| Term | Definition |
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| Zangfu theory is to discuss internal organ functions (physiological functions), pathological changes, and the interrelationships of the internal organs, through signs and symptoms showing from the superficial areas of the body | What is Zang Fu Theory |
| Lung Hand Taiyin, Spleen Foot Taiyin, Heart Hand Shaoyin, Kidney Foot Shaoyin, Pericardium Hand Jueyin, Liver Foot Jueyin | What are the 6 Zang Organs? |
| Large Intestine Hanf Yangming, Stomach Foot Yangming, Small Intestine Hand Taiyang, Bladder Foot Taiyang, San Jiao Hand Shaoyang, Gallbladder Foot Shaoyang | What are the 6 Fu Organs? |
| Brain, Uterus, Marrow, Bone, Vessels, Gallbladder | What are the 6 Extraordinary Organs? |
| controls movement of water throughout the body | What is the fxn of San Jiao? |
| the diaphragm and upward, incl head, chest, lungs, heart and the five sense organs | What is the location of Upper Jiao? And which organs does it include? |
| from the umbilicus to the diaphragm, includes the spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder | What is the location of Middle Jiao? What organs does it include? |
| everything below umbilicus on the trunk of the body, includes small intestine, large intestine, bladder and kidneys | What is the location of Lower Jiao? Which organs does it include? |
| 1. to generate and produce vital substances (blood, qi, essence, body fluids); 2. store vital substances | General fxn of Yin organs? |
| Lungs, Spleen, and Kidneys | Where does Qi come from? |
| Spleen and Heart, with the help of Lungs and Kidneys | Where does Blood come from? |
| Kidneys and Spleen | Where is Essence derived from? |
| Liver | Which organ stores Blood? |
| Kidneys | Which organ stores Essence? |
| All of the Yin organs | Which organs store Qi and Body Fluids |
| 1. Receive and hold water and food, 2. Transport water and food | General fxn of Yang organs? |
| to store vital substances | Fxn of Extraordinary organs? |
| Brain | Which extraordinary organ is called the Sea of Marrow? |
| Uterus, Liver, and The Sea of Blood | What is in the 3 Blood Chambers? |
| because they have Yin fxn, but Yang organ shape | Why are the extraordinary organs extraordinary? |
| Because it involves digestion. It stores and holds bile like a Yin organ, and releases it to break down fat, but it cannot produce. It also decides personality (big = brave; small = timid) | Why is the Gallbladder both a Fu and extraordinary organ? |
| The Heart | Which organ is the most important/The Ruler/Emperor? |
| Upper Jiao, left side, above diaphragm. Looks like the reverse lotus, holy flower in Buddhism | Location of Heart? |
| 1. Governs Blood, 2. Controls blood vessels, 3. Manifests in the complexion, 4. Houses the Shen, 5.Is related to and controls Joy, 6. Opens to the Tongue, 7.Controls sweating, 8. Controls Dreaming, 9. Loathes heat, 10. controls speech | 10 fxns of Heart? |
| 1. Heart qi transforms blood, 2. Heart qi transports blood | How does the Heart govern Blood? |
| poor memory, bad concentration, poor sleeping, pale face | What are pathological expressions of deficient Heart qi? |
| shen disturbances such as mania | Pathological expressions of excess Heart qi? |
| originates in the heart organ, emerges and goes through diaphragm, connects to SI then branches to the throat and eye. Another branch enters the Lungs, emerges at the axilla and joins the superficial channel running along the media aspect of the arm and ends at the tip of the little finger. | Pathway of Heart channel? |
| 1. Control receiving and transportation of digested food, 2. separates fluids | 2 fxns of Small Intestine? |
| Heart heat transmitted to the SI and BL (SI sends fluids to BL, so if heat is draining fluid, it becomes scanty, dark, painful urination) | If a patient has UTI symptoms but tests negative for bacterial infection, what could this be accd'g to TCM? |
