Traditional Chinese Medicine Lecture Powerpoint

Question 1

“As above, so below”

Answer 1

A Traditional Chinese Medicine concept that connects all things from the microcosm to the macrocosm

Question 2

Qi

Answer 2

Energy, electrical in nature, that enlivens and animates, supports daily activities, a sufficient balanced and continuous flow grants good health and a lack of Qi equals a lack of life

Question 3

Yin and Yang

Answer 3

2 aspects of qi, with yin being dark, water, passive, inside, downward while yang is more bright, fire, active, outside, upward

Question 4

The elemental cycle and 5 components

Answer 4

A flow of different qi energies into one another in a cycle that keep each other in balance including fire, earth, metal, water, and wood

Question 5

Deficiency, excess, and stagnation

Answer 5

Principle of meridians that a lack of an elemental qi, or an excess, or blockage in the flow can negatively impact our health

Question 6

Acupuncturist diagnostic evaluation

Answer 6

• looking (gestalt)
• asking (in detail questions about every aspect of body)
• physical exam (tongue eval, abdominal palpation, channel palpation
• pulse (up to 25 different pulse qualities)

Question 7

Diagnostic patterns and elemental associations

Answer 7

Guidelines that help direct diagnosing in traditional chinese medicine based on different principles of how they are living and how these imbalances can be corrected, can also include an “elemental clock” where different imbalances occur at different times of the day and would best be treated correspondingly

Question 8

Traditional Chinese medicine vs traditional Japanese Medicine

Answer 8

Chinese has roots in agriculture and familial tradition, while Japanese is based on Chinese but has areas where there is distinct development independently

Question 9

Scientific acupuncture branch

Answer 9

A methodology of modern Japanese acupuncture that incorporates western allopathic understandings of the body, often training undergone by western physicians to incorporate new modalities into their practice

Question 10

Traditional chinese Medicine modalities (6)

Answer 10

• acupuncture
• herbal medicine
• Moxibustion (burning of herbs)
• Qi gong
• Tai Chi
• cupping

Question 11

Chinese herbal prescriptions

Answer 11

Not homeostatic, more like pharmaceuticals than other supplements, based on persons constitutiona nd acute patterns, includes raw herbal combinations (most potent), powders, and tea pills (mildest)