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