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TCM year 1 Flashcards

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Tai Yang

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Greatest Yang

12pm

Summer

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Shao Yin

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Lesser Yin

6pm

Autumn

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Tai Yin

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Greatest Yin

12am

Winter

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Shao Yang

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Lesser Yang

6am

Spring

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Yin (in relation to the body)

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Chest/abdomen

Below Waist

Body

Interior (organs)

The Zang

Blood/fluids

Ying Qi

Substance

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Yang (in relation to the body)

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Back

Above waist

Head

Exterior (Muscles/skin)

The Fu

Qi

Wei Qi

Energy

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Four Principles of Yin and Yang

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Opposition of Yin and Yang

Interdependence of Yin and Yang

Mutual consuming of Yin and Yang

Intertransformation of Yin and Yang

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Yin signs and symptoms

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Slowly evolving

Fatigue, drowsiness

Pulse: slow, weak, deep

Shallow, quiet respiration

Quiet person

moves slowly

Dull (headaches)

Over-weight

Internal illness

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Yang signs and symptoms

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Rapidly evolving

Restlessness, insomnia

Pulse: rapid, strong, above Qi depth

Coarse, loud breathing

Loud person

Rapid movement

Pounding (headaches)

Underweight

Musculo-skeletal problem

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Cold signs and symptoms

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Chilliness

Sensation of feeling cold

Feels cold to touch

Pale face

Withdrawn

Slow

Clear abundant urine

Loose stools

Pulse: slow

Pale tongue, white coat

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Hot signs and symptoms

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Fever

Sensation of feeling hot

Hot to touch

Red face, red eyes

Restlessness

Active mind

Scanty, dark urine

Constipation

Pulse: Rapid

Red tongue, yellow coat

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Full Heat (Excess heat) - signs and symptoms

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Red face

Desire to drink cold drinks

Bitter taste

Hot all day

High fever

Mind: restless and agitated

Bowels: constipated

Bleeding: profuse

Sleep: dream disturbed

Pulse: full, robust pounding, rapid, overflowing

Tongue: red with yellow coat

Treatment method: clear heat

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Empty heat (Yin Xu) - Signs and symptoms

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Malar flush

Desire to drink in small sips

No bitter taste

Hot in the afternoon or evening

Low-grade fever in the afternoon

Mind: anxious and fidgety

Dry stools, no abdominal pain

Slight

Waking up frequently during the night

Pulse: Rapid, empty, tight

Tongue: red and peeled

Nourish Yin, clear empty heat

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Full cold (signs and symptoms)

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Face: bright white

Pain: sharp, worse on pressure

Pulse: full, deep, tight

Tongue: thick white coating

Treatment: Expel cold

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Empty cold ( Yand Xu, signs and symptoms

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Face: dull white

Pain: dull, better on pressure

Pulse: weak, slow, deep

Tongue: thin white coating or normal

Treatment: Tonify or warm Yang

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What are the 8 principles?

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Yin/Yang
Cold/Hot
Deficient/Excess
Internal/External

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Full heat

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The presence of Excess heat in the body

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Empty Heat

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An under-active cooling system on the body (Yin deficiency)

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Empty cold

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An under-active heating system in the body (Yang deficiency)

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Full cold

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The presence of extra cold in the body.

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Red tongue, yellow coating

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Full Heat

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Red and peeled tongue

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Empty Heat

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Yang

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Exterior, Hot, Excess

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Yin

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Interior, Cold, Deficiency

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Exterior Patterns

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Wind-cold/wind-heat invading the Wei Qi level

OR

Channel patterns:
- Stagnation of Qi and Blood
-Bi Syndrome (invasion of pathogenic factors)
- Phlegm in the channels
-Local Qi and Blood

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Interior patterns

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Patterns affecting the Zang Fu

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Excess patterns

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The body’s Zheng Qi (Vitality) remains relatively intact.

Excess patterns of fundamental substances are stagnant Qi, stagnant blood and heat in the Blood.

Excess patterns involving pathogenetic factors are wind, cold, Damp, heat and phlegm (or combinations of)

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Deficient patterns

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Zheng Qi (vitality) is depleted.

