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Vital Substances Flashcards

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What are the three vital substances?

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Qi (bioenergy)
Jing (Essence)
Shen (Spirit)

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Order the vital substances from least to most dense

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Shen, Qi, Jing (condensed Yang)

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Jing is:

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basic or nutritive/generative essence

related to body energy and the foundation for life/procreation

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Qi is:

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life force connected with air, vapor, and breath; it is impetus and movement with the ability to transform
related to mind energy and bodily animation

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Shen is:

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spiritual essence linked with consciousness, the soul, and supernaturalism; it contains the 5 aspects of the greater Spirit
related to spiritual energy and mirroring the state of emotion of mind/emotions/soul

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Heavenly essence _____ form

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precedes

This Essence may become incarnate in the forms we see on earth

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Jing is associated with the _____ of the sun and moon

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light

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What types of Jing/Essence may we have?

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Earlier Heaven/Prenatal Essence
Later Heaven/Postnatal Essence
Stored/General Essence
Middle/Gallbladder Essence*

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Where do we get Earlier Heaven Essence? What is its purpose?

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From our parents; it is the foundation of the body; it is the signs of aging that stem from Earlier Heaven Essence deficiencies

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Where do we get Later Heaven Essence? What is its purpose?

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It is generated from what we eat/drink/breathe; can make up for deficiencies in Earlier Heaven Essence, which is hard to build back up – can only be done in certain esoteric practices

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What is General Essence? What is its purpose?

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It is a combination of the two above Essences (EHE, LHE); it is located in the organs that store but do not drain (zang) – mainly Kidney is involved in this

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If zang organs cannot hold their contents, they may become _____ _____, leading to a lack of _____, which ultimately leads to _____.

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Yin deficient
Qi
death

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Only Kidneys can have a diagnosis of both _____ and _____

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Yin deficiency

Essence deficiency

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What is Gallbladder Essence? What is interesting about it?

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Gallbladder Essence may be termed Middle Essence that is stored in the Gallbladder; GB is a fu organ and an extraordinary organ (weird), so it would not normally store a vital substance… however, it does (Essence/bile)

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Essence Functions

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Growth, reproduction, development
Basis of Kidney Qi
Produces Marrow
Basis of constitutional strength
Serves as the material foundation
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Differentiate between Qi and Jing

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Essence: many aspects resembling water; Qi: resembles energy
E: mostly residing in Kidneys; Qi: moves everywhere
E: difficult to replenish; Qi: day-to-day replenishment
E: long, 7-8 year cycles; Qi: shorter cycles influenced by natural cycles of outside environment
E: slow, gradual change; Qi: constant movement/change

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Qi is …

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energy, material, immaterial, single, multiple, everywhere, multifunctional; also defined as the root of a human being

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What are the functions of Qi?

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Transformation, movement and transport, holding, protecting, and warming

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Describe examples of Qi transformation.

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Spleen: food/water –> food Qi –> body
Kidney Qi: fluids
Bladder Qi: urine
Heart Qi: Food Qi –> Blood (turns food essence red while infusing it with vitality and spirit)

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Describe Qi movement and transportation.

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Movement from one place to another
Movement of Qi - up, down, in, out (Qi Mechanism); brings forth a “normal” flow in order to determine what is “counterflow”

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Describe examples of Qi movement/transformation.

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Spleen Qi: transports Food Qi around body; move clear Yang up to head
Lung Qi: transports fluid to skin and diffusees Defensive Qi into interstitial spaces
Lung and Stomach Qi: move downward; counterflow causes issues

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Describe the holding function of Qi.

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Qi holds Blood in the Vessels (Spleen)

Qi holds organs in place; prolapse is deficiency

23
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Describe the protecting and warming functions of Qi.

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Defensive Qi defends the body from evil.

Qi governs warmth/warming; may also referred to as Yang deficiency

24
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What are the healthy types of Qi?

