Week Two (Class One) Flashcards
What is an herb?
Any substance, organic or inorganic, that is used for medicinal purposes
Causes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine
List them (two main):
Causes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine
List them:
Six Pathogenic Factors
The Seven Emotions
Six Pathogenic Factors
List them:
Six Pathogenic Factors
List them: Wind Cold Heat Damp Dryness Summerheat
The Seven Emotions
List them:
The Seven Emotions
List them: Anger Fear Fright Grief Joy (or Decadence) Melancholy (or Sadness) Worry (or Pensiveness)
Six Pathogenic Factors
Wind:
Nature -
Season -
Six Pathogenic Factors
Wind:
Nature - Yang
Season - Spring
Six Pathogenic Factors
Wind (Types):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Wind (Types):
Exterior Wind
Interior Wind
Six Pathogenic Factors
Wind (Description and Characteristics):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Wind (Characteristics):
Affects the upper part of the body.
Usually accompanies another pathogen while attacking the body such as cold, damp, or heat.
Associated with movement and migratory pains.
Characterized by sudden onset.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Exterior Wind (Symptoms):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Exterior Wind (Symptoms): Fever, chills, body aches, cough, headache, nasal discharges, stuffy nose, aversion to drafts.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Interior Wind (Symptoms):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Interior Wind (Symptoms): Spasms, tremors, dizziness, tetany, itching, twitching, and convulsion.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Cold:
Nature -
Season -
Six Pathogenic Factors
Cold:
Nature - Yin
Season - Winter
Six Pathogenic Factors
Cold (Description and Characteristics):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Cold (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the stomach, large intestine, and uterus.
Characterized by contraction and slowness.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Cold (Symptoms):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Cold (Symptoms):
Sever sharp pain that is often relieved by heat, contraction of muscles and sinews, causing restricted movement of the limbs, chills, no sweating, no thirst.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Heat:
Nature -
Season -
Six Pathogenic Factors
Heat:
Nature - Yang
Season - Summer
Six Pathogenic Factors
Heat (Description and Characteristics):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Heat (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the heart, liver, and blood.
Characterized by Shen disturbance and reckless movement of blood causing bleeding.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Heat (Symptoms):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Heat (Symptoms):
Fever, red face, red eyes, irritability, mania, delirium, bleeding, dark urine.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Damp:
Nature -
Season -
Six Pathogenic Factors
Damp:
Nature - Yin
Season - End of Summer
Six Pathogenic Factors
Damp (Description and Characteristics):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Damp (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the spleen.
Characterized by heaviness, turbidity, and lingering.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Damp (Symptoms):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Damp (Symptoms):
Loose stools, diarrhea, cloudy urine, leucorrhea, heaviness of the head and body, pain that is sore, loss of appetite, and edema
Six Pathogenic Factors
Dryness:
Nature -
Season -
Six Pathogenic Factors
Dryness:
Nature - Yang
Season - Autumn
Six Pathogenic Factors
Dryness (Description and Characteristics):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Dryness (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the lung.
Characterized by lack of moisture
Six Pathogenic Factors
Dryness (Symptoms):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Dryness (Symptoms):
Dry lips, cracked skin, dry stools, dry cough, and asthma
Six Pathogenic Factors
Summer Heat:
Nature -
Season -
Six Pathogenic Factors
Summer Heat:
Nature - Yang
Season - Summer
Six Pathogenic Factors
Summer Heat (Description and Characteristics):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Summer Heat (Description and Characteristics):
Characterized by dispersion and consumption of body fluids by heat.
Often accompanied by dampness, which is due to humid weather.
Six Pathogenic Factors
Summer Heat (Symptoms):
Six Pathogenic Factors
Summer Heat (Symptoms): High fever, sweating, fatigue, headache, diarrhea.