Deficiency in fundamental substances

Deficiency in function of the Zang Fu

Yin Xu and Yang Xu

Main patterns: deficient Qi, blood, yang, yin

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Qi Xu

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Pale face

Weak voice

Slight sweat

Slight breathlessness

Tiredness

Lack of appetite

Loose stools

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Yang Xu

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Pale face

Weak voice

Slight sweat

Slight breathlessness

Tiredness

Lack of appetite

Loose watery stools

Chilliness

cold limbs/abdomen

Better with warmth/ warm drinks

Frequent, pale urinanation

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Blood Xu

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Scanty periods

Insomnia

Dry hair

Apathy

Poor memory

Numbness

Dry Skin

Dry nails

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Yin Xu

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Scanty periods

Insomnia

Dry hair

Restlessness, agitation

Low grade fever

Heat sensations in the afternoon

Dry throat at night

Night sweats

Emaciation

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Xu

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Deficient

Empty

Reducing insufficiency of substance or function

Loss of vital energy/depleted

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Shi

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Excess

Full

Strengthening increase or invasion of something

Prominence of a pathogenic factor

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Manifestations of deficiency

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Tiredness

A pale complexion

Palpitations

Shortness of breath

Spontaneous sweating

Night sweating

Feelings of heat in the palms, soles and chest - five palm heat

Cold limbs/aversion to cold

A weak or deep pulse

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Signs of Qi Xu

(Common with Lung and Spleen pathology)

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Pale face

Weak voice

Slight sweat

Slight breathlessness

Tiredness

Lack of appetite

Loose stools

Tongue: Pale

Pulse: weak/lacking resilience or substance/ reduced pounding/ flooding deficient wave

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Signs of Yang Xu
(Insufficent warming and consolidation)

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Pale face

Weak voice

Slight sweat

Palpitations

Slight breathlessness

Tiredness

Lack of appetite

Loose watery stools

Chilliness

Cold limbs/abdomen

Better with warmth/warm drinks

Frequent, pale urination

Tongue: swollen, possibly tender, wet

Pulse: Deep or Slow

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Signs of Blood Xu

(Common with Heart, Spleen and Liver pathology)

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Sallow and pale complexion

Scanty periods

Insomnia

Dry hair

Apathy

Vague anxiety

Poor memory

Numbness

Muscle spasms

Dry skin

Dry nails

Tongue: pale, dry, can be orange tinged - especially on the sides

Pulse: thin, reduced substance at blood depth

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Signs of Yin Xu
(Insufficient nourishing, functions of qi, blood, fluids)

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Scanty periods

Insomnia

Dry hair

Emotional upset and anxiety

Restlessness, agitation

Palpitations

Low-grade fever

Heat in palms and soles

Heat sensation in the afternoon/nights

Dry throat at night

Night sweats

Emaciation

Malar Flush

Tongue: Dry, red, lacks coating

Pulse: Tight, rapid or absent - reduced substance at organ depth depending on how it has developed.

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Excess

A

Either invasion of:
wind
cold summer heat
damp
dryness
fire

Or one of the following has accumulated internally:

Phlegm
Damp
Food Stagnation
Blood stagnation
Qi stagnation
Excess heat
Excess cold

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Common manifestations of excess

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Abdominal pain which is worse for pressure

A voice which is deeper than usual

A full and forceful pulse

Some types of indigestion

Difficult urination

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Qi disharmonies

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Qi deficiency

Qi stagnation

Qi Sinking

Rebellious Qi

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Blood disharmonies

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Blood deficiency

Blood heat

Blood stasis

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Deficiency: weakening of the substance or function of:

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Yin

Yan

Qi

Blood

Jing/Essence

Body fluids

Zangfu

Channels

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Internal Damp: clinical manifestations

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Feeling of heaviness in the body, head or limbs

Muzzy head

Lethargy

No appetite

Stuffiness of chest or epigastrium

Sticky taste in the mouth

Difficult urination

Cloudy urine

White, sticky vaginal discharge

Oozing skin diseases

Pulse: Slippery

Tongue: Greasy coat

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Heat in the Blood: Clinical Manifestations

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Feeling of heat

Skin diseases with red eruptions

dry mouth

bleeding

hardening of the arteries

Pulse: Blood continuum

Tongue: possibly red

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Blood Stagnation: Clinical manifestations

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Dark or bluish green complexion

Purple lips

Stabbing or burning pain (of fixed location)

Abdominal masses that do not move

Purple nails

Bleeding with dark blood and dark clots

Pulse: Choppy

Tongue: Dark Purple

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Sheng Cycle (generative/parent and child relationship)

Mutual promotion

A

Wood fuels fire

Fire creates Earth from below

Earth generates/creates metal through the pressure and gravitational force on the minerals within the ground

Metal vitalises, charges water (trace elements) also metal condenses water. It is synonymous with air element in other traditions. Clouds/water droplets form in the air and are descended via metal element

Water feeds/generates wood

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5 Transporting points - Yin channels

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Jing-well - Wood

Ying Spring - Fire

Shu - Stream - Earth

Jing - River - Metal

He-Sea - Water

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Wood/Spring - nature

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Upwards outwards energy, yang in ascension

Germination, growth

Time of planning

Life stirs, animals wake from hibernation, plants break through the ground, the blueprint of the seed is put into action.

