The Final Flashcards
1
Q
Influential pt for Qi
A
Cv-17
2
Q
Influential pt for blood
A
Bl-17
3
Q
Influential pt for bones
A
Bl-11
4
Q
Influential pt for tendons
A
GB-34
5
Q
Influential pt for marrow
A
GB-39
6
Q
Influential pt for vessels
A
Lu-9
7
Q
Influential pt for zang
A
Lv-13
8
Q
Opening pt for Yin Qiao Mai
A
Kd-6
9
Q
Opening pt for Yang Qiao Mai
A
SI-3
10
Q
Opening pt for Yin Wei Mai
A
PC-6
11
Q
Opening pt for Yang Wei Mai
A
TH-5
12
Q
Opening pt for Chong Mai
A
Sp-4
13
Q
Opening pt for Dai Mai
A
GB-41
14
Q
Opening pt for Ren Mai
A
Lu-7
15
Q
Opening pt for Du Mai
A
Bl-62
16
Q
Full cold in 8 principles
A
excess
interior or exterior
coldness
yin
Yin excess, Yang deficient
17
Q
Full Heat in 8 Principles
A
excess
Interior or exterior
Heat
Yang
yin def, yang excess
18
Q
False cold in 8 principles
A
Deficient
Internal
Cold
Yin
Normal yin, deficient yang
(Appearance of yin XS)
19
Q
False heat in 8 principles
A
Deficient
Internal
Heat
Yang
Def yin, normal yang (appearance of heat)
20
Q
Blood patterns don’t manifest with…
A
Temperature change
21
Q
Symptoms of false heat
A
Night sweats
Afternoon/evening mild fever
Heat in palms (5 hearts)
22
Q
Name the 6 external causes (climactic factors) and their associates season
A
- Wind (Spring)
- Cold (winter)
- Summer heat
- Fire of summer (summer)
- Dampness (late summer)
- Dryness (autumn)
23
Q
Liver hates…
A
Wind
24
Q
Lungs loath …
A
Cold
25
Heart loathes ...
Heat
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Spleen loathes ...
Dampness
27
Kidneys loathe...
Dryness
28
Symptoms of wind
Symptoms that are suddenly and change rapidly
| "The 100 diseases come in with the wind."
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Symptoms of cold
Contraction leads to pain and watery discharge (i.e. Runny nose, alternating chills and fever
30
S/S of summer heat
Exterior Heat attacking through mouth and nose
31
S/S of fire of summer
Extreme heat, thirst, mental restlessness
32
S/S of dampness
Manifesting with gradual onset, leading to turbid sticky discharge via vagina, nose, lungs
33
S/S of drynes
Manifests with dry body fluids and rising heat
34
All external causes lead to...
Pathogenic invasion
35
What are the internal causes of disease?
Years of stagnation of any of the 7 emotions
36
Internal effect of anger
Makes Qi rise effecting the lover which creates def in st/sp or Ht
37
Internal effects of excess joy
Makes Qi slow down and effects the Ht fire rising, def Ht yin or empty heat
(Verbal diarrhea)
38
Internal effect of worry/pensiveness
Knot the Qi effecting the spleen (and lungs), def Qi
39
Internal effects of sadness
Dissolves Qi effecting the lungs and therefore effecting the Ht - upper jiao obstruction
40
Internal effects of fear
Depletes the Qi effecting Kd yin - wasp deficient yin
Fear depletes Qi/makes Qi descend
41
Internal effect of shock
Scatters the Qi effecting the Kd and Ht yin (really adrenal - "shock absorbers" - Jing)
42
Long term Qi stagnation will produce...
