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Yin and Yang have certain properties:
- Interdependent
- Interconsuming
- Flow (dynamic balance)
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When there is too much yang and too little yin, what do you have?
a) empty heat
b) true heat
c) empty cold
d) true cold
Empty heat
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Where there is too little yang and yin, what do you have?
a) empty heat
b) yin and yang deficiency
c) empty cold
d) true heat
yin and yang deficiency
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When you have too little yang and too much yin, what do you have?
a) empty heat
b) yin deficiency
c) empty cold
d) true cold
Empty cold
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Stagnation of Qi usually has this very common pain pattern:
Dull distending pain
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What are the common symptoms of LU Qi deficiency?
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What are the common symptoms of SP Qi deficiency?
- Loose stools
- Poor appetite
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What are the common symptoms of HT Qi deficiency?
- Palpitations
- Insomnia
- No focus/distrated
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What are the common symptoms of KD Qi deficiency?
- LBP
- Weakness (usually knees)
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What are the common symptoms of ST Qi deficiency?
- Easy to peel tongue coating
- Geographic tongue
- Indigestion
- Food stagnation
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Which organ and pathology is responsible for prolapse?
- SP yang Qi deficiency
- Holds organs in place and makes sure blood stays in the vessels
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What happens when the following meridian's Qi rebels:
ST
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What happens when the following meridian's Qi rebels:
LU
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What happens when the following meridian's Qi rebels:
SP
Loose stools
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What happens when the following meridian's Qi rebels:
LI
Constipation
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What type of pain occurs during blood stasis? Also what's the tongue and pulse?
- Fixed, sharp pain
- Purple tongue
- Hesitant, knotted, choppy pulse
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What are some common symptoms and signs for blood deficiency?
- Pale signs
- Hair loss --> "blood at end become hair"
- Insomnia
- Blurry vision (floaters)
- Forgetfulness
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What are some common symptoms and signs for heat in the blood?
- Bleeding signs
- Eczema
- Skin rash
- Blood toxicity --> affects LV function --> see it on skin
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Air Qi (Da Qi or Qing Qi) goes to which organ?
LU
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Food/water Qi (Gu Qi) goes to which organ(s) ?
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The gathering Qi (Pectoral or Zong Qi) is a combination of which 2 Qi?
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Which organ is the sea of Qi?
LU
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Which point is the sea of Qi?
Ren 6
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Which body area/part is the sea of Qi?
chest
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Gathering Qi (Pectoral Qi) is formed where in the body?
LU
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The Gathering Qi circulates where in the body? It assists which organ?
- It circulates in the chest and is collected at the Sea of Qi.
- It can descend to assist KD - mutual relationship wth Yuan Qi
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What are the functions of the Gathering Qi?
- Assists LU to govern Qi and respiration
- Controls strength of voice
- Assists HT to govern blood and vessels
- Speech and circulation of QI
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Weak Voice
Impeded speech
Cold hands and limbs
Can be damaged by grief and sadness
Which Qi is deficient?
a) Defensive Qi
b) Original Qi
c) Gathering Qi
d) Food Qi
Gathering Qi
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Original Qi (Primary or Yuan Qi) originates in which organ?
- KD --> pre-heaven essence
- Originated at Ming Men
- Nourished by post-heaven qi
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How does original (yuan) Qi circulate in the body?
- Through SJ
- It starts in lower jiao --> middle jiao --> upper jiao --> enters the meridians and comes out yuan-primary acupuncture points
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What are the functions of Original (Yuan) Qi?
- Foundation of yin and yang
- Functional activities of Zang-Fu (true yang)
- Basis of KD Qi (yuan primary qi)
- Use it to form Zhen (True) Qi and Blood
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Delayed growth and development
Weakness
Debility
Susceptibility to disease
The following above is a deficiency in which Qi?
a) Gathering Qi
b) Original Qi
c) True Qi
d) Defensive Qi
Original Qi
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Which two combos make True (Zhen) Qi?
a) Yuan Qi + Gathering Qi
b) Food Qi + Air Qi
c) Defensive Qi + Yuan Qi
Yuan Qi + Gathering Qi (Air Qi + Food Qi)
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True Qi breaks down to it's yin and yang components into which 2 Qi?
a) Nutritive Qi + Defensive Qi
b) Defensive Qi + Yuan Qi
c) Nutritive Qi + Yuan Qi
- Nutritive (ying) Qi (yin)
- Defensive (wei) Qi (yang)
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What is the final stage of fully usuable Qi?
a) True Qi
b) Yuan Qi
c) Gathering Qi
d) Food Qi
True Qi
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Where does True Qi circulates?
- Circulates in the channels
- Nourishes organs
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Where does Food Qi form?
SP/ST
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How does Food Qi circulate?
- From SP --> LU (combine with Air Qi = Gathering Qi)
- Some portion travel from LU --> HT (combine as Blood)
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The functions of Food Qi are?
Basis for production of all Qi and Blood of the body
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What are some symptoms of Food Qi?
General Qi and Blood deficiency
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Where does Defensive Qi come from? (which other Qi)
Yang part of True Qi
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Defensive Qi is rooted in which organ/body part?
Lower jiao (KD)
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Defensive Qi is nourished by which organs?
Middle jiao (SP/ST)
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The Defensive Qi spreads to which organ/body area?
Upper jiao (LU)
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Where does Defensive Qi circulate?
Which organ regulates its circulation?
How many times does this qi circulate during 24 hour period?
- It circulates outside the vessels and channels between skin and muscles (exterior).
- It's circulation is regulated by the LU.
