Week 2

Question 0

What are signs of exterior cold?

Answer 0

Aversion to cold, headache, body pain, glossy white tongue fur and a tight floating pulse

Question 1

What are the 8 principles?

Answer 1

Exterior - Interior
Heat - Cold
Vacuity - Repletion
Yin - Yang

Question 2

What are signs of exterior heat?

Answer 2

red, sore throat, thin dry tongue fur, rapid, floating pulse

Question 3

What are signs of exterior vacuity?

Answer 3

sweating, moderate, floating pulse

Question 4

What are signs of interior cold?

Answer 4

Somber white complexion, fear of cold and frigid limbs, absence of thirst or thirst w/ desire for warm drinks, abdominal pain relieved by warmth, long voiding of clear urine, thin or clear stool, pale tongue w/ white glossy coat, deep or hidden slow pulse

Question 5

What are signs of interior heat?

Answer 5

Red face, tidal reddening, fever, aversion to heat, vexation, agitation, thirst w/ desire for cold drinks, scanty dark urine, constipation, foul-smelling diarrhea, red/crimson tongue w/ yellow coat, rapid pulse

Question 6

What are signs of interior vacuity?

Answer 6

Fatigue, lack of strength, shortness of breath, low voice, dizziness, flowery vision, palpitations, abstraction, reduced heat, thin stool, faint/weak pulse

Question 7

What are signs of interior repletion?

Answer 7

abdominal distention, fullness exacerbated by pressure, constipation, mania, deep-replete pulse, thick-yellow slimy tongue coat

Question 8

What are signs of exterior repletion?

Answer 8

absence of sweating, tight, floating pulse

Question 9

Excess patterns lead to what two general conditions?

Answer 9

Hyper function - restlessness, fever, cough, red complexion & eyes
Stagnation - severe pain, constipation, difficult urination

Question 10

Excess patterns arise from _____ and ______

Answer 10

Exogenous pathogen invasion

Pathological products causing accumulation or stagnation -infested food, over eating, blood stasis, fluid retention, water retention, Qi stagnation

Question 11

What are causes of deficiency?

Answer 11

Improper diet, excessive strain, excessive sex, profuse fluid loss, hemorrhage

Question 12

List the different types of deficiency

Answer 12

Yin / Yang / Qi / Blood
Ying Qi
Wei Qi
Insufficient body fluids
Essence and marrow

Question 13

Heat patterns are a result of ________

Answer 13

Exuberant yang or depleted yin

Question 14

Cold patterns result from either _____ excess or _____ deficiency

Answer 14

Cold

Yang

Question 15

Why would a slow pulse indicate a cold pattern?

Answer 15

Insufficient yang to propel HT blood

Question 16

Yang Qi deficiency can be caused by ______

Answer 16

Chronic Qi deficiency
KD deficiency w old age
Cold pathogen injures yang Qi
Over consumption of bitter or cold medicines

Question 17

What are causes of yin deficiency?

Answer 17

Excessive sex
Over consumption of warm & dry medicines
Emotional problems
Late stage of warm disease
Internal disease injuring the yin

Question 18

Yin deficiency leads to _____ and _____

Answer 18

Dryness

Heat

Question 19

Yang deficiency leads to ______ and ______

Answer 19

Cold

Weakness / Stagnation

Question 20

In exterior patterns, a floating pulse is a result of ________

Answer 20

Zheng Qi struggling in the exterior

Question 21

Exterior patterns can impact what LU functions?

Answer 21

Dispersing and descending

Question 23

In exterior patterns, abnormal Wei Qi leads to ______ and ______

Answer 23

Wei Qi depression/ stagnation - fever

Failure to warm muscles and skin - aversion to cold

Question 24

What is meant by the anterior and posterior yin?

Answer 24

urethra and anus