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1
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cortex [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Pi

Bark, peel, skin

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flos [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Hua

flower

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Folium [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Ye

leaf

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Fructus/Semen [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Zi or Ren

fruit, seed, nut, pit

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5
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Herba

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Cao

plant, herb, grass (entire above ground)

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Lignum [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Mu

wood

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Os [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Gu

bone

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Pericarpium [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Pi

peel, husk, skin

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Radix [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Ben or Gen

root (grows straight down)

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Radice(s) [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Ben or Gen

roots

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Ramulus [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Zhi

small branch, twig

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Rhizoma [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Ben or Gen

mass of roots (grow horizontal), underground part of plant

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13
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What two theoretical principles arise from the Huang Di Nei Jing?

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Yin Yang & five phase theory

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How many herbal prescriptions were included in the Huang Di Nei Jing?

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12

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What is meant by the idea that Shen Nong is said to have been intoxicated 70 times a day?

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His goal was to test herbs to discover their functions and therefore experienced the implecations of those herbs

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What are the three groups the herbs were divided into in the Shen Nong Ben Cao

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  1. Superior Category: Included 120 medicines. Non-toxic, contained invigorating effects to preserve vitality or prolong life. ex: ginseng
  2. Intermediate Category: 120 average medicines. Used to prevent illness and restore the individual’s vitality. Could be toxic. Use carefully for certain ailments.
  3. Inferior Category: 125 inferior medicines that were considered to be toxic with side effects. Specifically used to treat disease.
17
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How many herbal entries are listed in the Shen Nong Ben Cao

18
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Who is the author of Shang Han Za Ben Lun?

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Zhang Zhong Jing

19
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What were the two books the Shang Han Za Ben Lun are divided into?

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Shang Han Lun (treatise on cold induced disorders)

Jin Gui Yao Lue (essential treasures from the golden cabinet)

20
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What is the theoretical principle behind the Shang Han Za Ben Lun?

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This book contains 6 parts, which coorespond to the 6 pairs of meridians:
Tai Yang - UB, SM.I.
Shao Yang - GB, SJ
Yang Ming - ST, LG.I.
Tai Yin - LG, SP
Shao Yin - KD, HT
Jue Yin - PER, LV
21
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What does Shang Han Za Ben Lun mean

A

Discourse on fevers & miscellaneous illnesses

22
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What is the primary disease factor in the Shang Han Za Ben Lun

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damage from cold/absense of yang

23
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Who was Sun Si-Miao?

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famous doctor of tang dynasty who mastered chinese classics at an early age. quote: “human life is worth a thousand gold bars, with a virtue of one prescription you can fix it.”

24
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What texts did Sun Si-Miao author?

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Qian Jin Yao Fang (prescriptions worth a thousand gold for emergencies or precious prescriptions for emergencies)
-30 volumes / 5,300 prescriptions
Qian Jin Yi Fang (a supplement to the essential prescriptions worth a thousand gold or supplement to precious prescriptions)
-30 volumes / 2,571 prescriptions

25
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Who was Li Shi-Zhen

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Chinese physician to the imperial medical academy during ming dynasty. Considered the “father of modern chiense herbal medicine.”

26
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What text is Li Shi-Zhen said to author?

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Ben Cao Gang Mu (Material Medica or Great Pharmacopeia)

-described more than 2,000 drugs and directions for moer than 8,000 prescriptions

27
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What was the time period of Wen Bing Xue?

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Ming/Qing Dynasties

28
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What are the four levels of disease?

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Wei - exterior heat diseases
Qi - interior heat excess
Ying - Deeper heat diseases
Xue - Blood level; deepest level

29
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What is the primary disease factor of the Wen Bing Xue?

30
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Why is the primary disease factor of the Wen Bing Xue so different from that of Zhang Zhong Jing’s of the Han Dynasty?

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Zhang Zhong Jing authored Shang Han Za Bing Lun (discourse on fevers and miscellaneous illnesses) COLD-> primary disease.
Wen Bing Xue was from the warm school of disease HEAT->primary disease.
they varied because of geography

31
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have an understanding of the homeopathic “like treats like” theory

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ex: twig can be used to treat someone who needs qi dispersed to extremities.

32
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oracle bones findings were found in which dynasty

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shang dynasty

written on bones and tortoise shells

33
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Confucius lived during what time period

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Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC)

34
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Caulis [latin] - pin yin & translation

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Teng; stalk, stem, vine

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