| diarrhea | b/c of the relationship b/w Heart and Small Intestine, heat in the heart can look like what? |
| Liver | Which is the most important organ for women? |
| Kidney | Which is the most important organ for men? |
| Liver | Which organ is the Army General? |
| Middle Jiao; Lower Jiao | Where is Liver located? Where does it function? |
| 1. Stores blood, 2. regulates blood volume in relation to rest and activity/daily biorhythms/planning, 3. regulates menstruation and controls biological clock, 4. opens to the eyes 5. Controls sinews and ligaments & *height, 6. governs/ensures the smooth flow of qi, 7. manifests in nails, 8. houses ethereal soul (hun) 9. loathes wind 10. Affects digestions and secretion of bile | Fxns of Liver? |
| fragrant mushrooms under a tree; anger | What do you dream of if LV is deficient? if excess? |
| 1. stores bile, 2. controls tendons and ligaments, 3. controls decision making | Fxn of Gallbladder? |
| GB deficiency | Someone who can't make decisions may have what? |
| 1. Paired channel cxn, 2. secretion of bile relies on Liver Qi, 3. Any GB disorder should be treated through adjusting/soothing LV (note: v. close physically, so relationship is among the strongest of all paired organs) | What is important about the relationship b/w LV and GB? |
| Lungs | What is the Imperial Carrying Roof? |
| upper jiao, above diaphragm, more on the right than left; highest of all internal organs | Location of Lungs? |
| originates in Middle Jiao at REN 12, goes down to connect with LI and then goes up through ST and diaphragm to Lung; ascends through throat with a branch that goes to chest, then anterior medial aspect of arm to end at tip of index finger | Pathway of Lung channel? |
| 1. Governs qi and respiration, 2. Controls channels and blood vessels, 3. Governs dispersing and descending, 4. Regulates water passages, 5. Opens to the nose, 6. Controls skin and hair, 7. Houses Corporeal Soul (Po) 8. Loathes Cold, 9. Controls Voice | Fxn of Lungs? |
| 1. Da Qi (from air) 2. Gu Qi (from food and drink) 3. Primary Qi (from parents at birth) | Sources of Qi |
| descends; ascends | When you inhale, Qi does what? When you exhale, it does what? |
| pale face, shortness of breath, weak voice, fatigue; chest tightness, dyspnea, wheezing, cough | What are symptoms of Lung Qi deficiency? Disorders of transportation of Lung Qi? |
| Controls the Hundred Channels -- meets with all the channels and collaterals | What is significant about the Lungs? |
| LU channels runs through the places on the wrist where you feel for pulse in diagnosis. Because the Lung controls all channels and vessels excesses and deficiencies can be felt through the lung pulse. | Significance of LU with regard to pulse Dx? |
| 1. Sends Wei Qi to the superficial areas of the body, 2. Sends body fluids to the skin, 3. Sends wastes out of the body through sweat pores, maintaining water metabolism and cleansing the body | How does the LU dispersing fxn work? |
| 1. sends fresh air down to Dantian (red elixir field), 2. Sends body fluids to the BL, 3. Sends wastes to the Lower Jiao | How does the LU descending fxn work? |
| Invasion of Wind and Cold | Watery loose discharge from the nose indicates what? |
| heat in the lungs and infection/inflammation | Sticky, yellow/green discharge indicates what? |
| Toxic heat | Nasal bleeding or bloody sputum indicate what? |
| Cold invasion (i.e. often allergies) | Watery, white nasal discharge indicates what? |
| Rebellious Lung qi | A cough is what? |
| Phlegm heat in lung | Coughing with phlegm? |
| Stagnant Lung qi | Stuffy nose with no nasal discharge and impaired sense of smell indicates what? |
| White objects and bloody killings, receiving gifts; weeping, giving gifts | When Lung Qi is weak, we dream of what? When it is in excess? |
| 1. Receive digested food from ST and SI, 2. Re-absorb body fluids and send to SP, 3. Move bowels | Fxn of Large Intestine? |
