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Week Two (Class One) Flashcards

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What is an herb?

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Any substance, organic or inorganic, that is used for medicinal purposes

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Causes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine

List them (two main):

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Causes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine

List them:
Six Pathogenic Factors
The Seven Emotions

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Six Pathogenic Factors

List them:

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Six Pathogenic Factors

List them:
Wind
Cold
Heat
Damp
Dryness
Summerheat
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The Seven Emotions

List them:

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The Seven Emotions

List them:
Anger
Fear
Fright
Grief
Joy (or Decadence)
Melancholy (or Sadness)
Worry (or Pensiveness)
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Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind:
Nature -
Season -

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind:
Nature - Yang
Season - Spring

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind (Types):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind (Types):
Exterior Wind
Interior Wind

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind (Description and Characteristics):

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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.

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Exterior Wind (Symptoms):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Exterior Wind (Symptoms):
Fever, chills, body aches, cough, headache, nasal discharges, stuffy nose, aversion to drafts.
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Six Pathogenic Factors

Interior Wind (Symptoms):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Interior Wind (Symptoms):
Spasms, tremors, dizziness, tetany, itching, twitching, and convulsion.
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Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold:
Nature -
Season -

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold:
Nature - Yin
Season - Winter

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold (Description and Characteristics):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the stomach, large intestine, and uterus.

Characterized by contraction and slowness.

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold (Symptoms):

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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.

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat:
Nature -
Season -

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat:
Nature - Yang
Season - Summer

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Description and Characteristics):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the heart, liver, and blood.

Characterized by Shen disturbance and reckless movement of blood causing bleeding.

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Symptoms):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Symptoms):
Fever, red face, red eyes, irritability, mania, delirium, bleeding, dark urine.

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp:
Nature -
Season -

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp:
Nature - Yin
Season - End of Summer

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp (Description and Characteristics):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the spleen.

Characterized by heaviness, turbidity, and lingering.

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp (Symptoms):

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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

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness:
Nature -
Season -

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness:
Nature - Yang
Season - Autumn

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Description and Characteristics):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the lung.

Characterized by lack of moisture

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Symptoms):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Symptoms):
Dry lips, cracked skin, dry stools, dry cough, and asthma

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat:
Nature -
Season -

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat:
Nature - Yang
Season - Summer

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat (Description and Characteristics):

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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.

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat (Symptoms):

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Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat (Symptoms):
High fever, sweating, fatigue, headache, diarrhea.
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The Seven Emotions

Anger (Affect on Organ and Qi):

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The Seven Emotions

Anger (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the liver and causes the qi to rise

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The Seven Emotions

Fear (Affect on Organ and Qi):

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The Seven Emotions

Fear (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the kidney and causes qi to decline

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The Seven Emotions

Fright (Affect on Organ and Qi):

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The Seven Emotions

Fright (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the kidney and causes qi to scatter

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The Seven Emotions

Grief (Affect on Organ and Qi):

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The Seven Emotions

Grief (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the Lung and consumes the qi

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The Seven Emotions

Joy or Decadence (Affect on Organ and Qi):

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The Seven Emotions

Joy or Decadence (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the heart and causes the qi to move slowly

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The Seven Emotions

Melancholy or Sadness (Affect on Organ and Qi):

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The Seven Emotions

Melancholy or Sadness (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the lungs and consumes qi

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The Seven Emotions

Worry or Pensiveness (Affect on Organ and Qi):

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The Seven Emotions

Worry or Pensiveness (Affect on Organ and Qi):
Affects the spleen and causes qi to stagnate

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The Eight Principles

Name them

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The Eight Principles

```
Name them
Yin - Yang
Interior - Exterior
Deficiency - Excess
Cold - Heat
~~~

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The Eight Principles

Yin - Yang (Pattern Differentiation):

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The Eight Principles

Yin - Yang (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines nature of the disease

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The Eight Principles

Interior - Exterior (Pattern Differentiation):

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The Eight Principles

Interior - Exterior (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines the location of disharmony

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The Eight Principles

Deficiency - Excess (Pattern Differentiation):

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The Eight Principles

Deficiency - Excess (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines the strength of the pathogen in relation to the body’s qi.

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The Eight Principles

Cold - Heat (Pattern Differentiation):

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The Eight Principles

Cold - Heat (Pattern Differentiation):
Determines the nature of the disease

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The Eight Principles

Yin - Yang (Yin Syndromes):

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The Eight Principles

Yin - Yang (Yin Syndromes):
Characterized by deficiency of yang qi with the presence of cold or damp

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The Eight Principles

Yin - Yang (Yang Syndromes):

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The Eight Principles

Yin - Yang (Yang Syndromes):
Characterized by excess or yang qi in the body causing heat conditions

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The Eight Principles

Interior - Exterior (Exterior):

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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

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The Eight Principles

Interior - Exterior (Interior):

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The Eight Principles

Interior - Exterior (Interior):
Interior pertains to the organs as they are known in TCM (the Zang-Fu)

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The Eight Principles

Deficiency - Excess (Deficiency):

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The Eight Principles

Deficiency - Excess (Deficiency):
A pathogen with weakness of the body’s qi indicates a deficiency syndrome

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The Eight Principles

Deficiency - Excess (Excess):

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The Eight Principles

Deficiency - Excess (Excess):
A pathogen with strong body qi indicates an excess syndrome

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The Eight Principles

Cold - Heat (Heat):

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The Eight Principles

Cold - Heat (Heat):
Heat syndromes have an excess of yang qi

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The Eight Principles

Cold - Heat (Cold):

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The Eight Principles

Cold - Heat (Cold):
Cold syndromes have an excess of yin (cold/damp) and/or deficiency of yang qi

45
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The Five Tastes

Name them

A

The Five Tastes

```
Name them
Pungent
Sour
Bitter
Salty
Sweet
Bland
~~~

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The Five Tastes

Acrid (or Pungent):
Nature -
Function -

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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

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The Five Tastes

Sour:
Nature -
Function -

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The Five Tastes

Sour:
Nature - astringing
Function - stops the discharge of fluids and vital substances

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The Five Tastes

Bitter:
Nature -
Function -

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The Five Tastes

Bitter:
Nature - drains dampness and heat
Function - clears heat and promotes diuresis to relieve damp accumulation

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The Five Tastes

Salty:
Nature -
Function -

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The Five Tastes

Salty:
Nature - softens hardness
Function - breaks up cysts, lumps, nodules, and tumors

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The Five Tastes

Sweet:
Nature -
Function -

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The Five Tastes

Sweet:
Nature - strengthening and sedating
Function - nourishes the body and tranquilizes and sedates

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The Five Tastes

Bland:
Nature -
Function -

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The Five Tastes

Bland:
Nature - leaches or percolates dampness
Function - slow acting diuresis that gently removes damp acumulation

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Temperature of Herbs

Cold Herbs (function):

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Temperature of Herbs

Cold Herbs (function):
Clears heat; cooling
53
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Temperature of Herbs

Warm Herbs (function):

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Temperature of Herbs

Warm Herbs (function):
Dispels cold; warming
54
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Temperature of Herbs

Neutral Herbs (function):

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Temperature of Herbs

Neutral Herbs (function):
Can be used in either heat or cold syndromes

Intro to Herbology (12 decks)

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