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Original/Primal/Source Qi; alternately, True Qi
Food Qi - Nutritive and Defensive
Air Qi
Ancestral/Gathering Qi
Zheng/Upright Qi
Nutritive Qi - subdivision of Food Qi
Defensive Qi - subdivision of Food Qi
Meridian/Channel Qi - sourced from Original Qi
Organ Qi - sourced from Original Qi
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Describe Original Qi

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It is the basic vitality of the body and is spread throughout the body via the San Jiao; it relies on and is transformed out of Kidney Essence; related to Gate of Life; drives growth/development; warms and stimulates for proper vital functions

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Describe Food Qi

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Associated with Earth (planet); transformed from food and fluid we ingest by the Spleen/Stomach and separated by the SI, voided by LI

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Describe Air Qi

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Associated with Heaven; comes in with the air we breathe to combine with Food Qi in order to produce Ancestral Qi
Lungs draw air in, but it is drawn deep into body via Kidneys

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Describe Ancestral/Gathering Qi

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Combination of Air and Food Qi; it is located in the chest and is the “Sea of Qi”
Flows in breathing passages, related to speech, sound, strength of inhalation and exhalation; runs through Heart and Vessels to move Qi and Blood

29
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Describe Upright Qi

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Keeps us healthy

30
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Describe Nutritive Qi

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Moves inside blood vessels with Blood; Nutritive Blood/Yin are alternate names
Transformed out of Essence Qi of the food/fluids we ingest
Nourishing and becomes transformed to generate Blood

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Describe Defensive Qi

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Moves outside blood vessels and on surface of body to nourish, warm, and regulate opening/closing
Must be in a balance with Nutritive Qi

32
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What are the unhealthy types of Qi?

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Pathogenic/Evil Qi - causes disease, arises outside body

Water Qi - abnormal water inside body; a disease category

33
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What are the Five Spirits?

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They are five aspects of the greater Spirit (Shen)
Yi - intention/consciousness of potentials/mind
Hun - non-corporeal soul
Po - corporeal soul
Zhi - will
Shen - spirit

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Describe Yi.

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Housed in the Spleen
Cosideration, deliberation, deciding likelihood
Focusing and discerning various directions and perspectives
Virtues - faithfulness, loyalty, sincerity
Enables and supports new manifestations to come into being

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If there is a problem with Yi, what may it present as?

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Worry, confusion, exaggerated sympathy, stifling loyalty or self-destructive generosity

36
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Describe Hun.

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Housed in the Liver
Considered a part of the person not attached to the physical body; will continue existing after destruction of the physical body
Virtue - kindness and benevolence
Blood aspect of Spirit

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If there is a problem with Hun, what may it present as?

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Unkind to self or others

Fostering of anger, envy, jealousy, hatred

38
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Describe Po.

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Housed in the Lung
Po ceases to exist when body dies; about momentary/instinctive reactions and is tied to the here and now; the unthinking/compelling passion that propels people throughout life
Virtues - being impartial, justice, deliberate/fair; precious (captures perfection and completeness of a single moment)

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If there is a problem with Po, what may it present as?

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Wild aggression, hysterical/animal-like
If in regards to the precious aspect - difficulty appreciating completion and sublimity of something passed away, ceased to exist, or died. The grief will linger and never resolve.

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Describe Zhi.

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Housed in the Kidney
Yin Zhi - “will that cannot be willed”; noticeable upon reflection; sense of unknown, fate, destiny, mystery
Yang Zhi - manifests in resolution and basic volition/intention of someone; qualities of force, self-determination, and arduous effort
Virtue - wisdom

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If there is a problem with Zhi, what may it present as?

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Yang Zhi - passivity and lack of assertiveness
Yin Zhi - allowance of Yang Zhi to run rampant (age-inappropriate behavior or wanting to be something you cannot)
Existential fear

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Describe Shen.

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Smaller “s” spirit housed in the Heart
Connects the greater Spirit with time and space; gives consciousness and clarity of interface with the larger world around us
Virtue - propriety; behavior in a socially-correct manner with a proper demeanor and style

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If there is a problem with Shen, what may it present as?

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Awkwardness in social relationships; incorrect social behavior; disorientation or delusion

44
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Describe Blood as a Vital Substance

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It is a very dense form of Qi
Responsive, accepting, effortless, soft, nurturing complement of clinical Qi
“Qi of food transformed by Spleen where it is sent to Heart to transform into Blood”
Excess can be transformed into Essence and stored in Kidney (and in reverse)
Nourishes the body and related to mental/emotional processing

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Jin Fluids

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Clear, light, watery; moisten and partially nourish the skin and muscles

46
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Ye Fluids

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Turbid, dense, heavy; moisten joints, spine, brain, marrow, and lubricate sense organ orifices

47
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What is the Lower Dantian?

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Below umbilicus
Powerstation of the body; vitality of body is dependent upon it; roots the body in the planet; destabilizes spiritual practices if undeveloped; focus of attention in esoteric practices

48
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What is the Middle Dantian?

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Around solar plexus/middle of chest

49
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What is the Upper Dantian?

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Around third eye

Foundations of CCM Final (6 decks)

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