Week 4

Question 1

Ways heat is increased in our body

Answer 1

Emotions
Prolonged exposure to hot Environment
Acute Illness/Fever
Over activity or prolonged strain on all or part of our system
Over consumptions of hot foods

Question 2

Great food to treat lung conditions?

Answer 2

Asparagus

Question 3

Food for drug addiction

Answer 3

Bananas - cold in nature

Question 4

Diuretic Food to treat scanty urine?

Answer 4

Lettuce

Also good for insomnia

Question 5

Food to reduce fever?

Answer 5

Grapefruit - simmer pulp for 10 min with water

Question 6

Food to treat summer heat

Answer 6

Watermelon

Watermelon seeds for constipation

Question 7

Food good for dry skin

Answer 7

Clam

Question 8

What treatment method do you do with True Heat?

Answer 8

Needs cooling or expelling

Question 9

What does heat easily combine with?

Answer 9

Dampness

Stagnation

Question 10

Treatment for chronic conditions with heat

Answer 10

Avoidance of hot foods and use of more cooling foods and methods of food preparation.

Question 11

If theres a pathogenic invasion what flavor do you use?

Answer 11

Pungent flavor is used to drive the hot EPF to the surface of the body

Question 12

Foods for treating Cold

Answer 12

Butter
Cherries
Ginger, Garlic, Black Pepper, cayenne
Shrimp
Trout

Question 13

Food thats good for someone who’s always cold?

Answer 13

Cherries

Question 14

What food is good for Tonifying Yang and Qi

Answer 14

Shrimp

Question 15

What food is good for Tonifying the Middle Jiao

Answer 15

Trout

Question 16

What does cold do and where does it occur?

Answer 16

Contracts and Obstructs

Occurs in Muscles, joints, and organs: Stomach, Intestines, Uterus and Bladder

Can penetrate the interior of the body through the over consumption of cold foods/liquids

Question 17

What happens at an emotional level with cold?

Answer 17

Cold arises from fear that causes us to contract inhibiting our ability to flow and act freely.

• Cold may also result from long held unexpressed emotions such as love, grief, anger and old emotional injury and trauma*

Question 18

What happens when Cold Contracts and Obstructs in TCM

Answer 18

Obstructs the flow of Blood and Qi, sometimes painfully

Question 19

How do we ward off cold?

Answer 19

Physically active
Work on our fears and emotional wounds
Keep warmly clothed
Apply warmth to affected areas
Wear underwear before and during menses

Question 20

What to do with cold at a Dietary Level

Answer 20

Warming methods of food preparation and eat foods with warming properties

Question 21

What dietary things can we do for Chronic Cold?

Answer 21

Use warm and sweet foods

Question 22

What dietary things do we do for Acute Stages of Cold Invasion

Answer 22

Use warm and pungent foods to drive the cold to the body surface even to the extent of causing sweating

Question 23

What organ systems are linked to Dampness?

Answer 23

Weak Spleen
Weak Kidney
Weak Lung

Question 24

How does dampness form

Answer 24

Comes from failure to burn off or transform moisture in the body

Question 25

What action does dampness do in the body?

Answer 25

Dampness can lodge in a specific part of the body or affect us more generally. Makes us feel heavy and tired Can make us swell up Obstruct our body's functioning

Question 26

How does dampness form in our body and things that aggregate dampness?

Answer 26

Eating in a way that inhibits our Spleen function or which injure the Yang and increase our tendency towards dampness *Some people are more prone to dampness than others* Aggravated by: Damp Conditions Sedentary Lifestyle Pathogens lodged in the body that have not been properly expelled Use of suppressant drugs

Question 27

How is Dampness treated?

Answer 27

Strengthening the spleen Tonify the Kidney, Lung and Yang

Question 28

Foods to Avoid if you have Dampness

Answer 28

``` Dairy products Meat Eggs Oily nuts: peanuts Foods containing concentrated sweeteners Simple sugars from sweeteners and fruits ```

Question 29

Foods that Dry Dampness

Answer 29

``` Rye Amaranth Corn Aduki Beans Celery Lettuce Pumpkin Scallion Alfalfa Turnip Kohlrabi White Pepper Raw Honey ```

Question 30

If you consume large amounts of ice-cream what problems/diseases can it cause in your body?

