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what is first book of herbs?
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"Shen-nong ben cao jing"
-Is the divine husbandman's classic of Materia Medica |
shen...
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Shen nong ben cao jing is the first book to use these examples of herbs?
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area of production, collection, preparation, affects, dosage and administering
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where, how, affects...
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2nd herbal book is..?
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"Ben cao gang mu" ---Compendium of Materia Medica by Li, Shizhen during Ming Dynasty1518-1593
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Ben...Ming Dynasty..
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The 3 main functions of TCM herbology is?
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eliminates pathogens, strengthens body resistance, restroes blance between yin and yang.
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eliminates, strengthens, restores
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What are the Four Aspects of TCM Pharmacology?
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taste and properties; therapeutic actions, functions and tendency; channels entered, toxicity
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What are the 5 tastes?
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acrid, sour, sweet(bland), salty, bitter
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In what part of the body do the five tastes enter in?
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Acrid - travels in the qi
sweet - travels in the flesh sour - travels in the sinews bitter - travels in the bones Salty - travels in the blood |
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What are the four natures?
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cold - han
hot- liang warm - wen cool - re |
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What are the four tendencies?
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Lifting - up
Lowering - down Floating &lifting/upward & outwards Sinking / inward Sinking - inward |
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Examples of the four tendencies are...?
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→ During development of disease p.12
Chronic diarrhera>>>go down Vomiting>>>go up Sweat steal sweat>>> go sideways External syndrome w/out sweat |
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What are the 8 therapeutic methods?
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a) Promote sweating
b) Induce vomiting c) Purge d) Harmonize e) Warm f) Clear g) Tonify h) Reduce |
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4 aspects of pharmacology?
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taste and nature
tendency channels entered toxicity |
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tendency is classified in what 4 ways?
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lifting=going upwards
lowering=going downwards floating/lifting=up and outward sinking= inward downward |
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what "taste" goes to what channel?
acrid sweet sour bitter salty |
acrid- qi
sweet-flesh sour-sinews bitter-bones salty-blood |
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what are the 4 natures?
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cold-han
heat-liang warm-wen cool-re |
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what are the 8 therapeutic methods of herbs?
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reduce, tonify, warm, purge, induce vomiting, promote sweating, harmonize, clear
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herbs that enter channels?
lung heart liver stomach |
huang qin
mutong long dan cao huang lian/shi gao |
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frying with liquid:
wine = vinegar = salt water = honey = ginger juice = |
wine = blood
vinegar = pain, gyn prblem salt water = tonify KID funct honey = nourishing lung, stop cough ginger juice = stopping vomiting,ST |
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What is bleaching?
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soaking herb in running water, clean water to remove toxin and offensive odor
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what is rinsing?
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if herb has salty taste remove toxin, offensive odor
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what is moistening?
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soaking herb in water
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what is refining?
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minerals ground w/water untill reduced to extremely fine powder
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what is roasting?
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herb wrapped w/moistened paper, paste or mud, heated until surface is charred to remove oil from herb
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what is with water and fire?
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steaming, boiling, quenching to reduce or lessen toxicity
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what is mutual accentuation?
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2 herbs together w/similar function
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what is mutual enhancement?
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combo of 2 or more w/different function
one as master and one as assistant |
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what is mutual counteraction?
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toxicity or side effects are reduced by another, with emphasis on the herb that the toxicity is being reduced or killed
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what is mutual suppression?
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an herb's toxicity or side effect is killed by another her and the emphasis is on the herb that kills
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what is mutual antagonism?
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combo of 2 or more herbs have the ability to neutralize eachother's possitive theraputic effects>>>putting them together is to be avoided to ensure of no adverse reactions
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what is mutual incompatibility
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combo of herbs that when put together can cause side effect or toxicity
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when do you use a light dosage?
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for heavy condition, hard to recover from disease
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when do you use a heavy dosage?
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for mild condition, easy to have upright qi
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the nature of herb w/no toxin, heavy stuff like minerals, has what dosage?
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large dosage
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the nature of herb w/ toxicity and light in nature is what dosage?
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low dosage
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what should you consider when giving herbs to someone?
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nature, condition of the person (severity of disease, age, constitution, race, environment, weak/elderly, strong/younng), dosage
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acute conditions need what dose in general?
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large
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chronic conditons need what dose?
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low lose, larger dose to tonify, smaller when reducing
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how much is 1 liang?
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1 liang is approx. 30 grams
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how much is 1 qian?
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1 qian is 3 grams
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how much is 1 jin?
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500 grams
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how much is 16 liang?
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500 grms
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what special cooking way releases exterior?
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to release exterior, use aromatic herb w/ less water over flame and boil for 5 - 10 min//// tonic use more water and cook over low fire for 30 to 60 min.
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what sort of herbs need to be decocted in gauze?
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powder, small seeds, fine hair like structures...hua shi, che quian si, ma bo
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what are the special cooking ways?
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release exterior
decocted first decocted in gauze decocted seperately taken with strained decoction dissolved instrained decoction or sticky jiao |
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