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What organ houses the Shen?

Heart

What do the Chinese characters of Yin and Yang represent?

Yin - shady side of a hill, Yanf - sunny side of a hill

Why does left pertain to Yang and right to Yin?

As we face south the sun rises (Yang) in the East and sets (Yin) in the West

Why does round pertain to Yang and right to Yin?

Heaven is above and ao Yang and is imagined like a round vault, Earth js below and can be parcelled into fields

How do Yin and Yang relate to the Five seasons?

Yang - Spring and Summer, Yin - Autumn and Winter

You are by a lake in a very hot day and you observe the vapour rising from the surface of the water, how do you interpret this in terms of Yin and Yang?

The Sun is Yang, the Water of the lake is Yin. The heat of the Sun (Yang) transforms the Water (Yin) into vapoir (Yang)

When Yang is preponderant, what happens to Yin?

Yin decreases

When Yin is deficient, what happens to Yang?

An apparant excess of Yang

Explain the relationship between Liver-Blood and Liver-Qi in terms of Yin and Yang.

Liver-Blood and Liver-Qi are an example of the Yin-Yang opposition of structure and function. Liver-Blood is the structure of Liver-Yin and the free flow of Liver-Qi is the function of Liver-Yang. The two are inderdependent.

Mention at least five examples of the opposition of Yin-Yang in symptomatogy?

Hot/Cold, Dry/Wet, Excess/Deficient, Ascending/Descending, Rapid/Slow, Restless/Quiet, Excitment/Inhibition

Relate Excess of Yin/Yang and Deficiency of Yin/Yang to Heat and Cold (Full or Empty)

Excess Yin - Full Cold, Excess Yang - Full Heat, Deficienct Yin - Empty Heat, Deficient Yang - Empty Cold

If Yang is described as warming and moving how would you describe Yin?

Cooling, Stillness

What is the name of the classical book studying the different permutations of Yin and Yang?

Yi Jing

In the Taiji symbol what is the direction of generation?

Clockwise

The Taiji symbol depicts the four rules of Yin and Yang - what are the four rules?

Opposition, inter-dependence, mutual consumption, transformation

Give examples of an external heavenly influence

Weather, climate, sun and moon

If external disease comes from invading heavenly pathogens - Yang, where does the internal - Yin disease originate?

The Mind

If women are said to be governed by Blood, what are men said to be governed by?

Qi

Men have a daily 24 hour cycle of energy. How long is a woman's cycle and what is the external influence?

28 days, the Moon

Yang and Yin Qi are governed by day and night. if you stay up late at night on a regular basis what aspect of Qi will you become deficient in?

Yin Qi

Ying Qi is a nutritive form of Qi, where does it primarily circulate?

The channels

The Shang Dynasty first recorded Chinese Medicine teachings - what did they record them on?

Turtle bones

Name two influential luminaries from the Golden age of Chinese Medicine

Lao Tzu, Confucius, Mencius

The Yellow Emperors Classic of Medicine has two distinct parts, what are they called?

Sun Wen and Ling Shu

Which practioner is credited with Qi Gong practices known as the animal frolics?

Hwa To

Sun Simao is credited with writing which classic?

Heart Classic, Ethical code of Conduct for Chinese Medicine

What is the Chinese name for Blood?

Xue

What form of Qi flows alongside the Blood?

Ying Qi

Which channels carry the Blood through the body?

Jing Mai, Luo Mai, Sun Mai

Name two channels which (similar to arteries) move Blood away from the Heart?

Heart, Kidneys, Bladder, Gallbladder, Lung, Stomach

Name two channels which (similar to veins) return Blood to the Heart?

Liver, Pericardium, Spleen, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, San Jiao

What form of Qi does the Spleen contribute to the formation of Blood?

Gu Qi

What form of Qi do the Kidneys contribute to the formation of Blood?

Yuan Qi

The Heart is said to govern the Blood. Which of these statements about the Heart functions are true? The Heart generates Blood, The Heart moves the Blood, the Heart stamps/ seals the Blood?

All true

There are five functions of the Blood, name them.

Nutrivite, Moistening, houses the mind/anchors the Shen, provides gracefullness of movement and ageing and for menstruation (blood sent from the Liver)

Which organ moves Gu Qi to the Heart?

Lungs

Which organ stores the Blood?

Liver

Which organ holds the Blood in the channel system?

Spleen

Give three examples of thin/Jin fluids

Sweat, saliva, tears

Give three examples of Thicker/Ye fluids?

Sexual fluids, joint fluids, cerebrospinal fluids

What are the functions of the Jin fluids?

Moisten and nourish surface of the skin

Which organ is said to be the root of fluids?

