Week Two (Class One)

Question 1

What is an herb?

Answer 1

Any substance, organic or inorganic, that is used for medicinal purposes

Question 2

Causes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine

List them (two main):

Answer 2

Causes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine

List them:
Six Pathogenic Factors
The Seven Emotions

Question 3

Six Pathogenic Factors

List them:

Answer 3

Six Pathogenic Factors

List them:
Wind
Cold
Heat
Damp
Dryness
Summerheat

Question 4

The Seven Emotions

List them:

Answer 4

The Seven Emotions

List them:
Anger
Fear
Fright
Grief
Joy (or Decadence)
Melancholy (or Sadness)
Worry (or Pensiveness)

Question 5

Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind:
Nature -
Season -

Answer 5

Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind:
Nature - Yang
Season - Spring

Question 6

Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind (Types):

Answer 6

Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind (Types):
Exterior Wind
Interior Wind

Question 7

Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind (Description and Characteristics):

Answer 7

Six Pathogenic Factors

Wind (Characteristics):
Affects the upper part of the body.

Usually accompanies another pathogen while attacking the body such as cold, damp, or heat.

Associated with movement and migratory pains.

Characterized by sudden onset.

Question 8

Six Pathogenic Factors

Exterior Wind (Symptoms):

Answer 8

Six Pathogenic Factors

Exterior Wind (Symptoms):
Fever, chills, body aches, cough, headache, nasal discharges, stuffy nose, aversion to drafts.

Question 9

Six Pathogenic Factors

Interior Wind (Symptoms):

Answer 9

Six Pathogenic Factors

Interior Wind (Symptoms):
Spasms, tremors, dizziness, tetany, itching, twitching, and convulsion.

Question 10

Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold:
Nature -
Season -

Answer 10

Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold:
Nature - Yin
Season - Winter

Question 11

Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold (Description and Characteristics):

Answer 11

Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the stomach, large intestine, and uterus.

Characterized by contraction and slowness.

Question 12

Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold (Symptoms):

Answer 12

Six Pathogenic Factors

Cold (Symptoms):
Sever sharp pain that is often relieved by heat, contraction of muscles and sinews, causing restricted movement of the limbs, chills, no sweating, no thirst.

Question 13

Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat:
Nature -
Season -

Answer 13

Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat:
Nature - Yang
Season - Summer

Question 14

Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Description and Characteristics):

Answer 14

Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the heart, liver, and blood.

Characterized by Shen disturbance and reckless movement of blood causing bleeding.

Question 15

Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Symptoms):

Answer 15

Six Pathogenic Factors

Heat (Symptoms):
Fever, red face, red eyes, irritability, mania, delirium, bleeding, dark urine.

Question 16

Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp:
Nature -
Season -

Answer 16

Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp:
Nature - Yin
Season - End of Summer

Question 17

Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp (Description and Characteristics):

Answer 17

Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the spleen.

Characterized by heaviness, turbidity, and lingering.

Question 18

Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp (Symptoms):

Answer 18

Six Pathogenic Factors

Damp (Symptoms):
Loose stools, diarrhea, cloudy urine, leucorrhea, heaviness of the head and body, pain that is sore, loss of appetite, and edema

Question 19

Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness:
Nature -
Season -

Answer 19

Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness:
Nature - Yang
Season - Autumn

Question 20

Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Description and Characteristics):

Answer 20

Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Description and Characteristics):
Affects the lung.

Characterized by lack of moisture

Question 21

Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Symptoms):

Answer 21

Six Pathogenic Factors

Dryness (Symptoms):
Dry lips, cracked skin, dry stools, dry cough, and asthma

Question 22

Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat:
Nature -
Season -

Answer 22

Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat:
Nature - Yang
Season - Summer

Question 23

Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat (Description and Characteristics):

Answer 23

Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat (Description and Characteristics):

Characterized by dispersion and consumption of body fluids by heat.

Often accompanied by dampness, which is due to humid weather.

Question 24

Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat (Symptoms):

Answer 24

Six Pathogenic Factors

Summer Heat (Symptoms):
High fever, sweating, fatigue, headache, diarrhea.

Question 25

The Seven Emotions Anger (Affect on Organ and Qi):

Answer 25

The Seven Emotions Anger (Affect on Organ and Qi): Affects the liver and causes the qi to rise

Question 26

The Seven Emotions Fear (Affect on Organ and Qi):

Answer 26

The Seven Emotions Fear (Affect on Organ and Qi): Affects the kidney and causes qi to decline

Question 27

The Seven Emotions Fright (Affect on Organ and Qi):

Answer 27

The Seven Emotions Fright (Affect on Organ and Qi): Affects the kidney and causes qi to scatter

Question 28

The Seven Emotions Grief (Affect on Organ and Qi):

Answer 28

The Seven Emotions Grief (Affect on Organ and Qi): Affects the Lung and consumes the qi

Question 29

The Seven Emotions Joy or Decadence (Affect on Organ and Qi):

Answer 29

The Seven Emotions Joy or Decadence (Affect on Organ and Qi): Affects the heart and causes the qi to move slowly