| 1. channel connection, 2. descending LU Qi decends LI Qi, 3. Smooth bowel movements helps respiration | Relationship b/w LU and LI? |
| emphysema, barrel chest, constipation | Blockages of LU Qi can look like what? |
| asthma | b/c of the relationship between LU and LI, chronic constipation can lead to what? |
| Descend Lung Qi | What is one way to relieve constipation? |
| Help respiration | Promoting a bowel movement can do what? |
| 1. Governs the transformation and transportation of Food and Water. 2.Controls Blood 3. Controls the Raising of Qi. 4.Raising Clear Yang upwards. 5. Controls the muscles and the four limbs. 6.Spleen houses thoughts and controls short-term memory. 7.Spleen is the root of Post Heaven Qi. 8.Origin of Birth and Development. 9.Spleen dislikes Cold and has an aversion to Damp. | What are the functions of the Spleen Foot taiyin? |
| Pancreas | Which organ function is considered to be part of the Spleen function? |
| Ying/Nutritive Qi and Wei/Defensive Qi | What two kinds of Qi are derived from food? |
| Transported to the Heart and transformed into Blood. | Where is Ying Qi transported and what is it transformed into? |
| transported to the Lung to be dispersed to the skin, the outer protective layer | Where is Wei Qi transported and dispersed? |
| spleen regulates the digestion and use of Water, which is lifted upward to the Lungs then to the surface of the body as sweat. SPLEEN IS THE MIDDLE SOURCE OF WATER IN THE BODY, BUT DOES NOT STORE WATER. Lungs are the Upper Source of Water. Kidneys are the Lower Source of Water. | How does Spleen govern the transformation and transportation of water? |
| 1. by producing Ying Qi which it sends to the heart which produces blood. 2. by holding the blood inside of the vessled. Both uterine bleeding and bleeding gums can be caused by insufficient spleen qi. | How does the Spleen control Blood? |
| the muscles will be weak or atrophy. There is a lack of fuel "energy and fluids" for the muscles to move. Poor flow and coagulation. | If Spleen Qi is weak, how will that manifest in the body? |
| opens into the mouth and manifests in the lips | Where does the spleen open and manifest? |
| if deficient- dreams of being hungry. If deficiency happens in the summer they dream of building a house. If in excess - dreaming of singing and feeling heavy | What will you dream of if you have a deficiency or excess of Spleen Qi? |
| 1. Spleen transforms body fluids for stomach. 2. Spleen is the root of postnatal Qi. 3. Spleen is the origin of birth and development. 4.Spleen raises clear yang to head - for clear thinking. 5. Spleen loathes dampness. | What are the old sayings for the spleen? |
| the stomach | Which organ is the most important Yang organ? |
| 1.controls rotting and ripening. 2.controls transportation of Food Qi. 3.stomach is the origin of body fluids. 4.stomach controls descending of Qi. 5.disorder causes manic behaviour | What are the fxn. of the stomach? |
| 1. send Food Qi and fluids to upper jiao including head and five sense organs. 2. To maintain blood pressure. 3. hold internal organs and prevent prolapse (stomach, kidneys, uterus, anus) | How does the spleen control the raising of the Qi? |
| they both go through the lower extremities on anterior of medial and lateral side | How are the spleen and stomach connected? |
| 1. spleen is yin earth, stomach is yang earth. 2.spleen qi ascends, stomach qi descends. 3.spleen prefers dryness and aversion to dampness, stomach prefers dampness and aversion to dryness. 4. if spleen is too damp, food qi and body fluids cannot be sent upwards. while if stomach is too dry, digested food cannot be send downward. 5.spleen tends to suffer from deficiency, stomach tend to suffer from excess. 6.spleen tends to suffer from cold pathogens, stomach tends to suffer from heat pathogens. 7.if both suffer from deficiency, spleen tends to be more yang deficiency, stomach tends to be more yin deficiency. | What is the physiological and pathological relationship between spleen and stomach? |
