Oriental Medicine - General Flashcards
(107 cards)
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What are the five Yin & Yang Relationships?
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- Opposition
- Inter-dependence
- Mutual Consumption
- Intertransformation
- Infinite Divisibility
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What are the five vital substances?
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- Jing - associated with Kidney
- Qi - associated with Lung
- Blood - associated with Liver
- Body Fluids - associated with Spleen
- Shen - associated with Heart
3
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What are the three treasures?
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- Shen
- Qi
- Jing
4
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What is the commander of blood?
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Qi
5
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Who is the mother of Qi?
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Blood
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What are the directions of Qi?
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- Upbear
- Downbear
- Enter
- Exit
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What are the functions of Qi?
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- Transporting
- Warming
- Protection/Defense
- Holding/Containing
- Transforming
- Nourishing
- Rising
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Qing qi
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Qi of Air
9
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Gu Qi
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- Qi extracted from food from spleen and stomach
- Gu qi is sent up to the lung to be combined with Qing qi. This forms Zong qi
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Zong qi
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- Ancestral, Gathering, Pectoral Qi
- Combination of Gu Qi & Qing Qi
- Stored in the chest
- Promotes lungs functions of controlling respiration and voice
- Promotes heart’s functions of regulating heartbeat, blood, and vessels
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Yuan qi
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- Original qi
- Derived from kidney (preheaven essence)
- Stored in kidney
- Supplemented by food (post-heaven essence)
- Circulated through body via San Jiao
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Wei qi
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- Defensive qi
- Protects against pathogens
- Controls opening and closing of pores
- Circulates outside the vessels and channels in the skin and flesh
- Regulates body temperature
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Ying Qi
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- Constructive/Nutritive Qi
- Flows in channels and vessels with the blood
- Nourishes the blood
- Said to be functional aspect of blood
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How does Anger impact Qi?
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- Makes qi rise
- creates headache
- injures the liver
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How does Fear impact Qi?
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- Makes qi descend
- Creates urinary incontinence
- Injures the kidney
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How does Joy impact Qi?
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- Slows qi down
- Impairs circulation
- Injures the heart
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How does Worry/Pensiveness/Overthinking impact Qi?
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- Knots, binds, or stagnates Qi
- Leads to bloating & distention
- Injures the Spleen
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How does Grief/Sadness/Sorrow impact Qi?
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- Dissolves or consumes Qi
- Creates shortness of breath
- Injures the lung
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How does shock/fright impact Qi?
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- Scatters the qi
- Creates insomnia and panic attacks
- Injures the Kidney and Heart
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What is the nature of Jin fluids?
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- Yang in nature
- Clear, light, thin, watery
- sweat, tears, saliva, mucus
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What is the nature of Ye fluids?
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- Yin in nature
- Turbid, heavy, dense
- Synovial fluid, cerebral spinal fluid, bone marrow, inner humors of eyeball
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What are internal causes of disease?
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Emotions such as anger, joy, worry, sadness, fear, and shock
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What are external causes of disease?
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Exposure to weather and enironment elements such as wind, cold, fire, summer-heat, dampness, and dryness
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What are miscellaneous causes of disease?
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Constitution, Taxation, excessive sexual activity, improper diet, overindulgence, injury, parasites, bad treatment
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What are the six extraordinary organs?
1. Uterus
2. Brain
3. Marrow - contributes to making blood and nourishes the brain
4. Bones
5. Blood Vessels
6. Gallbladder - affects capacity to make decisions and gives courage to act on them
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What is the function of the Liver?
- Maintain the free flow of qi, blood, and fluids
- Liver qi moves in all directions but especially upward
- Liver stores the blood
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What is the function of the Heart?
- Circulates blood
- Governs blood and vessels
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What is the function of the Spleen?
- Transformation and transportation
- Helps contain blood in the vessels
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What is the function of the Lung?
- Governs qi (particularly wei qi)
- Governs skin and body hair
- Dominates respiration
- Controls dispersing and descending
- Regulates water passages
- Directs qi and fluids downward
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What is the function of the Kidneys?
- Stores essence and engenders marrow
- Governs water and bones
- Aids in grasping qi from the lungs
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What is the function of the Pericardium?
Protects the heart
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What is the function of the Gallbladder?
- Controls secretion of bile
- Controls judgement
- Provides courage in decision making
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What is the function of the Small Intestine?