Question 30

The Seven Emotions Melancholy or Sadness (Affect on Organ and Qi):

Answer 30

The Seven Emotions Melancholy or Sadness (Affect on Organ and Qi): Affects the lungs and consumes qi

Question 31

The Seven Emotions Worry or Pensiveness (Affect on Organ and Qi):

Answer 31

The Seven Emotions Worry or Pensiveness (Affect on Organ and Qi): Affects the spleen and causes qi to stagnate

Question 32

The Eight Principles | Name them

Answer 32

The Eight Principles | ``` Name them Yin - Yang Interior - Exterior Deficiency - Excess Cold - Heat ```

Question 33

The Eight Principles Yin - Yang (Pattern Differentiation):

Answer 33

The Eight Principles Yin - Yang (Pattern Differentiation): Determines nature of the disease

Question 34

The Eight Principles Interior - Exterior (Pattern Differentiation):

Answer 34

The Eight Principles Interior - Exterior (Pattern Differentiation): Determines the location of disharmony

Question 35

The Eight Principles Deficiency - Excess (Pattern Differentiation):

Answer 35

The Eight Principles Deficiency - Excess (Pattern Differentiation): Determines the strength of the pathogen in relation to the body's qi.

Question 36

The Eight Principles Cold - Heat (Pattern Differentiation):

Answer 36

The Eight Principles Cold - Heat (Pattern Differentiation): Determines the nature of the disease

Question 37

The Eight Principles Yin - Yang (Yin Syndromes):

Answer 37

The Eight Principles Yin - Yang (Yin Syndromes): Characterized by deficiency of yang qi with the presence of cold or damp

Question 38

The Eight Principles Yin - Yang (Yang Syndromes):

Answer 38

The Eight Principles Yin - Yang (Yang Syndromes): Characterized by excess or yang qi in the body causing heat conditions

Question 39

The Eight Principles Interior - Exterior (Exterior):

Answer 39

The Eight Principles Interior - Exterior (Exterior): Exterior pertains to the surface of the body such as skin, hair, muscles, and the superficial branches of the meridians

Question 40

The Eight Principles Interior - Exterior (Interior):

Answer 40

The Eight Principles Interior - Exterior (Interior): Interior pertains to the organs as they are known in TCM (the Zang-Fu)

Question 41

The Eight Principles Deficiency - Excess (Deficiency):

Answer 41

The Eight Principles Deficiency - Excess (Deficiency): A pathogen with weakness of the body's qi indicates a deficiency syndrome

Question 42

The Eight Principles Deficiency - Excess (Excess):

Answer 42

The Eight Principles Deficiency - Excess (Excess): A pathogen with strong body qi indicates an excess syndrome

Question 43

The Eight Principles Cold - Heat (Heat):

Answer 43

The Eight Principles Cold - Heat (Heat): Heat syndromes have an excess of yang qi

Question 44

The Eight Principles Cold - Heat (Cold):

Answer 44

The Eight Principles Cold - Heat (Cold): Cold syndromes have an excess of yin (cold/damp) and/or deficiency of yang qi

Question 45

The Five Tastes | Name them

Answer 45

The Five Tastes | ``` Name them Pungent Sour Bitter Salty Sweet Bland ```

Question 46

The Five Tastes Acrid (or Pungent): Nature - Function -

Answer 46

The Five Tastes Acrid (or Pungent): Nature - dispersing, promotes circulation, invigorating Function - relieves stagnation of qi and blood, releasing the exterior by opening the pores and promoting sweating

Question 47

The Five Tastes Sour: Nature - Function -

Answer 47

The Five Tastes Sour: Nature - astringing Function - stops the discharge of fluids and vital substances

Question 48

The Five Tastes Bitter: Nature - Function -

Answer 48

The Five Tastes Bitter: Nature - drains dampness and heat Function - clears heat and promotes diuresis to relieve damp accumulation

Question 49

The Five Tastes Salty: Nature - Function -

Answer 49

The Five Tastes Salty: Nature - softens hardness Function - breaks up cysts, lumps, nodules, and tumors

Question 50

The Five Tastes Sweet: Nature - Function -

Answer 50

The Five Tastes Sweet: Nature - strengthening and sedating Function - nourishes the body and tranquilizes and sedates

Question 51

The Five Tastes Bland: Nature - Function -

Answer 51

The Five Tastes Bland: Nature - leaches or percolates dampness Function - slow acting diuresis that gently removes damp acumulation

Question 52

Temperature of Herbs Cold Herbs (function):

Answer 52

Temperature of Herbs ``` Cold Herbs (function): Clears heat; cooling ```

Question 53

Temperature of Herbs Warm Herbs (function):

Answer 53

Temperature of Herbs ``` Warm Herbs (function): Dispels cold; warming ```

Question 54

Temperature of Herbs Neutral Herbs (function):

Answer 54

Temperature of Herbs ``` Neutral Herbs (function): Can be used in either heat or cold syndromes ```