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54 Cards in this Set
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Five Elements:
Wood - Liver |
Sour
Green-blue Germinating Wind East Spring Gall Bladder |
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Five Elements:
Fire - Heart |
Bitter
Red Growing Fire (Summer Heat) South Summer Small Intestine |
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Five Elements:
Earth - Spleen |
Sweet
Yellow Transforming Dampness Centre/Middle Later Summer Stomach |
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Five Elements:
Metal - Lung |
Pungent
White Reaping Dryness West Autumn Large Intestine |
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Five Elements:
Water - Kidney |
Salty
Black Storing Cold North Winter Urinary Bladder |
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Mutual Generation
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Wood - Liver
↓ Fire - Heart ↓ Earth - Spleen ↓ Metal - Lung ↓ Water - Kidney ↓ Wood - Liver |
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Mutual Restriction
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Wood - Liver
↓ Earth - Spleen ↓ Water - Kidney ↓ Fire - Heart ↓ Metal - Lung ↓ Wood - Liver |
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Subjugation
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Wood - Liver
↓ Earth - Spleen ↓ Water - Kidney ↓ Fire - Heart ↓ Metal - Lung ↓ Wood - Liver |
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Reverse Restriction
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Wood - Liver
↓ Metal - Lung ↓ Fire - Heart ↓ Water - Kidney ↓ Earth - Spleen ↓ Wood - Liver |
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Heart:
King Mind |
Functions: In charge of Shen (spirit)
Houses the mind Dominates blood and vessels (controls circulation) Body opening: Tongue Tissue: Blood Vessels Appearance: Facial Complexion |
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Lung:
Minister Policies & Principles |
Functions: Controlling Qi and Respiration
Dominates Dispersing and Descending (D & D) Regulates water passage Body Opening: Nose Tissue: Skin Appearance: Hair |
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Spleen:
Granary Official Five Tastes |
Functions: Controlling Transportation and Transformation (T & T)
Dominating the Ascending function of Qi movement Controlling blood (keeps the blood IN the vessels) Body Opening: Mouth Tissue: Muscles Appearance: Lips |
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Liver:
General Strategy |
Functions: Keeping Free Flow of Qi (Shu Xie)
Storing blood Upward movement of Liver Qi Body Opening: Eyes Tissue: Tendons Appearance: Nails |
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Kidney:
Energy Official Intelligence |
Functions: Storing Essence, Dominating Reproduction and Development
Dominating water, regulating water metabolism Grasping Qi (Lung) Storing Primary Qi's (Yin & Yang) Body Opening: Ear Tissue: Bone and Marrow Appearance: Hair |
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Spirit & Emotion
Heart |
Shen - Mind & Spirit
Joy |
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Spirit & Emotion
Liver |
Hun - Ethereal Soul
Anger |
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Spirit & Emotion
Lung |
Po - Corporeal Soul
Sadness |
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Spirit & Emotion
Spleen |
Yi - Thought
Worry, Thinking |
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Spirit & Emotion
Kidney |
Zhi - Will Power
Fear, Frighten |
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Qi Theory
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Clear Qi - Sky
Turbid Qi - Land Gathered - Organic Body Formed Dispersed - Organic Body Dies Primary material of everything Exists Objectively |
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Essence Theory
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Jin
Essence is PUREST form of Qi Most essential part of Qi Humans are composed of Essential Qi |
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Congenital Essence Theory
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Inherited from parents: prenatal - kidney
Nourishment comes from food essential qi: essence of food & drink - spleen Nourishment comes from fresh air: clear qi - lung |
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Visceral Manifestation Theory (Zang Xiang)
Zang-Fu Organs |
Internal Organs
Physiological & Pathological activities "to study the interior organs by observing the exterior manifestations" Zang Organs - Storage - Comparably Hollow - YIN Fu Organs - Transporters - Hollow - YANG * San Jiao - Triple Warmer is a Fu Organ |
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Zang
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Dominates Storage
- Qi, Blood, Essence, Body Fluid - Mental activities - Spirit, Ethereal Soul, Intention, Soul, Will |
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Fu
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Discharges but does not store
Receives, digests, transforms: food & drink, eliminates waste |
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Extraordinary Organs
Qi Heng |
Brain - Nao
Marrow - Sui Bone - Gu Blood Vessel - Mai Gallbladder - Dan* Uterus - Nu Zi Bao * Belongs to Fu & Qi Heng |
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Qi Heng
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Do not receive food & drink directly
Store essential Qi without discharging it |
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Types of Qi
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Zheng Qi (Vital Qi) - ability to prevent or cure disease
Xie Qi (Pathological/Evil Qi) - pathogens Zuo Qi (Turbid Qi) - waste or used things Gu Qi (Food Qi) - Essence from Food Zang-Fu Qi Meridian Qi |
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Classification of Qi
Primary Qi Yuan Qi |
Essential Qi stored in kidneys
- throughout body - passage through Ki & SJ Growth, development, warming, motivating physiological activities. Primary motivation force, most fundamental substance |
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Classification of Qi
Pectoral Qi Zong Qi |
From Qi from air
From Essential Qi T&Ted by St and Sp Gathers is chest, comes out of throat, runs through heart vessels by way of D&D, goes to Dan Tian (lower jiao). Promotes respiration, strength of voice and breath, motivates & regulates heart beat by moving qi and blood |
