TCM 3 Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
Q

what is the eight principles?

A

exterior and interior, heat and cold, excess and deficiency, yin and yang

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Explain exterior

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  • comprises the skin, muscles and channels space between skin and muscles where wei qi and sweat are located and first invaded by external pathogenic factors
  • aversion to cold, ‘fever’ aching body, stiff neck and a floating pulse
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explain interior

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  • may have arisen from an exterior pathogenic factor, but once the disease penetrates into the interior, it is defined as interior
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4
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empty vs full heat is dependent on what?

A

excess of yang or deficient

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empty vs full cold is dependent on what?

A

excess or deficient on yin

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what is excess?

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characterized by the presence of a pathogenic factor while upright qi is relatively intact and actively fighting against the pathogenic factor

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what is deficiency?

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characterized by emptiness of the upright qi and the absence of a pathogenic factor

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causes of disease

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external factors: pathogens that attack the body
internal factors: stress and emotional problems, organ impairment

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9
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what are the 6 pathogenic factors

A
  • wind
  • cold
  • heat
  • dampness
  • dryness
  • summer heat
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10
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wind is what in nature?

A

yang

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what is affected first from external wind?

A

lungs

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what is affected from internal wind?

A

liver

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what happens when wind invades the muscles and channels?

A

stiffness, rigidity, contraction of the muscles with sudden onset

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what happens when wind invades the joints?

A

pain that moves from joint to joint, especially the upper part of the body

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DDX: Wind Cold

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  • aversion to cold/wind
  • chills and sneezing
  • cough white discharge
  • runny nose with white discharge
  • body stiffness and aches
  • pulses: maybe floating, but often no change from normal
  • tongue: no change from normal
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DDX: Wind Heat

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  • aversion to wind/heat
  • fever and sneezing
  • cough with yellow discharge
  • runny nose with yellow mucus
  • itchy and/or sore throat
  • swollen tonsils, red back of throat
  • pulses: maybe superficial, but usually no charge
  • tongue: no change from normal
17
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cold

A
  • injures yang
  • contracts and congeals
  • causes clear discharge
18
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heat is what in nature

19
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true or false - heat may cause bleeding

20
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dampness is excess of what?

21
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dampness is lack of what?

22
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dryness

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  • usually from very dry and hot weater
  • internal heat
  • dry warming foods
23
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internal dryness is a form of ?

A

yin deficiency without heat signs or symptoms

24
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summer heat is what in nature?

25
summer heat is only in the ?
summer
26
what is like a heat stroke?
summer heat
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what is a combo of heat and damp?
summer heat
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what is the triple warmer?
san jiao
29
what is san jiao?
upper burner: lungs, heart middle burner: stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder lower burner: large intestine, small intestine, bladder, kidney
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what organ is the at the front of the tongue?
heart
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what organ is behind the heart region on the tongue?
lungs
32
pulse organ parts on the right hand
lung, spleen, kidney
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pulse organ parts on the left hand
heart, liver, kidney
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pulse diagnosis
speed (below 60 bpm or over 90 bpm) rhythm (regular or irregular) size (long, short) width (thin, thready, thick) shape (wiry, soft, tense) quality (choppy, rushing, slippery)