Asian Med

Question 1

Yin / Yang?
	Liver
	Heart
	Pericardium
	Spleen
	Lung
	Kidney

Answer 1

Yin

Question 2

Yin / Yang?
	Gallbladder
	Small intestine
	Stomach
	Large intestine
	Urinary bladder
	Triple warmer

Answer 2

Yang

Question 3

Fire Organs

Answer 3

 Heart
 Small intestine
 Pericardium
 Triple warmer

Question 4

Earth Organs

Answer 4

 Spleen

 Stomach

Question 5

Metal Organs

Answer 5

 Lung

 Large intestine

Question 6

Water Organs

Answer 6

 Kidney

 Urinary bladder

Question 7

Wood Organs

Answer 7

 Liver

 Gallbladder

Question 8

Fire

Color
Season
Emotion
Taste

Answer 8

red,
summer
joy
bitter

Question 9

Earth

Color
Season
Emotion
Taste

Answer 9

late summer or last 18 days
yellow
worry
sweet

Question 10

Metal

Color
Season
Emotiona
Taste

Answer 10

autumn
sadness
white
pungent

Question 11

Water

Color
Season
Emotion
Taste

Answer 11

winter
black
fear
salty

Question 12

Wood

Color
Season
Emotion
Taste

Answer 12

spring
green
anger
sour

Question 13

yin excess = heat/cold?

Answer 13

cold

Question 14

yang excess = heat/cold?

Answer 14

heat

Question 15

yin deficiency = heat/cold?

Answer 15

heat

Question 16

yang deficiency = heat/cold?

Answer 16

cold

Question 17

 Sx = chills and fever, sore limbs, runny nose, cough, aversion to wind, cold or heat

Answer 17

exterior

Question 18

 Forceful movement, excessive appetite, loud and full voice, extreme restlessness, anything aggravated by pressure, rest or by adding more to it, more than normal output of bodily secretion (mucus, gas, stool but NOT urine), irritability, heavy breathing, full forceful pulse, thick tongue coating, swollen tongue, acute condition and/or onset

Answer 18

excess

Question 19

 Frail and weak movement, feeble voice, shallow and weak breathing, listlessness, low energy, anything alleviated by pressure, made worse by movement (end of the day) or made better by adding more to it, spontaneous sweating, empty, thin, forceless or weak pulse, pale tongue with little or no coating, chronic conditions

Answer 19

deficiency

Question 20

 Craves warmth, aversion to cold, cold limbs and body, pale complexion, lack of thirst, loose stool (but NOT dysentery smelly type), clear and profuse urine, sleepiness, severe localized pain, white tongue coating (not always), slow pulse

Answer 20

cold

Question 21

 High fever, desires cold, aversion to heat, heat sensation, red face, eyes & complexion, rapid breathing, thirst for cold drinks, constipation, scanty, dark and yellow urine, restlessness, rapid pulse, yellow tongue coating, red body

Answer 21

heat

Question 22

Excess Exterior

Answer 22

 ALL exterior syndromes are excess by definition

Question 23

Exterior Deficiency

Answer 23

no such thing

Question 24

 Runny nose with clear or white d/c, cough with clear/white sputum, body aches

VS

 Runny nose with yellow d/c, cough with yellow sputum, sore throat

Answer 24

Exterior Cold

vs

Exterior Heat

Question 25

 Coarse, heavy breathing, loud voice, irritability, fullness in the chest, abdominal distention, constipation, rough tongue body with a thick coat, forceful pulse

Answer 25

Excess Interior

Question 26

 Feeble/weak breathing, apathy, lassitude, dizziness, pale tongue? With thin white coat?, deep and weak or thin pulse

Answer 26

Interior Deficiency

Question 27

 Chills, cold limbs, no thirst, loose stools, clear or profuse urine, deep and slow pulse, pale tongue with white coat

Answer 27

Interior Cold

Question 28

 Higher fever, thirst, irritability, flushed face, constipation, deep yellow, scanty urine, red tongue with yellow coat, rapid and forceful pulse

Answer 28

Interior Heat

Question 29

Everywhere in the human body, Root of the human body | Functions: promoting, warming, defence, checking, nourishing, qi hua (controls the Qi of the body)

