Week 1

Question 1

cortex [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 1

Pi

Bark, peel, skin

Question 2

flos [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 2

Hua

flower

Question 3

Folium [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 3

Ye

leaf

Question 4

Fructus/Semen [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 4

Zi or Ren

fruit, seed, nut, pit

Question 5

Herba

Answer 5

Cao

plant, herb, grass (entire above ground)

Question 6

Lignum [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 6

Mu

wood

Question 7

Os [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 7

Gu

bone

Question 8

Pericarpium [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 8

Pi

peel, husk, skin

Question 9

Radix [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 9

Ben or Gen

root (grows straight down)

Question 10

Radice(s) [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 10

Ben or Gen

roots

Question 11

Ramulus [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 11

Zhi

small branch, twig

Question 12

Rhizoma [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 12

Ben or Gen

mass of roots (grow horizontal), underground part of plant

Question 13

What two theoretical principles arise from the Huang Di Nei Jing?

Answer 13

Yin Yang & five phase theory

Question 14

How many herbal prescriptions were included in the Huang Di Nei Jing?

Answer 14

12

Question 15

What is meant by the idea that Shen Nong is said to have been intoxicated 70 times a day?

Answer 15

His goal was to test herbs to discover their functions and therefore experienced the implecations of those herbs

Question 16

What are the three groups the herbs were divided into in the Shen Nong Ben Cao

Answer 16

1. Superior Category: Included 120 medicines. Non-toxic, contained invigorating effects to preserve vitality or prolong life. ex: ginseng
2. Intermediate Category: 120 average medicines. Used to prevent illness and restore the individual’s vitality. Could be toxic. Use carefully for certain ailments.
3. Inferior Category: 125 inferior medicines that were considered to be toxic with side effects. Specifically used to treat disease.

Question 17

How many herbal entries are listed in the Shen Nong Ben Cao

Answer 17

365

Question 18

Who is the author of Shang Han Za Ben Lun?

Answer 18

Zhang Zhong Jing

Question 19

What were the two books the Shang Han Za Ben Lun are divided into?

Answer 19

Shang Han Lun (treatise on cold induced disorders)

Jin Gui Yao Lue (essential treasures from the golden cabinet)

Question 20

What is the theoretical principle behind the Shang Han Za Ben Lun?

Answer 20

This book contains 6 parts, which coorespond to the 6 pairs of meridians:
Tai Yang - UB, SM.I.
Shao Yang - GB, SJ
Yang Ming - ST, LG.I.
Tai Yin - LG, SP
Shao Yin - KD, HT
Jue Yin - PER, LV

Question 21

What does Shang Han Za Ben Lun mean

Answer 21

Discourse on fevers & miscellaneous illnesses

Question 22

What is the primary disease factor in the Shang Han Za Ben Lun

Answer 22

damage from cold/absense of yang

Question 23

Who was Sun Si-Miao?

Answer 23

famous doctor of tang dynasty who mastered chinese classics at an early age. quote: “human life is worth a thousand gold bars, with a virtue of one prescription you can fix it.”

Question 24

What texts did Sun Si-Miao author?

Answer 24

Qian Jin Yao Fang (prescriptions worth a thousand gold for emergencies or precious prescriptions for emergencies)
-30 volumes / 5,300 prescriptions
Qian Jin Yi Fang (a supplement to the essential prescriptions worth a thousand gold or supplement to precious prescriptions)
-30 volumes / 2,571 prescriptions

Question 25

Who was Li Shi-Zhen

Answer 25

Chinese physician to the imperial medical academy during ming dynasty. Considered the "father of modern chiense herbal medicine."

Question 26

What text is Li Shi-Zhen said to author?

Answer 26

Ben Cao Gang Mu (Material Medica or Great Pharmacopeia) | -described more than 2,000 drugs and directions for moer than 8,000 prescriptions

Question 27

What was the time period of Wen Bing Xue?

Answer 27

Ming/Qing Dynasties

Question 28

What are the four levels of disease?

Answer 28

Wei - exterior heat diseases Qi - interior heat excess Ying - Deeper heat diseases Xue - Blood level; deepest level

Question 29

What is the primary disease factor of the Wen Bing Xue?

Answer 29

heat

Question 30

Why is the primary disease factor of the Wen Bing Xue so different from that of Zhang Zhong Jing's of the Han Dynasty?

Answer 30

Zhang Zhong Jing authored Shang Han Za Bing Lun (discourse on fevers and miscellaneous illnesses) COLD-> primary disease. Wen Bing Xue was from the warm school of disease HEAT->primary disease. they varied because of geography

Question 31

have an understanding of the homeopathic "like treats like" theory

Answer 31

ex: twig can be used to treat someone who needs qi dispersed to extremities.

Question 32

oracle bones findings were found in which dynasty

Answer 32

shang dynasty | written on bones and tortoise shells

Question 33

Confucius lived during what time period

Answer 33

Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC)

Question 34

Caulis [latin] - pin yin & translation

Answer 34

Teng; stalk, stem, vine