- It circulates 50X/day. 25X during the day and 25X at night.
- During the day, it circulates in the exterior.
- At night, it circulates in the zang organs.
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What are the functions of Wei Qi?
- Protects the body from exterior pathogens
- Warms & nourishes skin, hair, muscles and organs
- Controls pores and sweating
- Regulates body temp
- Influences sleep patterns --> LV (zang) = Defense Qi brings blood back to the LV when you go to sleep
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Easily get cold
Spontaneous sweating
Aversion to wind & cold
Which Qi deficiency is related to the above mentioned symptoms?
a) Nutritive Qi
b) Defensive Qi
c) Original Qi
d) Food Qi
Defensive Qi
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Which of the 8 evils can remove the Defensive Qi up from the pores?
- Wind
- So, Defensive Qi cannot fight wind.
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Where does Nutritive Qi come from?
True (Zhen) Qi = yin part
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Where does Nutritive Qi flow?
Flows with the blood inside the vessel (interior). It is the Qi of the meridians.
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What are the functions of the Nutritive Qi ?
- Nourishes entire body
- Produces/Transforms into Blood
- Works with Wei Qi to nourish, warm & protect our body
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What is Upright (anti-pathogenic) Qi come from?
Yuan (Original) Qi + Zong (Gathering) Qi + Ying (Nutritive) Qi and Wei (Defensive) Qi
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Where does the anti-pathogenic Qi flow?
It is the Qi of the meridians
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What are the functions of anti-pathogenic Qi ?
- Resist pathogens
- Includes all the types of Qi that protects the body from pathogenic factor (Xie Qi)
- Influences Qi, blood, Zang-Fu
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Where does Center Qi come from?
Made by food essence & SP/ST Qi
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Where does Central (zhong) Qi circulate?
Middle Jiao
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What does Central Qi do (functions)?
- Transforms & Transports
- Raises Yang Qi
- Lifts and holds organs
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If the Central Qi is defecient, what are some common pathologies?
Organ prolapse (associated w/SP Qi sinking)
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How is the blood formed?
- Food Qi + Yuan Qi (in the heart)
- Essence can transform to blood in LV
- Bone-marrow produces blood
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Where does blood circulate?
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What are the functions of blood ?
- Nourishes the body
- Moistens the eyes, tendons, skin, hair and tongue
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If there is Blood deficiency, what are the 3 pathological patterns?
- Blood deficiency
- Blood Stasis/Stagnation
- Blood Heat
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**Please Describe the flow of Body Fluid Transformation (Starts in which organ and goes where?)
- SP/ST --(pure)--> LU --> KD & skin/muscles
- SP/ST --(impure)--> SI
- SI --(pure)--> BL --> urine
- SI --(impure)--> LI --> stool + some get reabsorbed
- KD --(pure/"steam" True yin/Qi)--> LU
- KD --(impure)--> BL --> urine
- LI --> goes out (stool)
- LI --> reabsorbed via SJ --> LJ (drain ditch) --> MJ (muddy pool) --> UJ (mist) --> skin/muscle
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What are the types of body fluid (2)?
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What are the characteristics of Jin (body fluids)?
- Thin
- Circulates with Wei Qi in skin/muscle layer
- Distributed by the LU
- Moves primarily in upper jiao
- EX: tears, sweat, saliva, thin mucus
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What are the characteristics of Ye (body fluids)?
- Thick (more turbid, heavy, dense)
- Circulates with Yin (Nutritive) Qi
- Transforms by SP & KD
- Primarily in MJ & LJ
- Sometimes Ye can become damp (if Ye goes to the MJ and SP yang cannot control it --> damp)
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What are the functions of Jin (body fluids)?
- Moisten skin & muscles
- Thin the blood
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What are the functions of Ye (body fluids)?
- Moisten & lubricate joints, spine, brain and bone marrow
- Lubricate orifices of sense organs
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Which 4 meridians goes to the brain (inside)?
- UB
- Du
- Yang Qiao/Heel
- Yin Qiao/Heel
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Which 3 meridians reaches the vertex?
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Which 3 meridians reaches the ear?
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Which 2 meridians goes to the corner of the mouth ?
- Yin Qiao/Heel
- Yang Qiao/Heel
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Which meridian curves around upper lip ?
LI
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Which meridian circles around upper lip ?
ST
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Which meridian circles on very inside front of lip?
LV
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Which meridian curves around the lips ?
Chong
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How many cun from ant to post hairline?
12
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How many cun between mastoid processes?
9
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How many cun between both ST 8?
9
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How many cun between acromium to the midline?
8
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How many cun beween anterior axillary fold to 11th rib?
12
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How many cun between sternal costal angel and umbilicus?
8
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How many cun between symph pubis and umbilicus?
5
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How many cun between symp pubis and medial knee (inside thigh)?
18
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How many cun between greater trochanter and lat knee (outside thigh)?
19
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How many cun between width of 2nd and 3rd digit on the distal MCP crease?
1.5
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How many cun between width of 2nd and 3rd digit on the prox MCP crease?
2
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How many cun is the length of whole body?
75
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How many cun between gluteal crease to popliteal fossa?
14
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How many cun between end of axillary fold to cubital crease?
9
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How many cun is your foot?
12
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How many cun between lat knee and lat malleolus (outside leg)?
16
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How many cun between med knee and med malleolus (inside leg)?
13
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How many cun is the inside forarm?
12
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How many cun between length prox & distal MCP joints of the middle finger?
1
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Which type of body fluid is urine?
It's not part of body fluid. It's an impure substance.
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