Midterm 1 Study Guide

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Huangdi neijing

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Early tcm text that included the concepts of wholism, theories of yin yang, 5 elements, resulting principles for diagnosing and treatment

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Bain que

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One of the founders of tcm

-Had a diverse range of experience which separated him from other doctors that only specialized in one area

- known for his ability to adapt to the specific needs of people in their particular geographical area.

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Hua tuo

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Became famous for his contributions to surgery in particular the use of anesthetics.

-also stressed the importance of proper physical activity for maintaining health

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Zhang zhongjing

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One if Huo Tuo's contemporaries and is the authour of the Shanghan Lun which focused on Cold pathogenic factors and how to treat them.

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Sun si miao

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"king of medicine" for his contribution to herbal formulas as well as to ethics in medicine

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Holism. Two points

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-Concept of integrity

-Treatment on the basis of syndrome differentiation, not just on the disease title or individual symptoms

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Expand on concept of integrity (2)

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Taking the human body as an organic whole

Integrity between the human body and the environment

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Disease define

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A disorder of structure signs or symptoms in the body..... especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury

Ex. Flue

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Syndrome define

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A group of symptoms which consistently occur together

or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms

Ex. Wind-heat

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Symptoms/manifestation define

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Specific phenomena that emerge in the course of an illness and are the patients subjective perception of abnormality.

Ex. Fever, sore throat cough

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Yang as a state of matter and action

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Immaterial, rarefied states or matter

In the purest form it is totally immaterial and corresponds to pure energy

Expansion and rising

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Yin as a state of matter and action

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Dense states of matter

Condensation, materialization contraction and descending

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Fill in chart

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Explain tai ji symbol

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4 aspects of ying yang relationshipa

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Opposition

Interdependence

Mutual consuming

Intertransformation

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Explain opposition

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Opposite stages of a cycle or opposite states or aggregation of matter

This is relatively and not absolute.

Nothing is totally yin or yang

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Explain interdependence

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One cannot exist without the other

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Mutual consuming explain

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Both are in a constant dynamic balance , maintained through continual adjustment of their relative levels

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4 states of I'm balance in mutual consuming of yin yang

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Excess (shi) YIN: DECREASE of yang (yin has consumed yang)

Excess (shi) YANG: DECREASE of yin ( yang has consumed yin)

Deficient (xu) YIN: YANG is relatively in excess

Deficient (xu) YANG: YIN is relatively excess

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Some deficiency and excess look the same so what prioritizes?

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What comes first .. that becomes the primary.

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Intertransformation explain and what are the two conditions

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Yin and yang no static

1)when the internal conditions are set for it and is right. External conditions are secondary

2) time. Will only happen at a certain stage of development

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Interdependence of yin yang in relation to yin and yang organs

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They depend on each other for proper performance in their fx

Yin depend on yang organs to produce qi and xue from there trx of food.

The yang organs depend on the yin ones for their nourishment deriving from xue and essence stored by the yin organs

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Interdependence of yin yang in relation exterior and interior

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Exterior of the body (yang) protects the interior (yin)

While the interior provides the nourishment to the exterior to sustain it's protective function

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Mutual consuming of yin yang and example in the body

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High fever is yang and will consume the body fluids you and cause dryness

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Intertransformation example in body

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Deficiency in spleen can lead to excess dampness or phlegm

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What are the 5 elements

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Fire, water, wood, earth metal

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Wood as movement

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Expensive outward movement in all directions

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Metal as a movement

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Contracting , inward movement

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Water as a movement

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Downward movement

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Fire as a movement

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Upward movement

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Earth as a movement

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Neautrality and stability

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5 elements as stages in a cycle

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Wood: spring and birth

🔥: summer and associated with growth

Metal: Autumn and harvest

Water: winter and storage

Earth: transformation; late summer or in between the seasons (last 18 days of each season )

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Generating and controlling sequence. Define

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Draw diagram of generating and controlling sequence

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Overacting sequence and insulting define

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Which sequence represents a normal state of balance and pathological?

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N= GENERATING AND CONTROLLING

P= OVERACTING AND INSULTING

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Two ways generating cycle can be pathological in terms of mother child relationship

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1) mother element not nourishing the child element

2) child element taking too much from the mother element

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In total each element can be out of balance how many ways?

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4

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