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shen is also known as _____ and a description of good shen includes...
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Good Shen aka Vitality is described as a person with a healthy/clear complexion, firm muscle tone, sparkling eyes with good eye contact, even respriation, clear speech/mind and an appropriate response to the external world
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What are the basic categories used to describe Shen?
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Face, Eyes, Breathing, Speech, Response to external stimuli
C.R.E.B.S Complexion, Response, Eyes, Breathing, Speech |
CREBS
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what causes a lack of shen
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less nourishment and access to the shen
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an individual with a lack of shen has an unhealthy complexion that is dark and lack luster, as wekk as poor muscle tone due to_____
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poor noursihment
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How does impaired Zong Qi affect the Shen
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it contributed to a lack of shen and causes difficult/shallow breathing
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False shen is described as ___ rising and ___ sinking, when does this occur?
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Flase shen is when the yang rises and the yin sinks. This is the flase energy that occurs before death
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T?F Shen disturbances look like falkse shen with agitation and withdrawl
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F - shen disturbance looks like a lack of shen but with agitation or withdrawl
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what kind of condition is shen disturbance related to?
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Heat/Cold insubstantial phlegm
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How does heat insubstantial phlegm interact with other organs, and how dies it manifest in the person
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Insubstantial heat phlegm harasses the heart
it makes ppl cranky, agitated, impulsive, aggressive violent, can cause a red/greasy complextion, big eyes, harsh breathing/voice |
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How does insubstantial cold phlegm interact with other organs? how does it manifest in the person
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Insubstantial cold phlegm mists the hears
it can cause the Px to be apathetic, catatonic, depressed, may cause mumbled/repeated speech, dull eyes/face |
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What are the main causes of Measles?
a) Blood Heat b) Blood Deficiency c) WInd Heat d) Toxins |
d) Toxins
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What is the main charateristic of carbuncles?
a)Several infected pores and/or glands b) One infected pore and/or gland c) several infected pimples/glands d)one infected pimple/gland |
a) several infected pores/glands (hair follicles)
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How do you determine the amount of robustness of a patient?
a)Weight b)Size c)vitality of a person d)movement |
c) robustness is determined by a persons vitality
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Patients with asthma will usually develop the following on the elbow:
a)Rashes b)Eczema c)Hives d)Psoriasis |
b) Eczema
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What are the main symptoms that will help you differentiate between a chronic and acute boil?
a)Heat b)Pain c)Inflammation d)All of the above |
d)heat, pain, inflammmation
chronic: no heat s/s, flat, deep rooted, non healing acute: xs heat s/s, raised, swollen, painful, pus |
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What would non pitting edema on the upper eyelid indicate?
a)Lung obstuction b)Stomach stagnation c)Spleen damp d)Wind damp |
c)Spleen damp (chronic)
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These are all indicative of heat except:
a) red corner of eye b) ulcerations of canthus c) swelling under eyes d) pterygium e) red sclera |
c) swelling under eyes
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a) red corner of eye = heat fire
b) ulcerations of canthus damp-heat or wind-heat c) swelling under eyes - kidney xu d) pterygium - wind-heat or damp-heat e) red sclera - lung heat |
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Which sign(s) could indicate the patient has Spleen Xu?
a) pale white corners of eyes b)eyes open during sleep c) unusual staring d) dark circles under eyes e) swelling of upper lid & drooping of eye |
b) swelling of upper lid & drooping of eye
e)eyes open during sleep |
a) pale white corners of eyes => blood xu
b)eyes open during sleep => SP & ST Xu c) unusual staring => disturbance of LV Wind d) dark circles under eyes => kidney XU e) swelling of upper lid & drooping of eye => Spleen Qi Xu |
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What would be the sign(s) of wind heat?
a) Red eyes b) Swelling under eyes c) Yellow sclera d) Ulceration of the canthus e) pterygium |
a) Red eyes
d) Ulceration of the canthus e) pterygium |
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white copious nasal discharge is indicative of?
a) Cold b) Lung Heat c) Exterior Condition d) Interior Heat e) Liver Wind |
a) Cold
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Watery-Clear => exterior condition
copious-thick green/yellow -> heat |
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A person with a Xu collapse syndrome will have which of the following?
a) slack jaw b) lock jaw c) open mouth d) closed mouth e) red lips and mouth |
a) slack jaw and c)open mouth
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Lips that are too moist is usually to damp caused by cold in which organs?
a) LU b) LV c) SP d) KD e) ST |
c) SP and e) ST
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Match the lip color with the cause:
1) pale a) cold 2) purple b)blood stasis 3) blue c) heat 4) red e) blood xu |
1e, 2b, 3a, 4c
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purulent discharge from the ears is an indication of ?
a. damp- heat or phlegm-heat in the LV & GB b. Blood Xu c. Kidney Jing Xu d. LV & GB fire |
A. damp- heat or Phlegm-heat in the Lv & GB
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Bad breath is an indication of?