Stomach

Which organ likened to a 'canopy' disperse/ spread the fluids and deacend fluids to the Kidneys?

Lungs

The Spleen is the first organ to process the fluids and sort the pure from the impure, where does it send the pure fluids to?

Lungs

The Small Intestine also sorts the pure from the impure, where does it send the pure fluids to?

Bladder

Which organs steam the fluids?

Kidneys

The San Jiao transports fluids between which two organs?

Lungs and Kidneys

Fluids 'like a mist' are in which part of the San Jiao?

Upper Jiao

What parts of the body are considered the Exterior?

Skin, muscles and the channels

What parts of the body are considered the Interior?

internal organs

What two simultaneous symptoms point to an invasion from an external pathogenic factor?

Fever, aversion to cold

What defines a Full condition?

The presence of a pathogenic factor (interior or exterior) and the resulting struggle with the body's Qi

What are the symptoms that mark the change from a condition progressing from the exterior to the interior?

Disappearance of aversion to cold and onset of aversion to heat

Full Heat is a manifestation of..

Excess Yang

Full Heat can be internal and external True or False

True

Name 5 symptoms of Full-Heat in an internal condition

thirst, a feeling of heat, mental restlessness, red face, scanty urine, dry stools, Rapid-Full pulse, red tongue with yellow coating

Where can Internal Full-Heat patterns arise from?

Excess consumption of hot-energy foods, spices, alcohol, emotional stress (indirectly from Qi stagnation) external pathogenic factor that penetrates the Interior

Empty-Heat arises from a...

Deficiency of Yin

How can you tell the different between Yin deficiency and Empty-Heat?

Tongue colour. Yin deficiency has no coating with a normal colour, Empty-Heat has no coating with a red colour

Name 5 symptoms of Empty-Heat

feeling of Heat in the afternoon/evening, a dry mouth with a desire to drink in small sips, a dry throat at night, night sweating, five palm heat, dry stools, scanty, dark urine, Floating-Empty Rapid pulse, red tongue with no coating

How can Empty-Heat be diagnosed from a psychological point of view?

mental restlessness, vague anxiety, something is wrong but cant describe it, fidgeting

How can Full-Heat be diagnosed from a psychological point of view?

severe mental restlessness, agitation, anxiety, insomnia, agitated sleep

What can cause Empty-Heat?

Overwork, excessive sexual activity, irregular eating, persistent, heavy blood loss

Name 5 symptoms of a Full-Cold condition?

Feeling cold, cold limbs, profuse and clear urination, desire to drink warm fluids, pale face, abdominal pain aggravated on pressure, no thirst, loose stools, Deep-Full-Tight pulse, Pale tongue with thick white tongue coating

Full Cold arises from..

Excess of Yin

Interior Full-Cold can be caused by..

Excessive consumption of cold energy foods (salads, fruit, iced drinks) or by external cold

Empty-Cold arises due to a..

Deficiency of Yang

Name 5 symptoms of Empty-Cold

feeling cold, cold limbs, dull pale face, no thirst, listlessness, sweating, loose stools, clear abundant urination, Deep-Slow or Weak pulse, Pale tongue with a thin white coating

What two patterns does Empty-Cold usually related to?

Kidney-Yang, Spleen-Yang

What can cause Empty Cold?

Anything Yang defieiciency related; Excess physical work, diet, lack of hot foods, excessive sexual activity, internal cold injuring Yang

Name the five Hot-Cold combinations

Cold on the Exterior and Heat in the Interior, Heat on the Exterior and Cold in the Interior, Heat above and Cold below, Combination of Heat and Cold patterns, False-Heat- True Cold and False Cold-True Heat

What defines an Empty conditon?

A weakness of the body's Qi and the absence of a pathogenic factor

What is a Full-Empty condition?

An emptiness of the Upright Qi with the presence of a lingering pathogenic factor that the Upright Qi is not fighting effectively

Name 5 general clinical manifestations of a Full condition

acute disease, restlessness, irritability, a strong voice, course breathing, pin aggravated by pressure, high pitch tinnitus, scanty urination, constipation, Full-pulse

Interior Cold, Heat, Dampness, Wind, Fire, Phlegm, stagnation of Qi, stasis of Blood are all what?

Full conditions

What are the four types of Empty conditions?

Empty Qi, Empty Blood, Empty Yin, Empty Yang

Name 5 common symptoms of an Empty condition

Tiredness, desire to lie down, weak voice, loose stools, pale tongue and weak pulse

What does a collapse of Yin/Yang indicate?

Extremely severe and sudden state of Emptiness, complete separation of Yin and Yang and most likely ensuing death