Six Channel Stage of Disease

Question 1

Externally Contracted Febrile Diseases

Answer 1

Caused by invasion of external evils and are characterized by fever in their early stages

Question 2

Externally contracted febrile diseases have 2 main characteristics:

Answer 2

1) Fever

2) Stage by Stage Development

Question 3

Fever results from struggle between?

Answer 3

Zheng Qi (right qi) and Xie Qi (evil qi)

Question 4

High fever

Answer 4

Both Zheng Qi (right qi) and Xie Qi (evil qi) are strong

Question 5

Fever subsiding

Answer 5

zheng qi is overcoming xie qi

Question 6

Fluctuating or persisting fever

Answer 6

xie is weakened, but still present and zheng qi has suffered some damage

Question 7

No fever or sudden drop in body temperatur

Answer 7

yang collapse as a result of strong evil or extreme vacuity of right qi

Question 8

Stage by Stage Developement

Answer 8

1. Initial Stage
2. Exuberant Heat Stage – apex where victory or defeat is decided (deterioration or improvement)
3. Recovery Stage

Question 9

At what stage can recovery occur?

Answer 9

at any stage if right qi is strengthened or evil qi is weakened from other factors including appropriate treatment.

Question 10

At what stage can relapse occur?

Answer 10

at any stage if right qi is weakened and evil qi is strengthened from other factors including inappropriate treatment.

Question 11

Six Channel Pattern Identification

Answer 11

• Origins from the Nei Jing (Inner Canon)
• Developed further in the Shang Han Lun (by Zhang Zhong Jing)
• Shang Han Za Bing Lun – divided into 2 books: Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue

Question 12

Shang Han Za Bing Lun book contains 6 pairs of meridians:

Answer 12

TaiYang 
ShaoYang 
YangMing  
TaiYin  
ShaoYin  
JueYin

Question 13

Why is the Shang Han Za Bing Lun significant?

Answer 13

because it discusses diagnosis and treatment methods based on an assessment of the symptoms of different pathological conditions.

Question 14

Hand Tai Yin

Answer 14

Lung Channel

Question 15

Foot Tai Yin

Answer 15

Spleen Channel

Question 16

Hand Shao Yin

Answer 16

Heart Channel

Question 17

Foot Shao Yin

Answer 17

Kidney Channel

Question 18

Hand Jue Yin

Answer 18

Pericardium Channel

Question 19

Foot Jue Yin

Answer 19

Liver Channel

Question 20

Hand Tai Yang

Answer 20

Small Intestine Channel

Question 21

Foot Tai Yang

Answer 21

Urinary Bladder Channel

Question 22

Hand Shao Yang

Answer 22

San Jiao Channel

Question 23

Foot Shao Yang

Answer 23

Gallbladder Channel

Question 24

Hand Yang Ming

Answer 24

Large Intestine Channel

Question 25

Foot Yang Ming

Answer 25

Stomach Channel

Question 26

Shang Han Lun theory of disease is about?

Answer 26

damage from cold

Question 27

Primary disease factor is Cold. Another name?

Answer 27

Absence of Yang and how it causes yin-yang disharmony at various stages

Question 28

What happens in the Yang Ming Channel stage?

Answer 28

the stomach liquid is damaged by exuberant heat, but there is no heat bind in the bowels (ST and LI).

Question 29

What happens in the Yang Ming Bowel stage?

Answer 29

the evil penetrates to the organ and combines with food and fecal matter in the stomach and intestines creating more heat and bind.

Question 30

Tai Yang corresponds with what of 8 Principles?

Answer 30

exterior cold

Question 31

Yang Ming corresponds with what of 8 Principles?

Answer 31

interior heat, interior repletion

Question 32

Shao Yang corresponds with what of 8 Principles?

Answer 32

evil that is half in the exterior and half in the interior

Question 33

Tai Yin corresponds with what of 8 Principles?

Answer 33

damage to Spleen by cold

Question 34

Shao Yin corresponds with what of 8 Principles?

Answer 34

Heart and Kidney vacuity and general debilitiation

Question 35

Jue Yin corresponds with what of 8 Principles?

Answer 35

interior vacuity and cold-heat complex