Vision - animals become inquisitive, plants grow toward the sun, we look towards the future, plan what we are going to do this year? Dreaming can become more vivid and we plan, the next iteration of ourselves.

Wind, East, Green, Birth, Sour, Rancid

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Summer/Fire - nature

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Maturation, flowers are blooming, relationships are blooming, expressive, social energy.

Warmth pulls us out and together. The most Yang time of the year.

More energy/Yang/warmth and more time in the day/sunlight: Time and energy for doing/carrying/manifesting/creating, a creative time. More energy, more passion, more enthusiasm more life.

Heat, South, Red, Growth, Bitter, Scorched

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Later Summer/Earth - nature

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Indian summer, plan comes to fruition, maturity, fruits at their fullest - harvest time.

Abundance of food, grain stores at their fullest, still warm and days still relatively long but the doing time of summer is slowing down as the hard work is done.

Time of nourishment and nurturing.

Earth element is transformational, it is the transitional period between each season and sometimes put in the centre of the diagram. This is the most Earth of all the transitions, the Earth within the Earth.

Dampness, Centre, Yellow, Maturity, sweet, fragrant

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Autumn/Metal - nature

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Autumn cuts in and invites us to slow down.

Yang is descending, returning to Yin.

Animals slow down and retreat

Reflective period. Stripping back. Clarity. Air becomes clear, sharp.

Dreaming peaks again as we reflect and let go of the year.

The trees let go of their leaves and a rotting down of the leaves and plants into the Earth to remineralise the soil.

Dryness, West, White, Withdrawal, Pungent, rotten

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Winter/Water - nature

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Trees are now back to their bones - skeletal

Constriction, colder, shorter days, most yin

Animals are in hibernation

Return to dao, timeless. A meditative time - to let the experience of the year and the growth settle in and integrate as we turn our past into wisdom which we store in our kidneys

Season invites us to be still to go from doing to being

Not a time for planning and wasting energy on the imagination of the future. To be in the moment and the moment about to happen to know we have enough for this moment and to be prepared for the next.

Cold, North, blue-black, dormancy, salty, Putrid

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Wood - correspondances

A

Anger/frustration

Eyes

Tendons

Liver

Large Intestine

Sour

Shouting

Rancid

Wind

Manifests - Nails

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Fire - Correspondances

A

Joy

Tongue

Blood Vessels

Heart/Paricarium

Small intestine/ Sanjiao

Bitter

Laughing

Scorched

Heat

Manifests - Complexion

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Earth - correspondances

A

Worry

Mouth

Muscles

Spleen

Stomach

Sweet

Singing

Fragrant

Dampness

Manifests - Lips

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Metal - Correspondances

A

Grief

Nose

Skin

Lung

Large intestine

Pungent

Crying

Rotten

Dryness

Manifests - Skin

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Water - correspondances

A

Fear

Ears

Bones

Kidney

Bladder

Salty

Groaning

Putrid

Cold

Manifests - Head hair

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Sheng cycle - Zangfu

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In health, the way in which one organ nourishes another - mother/son

A deficiency in mother can lead to a weakness in son (Treatment: If liver is weak can strengthen Kidney. If Lung is weak can tonify Spleen)

Mother affecting the son: Excess heat in Liver can lead to excess heat in the heart.

Disharmony can be transmitted in the opposite direction - A weakness in the Liver can drain the Kidney and make them weak too.

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Ke cycle - Zangfu

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Water aspect of the Kidney helps to cool the fire aspect of the heart.

Lung helps to control the Liver and prevent Liver Qi from rising.

Liver assists the functioning of the stomach by assisting the smooth movement of Qi

Disharmony - one organ may overact on another. Imbalanced Liver can invade the ST & SP ‘Wood invading Earth’ or ‘Wood overacting on Earth’. - treatment: promoting earth and restraining wood.

Weakened organs may fail to exert their controlling function (LU is weak, Liver Qi may rise up uncontrolled).

Disharmony can also be in the opposite direction - Insulting/violating sequence. - Qi stagnation or excessive heat in the Liver can be transmitted to the Lungs ‘Wood overacting on Metal’.

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Wood - Mother and Child points

A

Mother - LIV 8

Child - LIV 2

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Fire (Pericardium channel) - Mother and Child points

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Mother - P 8

Child P 7

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Fire (Heart channel) - Mother and Child points

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Mother - HE 9

Child - HE 7

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Earth - Mother and Child points

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Mother - SP 2

Child - SP 5

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Metal - Mother and Child points

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Mother - LU 9

Child - LU 5

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Water - Mother and Child points

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Mother - KID 7

Child - KID 1

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5 Transporting points - Yang channels

A

Jing-well - Metal

Ying Spring - Water

Shu - Stream - Wood

Jing - River - Fire

He-Sea - Earth

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San Bao

A

The three treasures

Jing

Qi

Shen

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Functions of Jing

A

Growth and development

Marrow

Kidney foundation

Constitutional Strength

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Functions of Qi

A

Movement (transporting, raising): Involuntary (breathing & heartbeat), voluntary, mental action, growth and development, natural rhythm and flow.