Heat
Heat injures the yin
43
Floating/superficial
Barely touching radial pulse and feel it
Excess pulse
Signifies exterior invasion (wind, cold, damp, heat)
- if also tight, then wind cold
- if also rapid, heat heat
- if also slippery, then wind
44
Deep pulse
Only felt close to the bone
Deficient pulse
Always sign of interior pathology of the zang organ
45
Slow pulse
Cold pattern
If also empty, then deficient yang manifesting with coldness
If also full, the full/true cold
46
Empty pulse
Feels big but soft
Signifies deficient Qi
47
Full pulse
Hard and long (like Nathan's hot dog)
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Full pattern (true heat/true cold)
Full and slow, then full cold
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48
Rapid pulse
Heat pattern = empty heat due to deficient yin
Full and rapid = full heat
49
Slippery pulse
Feels smooth, round and oily, feels like sliding under fingers
Pulse of pregnancy
Indications: phlegm accumulation, dampness, food retention
50
Weak pulse
Can't be felt at superficial level - only deep and if soft equals a deficient yang
Weak and slippery: phlegm stagnation due to deficient Qi leading to damp accumulation
51
Choppy pulse
Feels rough, indicates deficient blood pattern
52
Fine pulse
Thready
Deficient pulse
53
Describe the flow of the TM channels
Start at Jingwell and flow up to trunk and head
54
Where do the 3 yang of the foot meet?
St-3 or SI-18
55
Where do the three yin of the foot meet?
Cv-3 (external genitalia)
56
Where do the three yang of the hand meet?
St-8 (or GB-13)
57
Where do the 3 yin of the hand meet?
Cv-15 (the diaphragm)
58
Influential pt for Fu
Cv-12
59
Functions of Du Mai
1. Tonify kidney yang and strengthen back
2. Expel wind
3. Nourish the spine and brain
60
Functions of Ren Mai (LU-7)
1. Nourish the Yin energy of the body
2. In women, to regulate the uterus and blood
3. Move Qi in the lower burner and uterus
4. Regulate communication btw the 3 heaters (esp lung and kidney)
61
Functions of Chong Mai (SP-4)
1. To regulate and move rebellious or stagnant Qi in the abdomen and chest
2. Regulate the uterus and menstruation, and nourish the blood
3. Serve as a link btw pre and post-natal Qi (can be used in cars of weak constitution w/ digestive symptoms)
4. Exert influence on Ht
62
Functions of Dai Mai
1. Harmonize the liver and gallbladder
2. Disperse damp heat in the genitals
3. In disharmony, can impair circulation to the leg channels, which it encircles
4. Tonify the Sp and St channels, which are particularly effected by Dai Mai
5. Help hip pain, particularly in cases of Lv blood def and Lv yang excess
63
Functions of Yin Qiao Mai (Kd-6)
1. Treat insomnia or somnolence
2. Treat atrophy of the inner leg muscles
3. Treat excess in the lower burner (for women)
4. With yang Qiao Mai, can be used to harmonize L/R structural imbalances
64
Functions of Yang Qiao Mai (Bl-62)
1. Absorb excess Yang energy from the head
2. Expel exterior wind and release the exterior
3. Treat lower back ache and pain along the bladder channel of the leg
4. Treat extreme nervous tension (rising Lv fire)
5. Distal tx for pain in hip
65
Functions of Yin Wei Mai (PC-6)
1. Harmonize deficiency of blood and/or yin
2. Tonify the heart
3. Treat headaches from blood deficiency, particularly at back of neck
66
Functions of Yang Wei Mai (SJ-5)
1. Treat intermittent fevers and alternation of chills and fever
2. Treat lateral and hypochondriac pain
3. Tear ear problems arising from rising Lv fire
67
What do the 3 Yin of the hand to?
Chest disorders
68
What do the 3 Yang of the hand to?
Disorders of the face/head
69
What do the 3 Yin of the foot tx?
Urogenital, abdominal and chest imbalance
70
What do the 3 yang of the foot tx?
Mental/Shen disturbance
71
What is the luo pt of Du channel?
Du-1
72
What is the luo point of Ren channel?
Cv-15
73
What are the 4 levels of energy?
1. Superficial - Wei Qi
2. Medium - Wei Qi mixed with Ying Qi (nutrient Qi = Qi + Blood)
3. Deeper = Ying Qi
4. Blood Yin = circulation in deep arteries
5. Deepest Qi = Jing Qi