The Seven Emotions
Anger (Affect on Organ and Qi):
The Seven Emotions
Anger (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the liver and causes the qi to rise
The Seven Emotions
Fear (Affect on Organ and Qi):
The Seven Emotions
Fear (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the kidney and causes qi to decline
The Seven Emotions
Fright (Affect on Organ and Qi):
The Seven Emotions
Fright (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the kidney and causes qi to scatter
The Seven Emotions
Grief (Affect on Organ and Qi):
The Seven Emotions
Grief (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the Lung and consumes the qi
The Seven Emotions
Joy or Decadence (Affect on Organ and Qi):
The Seven Emotions
Joy or Decadence (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the heart and causes the qi to move slowly
The Seven Emotions
Melancholy or Sadness (Affect on Organ and Qi):
The Seven Emotions
Melancholy or Sadness (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the lungs and consumes qi
The Seven Emotions
Worry or Pensiveness (Affect on Organ and Qi):
The Seven Emotions
Worry or Pensiveness (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the spleen and causes qi to stagnate
The Eight Principles
Name them
The Eight Principles
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Name them
Yin - Yang
Interior - Exterior
Deficiency - Excess
Cold - Heat
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The Eight Principles
Yin - Yang (Pattern Differentiation):
The Eight Principles
Yin - Yang (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines nature of the disease
The Eight Principles
Interior - Exterior (Pattern Differentiation):
The Eight Principles
Interior - Exterior (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines the location of disharmony
The Eight Principles
Deficiency - Excess (Pattern Differentiation):
The Eight Principles
Deficiency - Excess (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines the strength of the pathogen in relation to the body’s qi.
The Eight Principles
Cold - Heat (Pattern Differentiation):
The Eight Principles
Cold - Heat (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines the nature of the disease
The Eight Principles
Yin - Yang (Yin Syndromes):
The Eight Principles
Yin - Yang (Yin Syndromes):
Characterized by deficiency of yang qi with the presence of cold or damp
The Eight Principles
Yin - Yang (Yang Syndromes):
The Eight Principles
Yin - Yang (Yang Syndromes):
Characterized by excess or yang qi in the body causing heat conditions
The Eight Principles
Interior - Exterior (Exterior):
The Eight Principles
Interior - Exterior (Exterior):
Exterior pertains to the surface of the body such as skin, hair, muscles, and the superficial branches of the meridians
The Eight Principles
Interior - Exterior (Interior):
The Eight Principles
Interior - Exterior (Interior):
Interior pertains to the organs as they are known in TCM (the Zang-Fu)
The Eight Principles
Deficiency - Excess (Deficiency):
The Eight Principles
Deficiency - Excess (Deficiency):
A pathogen with weakness of the body’s qi indicates a deficiency syndrome
The Eight Principles
Deficiency - Excess (Excess):
The Eight Principles
Deficiency - Excess (Excess):
A pathogen with strong body qi indicates an excess syndrome
The Eight Principles
Cold - Heat (Heat):
The Eight Principles
Cold - Heat (Heat):
Heat syndromes have an excess of yang qi
The Eight Principles
Cold - Heat (Cold):
The Eight Principles
Cold - Heat (Cold):
Cold syndromes have an excess of yin (cold/damp) and/or deficiency of yang qi
The Five Tastes
Name them
The Five Tastes
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Name them
Pungent
Sour
Bitter
Salty
Sweet
Bland
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The Five Tastes
Acrid (or Pungent):
Nature -
Function -
The Five Tastes
Acrid (or Pungent):
Nature - dispersing, promotes circulation, invigorating
Function - relieves stagnation of qi and blood, releasing the exterior by opening the pores and promoting sweating
The Five Tastes
Sour:
Nature -
Function -
The Five Tastes
Sour:
Nature - astringing
Function - stops the discharge of fluids and vital substances
The Five Tastes
Bitter:
Nature -
Function -
The Five Tastes
Bitter:
Nature - drains dampness and heat
Function - clears heat and promotes diuresis to relieve damp accumulation
The Five Tastes
Salty:
Nature -
Function -
The Five Tastes
Salty:
Nature - softens hardness
Function - breaks up cysts, lumps, nodules, and tumors
The Five Tastes
Sweet:
Nature -
Function -
The Five Tastes
Sweet:
Nature - strengthening and sedating
Function - nourishes the body and tranquilizes and sedates
The Five Tastes
Bland:
Nature -
Function -
The Five Tastes
Bland:
Nature - leaches or percolates dampness
Function - slow acting diuresis that gently removes damp acumulation
Temperature of Herbs
Cold Herbs (function):
Temperature of Herbs
Cold Herbs (function): Clears heat; cooling
Temperature of Herbs
Warm Herbs (function):
Temperature of Herbs
Warm Herbs (function): Dispels cold; warming
Temperature of Herbs
Neutral Herbs (function):
Temperature of Herbs
Neutral Herbs (function): Can be used in either heat or cold syndromes
