THE VITAL SUBSTANCES

Question 1

is the root of the human body; the stem & leaves would dry up without a root

Answer 1

Qi

Question 2

Promoting
Warming
Defence
Checking
Nourishing
Qi Hua

Answer 2

QI FUNCTIONS

Question 3

TYPES OF QI

Answer 3

Yuan Qi
Food Qi
Zong Qi
Ying Qi
Wei Qi
Zang-Fu (Organ) Qi

Question 4

Rooted in the Kidneys and transported through the body by the San Jiao

Answer 4

YUAN QI

Question 5

Pre-Heaven Essence

Answer 5

Part of us that is inherited; derived from Pre-Heaven Essence

Question 6

Yuan Qi can needs to be supplemented and nourished by

Answer 6

food essence

Question 7

Yuan Qi Can be depleted by:

Answer 7

Excess activity/lack of rest long term
Prolonged illness which requires more qi
Increased ejaculations for ♂
Increased pregnancies for ♀

Question 8

First stage in the transformation of food into Qi

Answer 8

FOOD QI (GU QI

Question 9

Food enters the _____ and first ‘rotted and ripened’ and then transformed into food Qi by the _______

Answer 9

enters the stomach, is transformed by the spleen

Question 10

Food Qi rises to the chest (Lungs) and combines with air to form ____________

Answer 10

Zong Qi (Gathering Qi)

Question 11

Food Qi also goes to the Heart, where it is transformed to _______

Answer 11

Blood

Question 12

Formed from the interaction between Food Qi and Air

Answer 12

ZONG QI (Gathering Qi)

Question 13

Closely related to the function of the Heart and Lungs

Assists the Heart and Lungs to push Qi and Blood to the limbs

Also gathers in the throat and assists in speech

Answer 13

ZONG QI (Gathering Qi)

Question 14

ZHEN QI is also known as and is which stage of transformation of Qi

Answer 14

‘True’ Qi
Last stage of transformation of Qi

Question 15

Zong (Gathering) Qi is transformed into True Qi catalyzed by __________

Answer 15

Original Qi

Question 16

Zhen Qi Assumes two forms:

Answer 16

Ying Qi and Wei Qi

Question 17

Nutritive Qi; Interior

Answer 17

YING QI

Question 18

Ying Qi is from food extracted by the

Answer 18

spleen and stomach

Question 19

ying Qi is a refiend Qi made from

Answer 19

food, air and yuan qi
NOT a food Qi which is unrefined

Question 20

Defends against external pathogens such as Wind, Heat, Cold and Dampness

Answer 20

WEI QI - defensive Qi

Question 21

WEI QI protects which surface

Answer 21

the muscular surface

Question 22

Wei Qi Warms up the _______ organs

Answer 22

Zang-Fu

Question 23

where is yuan qi rooted and how is it transported through the body

Answer 23

it is rooted in the kidneys and transported through the body by the san jiao (triple burner)

Question 24

zang organs are yin or yang? which organs do they include

Answer 24

YIN = solid organs
heart, liver, spleen, kidney and lung

Question 25

the fu organs are yin or yang? which organs do they include?

Answer 25

YANG = hallow organs - stomach, gall bladder, bladder, intestines

Question 26

what is the root of the human body

Answer 26

Qi

Question 27

the blood is formed mainly from

Answer 27

Food Qi

Question 28

Food Qi from the ______________ rises to the chest where it is acted upon by Yuan Qi

Answer 28

Spleen and Stomach

Question 29

But blood is not complete (Blood) until it is sent to the ______ where it turns Blood red

Answer 29

heart

Question 30

"Heart _____ Blood"

Answer 30

Governs

Question 31

blood functions: Nourishment & moisture: Movement of the ____ & 4 ____ Nourishes: Foundation of mental activities; houses the mind Circulates with _____ Determines _________

Answer 31

eyes and 4 limbs hair, sinews, bones & bowels Ying Qi Determines Menstruation

Question 32

Qi is the _________ of Blood and Blood is the ______ of Qi

Answer 32

Qi is the commander of Blood and Blood is the mother of Qi

Question 33

Qi is Yang or yin?

Answer 33

and it moves Blood

Question 34

Blood is yin or yang? and it gives the body nutritional substance to carry

Answer 34

Blood is yin and it gives the body nutritional substance to carry

Question 35

the function of body fluids

Answer 35

Functions to moisten skin, muscles, organs, mucous membranes and orifices

Question 36

body fluids are classified as

Answer 36

Jin (Thin) or Ye (Thick)

Question 37

Jin (thin fluids) circulate with which Qi

Answer 37

defensive

Question 38

Jin (thin fluids) are controlled by which organ?

Answer 38

the lung

Question 39

Warm and nourish muscles and moisten skin is the function of

Answer 39

jin (thin fluids)

Question 40

Clear and watery in nature and Found on mucous membranes and the skin

Answer 40

jin (thin fluids)

Question 41

Ye (thick fluids) circulate which which Qi

Answer 41

nutritive Qi

Question 42

Ye (thick fluids) are controlled by which organs

Answer 42

Controlled by the Spleen & Kidney

Question 43

Lubricates joint cavities, bone marrow and CSF is the function of

Answer 43

Ye (thick fluids)

Question 44

Turbid and viscous in nature and Found in the bowels, brain, bones and viscera

Answer 44

Ye (thick fluids)

Question 45

where does fluid metabolism begin

Answer 45

the stomach where fluids are churned and seperated

Question 46

fluid metabolism: Spleen further separates the fluid and ascends the pure to the _____ and descends the impure to the _______

Answer 46

lung, Small Intestine

Question 47

The Small Intestine also functions to separate pure from impure and sends the pure to the __________ and the impure to the __________ or __________

Answer 47

stomach and spleen Large Intestine or Urinary Bladder

Question 48

The Lungs send the more refined portion to the ______, and the less refined portion to the _____

Answer 48

to the skin, and the less refined portion to the Kidneys

Question 49

The Kidneys send a steam up to the ____ to keep them moist

Answer 49

Lungs

Question 50

the shen is the

Answer 50

mind

Question 51

the shen is closely related to which organ? and is responsible for many different ______ activities

Answer 51

the heart mental activity

Question 52

Functions:
Consciousness
Thinking, Memory
Insight
Cognition
Sleep, Intelligence
Wisdom
Ideas
Affections
Feelings
Senses

Answer 52

shen