- Separates the pure from the turbid
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What is the function of the San Jiao?
- Conduit for original qi (yuan qi) throughout the body
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What is the function of the Stomach?
- Controls Rotting & Ripening of food
- Makes qi descend
- Origin of Fluids
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What is the function of the Large Intestine?
- Conduction and Conveyance
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What is the function of the Urinary Bladder?
- Stores and excretes urine
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What is the Spirit of the Liver?
- The Hun or Ethereal Soul
- Responsible for "coming and going of shen"
- Planning
- Making goals
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What is the Spirit of the Heart?
- The Shen
- Responsible for consciousness, thinking, memory, and affections
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What is the Spirit of the Spleen?
- The Yi
- Responsible for thinking, memory, and concentration
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What is the Spirit of the Lung?
- The Po or Corporeal Soul
- Responsible for physical feelings and sensations
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What is the Spirit of the Kidney?
- The Zhi
- Responsible for willpower and determination
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What is the season associated with the Wood element?
Spring
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What is the direction associated with the Wood element?
East
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What is the development associated with the Wood element?
Birth
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What is the Yin organ associated with the Wood element?
Liver
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What is the Yang organ associated with the Wood Element?
Gallbladder
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What is the color associated with the Wood element?
Green
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What is the sound associated with the Wood element?
Shouting
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What is the smell associated with the Wood element?
Rancid
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What are the emotions associated with the Wood element?
Anger
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What are the tastes associated with the Wood element?
Sour
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What are the tissues associated with the Wood element?
Sinews
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What are the sense organs associated with the wood element?
Eyes
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What is the climate associated with the Wood element?
Wind
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What is the season associated with the Fire element?
Summer
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What is the direction associated with the Fire element?
South
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What is the development associated with the Fire element?
Growth
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What is the Yin organ associated with the Fire element?
Heart
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What is the Yang organ associated with the Fire element?
Small Intestine
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What is the color associated with the Fire element?
Red
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What is the sound associated with the fire element?
Laughing
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What is the Smell associated with the Fire element?
Burnt/Scorched
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What is the emotion associated with the Fire element?
Joy
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What is the taste associated with the fire element?
Bitter
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What is the tissue associated with the Fire element?
Blood vessels
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What is the sense organs associated with the Fire element?
Tongue
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What is the climate associated with the Fire element?
Heat
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What is the season associated with the Earth element?
Late Summer
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What is the Direction associated with the Earth element?
Center
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What is the development associated with the Earth element?
Transformation
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What is the Yin organ associated with the Earth element?
Spleen
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What is the Yang organ associated with the Earth element?
Stomach
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What is the color associated with the Earth element?
Yellow
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What is the sound associated with the Earth element?
Singing
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What is the smell associated with the Earth element?
Fragrant
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What is the emotion associated with the Earth element?
Worry
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What are the tissues associated with the Earth element?
Muscles
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What are the sense organs associated with the Earth element?
Mouth & Lips
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What is the climate associated with the Earth element?
Dampness
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What is the season associated with the Metal element?
Autumn
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What is the Direction associated with the Metal element?
West
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What is the development associated with the Metal element?
Harvest
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What is the Yin organ associated with the Metal element?
Lung
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What is the Yang organ associated with the Metal element?
Large Intestine
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What is the color associated with the Metal element?
White
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What is the sound associated with the Metal element?
Weeping
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What is the smell associated with the Metal element?
Rotten
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What is the emotion associated with the Metal element?
Sadness
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What is the taste associated with the Metal element?
Pungent
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What are the tissues associated with the Metal element?
Skin
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What are the sense organs associated with the Metal element?
Nose
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What is the climate associated with the Metal element?
Dryness
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What is the season associated with the Water element?
Winter
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What is the direction associated with the Water element?
North
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What is the development associated with the Water element?
Storage
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What is the Yin organ associated with the Water element?
Kidney
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What is the Yang organ associated with the Water element?
Bladder
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What is the color associated with the Water element?
Black
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What is the sound associated with the Water element?
Groaning
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What is the smell associated with the Water element?
Putrid
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What is the emotion associated with the Water element?
Fear
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What is the taste associated with the Water element?
Salty
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What is the tissues associated with the Water element
Bones
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What are the sense organs associated with the water element?
Ears
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What is the climate associated with the Water element?
Cold
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