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Week 4 Flashcards

1
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Ways heat is increased in our body

A 
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
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Great food to treat lung conditions?

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Asparagus

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3
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Food for drug addiction

A

Bananas - cold in nature

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4
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Diuretic Food to treat scanty urine?

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Lettuce

Also good for insomnia

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5
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Food to reduce fever?

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Grapefruit - simmer pulp for 10 min with water

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6
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Food to treat summer heat

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Watermelon

Watermelon seeds for constipation

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7
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Food good for dry skin

A

Clam

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What treatment method do you do with True Heat?

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Needs cooling or expelling

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9
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What does heat easily combine with?

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Dampness

Stagnation

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10
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Treatment for chronic conditions with heat

A

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

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11
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If theres a pathogenic invasion what flavor do you use?

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

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12
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Foods for treating Cold

A 
Butter
Cherries
Ginger, Garlic, Black Pepper, cayenne
Shrimp
Trout
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13
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Food thats good for someone who’s always cold?

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Cherries

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14
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What food is good for Tonifying Yang and Qi

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Shrimp

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15
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What food is good for Tonifying the Middle Jiao

A

Trout

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16
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What does cold do and where does it occur?

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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

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17
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What happens at an emotional level with cold?

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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*
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18
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What happens when Cold Contracts and Obstructs in TCM

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Obstructs the flow of Blood and Qi, sometimes painfully

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19
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How do we ward off cold?

A 
Physically active
Work on our fears and emotional wounds
Keep warmly clothed
Apply warmth to affected areas
Wear underwear before and during menses
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20
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What to do with cold at a Dietary Level

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Warming methods of food preparation and eat foods with warming properties

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21
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What dietary things can we do for Chronic Cold?

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Use warm and sweet foods

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22
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What dietary things do we do for Acute Stages of Cold Invasion

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

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23
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What organ systems are linked to Dampness?

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Weak Spleen
Weak Kidney
Weak Lung

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24
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How does dampness form

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

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25
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What action does dampness do in the body?

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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

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26
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How does dampness form in our body and things that aggregate dampness?

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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

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27
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How is Dampness treated?

A

Strengthening the spleen

Tonify the Kidney, Lung and Yang

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28
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Foods to Avoid if you have Dampness

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Dairy products
Meat
Eggs
Oily nuts: peanuts
Foods containing concentrated sweeteners
Simple sugars from sweeteners and fruits
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29
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Foods that Dry Dampness

A 
Rye
Amaranth
Corn
Aduki Beans
Celery
Lettuce
Pumpkin
Scallion
Alfalfa
Turnip
Kohlrabi
White Pepper
Raw Honey
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30
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If you consume large amounts of ice-cream what problems/diseases can it cause in your body?

A

Abdominal lumps
Cysts
Tumors
Other damp conditions

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31
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Fruits and Dampness

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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

32
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Heat Reducing Foods

A 
Asparagus
Banana
Lettuce
Grapefruit
Peppermint
Watermelon
Clam
33
Q

Candida Overgrowth Symptoms

A 
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
34
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What is Candidiasis

A

The Overgrowth of Candida yeast like funghi in the body

35
Q

How to treat Candida or prevent getting Candida with foods

A

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

36
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What categories of foods should be avoided or moderately used to control Candida?

A

Complex Carbohydrates

Sweeteners and Fruit

Animal Products

Ferments

Oils/Nuts/Seeds

37
Q

What organ is mainly involved with Phlegm

A

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
38
Q

What other two organs contribute to the formation of Phlegm?