Answer 29

Qi

Question 30

Primary Qi, Source Qi, rooted in Kidneys

Answer 30

Yuan Qi

Question 31

Combines all forms of Qi (Meridian Qi) = overall vitality

Answer 31

Zang fu Organ Qi

Question 32

Functions: nourishment and moisture, nourishes hair, sinews, bones and bowels, foundation mental activities, nutrition

Answer 32

Blood Food Qi (from Spleen) goes to the chest and with the influence of Yuan Qi (Kidneys), the Heart makes red BLOOD

Question 33

Jing / Essence

Answer 33

Yin form of Source Qi, congenital yin part of you Disharmonies manifest as improper maturation, sexual dysfunction, infertility, early aging, congenital defects Decreased by ejaculations in men and by pregnancies in women Can’t directly increase essence but one can better utilize it

Question 34

Jing cycle men / women

Answer 34

8 / 7

Question 35

Most immaterial & subtle, depends on Essence and Qi

Answer 35

Shen (Mind)

Question 36

 Yang in nature  Usually used as a source of other factors to enter  Arises quickly and changes rapidly  Moves around  Lungs are affected first (External Wind)  Liver affected for Internal Wind (causes itches, tremors or convulsions, stiffness, paralysis) ```  Aversion to cold and/or wind  Sneezing  Cough white d/c  Runny nose with white d/c  Body stiffness and aches ```

Answer 36

Wind

Question 37

```  Injures yang  Contracts and congeals  Clause clear discharge  Sleepiness  Severe localized pain improved by heat  White tongue coating and body discharges  Slow pulse  Craves warmth, aversion to cold, cold limbs  Pale complexion  Lack of thirst  Loose stool  Clear and profuse urine (day or night; any at night too much depending on age) ```

Answer 37

Cold

Question 38

```  Yang in nature  Blazes upwards  Drying – damages Blood and Yin  May cause bleeding  Potential to generate Wind  Affects the mind ```  High fever, desires cold, aversion to heat, heat sensation  Redness – skin, face, eyes & complexion  Thirst  Constipation, dry stools and /or foul smelling discharge  Scanty, dark yellow urine  Restlessness, irritability  Bleeding symptoms – cough, vomit, nose, gums, urine, stool, skin  Yellow tongue coating and other body discharges

Answer 38

Heat

Question 39

 Excess of Yin  From damp environment (clothes, living, wading, diet)  Sticky and difficult to get rid of  HEAVY AND SLOW ```  Feeling of heaviness, pain worse with damp  Anything swollen and/or oozing  No appetite, boating  Cloudiness of d/c  Internal organs – organ specific  Channels – pain or heaviness in head  Skin - oozing ```

Answer 39

Dampness

Question 40

 Usually from very dry and/or hot weather, internal heat, drying warming foods and/or herbs  All symptoms are DRY  Internal dryness is from Yin deficiency (can result from excess Heat too)

Answer 40

Dryness

Question 41

 Yang in nature  Only in the “summer”  Like a heat stroke  Combo of Heat and Damp ```  Aversion to heat  Sweating/no  Headache  Scanty dark urine  Dry lips  Feeling of heaviness  Irritability  Thirst, no thirst if severe  May see delirium, slurred speech and unconsciousness ```

Answer 41

Summer Heat

Question 42

```  Aversion to cold  Sneezing  Cough with yellow d/c  Runny nose with yellow mucus  Itchy and/or sore throat  Swollen tonsils  Pulses: maybe superficial, but usually no change  Tongue: no change from normal ```

Answer 42

WInd Heat

Question 43

 Tremors, tics  Severe dizziness, vertigo  Numbness Severe cases convulsions, unconsciousness, hemiplegia, deviation of mouth/tongue (can come from severe heat)

Answer 43

Internal Wind

Question 44

bitter taste

Answer 44

Full Heat

Question 45

Fire deficiency

Answer 45

undernourish Earth | fire insulted by Metal

Question 46

Earth excess

Answer 46

overdraws from Fire | overcontrols Water

Question 47

6 pathogenic factors

Answer 47

``` wind cold heat dampness dryness summer heat ```

Question 48

8 principles

Answer 48

``` exterior interior excess deficiency cold heat yin yang ```

Question 49

movement 5 elements

Answer 49

fire: up metal: contraction water: down wood: expansion earth: central