Week 2 Flashcards
The RED emperor.
Introduced acupuncture.
Hung Ti Shen nung
The Yellow emporer.
Wrote acupuncture text book - Nei Ching
Huang Ti Yu Hsiung
Acupuncture text book
Nei Ching
Quote from ____ ______:
“Treating a disease after is has manifested itself is like waiting to dig a well until after one is thirsty.”
Nei Ching
Physician of the Ming dynasty
Wrote Pen ts’ao kang mu (The Great Herbal) - Detailed summary of Chinese pharmacopoeia.
Li Shih-chen
Yin-Yang:
The side that represents dark, night, cold, liver, heart, female, etc.
Yin
Ying-Yang:
The side that represents light, day, warm, male, etc.
Yang
The body’s energy which is in constant flux and is depleted by daily activities that are stressors on the body.
Chi (Qi)
Chinese technique that regulates the flow of Chi (Qi)
Acupuncture
When was acupuncture introduced to the west and by whom?
1940’s - French diplomat Soulie de Mornat
Similar to acupuncture, but burns a powdered plant substance.
Moxibustion
Most important tool for diagnosis with Chinese.
The pulse
“Between two rivers”
Mesopotamian
The first great civilization of mankind was the Mesopotamian city-state of _________.
Sumer
_____ ___ _____ united the souther city-states to form the Akkadian Dynasty.
Sargon the Great