A

Lungs –> lungs fail to disperse and lower fluids

Kidneys –> fail to transform and excrete fluids

= PHLEGM

39
Q

Substantial Vs. Non-Substantial Phlegm

A

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

40
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Temperature/Flavour for Phlegm-Heat

A

Bitter-Cool

Salty- Cool

Sweet- Cool Sometimes

41
Q

Foods for Phlegm Heat

A 
Endive Hearts
Dandelion
Soy Milk
Mung Beans
Radish
Pears
Grapes
Carp
Salt
Seaweed
Mixed juice of pears and lemons
42
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Temperature/Flavour for Cold Phlegm

A

Bitter-warm

Acrid- warm

43
Q

Foods for Cold Phlegm

A

Fresh Ginger

Leeks

Ginger

Cardamom

Cherries*

Ginger Tea

44
Q

How to we avoid Qi Stagnation with food?

A

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.
45
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How do we encourage movement of food to prevent Qi Stagnation?

A

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

46
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Foods for Qi Stagnation

A

Carrot

Clove

Garlic

Radish

Turmeric

Chive

47
Q

Factors that contribute to Blood Stagnation

A

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

48
Q

Things to be avoided during the entire Menstrual Cycle

A 
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

49
Q

Stasis of Blood can derive from?

A
  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
50
Q

Most common Stasis of Blood?

A

Stagnation of Qi

51
Q

Great Hemorrhage point?

A

Sp 1

52
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Specific Types of Menstrual Disorders

A

Cold/Deficiency Dysmenorrhea

Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea

Absence of Menstruation/ Amenorrhea

Excess-Type of Amenorrhea

Irregular Cycle

PMS

Menopausal Difficulty

53
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Things to avoid if you have Cold/Deficient Dysmenorrhea?

A

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

54
Q

Cold/Deficiency Dysmenorrhea Tx

A 
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*
55
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Things to avoid for Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea

A

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

56
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What foods to eat if Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea

A

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!

57
Q

What food never spoils?

A

HONEY :)

58
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Cold/Def Dysmenorrhea Patterns

A

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

59
Q

Heat/Excess Dysmenorrhea Patterns

A

Liver/Kidney Yin Def

Qi/Blood Stag

60
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Deficiency type Amenorrhea foods to eat:

A 
Foods to build blood and energy include: 
    Sweet Rice
    Brown Rice
    Oats
    Quality Dairy Products
    Gelatin
    Small amounts of fish
    Fish or animal means
61
Q

Factors of females who have Amenorrhea

A 
Low Fat Diet
Vegetarians
Excessive Exercise
Stress/Emotional Disorders
Obesity
Malnutrition
62
Q

Def Type Amenorrhea Patterns

A

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

63
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Flavours/Foods to Avoid for Def Type Amenorrhea

A

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

64
Q

Excess Type Amenorrhea Patterns

A

Qi and Blood Stagnation

Obstruction of Damp and Phlegm

Cold Accumulation

65
Q

Foods for Excess Type Amenorrhea

A 
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!

66
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Foods to avoid for Excess Amenorrhea

A

Avoid heavy meats and dairy products

Avoid Cooling Foods especially citrus

Raw Veggies

67
Q

What Vitamins and Minerals are good for an Irregular Cycle?

A

Vit B6
Vit B12
Zinc

Help overcome Liver Stagnancy

68
Q

Great remedy for Irregularity for either Blood or Liver Stagnation

A

Rose Petal Tea

69
Q

What food is a regulator of the menstrual cycle?

A

Chlorophyll

70
Q

What food is a great Blood Tonic?

A

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*
71
Q

Irregular Period Patterns

A

Liver Qi Stag
Kidney Yang Def
Kidney Yin Def

72
Q

Things to avoid for PMS

A

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

73
Q

Best thing for PMS

A

Balanced Nutrition

HONEY

74
Q

Foods to Avoid for Menopause

A

Alcohol
Cigarettes
Coffee
Excessive and poor quality meats

75
Q

Foods for Menopausal Difficulites

A

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
76
Q

Vitamins and Minerals for Menopause

A

Vit B & E
Vit A & C

Calcium –> Help absorb Vit D and Magnesium

77
Q

Factors contributing to Irregular Periods

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

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