TCM 1 Flashcards
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TCM
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an ancient and natural form of healing that recognizes the inseparable relationship of body, mind, and spirit and nature
1
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Principles of TCM
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- your body is integrated as a whole
- connection to nature
- innate self-healing capacity
- prevention is the best cure
2
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what concept is the single most important and distinctive theory of Chinese medicine
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Yin Yang Theory
3
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Yin
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- material
- produces form
- grows
- matter
- contraction
- descending
- below
- water
- female
4
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Yang
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- immaterial
- produces energy
- generates
- energy
- expansion
- rising
- above
- fire
- male
5
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Function of Yin
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- cooling
- nourishes
- provides space for rest
- substance that is moved
- creates the space for conception
6
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Function of Yang
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- warming
- transforms
- protects
- moves
- holds
- creates the spark for conception
7
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? is the material basis for ?
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yin and yang
8
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? is the functional manifestation of ?
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yang and yin
9
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? is black
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yin
10
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? is white
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yang
11
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four aspects of Yin/Yang
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- opposition
- interdependence
- mutual consumption
- inter-transformation
12
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opposition
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- yin and yang are relatively opposite
- never exactly 50/50
- always changing to maintain homeostasis
- even if something is yin, it contains yang as well
13
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interdependence
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- cannot exist without the other
- “cannot have activity without having rest”
- “amount of activity correlated to amount of rest”
14
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mutual consumption
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- too much of one will deplete the other - too much yin depletes yang and vice verse
- not enough of one will show more of the other - not enough Yang will look similar to too much
