Lecture 1

Question 1

Name 3 ways in which TMC has a similar philosophy to Natropathic principles

Answer 1

1:Treat the roots not the branches.
2: Every patient is individual and will respond differently.
3: Ill health is a product of environment rather than one single entity.

Question 2

Define the Eight principles

Answer 2

8 principles that are a diagnostic method that categorises disease patterns.

Question 3

Name the 4 pairs from the 8 principles

Answer 3

Ying- Yan
Interior- exterior
Deficiency- excess
Heat- cold

Question 4

Is Yin hot or cold?

Answer 4

Cold (dark part)

Question 5

Is Yang hot or cold?

Answer 5

Hot (white part)

Question 6

What does Yang symbolise in the body?

Answer 6

Activity, circulation and warmth

Question 7

What does Yin symbolise in the body?

Answer 7

Physical form and moisture for the tissues and cooling.

Question 8

Yin: blood and lymph. What is yang?

Answer 8

Yang: circulation of blood and lymph

Question 9

What is excess Yang

Answer 9

Heat

Question 10

Excess Yang symptoms and signs

Answer 10

Red face, angry, headaches, feeling hot.
Usually long term.

Question 11

Excess yang tongue

Answer 11

Red (sides linked to liver and gallbladder)

Question 12

Excess Yang Pulse

Answer 12

Wiry

Question 13

Excess Yang Aetiology

Answer 13

Stress, actuate inflammation, anger

Question 14

Nautropathic advice for excess Yang

Answer 14

1: Avoid energetically hot food (alchol, sugar, hot spices)
2: Eat cooling juices and foods.
3: Avoid stress
4: Gentle exercise

Question 15

Why are deficient in Yin milder than Excess yang?

Answer 15

Because technically there is a excess heat due to the deficient Yin (think balance scales) but the Excess Yang = full symptoms where are Yin Deficiency is milder

Question 16

Signs and symptoms of Yin Deficiency

Answer 16

Low grade fever, night sweats, dry throat at night (due to Yins link to night) weight loss, flush.

Question 17

Tongue in Yin deficiency

Answer 17

Red and peeled or dry

Question 18

Aetiology of Yin Deficiency

Answer 18

Chronic illness, menopause, blood loss, old age, over worked

Question 19

What should you eat if you are Yin deficiency

Answer 19

Eat warming soups, broths. Any nourishing foods.

Question 19

What should Yin deficicney avoid food wise?

Answer 19

Energetically hot foods

Question 19

Pulse diagnosis deficient Yang?

Answer 19

Weak (deficient) , floating but rapid

Question 20

What organs can become yin deficiency?

Answer 20

Kidney / Lung/ Heart

Question 20

If the patient has a deficiency in Yin is it more important to nourish Yin or cool yang?

Answer 20

Nourish yin (as its a deficiency) so that this provides a natural anchor to balance Yang.

Question 21

Any other advice? For yin deficiecy? (not diet)

Answer 21

Sleep more, gentle exercise

Question 22

Describe excess yin using the balance level

Answer 22

Yin is in excess over the balance line, Yang is in balance

Question 23

Signs and symptoms of Yin excess

Answer 23

Pale in complexion. Sharp pains due to constriction and constipation due to cold making everything slow.

Question 24

Another way to name excess in yin?

Answer 24

Full cold

Question 25

Excess yin tongue

Answer 25

Blue with thick white coating

Question 26

Excess yin in pulse

Answer 26

Slow and deep

Question 27

Excess Yin aietology

Answer 27

Cold diet (raw diet) or exposure to extreme cold

Question 28

Advice for excess yin

Answer 28

Warm foods/ warm baths

Question 29

Treatment for excess yin

Answer 29

Scatter cold, acupuncture and moxa

Question 30

Signs and symptoms of Yang deficiency

Answer 30

Tired, chilly, loose stools and undigested food (due to lack of action). Odema, low libado

Question 31

Yang deficiency tongue

Answer 31

Pale, swollen, wet

Question 32

Yang deficiency aetiology

Answer 32

Chronic illness, old age, cold diet

Question 33

Nauthropathic advice for deficient Yang

Answer 33

Warming foods, herbs, herbal infusions, wrap up warm.

Question 34

What do you do to Yang to treat when in deficiency

Answer 34

Nourish

Question 35

Define exterior conditions

Answer 35

Surface layers of the body and skin

Question 36

What is the EPF and how does it effects exterior conditions

Answer 36

EPF= external pathogen factor (viruses and bacteria) which are the main cause of exterior conditions and have acute onset and short durations

Question 37

Symptoms of exterior conditions

Answer 37

Cold, chills, runny nose, headaches , sore throat

Question 38

What is an internal conditions?

Answer 38

Related to inner organs where the EPF has penetrated the body. Gradual onset, long lasting

Question 39

Describe exterior and interior pulse?

Answer 39

Superficial floating/ superficial deep

Question 40

Describe urine for hot and cold

Answer 40

Scanty and yellow Frequent and pale

Question 41

What are the four vital substances

Answer 41

Qi, blood, jingle and Shen

Question 42

Define Qi

Answer 42

The force that drives and irrigates the body bringing life and health

Question 43

What 5 organs are Involved in the circulation of QI?

Answer 43

Stomach, spleen, kidneys,lungs, liver

Question 44

Name 3 functions of QI

Answer 44

Transporting, protecting, warming

Question 45

Define nutritive QI

Answer 45

Flows in muscles and channels

Question 46

Define defensive QI

Answer 46

Circulates in muscles and skin

Question 47

Which QI is blood and Qi? Yang or Yang?

Answer 47

Blood = yin QI= Yang