Answer 30

Abdominal lumps Cysts Tumors Other damp conditions

Question 31

Fruits and Dampness

Answer 31

Most fruit are either cooling of neutral and not suggested for those with cold signs. Adukis, Lettuce and Celery: Property of drying damp yeast and fermented condition in the digestive tract that easily arise from eating fruit

Question 32

Heat Reducing Foods

Answer 32

``` Asparagus Banana Lettuce Grapefruit Peppermint Watermelon Clam ```

Question 33

Candida Overgrowth Symptoms

Answer 33

``` Chronic Tiredness Mental Sluggishness Anal Itching Chronic Vaginitis/Prostatits Bad Breath Mucus in Stools Frequent Colds Bloating and other digestive problems Cravings for sweets and yeast breads Low Immunity Recurrent Fungal Infections ```

Question 34

What is Candidiasis

Answer 34

The Overgrowth of Candida yeast like funghi in the body

Question 35

How to treat Candida or prevent getting Candida with foods

Answer 35

Regular consumption of raw saltless sauerkraut including: Seaweeds Garlic Vegetables in addition to Cabbage ~ These foods establish a beneficial Acidophilus Culture in the Digestive Tract *If Sauerkraut isn't used than an intestinal bio-culture supplement should be taken with a daily meal*

Question 36

What categories of foods should be avoided or moderately used to control Candida?

Answer 36

Complex Carbohydrates Sweeteners and Fruit Animal Products Ferments Oils/Nuts/Seeds

Question 37

What organ is mainly involved with Phlegm

Answer 37

Disorder of the Spleen * If Spleen is too weak, Qi flow slows and transformation and transportation of fluids becomes congested = Dampness Accumulation * With Chronic Spleen Qi/Yang Def dampness collects over a longer period and creates concentrated accumulations of fluids = Thickened Phlegm especially if subjected to the effects of heat

Question 38

What other two organs contribute to the formation of Phlegm?

Answer 38

Lungs --> lungs fail to disperse and lower fluids Kidneys --> fail to transform and excrete fluids = PHLEGM

Question 39

Substantial Vs. Non-Substantial Phlegm

Answer 39

Substantial --> Phlegm you can see Non- substantial --> Phlegm you can't see ie: Gallstones/Kidney Stones Arthritic nodules in joints Plumpit Qi Oppression in Chest Heaviness/Sluggishness

Question 40

Temperature/Flavour for Phlegm-Heat

Answer 40

Bitter-Cool Salty- Cool Sweet- Cool *Sometimes*

Question 41

Foods for Phlegm Heat

Answer 41

``` Endive Hearts Dandelion Soy Milk Mung Beans Radish Pears Grapes Carp Salt Seaweed Mixed juice of pears and lemons ```

Question 42

Temperature/Flavour for Cold Phlegm

Answer 42

Bitter-warm Acrid- warm

Question 43

Foods for Cold Phlegm

Answer 43

Fresh Ginger Leeks Ginger Cardamom Cherries* Ginger Tea

Question 44

How to we avoid Qi Stagnation with food?

Answer 44

Don't Overeat Don't consume too many heavy foods at one time Avoid Sugar Avoid Stimulants * Chewing food well will help its passage through the digestive system.

Question 45

How do we encourage movement of food to prevent Qi Stagnation?

Answer 45

Include pungent foods (Chives, ginger, carrot, radish, turmeric, chive etc.) that stimulate the Dispersal of Qi. *When choosing pungent foods however we need to take into account wether heat, cold or def are bound by stagnation*

Question 46

Foods for Qi Stagnation

Answer 46

Carrot Clove Garlic Radish Turmeric Chive

Question 47

Factors that contribute to Blood Stagnation

Answer 47

Same as Qi Stagnation Levels of toxicity and fat stored in the blood will also contribute to stagnation *Support attempts to move Blood Stagnation with foods that maintain and improve blood quality*

Question 48

Things to be avoided during the entire Menstrual Cycle

Answer 48

``` Alcohol Tobacco Coffee Cold Temp Foods Refined Sugar Hydrogenated fats such as shortening and most margarines Polyunsaturated cooking oils Overconsumption of fruit or raw food ``` *Commercial red meats and poultry that have steroids composed of female animal sex hormones this interferes with human menstruation. Over time oral contraceptive and IUDs can cause difficulties*

Question 49

Stasis of Blood can derive from?

Answer 49

1. Stagnation of Qi: Qi moves blood, if Qi stagnates Blood congeals 2. Deficiency of Qi: Deficiency of Qi over a long period of time may cause stasis of Blood as Qi becomes too weak to move blood 3. Heat in Blood: May cause blood to coagulate and stagnate 4. Blood Deficiency: If Blood's deficient over a long period of time, it will induce Qi Def and subsequently stasis of Blood, from the impairment of the Qi moving function 5. Interior Cold: Slows circulation of Blood

Question 50

Most common Stasis of Blood?

Answer 50

Stagnation of Qi

Question 51

Great Hemorrhage point?

