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Week 1 Flashcards

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Shaman is also known as

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wu

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People who held wisdom about how to use plants for medicinal purposes were known as __________

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shamans

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Ghosts or ancestors are also known as

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gui

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What are the 3 traditional roots of Chinese medicine?

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1) Demonology - disease caused by evil spirits
2) Magic Correspondence - disease caused by magical relationships (i.e. use venomous animal’s natural enemy to counter poison)
3) Systemic Correspondence - disease caused by imbalance with nature (yin/yang and 5 phases balance)

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This emperor originated the Nei Jing with his doctor, Qibo

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Huang Di

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Mythical Father of Chinese Medicine or Father of TCM

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Huang di

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Shen Nong is also known as the?

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Fire emperor, divine farmer, heavenly husbandman

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Shen nong constantly experimented with herbs to discover their medicinal values and was thought to have been intoxicated how many times per day?

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70

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In what dynasty were the earliest findings of medicinal activities found?

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Shang Dynasty - tortoise shells and oracle bones

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9
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Shang people believed bones were related to what organ?

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Kidneys, and in some ways the Heavens

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What is the flat world view with 3 concentric squares?

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Tian, ren, di

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What two important figures emerged during the Zhou dynasty (warring states period)

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Confucious (kong zi) and Lao tzu (Dao founder)

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Laozi is also known as?

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taishang laojun - one of the three pure ones

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What are the 4 classic texts from the Han dynasty?

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1) wu shi er bing fan - 52 ailments
2) huang di nei jing - yellow emperor’s inner classic
3) shen non ben cao jing - divine husbandman’s classic of materia medica
4) shang han za bing lun - discourse on fevers and misc. illnesses

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14
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Where was wu shi er bing fang unearthed?

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ma wang dui in 1973, talks about demonology and magic

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How many substances were in wu shi er bing fang?

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247 substances - 2/3 plants and 1/3 animal/mineral

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T/F wu shi er bing fang is the oldest chinese record devoted to disease treatment with substances

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true

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Huang di nei jing is divided into what two parts?

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su wen (book of questions) and ling shu (miraculous pivot)

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How many prescriptions and herbs were mentioned in the huang di nei jing?

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12 prescriptions and 8 herbs

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Huang di nei jing is based on what two things?

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5 phases/elements and yin yang

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What are the 8 principles?

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yin, yang, hot, cold, interior, exterior, excess, deficiency

21
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What does jing mean?

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weaving or woven over time

22
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How many medicinals are mentioned in the shen nong ben cao jing (divine husbandman’s materia medica)?

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365 herbs - 252 plants, 67 animals, 46 minerals

23
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What 3 categories is the shen nong ben cao jing split up into?

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superior herbs - 120 non toxic
intermediate herbs - 120 some toxic
inferior - 125 toxic

24
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What herbal doctor is considered the most famous ancient herbal doctors and is called the sage of medicine?

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zhang zhong jing

25
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What book did zhang zhong jing write?

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shang han za bing lun

26
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Shang han za bing lun primarily focuses on what?

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6 channel theory - taiyang, shao yang, yang ming, tai yin, shao yin, jue yin

27
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Shang han za bing lun is divided into what two parts?

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shang han lun - treatise on febrile diseases

jin gui yao lue - summary of golden chest

28
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Shang han za bing lun focuses on what disease pattern?

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COLD (absence of yang), and accompanying febrile diseases

29
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What are the 4 great herbal classics?

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nei jing, shen nong ben cao jing, shang han lun, jin gui yao lue

30
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Who is sun si miao?

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child prodigy who mastered chinese classics by age 20, became famous medicial practitioner, and said life is worth thousand gold bars

31
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What books did sun si miao write?

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qian jin yao fang - prescriptions worth a thousand gold emergencies, 5300 prescriptions

qian jin yi fang - supplement to 1000 gold emergencies, 2571 prescriptions

32
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What is the tang ben cao and how many medicinals are involved?

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first official Chinese pharmacopeia, 850 medicinals

33
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Who is Li Shi Zhen?

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considered the father of modern chinese herbal medicine

34
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What book did li shi zhen write?

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ben cao gang mu (great pharmacopeia), 2000 drugs and 8000 prescriptions

35
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What is wen bing xue?

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warming school of disease, focusing on HEAT pathogen

36
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What are the 4 levels of disease?

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wei - exterior heat disease
qi - interior heat excess
ying - deeper heat disease (nutritive level)
xue - deepest level heat (blood level)

37
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What is “like treats like”

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when a particular herb is similar to what it can treat i.e. zhi or twigs like Sang zhi is known to treat wind damp in EXTREMITIES

38
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What are the directions that herbs move?

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rise - UP, flowers go upward and can treat upper body
fall - DOWN, heavy substances go down
sink - INWARD
floating - OUTWARD, leaves go outward

39
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Caulis

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teng

stem, stalk, vine

40
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Cortex

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Pi

bark, skin, peel

41
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Flos

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Hua

flower

42
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Folium

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Ye

leaf

43
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Fructus/Semen

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Zi (smaller) or Ren (bigger)

seeds, fruit, nut, pit

44
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Herba

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Cao

plant, herb, grass

45
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Lignum

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Mu

Wood

46
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Os

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Gu

Bone

47
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Pericarpium

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Pi

Peel, husk, skin

48
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Radix

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Ben or Gen

root

49
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Radice(s)

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Ben or gen

roots

50
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Rhizoma

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Ben or Gen

network of roots

51
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Ramulus

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Zhi

small branch, twig

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