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TCM 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 5 elements used for

A

They are used to explain the properties of the organs, their mutual relationship and pathological changes

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2
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Where did the 5 elements originate from

A

originated in the Zhou Dynasty (1000-770 BC)

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3
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What are the 5 elements?

A

Wood, metal, earth, water, fire

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4
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What does fire create?

A

Earth

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5
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What does earth create?

A

Metal

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6
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What does Metal create?

A

Water

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7
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What does water create?

A

Wood

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8
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What does wood create?

A

FIre

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9
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What does fire control?

A

Metal

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10
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What does Earth control?

A

Water

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11
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What does metal control?

A

Wood

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12
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What does water control?

A

Fire

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13
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What does wood control?

A

Earth

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14
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When the controller is in excess relative to the controlled, pathology will exist in the ?

A

Controlled

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15
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When the controller is in deficiency relative to the controlled, pathology will exist in the ?

A

controller

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16
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Insulting cycle

A

opposite of the controlling cycle when an element ‘back-lashes’ its controller
- occurs when the controller is relatively weaker than the controlled

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17
Q

what direction is fire?

A

upward

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18
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what direction is water?

A

downward

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19
Q

what direction is wood?

A

expansion

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20
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what direction is metal?

A

contraction

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21
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what direction is earth?

A

central

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22
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what season is fire?

A

summer

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23
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what season is metal?

A

fall

24
Q

what season is water?

A

winter

25
Q

what season is wood?

A

spring

26
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what season is earth?

A

late summer or last 18 days of every season

27
Q

What are the 4 conditions a pathology occurs on each element?

A
  1. fail to nourish on the child on the generating cycle
  2. allow an insult to occur on itself by creating a relative excess along the controlling cycle
  3. draw excessively from the mother
  4. over-act on the controlling cycle
28
Q

What organs are the fire element?

A

heart & small intestine, pericardium & san jiao

29
Q

What emotions are fire element?

A

joy and anxiety

30
Q

What senses are fire element?

A

speech and taste

31
Q

What taste are fire element?

A

bitter

32
Q

What organs are metal element?

A

lung and large intestine

33
Q

what secretion are the metal element?

A

mucous

34
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what emotions are the metal element?

A

sadness and grief

35
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what sense is the metal element?

A

smell

36
Q

what taste is the metal element?

A

pungent

37
Q

what organs is the earth element?

A

spleen and stomach

38
Q

what secretion is the earth element?

A

saliva

39
Q

what emotions is the earth element?

A

pensiveness and overthinking

40
Q

what flavour is the earth element?

A

sweet

41
Q

what sense is the earth element?

A

taste

42
Q

what climate is the earth element?

A

moist and thunderous

43
Q

what organs is the water element?

A

kidney and urinary bladder

44
Q

what secretions is the water element?

A

urine

45
Q

what emotions is the water element?

A

fear and shock

46
Q

what flavour is the water element?

A

salty

47
Q

what sense is the water element?

A

hearing

48
Q

what organs is the wood element?

A

liver and gall bladder

49
Q

what secretions is the wood element?

A

tears

50
Q

what emotions are the wood element?

A

anger and jealousy

51
Q

what flavour is the wood element?

A

sour

52
Q

what sense is the wood element

A

vision

53
Q

What does it mean when the tongue does not have a coating?

A

yin deficiency in the tongue

54
Q

what does it mean when the tongue has a pale tongue body colour?

A

yang deficiency in the tongue

55
Q

What is the pulse like when there is a yin deficiency?

A

fast, thin pulse

56
Q

what is the pulse like when there is a yang deficiency?

A

deep, slow, weak pulse

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