TCM Flashcards
What are all the two poles in TCM
Yin and yang
Original state of the universe
Qi
Yin
Night Dark Cold Negative Passive Female Solid Liver Heart Spleen Lungs Kidney North Moon Flat Earth Shade Darkness Rest Space Water Grows Substantial Below Material Descending Matter Conservation,storage Cold Quiet Inhibition Water Wet Substantial Slowness Soft Internal structures :viscera,bones,brain,spinal cord The back of body The lower part of the body Dense yin organs:liver,heart,spleen,lung and kidney Greyish Low and weak Preference for heat and aversion to cold Deep,unsmooth,slow and weak The sour,bitter,salty flavors Sinking,descending
Yang
Day Light Warm Positive Active Male Hollow Gall bladder Small intestine Stomach Large intestine Urinary bladder Sun Light Brightness Activity Heaven Round Time South Rising Non-substantial Immaterial Above Generates Fire Energy Hot Fire Restless Non substantial Dry Transformation change Hard Rapidity Excitement Exterior surface: skin,hair,superficial nerves and blood vessels The front of body The upper part of body Hollow organs :gallbladder,stomach,SI,LI,bladder Sonorous Preference for cold and aversion to heat Floating,slippery,rapid and full Acrid Sweet Bland flavors Floating - ascending
Yang syndrome
External syndrome,excess syndrome and heat syndrome
Yin syndrome
Internal syndrome,deficiency syndrome and cold syndrome
Drugs of hot,warm nature
Yang,used to treat cold syndrome
Drugs of cold,cool nature
Yin,used to treat heat syndrome
Heart ? Yin or yang
Yin
Still yin or yang
Yin
Man,yin or yang
Yang
What are the 4 styles of interaction between yin and yang
Opposition,interdependence,waxing,waning,transformation.
Upper part of the body yin or yang
Yang
Kidney yin or yang
Yin
Anatomy and function which is yin and which is yang
Histology yin and function yang
What kind of transforming is cloud to rain
Yang to yin
One patient contract wind cold manifest aversion to cold ,watering nose,cough
Predominance of yin
Aversion to cold,fatigue,tender tongue,weak pulse.
Decline of yang
Thirst,red eyes,flushing complexion,red tongue with dry mouth and less coating,thin and rapid pulse
Relative predominance of yang
External syndrome yin or yang
Yang
Treating cold syndrome with heat herbs,make use of which relationship between yin and yang
Opposition
Which style of interaction btw yin and yang
Opposition
Flexing,extending,growth,development,free activity
Wood
Warmth,heat,ascending,brightness
Fire
Reception,cultivation,transformation
Earth
Change,depuration,astringency
Metal
Moistening,downward movement,cold,coolness,closure,storage
Water
What all comes under wood
Spring East Wind Germination Green Sour Jue Liver Gall bladder Eye Tendon Anger Tear Taut
What all comes under fire
Summer South Heat Growth Red Bitter Zhi Heart Small intestine Tongue Vessel Joy Sweating Bounding
Earth
Late summer Centre Dampness Transformation Yellow Sweet Gong Spleen Stomach Mouth Muscle Contemplation Saliva Moderate
Metal
Autumn West Dryness Reaping White Pungent Shang Lung Large intestine Nose Shin and hair Grief Snivel Superficial
Water
Winter North Cold Storing Black Salty Yu Kidney Urinary bladder Ear Bone Fear Spittle Deep
Interpromotion
Wood-fire-earth-metal-water
Restraint
Wood-earth-water-fire-metal
Overstrain
Wood-earth-water-fire-metal
Reverse strain
Wood-metal-fire-water-earth
Bluish complexion,preference for sour flavour or sour taste in the mouth,taut pulse
Liver disease
Reddish complexion ,bitter taste in the mouth,full pulse
Heart disease
Yellowish complexion,sweet taste in the mouth,slow pulse
Spleen disease
Whitish complexion,acrid taste in the mouth,floating pulse
Lung disease
Blackish complexion ,salty taste in the mouth,deep pulse
Kidney disease
Mother and child relations
Water and wood Wood and fire Fire and earth Earth and metal Metal and water
Sun yin or yang
Yang
Women
Yin
Back of body
Yin
What are the five elements
Wood,fire,earth,metal,water
Which climate corresponds to earth
Late summer
Which is organ correspondent to metal
Lung
What are 4 interaction amg 5 elements
Inter promotion
Inter restraint
Over restraint
Reverse restraint
What are all the 6 Qi
Wind Cold Summer heat Dampness Dryness Fire
Cold syndrome
Aversion to cold,cold limbs,cold pain,diarrhea
Pale complexion,lassitude,cold limbs,profuse,clear urine
Yang deficiency syndrome
Congealing and sluggish
Qi stagnation
Restrain the activity of Qi attack the surface
Contractile
Yang heat syndrome-yang in nature
High fever,dysphoria,thirst,reddish complexion
Yin in nature
Damage yang and block the circulation of Qi
Yin in nature -slimy and sluggish
Chest oppression ,unsmooth urination and inhibited sticky dedication ,greasy coating
Excessive joy
Relaxes the activity of Qi
Excessive Anger
Qi to move upwards
Excessive anxiety
Depresses Qi
Excessive contemplation
Stagnates Qi
Excessive grief
Exhausts Qi
Excessive terror drives
Qi to move downwards
Excessive fear
Disturbs Qi
Starvation
Insufficiency of Qi
Overeating
Leads to food stagnation and obesity
Un clean food
Causes gastrointestinal disorders
Partiality to cold food
Impair yang Qi in spleen and stomach
Partiality to hot food
Will accumulate heat in the stomach and intestines
Overstrain
Consumes Qi and blood
Lazy cozy consumes
Qi or will give rise to the production of phlegm