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Classification of Qi
Defensive Qi Wei Qi |
Circulates outside of vessels
From Essential Qi T&Ted by St and Sp 'defensive yang' - wei yang Defends body surface from external evils, warms & nourishes viscera, muscles, skin, hair, controls excretion of sweat - opening closing of pores. |
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Classification of Qi
Nutritive Qi Ying Qi |
Flows with blood
From Essential Qi T&Ted by St and Sp 'nourishing yin' - ying yin Nourishing Transforming into blood |
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Blood
Yin |
Dense, liquid, material form of qi
Nutritive Qi & Body Fluid Blood Formation Sources: Sp & St Essence & Blood can be transformed into each other Ht, Lu, Liv = Promote Sp = Consolidates Nutrients: clear qi, nutrient qi, body fluid Nourishes, moistening, hosting Liv Blood, Ht Blood |
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Body Fluid (Jin Ye)
General term for all normal liquids in body Makes up body, maintains life activities |
Jin
Thin, clear body liquid with strong mobility Scatters in the skin, muscles, orifices Is able to permeate into the blood vessels - moistening function |
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Body Fluid (Jin Ye)
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Ye
Thick, turbid body fluid with weak mobility Pours into joints, viscera, brain and marrow - nourishing function |
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Body Fluid
Formation Distribution Excretion |
Derived from food and drink
St, SI, LI Distributes to whole body via: Sp, Lu, Ki, SJ & Liv Qi Moistens, produces blood, regulates yin & yang, transporting & hosting qi |
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Qi, Blood, Essence & Body Fluid Relationship
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Essence/Body Fluid:
Blood & Essence, Blood & Sweating, Blood & Body Fluid = same source Qi/Blood: Blood is mother of Qi (nourishes), Qi produces Blood, Qi moves Blood, Qi consolidates blood (Sp qi, Liv.) Qi/Body Fluid: Qi can produce Body Fluid, Qi moves Body Fluid, Qi consolidates Body Fluid, Body Fluid is the carrier of Qi Blood/Body Fluid: Derived from same source, Body Fluid is part of Blood, Same nourishing, moistening functions |
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Qi Deficiency
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impairment of qi
qi def. = hypo function cannot promote, protect, astringe function decline disease resistance decline spontaneous sweating |
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Qi Deficiency Causes
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Deficiency of:
congenital qi - weak constitution acquired qi - weak spleen, stomach; lung governs qi - lung def. Over consumption of: over strain (physical, mental, talking), chronic disease, long-term coughing |
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Qi Deficiency Manifestations
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Sp, Ht, Lu, Ki qi def.
hypo function disturbance of functional activities of entire body movement of qi fails to ascend, descend, exit, enter |
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Qi Sinking
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Severe qi def.
Qi fails to ascend same as qi def = def in production, over comsumption |
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Qi Sinking Causes
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Sp qi cannot ascend clear essence
clear yang fails to nourish upper orifices spleen fails to keep other viscera in right position |
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Qi Sinking Manifestations
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Dizziness, blurred vision, shortness of breath, lassitutde, sinking and distending sensation of abdomen.
Frequent urination, chronic diarrhea or dysentry Prolapse of rectum, uterus, kidney Pale tongue, white, weak |
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Qi Stagnation
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Flow of qi is blocked
Functional activity of qi is stagnated |
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Qi Stagnation Causes
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Seven emotions
stagnation of phlegm and dampness, food or blood stasis Distending, wandering pain Lv St SI |
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Rebellious Qi
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Reversed flow of qi
impaired emotions, improper diet, retention of phlegm/fluid, ext. pathogen attack Lu, St, Lv belching, vomiting, headache, coughing |
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Qi Blockage
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Blockage of ext pathogen, turbid phlegm, excessive depression.
obstructing qi from entering and exiting = blocking of clear orifices Acute |
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Qi Collapse
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depletion on vital qi produces sudden exhaustion of functional activities of human body
sweating, vomiting, profuse bleeding, diarrhea faint, weak, shortness of breath, poor spirits, eyes open, mouth open. qi cannot consolidate: eyes, hand, mouth open - drool |
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Fluid Disorder
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Phlegm: Stomach, Intestine
Hanging Fluid: Chest, Hypochondriac Fluid Under Skin: Four Limbs Propping Fluid: Diaphragm, Pericardium |
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Phlegm Fluid
Stomach, Intestine Tan Yin |
stuffiness
distention - epigastric,abdomen rumbling sound in stomach, intestines vomiting with clear water |
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Hanging Fluid
Chest, Hypochondriac Xuan Yin |
cough with profuse clear thin, sputum, difficulty breathing, chest pain
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Fluid Under Skin
Four Limbs Yi Yin |
Pitting edema in the four extremities, heaviness of body
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Propping Fluid
Diaphragm, Pericardium Zhi Yin |
cough, fullness of chest, shortness of breath, impossible to lie flat, wheezing, dizziness, edema
*cancer - severe |
