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Spleen is the _____-________ source of Qi.
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Spleen is the source of Post-heaven qi
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The Sp governs
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TnT
Transportation & Transformation |
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Food digestion and absorbtion relies on what organ?
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Spleen
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What organ's job is to distribute food essence to the whole body
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Spleen
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Food essence is the soruce of (4)
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Essence
Qi Blood Jin Ye |
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Defininecy of Sp in TnT is called in TCM
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Spleen Fail to TnT
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What is affected when Spleen Fails to Tnt?
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Digestion & Absorption
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Thin and weak muscles are Sx of
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Spleen fail to TnT
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Spleen & body fluid
TnT of Body Fluids what other organs are involved |
Spleen sends body fluids to lungs to disperse & descend to whole body and organs
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Jin Ye is absorbed by (2) organs
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St
SI |
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Water is absobed by
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LI
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Jin ye is re-absorbed by
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Ki
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Spleen Qi functions to Hold _______
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blood
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The functions of Lu and Ki rely on the spleens ability to
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TnT
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According to Su Wen/Zhi Shen Yao Lun:
All ___________ should be attributed to the Spleen |
Dampness
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Beng Lou translate
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Heavy
Leakage |
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Spleen Qi ________blood and
prevents ____________ |
holds
bleeding |
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Spleen uses Gu Qi (Food Qi) to make________
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blood
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Normal healthy Spleen Qi is characterized by this directional movement.
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Spleen Qi ascends
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All bleeding downward or from muscles
get the TCM Dx of |
Spleen fail to hold blood
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Beng Lou describes a condition of
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heavy bleeding and / or hemmorage
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In Spleen fail to hold blood,
the blood can be described as _________, with symptoms of Qi ______________ |
pale and dilute
deficient |
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Blood is made when healthy Spleen Qi ascends _______ essence & clean _______ ascend to the organs,
________ & ________ |
Food essence
clean fluid Lungs Heart |
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What are the roles of Sp & St Qi?
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Spleen Qi ascends and Stomach Qi descends
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Spleen _______ the clean part of food & the
Stomach __________ the dirty part. |
ascends
descends |
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Spleen is in the ________ Jiao
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middle Jiao
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Lungs are in the _______ Jiao
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Upper Jiao
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Ki is in the ________ Jiao
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Lower Jiao
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Spleen likes ____ &
dislikes ______ |
dry
moist |
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Pathology
effects of Sp Qi & St Qi not moving in propper directions on the San Jiao (3 areas) |
Upper Jiao: doesn't get enough nourishment Sx: dizzines & fatigue
Middle Jiao: dirty Qi stagnation Sx: feeling of fullness, lack of appetite Lower Jiao: Clean Qi flows downward Sx: loose stools, diarrhea |
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Damp _______ Spleen
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blocks
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Prolapse organs are Sx of
ex: prolapse St, Ki, uterus |
Spleen Qi fail to ascend
Spleen Qi fail to lift organs |
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Zhong Qi sinking=
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Spleen Qi Sinking
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body fluid metabolism is controlled by the
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spleen
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2 ex. of moist foods the spleen dislikes
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sweets
fats |
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2 Common Tx for spleen used together
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Tonify spleen
disperse damp |
Spleen likes dry and dislikes damp
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The Spleen Opens to the _________ &
manifests on the ________ |
mouth
lips |
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Spleen and body tissue
Spleen controls the __________ & the 4 _______. |
muscles
limbs |
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Effects of Spleen Qi deficiency on muscles
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weak
atrophy |
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when spleen is normal the lips appear ________ & _______.
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rosy
moist |
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Saliva is under the influence of the
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Spleen
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In TCM saliva is in two parts
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xian
tou |
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Characteristics of the xian part of saliva
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thin and clear fluid
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Characteristics and source of the tou part of saliva
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thick and turbid
source = Ki |
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Spleen houses ____
___ trans as ____________ |
YI
Yi Intellect |
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Spleen yi is responsible for
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studying
memory concentration focusing |
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The Heart houses the mind and controls the _________ memory.
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long-term
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Ki houses the will-power and controls the ________ memory
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short-term
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Spleen deficiency's influence on memory
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Spleen down
all memory is down |
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Spleen Emotions 2
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+harmonizing
-obsessing |
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Obsessing ______ the spleen.
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injures
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Obsessing includes:
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over-thinking, worrying, brooding, hankering after the past
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Spleen is related to what season and time of year
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Late Summer &
18 days between all 4 seasons |
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damp conditions can cause pathology of which organ
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spleen
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Common pathogen of Late Summer
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damp-heat
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Tx for damp-heat in spleen
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expell damp and heat will spontaneously go away
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Su wen / Tai Yang Ming Lun
" Spleen is _______ and stays at the ___________. It nourishes the 4 other ________ and dominates 18 days in each of the 4 _________. |
Earth
center Zangs Seasons |
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Tonifying the Spleen & Stomach _________ all other organs.
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tonifies
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Li Dong Yuan wrote ___________ ___ _______ ____ _________
roughly when _______yrs ago |
Li Dong Yuan -Discusion on Spleen & Stomach
~700 years ago |
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In Li Dong Yuan's book he theorized that the origin of many diseases originated form injury to the ______ & _______, caused by __________ _______ & _____ _______.
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spleen
stomach irregular diet over work |
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What effects did Li Dong Yuan see between the relationships between Yuan Qi and Sp&St and the depletion of St & Sp
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Yuan Qi is replenished by Sp & St.
Depletion of Sp & St results in a decline in Yuan Qi |
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The description of the Sp in the Nei Jing leads us to believe that the Sp is actually which organ?
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Pancreas
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Sayings
The spleen is the root of |
Post-Heaven Qi
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Sayings
The Sp raises |
Clear Yang upwards
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Sayings
Spleen loaths |
dampness
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Stomach is the Sea of _______ & _______ _________
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water
food grain |
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Dx of eating too much and being "stuffed"
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food stagnation in Stomach
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Qi stagnation in Stomach is characterized by
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pain that is not in one place and moves around
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Sx of Blood Stagnation in St
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Chronic pain in stomach that is fixed in one area
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4 fuctions of stomach
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1. controls Receiving
2. controls Rotting and Ripening (Fermentation) 3. controls decending Qi 4. Origin of Fluids |
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According to the Su Wen ch 11
The __________ is the Sea of _______ & ________, and the great source of nourishment for the six ______ organs. |
Stomach
Water Grain Yang |
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Spleen Qi _________ in the Spleen Meridian located _________ of leg and
Stomach Qi ___________ in the Stomach Meridian located ____________ of the leg |
ascendes
inside / interior descends outside / exterior |
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Dampness blocking spleen may also affect what yang organ
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stomach
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Stomach like _____________ and
dislikes ___________. |
moisture
dryness |
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TCM Dx of Excess Hunger
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Fire in Stomach
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TCM Dx of Cold blood circulating to the stomach
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Cold Invades St
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