| Up | Where does Spleen Qi flow? |
| Down | Where does Stomach Qi flow? |
| Middle Jiao | Where are Spleen and Stomach located? |
| 1. Blood deficiency (b/c Food Qi isn't available to generate blood) 2. Immune deficiency (since there is no Wei Qi being generated) These may look like dampness. | A Spleen Deficiency can lead to what two things? |
| the intellect and thoughts (concentration and memorization) | Spleen houses what? |
| diarrhea, gas, bloating, loose stool | What are indications that Spleen Qi is not ascending? |
| nausea, vomiting, hiccups | What are indications that Stomach Qi is not descending? |
| Liver becomes too strong and ST/SP become too weak.. | What happens if someone doesn't eat well for a long time? |
| Stomach, because it has a meridian that goes to the teeth and gums | If someone has a toothache, what is one of the first channels you should think of? |
| overcontrolling and insulting. (this refers to both the control cycle and the generating cycle, in which case the Child insults the Mother or the Mother overcontrols the Child) | What are the two pathological sequences according to Five Element Theory? |
| Bitter | What is the taste for Fire? |
| Sweet | What is the taste for Earth? |
| Pungent | What is the taste for Metal? |
| Salty | What is the taste for Water? |
| Sour | What is the taste for Wood? |
| Rancid | What is the smell for Wood? |
| Burned | What is the smell for Fire? |
| Sweetish | What is the smell for Earth? |
| Rank | What is the smell for Metal? |
| Putrid | What is the smell for Water? |
| Cold | What is the climate for Water? |
| Dry | What is the climate for Metal? |
| Damp | What is the climate of Earth? |
| Heat | What is the climate for Fire? |
| Wind | What is the climate for Wood? |
| Wood | Spring is the season for what element? |
| Fire | Summer is the season for what element? |
| Earth | Late summer is the season for what element? |
| Metal | Autumn is the season for what element? |
| Water | Winter is the season for what element? |
| Eye and sinews | Wood controls what sense organ and body tissue? |
| Tongue and vessels | Fire controls what sense organ and body tissue? |
| Mouth and muscles | Earth controls what sense organ and body tissue? |
| Nose and skin | Metal controls what sense organ and body tissue? |
| Ear and bone | Water controls what sense organ and body tissue? |
| Water | Fear and Groaning are which element? |
| Wood | Anger and Shouting are which element? |
| Fire | Joy and Laughter are which element? |
| Metal | Grief and Crying are which element? |
| Earth | Worry and Singing are which element? |
| East | Wood is which direction? |
| North | Water is which direction? |
| South | Fire is which direction? |
| Center | Earth is which direction? |
| West | Metal is which direction? |
| digestive problems | If LV/Wood overcontrols SP/Earth, it may look like what? |
| ascites (water in the abdomen) or edema in the feet or ankles; Son affecting the Mother | If LV/Wood affects KID/Water, it could look like what? This is what pathological sequence? |
| epistaxis (nosebleed) or portal hypertension | If LV/Wood insults the Lung/Metal, it can result in what? |
| shen disorder like delirium or hallucinations or blood disorders; Son affecting the Mother | If LV/Wood affects the HT/Fire, this could look like what? This is what pathological sequence? |
| Tonify the Mother; Sedate the Son. | In the generating sequence, how would you generally treat Deficiency? Excess? |
| Lower abdomen, both sides of spine (bilateral), Lower Jiao – below umbilicus to pubic symphysis, Left kidney is the kidney, Right kidney is "gate of vitality" – DU4 has same name | Kidney location? |
| are the root of life. Root of yin and yang. *Root of internal organs. V. imp organ | Kidneys are the root of what? |