a. Sp qi xu b. St fire c. Blood xu d. KD Shi |
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St fire |
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Black, Dry & Withered ears indicate?
a. damp-heat b. KD jing xu c. LV & GB fire d. Sp xu |
B. Kidney Jing Xu
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Pale gums are an indication of?
a. Blood Xu b. Sp qi Xu c. GB fire d. Blood shi |
Answer: Blood Xu
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The most common cause of gum bleeding is?
a. Blood xu b. St heat c. Sp heat d. KD heat |
St Heat
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five elements:
_______________ People are characterized as philosophers a. Wood b. Fire c. Earth d. Metal e. Water |
Water
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Pattern baldness is caused by
a. Liver Blood xu b. Jing xu c. Blood stagnation d. Yin and Blood xu |
b. Jing xu
class notes |
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A moist complexion type is related to:
a. Yin excess b. Lung Qi excess c. Good prognosis d. Both A and B |
c. Good prognosis
class notes |
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True or false: The face color is closely related to the condition of the mind, heart, and spirit.
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True. The face color is also related to the state of Qi and blood. Page 299.
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A scattered complexion type indicates which of the following:
a. a new disease such as drinking too much b. a floating complexion where there is a mild exterior attack c. an old disease such as alcoholism d. a deep, interior disease |
a. a new disease such as drinking too much; the redness in the face is patchy
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A yellow complexion typically indicates which of the following:
a. spleen xu or cold b. damp or cold c. spleen xu or damp d. damp or fluid retention |
c. spleen xu or damp
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If a person's complexion has moisture, it is said that the person has good:
a. liver qi b. spleen qi c. both a and b d. stomach qi |
d. stomach qi
book page 299-300 |
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If a person's skin is blue/green, then there could be problems with which organ or substance:
a. Liver b. Spleen c. Blood d. both A and C |
d. both A and C
class notes |
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Bright white skin indicates:
a. fright b. yang xu c. yin xu d. cold |
b. yang xu
page 301; class notes |
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Premature graying is caused by which of the following:
a. all of these b. decline in Kidney jing c. shock d. the scattering of Qi |
a. all of these
class notes |
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Dull, brittle hair indicates:
a. shen disturbance b. lung qi xu c. yin xu d.liver blood xu |
d.liver blood xu
class notes |
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T/F For accurate hand diagnosis in infants the child much be less than 3 years old
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F The child much be less than 2 yrs
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Which finger should be examined for infant boys and infant girls
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Boys- left index finger
Girls- right index finger |
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T/F when examining an infants finger, rub the finger away from the heart and look for venules to appear
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F Rub towards the heart
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Venules at the Gate of Life indicate_______________
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a serious/life threatnening disease in an infant
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Red venules at the Gate of Qi incate _____________
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the venules indicate an interior heat condtn in an infant
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A mother brings you her 1yr boy, and hand inspection results with blue venules at the gate of wind- what does this tell you about the child
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the child has an exterior cold attack or a very mild cold disease
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what are conditions are ideal for examing tongues?
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1st thing in the morning, with natural lighting
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upon examing a Px tongue, you notice that it deviates to the right side. What pathology is likely?
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LV wind
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Extreme heat, interior turbid phlegm and wind cold invading the paricardium can cause the tongue to be _____
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rigid, stiff, difficult to protrude
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Your Px has a pale tongue that trembles, what is the pathology?
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most likely SP Qi xu,
pale tongue and trembling could also be accompanied by spittle and/or teethmarks with SP Qi xu |
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Your Px tongue is flaccid and pale, and has a very weak pulse. what is the pathology
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severe Qi and blood xu
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Bob looks terrible, upon examinig his tongue you observe that it is flaccid and deep red, and his pulse is floating and empty. what is wrong with bob?
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bob has yin collapse and severe consumption of body fluids
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Red papillae indicate _____, while purple papillae indicate____
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xs heat vs blood stasis
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evidence of Spittle/strings can be caused by what pathologies?
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damp accumulation
SP Qi xu xu cold in middle jiao |
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lingering evils in the ___ manifest in the groin, while lingering evills of the KD manifest in the ____
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SP - groin
KD - knee |
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Rashes in the armpit indicate ____
a) HT heat b) Wind Heat c) Yin xu d) LV heat |
LV Heat
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____ complexion indicates Yang and intact upright qi while ____ is Yin and indicates an exhaustion of upright qi
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distinct complexion
vs obscure complexion |
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Rashes that itch are likely to be whihc of the following?
a) blood heat b) blood xu c) wind heat d) damp heat e)none of the above |
b) blood xu
c) Wind heat (L-contact dermatitis) (general itching of skin is WIND) |
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if your Px has hives the diagnosis is likely to be
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blood xu or wind heat
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