

A

compresses

moxabustion

116
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Symptoms (revealed by inquiry) of a loong disorder

A

Yawning, shivering, wanting to stretch limbs, trembling…
Pain in hips, waist, joints and bones. Pain moves around.
Dry heaves.
Senses are dull.
Mental aspect is unstable: hard to concentrate/organize, short temper, lability.

117
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Effects on loong disorder (revealed by inquiry)

A

Things get worse when hungry, better when eating warm, nutritious food, or stay in a calm, happy place.

118
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Symptoms of a tripa disorder (revealed by inquiry.)

A

bitter taste in mouth
headache
high body temp,
pain above liver area

119
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Effects on a tripa disorder (revealed by inquiry)

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pain worse after digesting (30 min after eating) and better when eating/drinking cooling food/drink

120
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Symptoms of a baekan disorder (revealed by inquiry)

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Loss of appetite
poor digestion
vomitting
metallic or absent taste in mouth
stomach feels full
Body & mind feel heavy
no motivation, disinterest, 
Coldness: body not warm.
Desire to be in warmth.
121
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Effects on a baekan disorder (revealed by inquiry)

A

Gets worse soon after eating.

better when eating warm, light food.

Tibetan Medicine (8 decks)

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