Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Question 1

What are the types of Qi?

Answer 1

Organ Qi
Meridian Qi
Nutritive Qi
Protective Qi
Ancestral Qi

Question 2

What are the disharmonies of Qi?

Answer 2

Deficient Qi (Qi-Xu) - fatigue
Stagnant Qi - pain
Collapsed Qi - prolapse
Rebellious Qi - nausea

Question 3

What are the qualities of Yin?

Answer 3

Night, dark, cold, negative, passive, female, solid, fluids, calm, inward, water

Question 4

What are the Yin organs?

Answer 4

Liver, heart, spleen, lungs, kidney

Question 5

What are the qualities of Yang?

Answer 5

Day, light, warm, positive, active, male, hollow, fast, expanding, intense, outward

Question 6

What are the Yang organs?

Answer 6

Gall bladder, small intestine, stomach, large intestine, urinary bladder

Question 7

What are the five elements?

Answer 7

Fire
Earth
Metal
Water
Wood

Question 8

What are the mother relationships in 5 Element theory?

Answer 8

Fire -> Earth -> Metal -> Water -> Wood -> Fire

Question 9

What are the controlling relationships in 5 Element theory?

Answer 9

Fire -> Metal
Earth -> Water
Metal -> Wood
Water -> Fire
Wood -> Earth

Question 10

What are the 8 principles?

Answer 10

Internal/External
Cold/Heat
Deficiency (Xu)/ Excess (Shi)
Yin/Yang

Question 11

What are internal symptoms?

Answer 11

Chronic, organs, constitution, emotions, from internal environment or when external goes internal

Question 12

What are external symptoms?

Answer 12

Acute, sudden, from external environment, external pathogens (infectious, contagious)

Question 13

What are cold symptoms?

Answer 13

Slow, cold, clear urine, better with warmth, pale, introverted/withdrawn, constriction, chills, no thirst, loose stool, pale tongue

Question 14

What are heat symptoms?

Answer 14

Hot, extroverted, irritable, red face/eyes, thirsty, prefers cold, sweating, scanty yellow urine, constipation, red/dry tongue

Question 15

What are deficiency (xu) symptoms?

Answer 15

Fatigue, weak, incomplete engagement with life, relieved by pressure, chronic, weak resistance, worse after bathroom or menses, better after eat, dull pain

*Lack of/insufficiency: qi, blood, yin, yang

Question 16

What are excess (shi) symptoms?

Answer 16

Forceful, loud, coarse/heavy breathing, worse with pressure, acute or chronic, better after bathroom or menses, worse after eat, pain/distention, intense pain

*Too much of/overabundance: qi stagnation, blood stagnation, dampness, phlegm

Question 17

What are yin symptoms?

Answer 17

Cold, fluids, quiet, slow, tired, pale, passive

Question 18

What are yang symptoms?

Answer 18

Hit, energy/qi, loud, restless, active, red face, agitated

Question 19

What are Yin Xu symptoms?

Answer 19

Dry, low energy, night sweats, hot flashes, thirsty, not drink a lot, scanty urine, malar flush (cheeks) heat in afternoon/evening, heat in chest/palms/soles

*Lack of fluides/cold, deficiency heat, deficiency symptoms
*Hot, dry, depleted

Question 20

What are Yang Xu symptoms?

Answer 20

Cold, difficulty warming up, tired/exhausted, lack of drive/passion/enthusiasm, withdrawn, aversion to cold, low back and knee, cold/dull pain, pale frequent urine, edema, loose stool

*Lack of fire/energy, excess fluids, deficiency symptoms
*Cold, wet, depleted

Question 21

What are Excess Heat symptoms?

Answer 21

Hot, sweat a lot, loud, aggressive, runs hot, red face, thirsty for cold drinks and drinks a lot, constipation, agitation, yellow urine

*Too much heat, excess symptoms

Question 22

What are Excess Cold symptoms?

Answer 22

Cold, pale, tight, slow, heavy, lazy, not thirsty, loose stool, aversion to cold

*Excess fluids, excess signs, can’t burn off fluids

Question 23

What are Qi Xu symptoms?

Answer 23

Tired, diminished function, poor appetite, dizzy, pale, sweat easily

*Lack of qi/energy, deficiency symptoms
*Qi Xu -> Yang Xu

Question 24

What are Blood Xu symptoms?

Answer 24

Dry hair, skin, light periods, fatigue, dizzy, pal skin/mucous membranes/tongue, poor memory

*Lack of blood, deficiency symptoms
*Blood Xu -> Yin Xu

Question 25

What are Qi/Blood Stagnation Symptoms?

Answer 25

*Pain is key, blood stagnation more significant than qi stagnation
*Lack of flow
*Qi stagnation: dull pain, can move around or be vague, distention, tension
*Blood stagnation: fixed pain, focalized pain, stabbing/severe pain, dark complexion, fixed masses, purple nails/lips, blood clots, purple distended veins under the tonge

Question 26

What are the 5 Pernicious Influences?

Answer 26

Damp: fluid build-up, congestion, mucus
Wind: moving, changing, itch, tremor
Cold: slow, immobile, heat helps, stiff, rigid
Heat: red, hot, thirst, irritable, prefers cold
Dry: skin nose throat

Question 27

What are Damp Excess symptoms?

Answer 27

Fluid build-up, congestion, heaviness, slow, downward, mucus, swelling, edema, fluid retention, poor metabolism

Question 28

What are the 5 Emotions?

Answer 28

Joy, anger, fear, grief, worry