Defence (protecting)

Transformation

Containment (holding)

Warming

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Zhen Qi

A

True Qi

Qi in the organs, channels, surface tissues and skin (divided into Wei Qi and Ying Qi)

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Wei Qi

A

Protective Qi

Flows in the skin and the surface tissues.

Defends against attack by external pathogenic factors.

Warms and helps to nourish the skin and muscles.

Controls the pores and regulates sweating and body temperature.

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Ying Qi

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Nutritive Qi

Nourishes the organs and tissues of the body.

Closely related to blood.

Flows in the channels and the blood vessels

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Zheng Qi

A

Upright or antipathogenic Qi

Normal Qi, in contrast with the Qi of a disease causing factor (Xie Qi)

76
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Zong Qi

A

Qi of the chest/gathering Qi

Helps with the rhythmic movements of breathing and heartbeat, regulates the pulse and gives strength to the voice

77
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Yuan Qi

A

Jing in the form of Qi

Dynamic and rarified form of Jing originating in the Kidneys.

Foundation of vitality and stamina

Circulates the channels and stimulates the functioning of all the organs.

Acts as a catalyst in the formation of Zhen Qi and blood

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Functions of blood

A

Nourishment - nourishes the tissues and organs - eyes, hair, especially the skin. Muscles, bones, organs etc.

Moistening - ensures that tissues do not dry out.

Anchoring - material foundation that anchors the spirit, giving a feeling of stability, happiness and peacefulness and enabling sleep.

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Relationship between Qi and Blood

A

Qi generates blood

Qi moves blood

Qi holds blood in place

“Blood is the mother of Qi and Qi is the commander of Blood”

80
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Functions of Body Fluids

A

Nourish and Moisten

Support the Blood - fluid component of Blood and help keep Blood Fluid and flowing.

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Phlegm: Clinical Manifestations

A

LU: Coughing up phlegm, wheezing

HE: ‘Mists the mind’ causing epilepsy or mental illness

Channels: numbness (eg. after stroke)

Under the skin: Lumps, swollen lymph nodes, swollen thyroid, lipomas

In the joints: nodules and bone deformities in rheumatoid arthritis

GB and KID: stones (caused by heat further condensing phlegm)

Other signs: dizziness and muzzy head, blurred vision, vomiting, greasy tongue coating,

Pulse: Slippery or wiry.

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Functions of the Heart

A

Governs the Blood (Makes blood, circulates blood)

Dominates the Blood vessels

Houses the Shen (spirit)

Manifests in the complexion

Opens into the tongue

Maintains joy

Spirit aspect: Shen - encompassing all 5 aspects of the soul

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Shen - Disturbed

A

The mind is restless, irrational and confused with manic behaviour, delusions and incoherent speech

84
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Shen - Deficiency (ie. deficient heart blood)

A

The eyes lack lustre, thought can be muddled, there can be a dull apathy with a lack of lust for life. Certain types of insomnia can arise.

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Functions of the Kidneys

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Stores Jing (Dominates reproduction, growth and development)

Produces Marrow (fills up the brain, dominates bones, manufactures Blood)

Maintains Fire of Ming Men

Dominates water

Controls reception of Qi

Opens into the ear

Strengthens the will

Forms the root of Yin and Yang

Dominates the Lower Jiao

Spirit aspect: Zhi

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Functions of the Pericardium

A

Protects the Heart from Exterior Heat

Supports the Functions of the heart

Governs the centre of the chest

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Functions of the Spleen

A

Governs transportation and transformation

Contains blood (ie. holds Blood in place)

Dominates the muscles/flesh

Opens into the mouth - manifests in the lips

Controls raising of the Qi

Maintains lightness

Spirit aspect: Yi (consciousness of possibilities)

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Functions of the Lung

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Governs respiration and rules Qi

Disperses and descends

Regulates water passages

Dominates skin and body hair

Opens into the nose

Maintains our connectedness

Spirit aspect: Po (corporeal soul)

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Role of the organs in relation to Body Fluids

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LUNG - Descends/disperses/regulates

SPLEEN - Transforms/Transports

KIDNEY - Steams fluids/catalyses their transformation

BLADDER - Opens and closes to eliminate fluids

SAN JIAO - Co-ordination and transportation of fluids.

90
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Functions of the Liver

A

Stores the Blood

Rules flowing and spreading

Dominates the tendons

Manifests in the nails

Opens into the eyes

Maintains capacity for control

Sprit Aspect: Hun (non-corporeal soul)

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