Answer 51

Sp 1

Question 52

Specific Types of Menstrual Disorders

Answer 52

Cold/Deficiency Dysmenorrhea Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea Absence of Menstruation/ Amenorrhea Excess-Type of Amenorrhea Irregular Cycle PMS Menopausal Difficulty

Question 53

Things to avoid if you have Cold/Deficient Dysmenorrhea?

Answer 53

If theres pain avoid raw, cold temp foods and cooling fruits especially citrus!

Question 54

Cold/Deficiency Dysmenorrhea Tx

Answer 54

``` Choose more warming foods and spices such as: Oats Sweet Rice Black peppercorn Dill Caraway Basil Black Beans Butter ``` * In cold and/or def dysmenorrhea, its essential to keep the body and extremities warm and dry*

Question 55

Things to avoid for Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea

Answer 55

Reduce consumption of red meat, dairy products, eggs, sweet foods and other foods that build excess and heat

Question 56

What foods to eat if Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea

Answer 56

Cooling Veggies: Spinach Lettuce Celery Chard/Kale Collard Greens Parsley Carrots Mung Beans Tofu Spirulina Millet *Honey is great for dysmenorrhea especially if accompanied by Constipation because it lubricates the intestines!

Question 57

What food never spoils?

Answer 57

HONEY :)

Question 58

Cold/Def Dysmenorrhea Patterns

Answer 58

Qi/Blood Def Accumulation of Cold Damp Empty cold due to Yang Def

Question 59

Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea Patterns

Answer 59

Liver/Kidney Yin Def | Qi/Blood Stag

Question 60

Deficiency type Amenorrhea foods to eat:

Answer 60

``` Foods to build blood and energy include: Sweet Rice Brown Rice Oats Quality Dairy Products Gelatin Small amounts of fish Fish or animal means ```

Question 61

Factors of females who have Amenorrhea

Answer 61

``` Low Fat Diet Vegetarians Excessive Exercise Stress/Emotional Disorders Obesity Malnutrition ```

Question 62

Def Type Amenorrhea Patterns

Answer 62

Liv/Kid Yin Def Qi/Blood Def Kid Qi/Essence Def

Question 63

Flavours/Foods to Avoid for Def Type Amenorrhea

Answer 63

Very Bitter, sour or salty foods Too much carotene --> bitter substance that can induce amenorrhea Consuming large amounts of green and yellow veggies such as: Carrots Dark Leafy Greens Common Micro Algae

Question 64

Excess Type Amenorrhea Patterns

Answer 64

Qi and Blood Stagnation Obstruction of Damp and Phlegm Cold Accumulation

Question 65

Foods for Excess Type Amenorrhea

Answer 65

``` Foods/Spices/Herbs which circulate Qi and help overcome blood stagnation: Chives Eggplant Turmeric Nutmeg Garlic Rosemary Oregano Sweet Marjoram Ginger ``` *Beta carotene rich green/yellow veggies and micro algae contraindicated in def amenorrhea are great for in the excess type!*

Question 66

Foods to avoid for Excess Amenorrhea

Answer 66

Avoid heavy meats and dairy products Avoid Cooling Foods especially citrus Raw Veggies

Question 67

What Vitamins and Minerals are good for an Irregular Cycle?

Answer 67

Vit B6 Vit B12 Zinc *Help overcome Liver Stagnancy*

Question 68

Great remedy for Irregularity for either Blood or Liver Stagnation

Answer 68

Rose Petal Tea

Question 69

What food is a regulator of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 69

Chlorophyll

Question 70

What food is a great Blood Tonic?

Answer 70

Black Beans * Strongly nurture the Yin - the supporting and stabilizing principle - they are useful for correcting an irregular cycle* * Use for 10 weeks or so*

Question 71

Irregular Period Patterns

Answer 71

Liver Qi Stag Kidney Yang Def Kidney Yin Def

Question 72

Things to avoid for PMS

Answer 72

Excessive consumption of animal products --> Disturbs hormonal balance = PMS and Stagnation of Liver Qi

Question 73

Best thing for PMS

Answer 73

Balanced Nutrition HONEY

Question 74

Foods to Avoid for Menopause

Answer 74

Alcohol Cigarettes Coffee Excessive and poor quality meats

Question 75

Foods for Menopausal Difficulites

Answer 75

Add foods that especially " Build Yin" ``` Wheat Germ and its oil Mung Bean sprouts Mung Bean Seaweed Spirulina String Bean Millet Black Bean Tofu Kidney Bean Black Sesame Seeds Barley ```

Question 76

Vitamins and Minerals for Menopause

Answer 76

Vit B & E Vit A & C Calcium --> Help absorb Vit D and Magnesium

Question 77

Factors contributing to Irregular Periods

Answer 77

``` Seasonal Changes Irregular Diet Emotions Exercise Irregular/Poor Diet No Reason at all ---> Look at Diet!! ```