| right = yang, left = yin | which Kidney is yin? yang? |
| Originates underneath the 5th toe. (BL meridian ends at tip of 5th toe). Goes obliquely through sole to medial side of the foot at KI2, inferior to navicular bone, curves along medial malleolus, go up posterior line of medial side of lower extremities to perineum, enters the spine, connects to DU at lumbar 2, out of spine, and enters abdomen. Belongs to KI and connects to BL, passes through LIV organ before passes through diaphragm. Enters the lungs. Passes through throat, ends @ root of tongue. A branch arises from Lungs and enters Heart, connects with Pericardium. | Kidney Channel Distribution |
| False - KI channel has NO direct cxn to the Spleen. | T/F: the kidney connects directly with the Spleen. |
| 1. Store essence, govern birth, growth, reproduction, and development (life span); 2. Generates marrow, fill up the brain, and control bones, 3. Control water, 4. Controls reception of Qi; Roots respiration, 5. Opens to ear, 6. Manifests in Hair, 7. Controls two lower orifices, 8.Houses will power (Zhi) 9. Dreams, 10. Control Mingmen/Gate of Vitality | Fxns of Kidneys? |
| 1. Two types: congenital (prenatal) and acquired (postnatal – from blood, body fluids, and Qi); 2. Relationship between prenatal and postnatal essence – mutual support; 3. Genetic problems with kidneys (all genetic probs involve kidneys) | What's important a/b Kidneys store essence fxn? |
| Kidney essence | Where does Kidney Qi derive from? |
| Kidney Qi; Kidney Essence | Kidney Yang comes from? Kidney Yin comes from? |
| Teeth | What indicates how much Kidney essence you have? |
| Strengthen kidney essence. For women, at 28 to 35. For men at 32. | Want to have a better life after 35/longer life span, what should you do? |
| Bone soup, nuts, sesame seeds | What should you eat to strengthen essence? |
| Tian Gui – when essence is stronger, produces this susbstance = hormones, endocrine system. 2 fxns: govern maturing of reproductive organs; and control menstuation, particularly the first one. | How does Kidney govern reproduction? |
| tonify kidney; soothe liver or remove liver fire. | For women with menstruation problems, how do you treat excess? deficiency? |
| Kidney and Liver | Which organs control the endocrine system? |
| Brain | What is the Sea of Marrow? |
| Bone, in spine, and in brain | What are the 3 types of marrow? |
| Strengthen Kidney | How would you treat bone problems? |
| 1. control opening and closing of bladder, 2. Kidney Yang steam fluids and sends fluids up to the lungs, 3.Kidneys are the lower source of water | How do kidneys control water? |
| Lungs control breath and respiration. Kidneys ROOT the respiration. | What is the relationship of Lung and Kidney with regard to Respiration? |
| Urethra and Anus | Which 2 lower orifices does Kidney control? |
| True | T/F: There are no excess kidney conditions. |
| Ship wreck. In winter, dream of plunging in water and being scared. | If kidney is deficient, what will you dream of? In winter? |
| 1. Mingmen is the root of primary Qi 2. Source of the (physiological) fire for all internal organs.3. Warms lower jiao and urinary bladder.4. Warms spleen and stomach and assists digestion 5.Harmonizes sexual function and warms uterus and sperm. 6. Assists kidney function for controlling reception of Qi 7. Helps the heart house the mind | How does Kidney control Mingmen (Gate of Vitality)? |
| 1. most important organ for men, 2. Lower back is the residence of the kidneys, 3. Kidneys have no excess. | Old sayings for the kidneys? |
| 1. Controls receiving and holding of body fluids 2. Remove body fluid by Qi transformation | Fxns of Bladder? |
| 1. Channel Cxn 2. Physiological Cxn 3. Pathologically (All excess disorders of urine are caused by BL. All deficiency urinary problems are KI.) | Relationship between Kidney and Bladder? |
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