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TCM Final

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What Governs Qi & Respiration

lung

(the lung functions to inhale clean and exhale dirty)

Qi is the _____ of Blood, Blood is the _____ of Qi

Commander
Mother

Complaints such as these relate to:
Tired
SOB
Cough
Cold
Flu
Skin
Nose Throat

Complaints such as these relate to:
Cold
Flu
Skin
Nose Throat

What controls descending and Dispersing?

Where does Qi descend to?

The _______ assist the Lungs during inanition by "_____"

Grasping the QI

Qi is dispersed throughout the body especially to ______ and ______ by the ______ organ.

Skin and pores by the Lung organ

(Lung ensures that the Wei QI is spread throughout the whole body)

Regulate Water Passages or Channels

(water descends to the kidneys and disperses it to the skin)

Opens into the nose

Controls skin and body hair

controls nasal mucus

governs the voice

Is Lung a delicate organ?

Yes (it is vulnerable to external pathogenic factors)

Lung houses the

Po (corporeal soul)

the most physical and material part of human being's soul

Feelings and Sensations

Controls passage and conduction

Transforms stool and reabsorbs fluids

"Letting Go" and not dwelling on the past

Is constipation a excess or deficiency picture?

Governs the mind

Blood is made by _____ QI and ____ QI

controls menses through opening and closing of the uterus

controls blood vessels

irregular pulse may be seen with ______ disharmony

Opens into the tongue

Stuttering, speech difficulties, and clarity of mind reflect what organ?

Controls sweat (all body fluids)

T/F since heart governs blood, the heart influences all the body fluids

Sweating is mainly associated with which organ?

Manifests in the complexion

Shen can be reflected by looking at the

Houses the Shen

All emotions/mind is controlled by the

What is Respoinsible for physiological activities, sensations, sight, hearing, smell, taste, entering and exiting of jing.

What is responsible for consciousness, thinking, affections, memory, sleep

responsible for sleep, plans, projects, life aims, coming and going of shen

responsible for thinking memory concentration, studying, focusing

responsible for will power, drive, determination

Small intestine

Pericardium Meridian

T/F: Pericardium has the same functions as the heart

____ acts to protect the heart

san jiao meridian

Above the diaphragm - MIst

upper jiao burner

Diaphragm to navel - Stew or Foam

Middle jiao burner

Below the navel - Ditch or Swamp

Lower Jiao burner

Controls transportation and movement of QI

Upper jiao function:

Middle jiao function:

create Ying Qi: responsible for making food

Lower jiao Function

Eliminate waste

Moves Yuan Qi throughout the body

yuan qi connects with which organ?

Mentally aids the Heart/Pericardium with controlling the mind (Shen) - maintaining relationships

Helps Liver with the maintaining a smooth flow of emotions

Governs transformation and transportation

Transforms the food and extracts the ___ QI

Transforms and transports QI and clear fluid up to _____ and turbid down to ______.

Lung
Intestines

Complaints such as these relate to:
bloated
mucus in lungs
tired

Complaints such as these relate to:
Diarrhea
nodules
lumps
growths

Helps make the blood

Complaints such as these relate to:
bleeding
bruises

Manifests in lips

houses the yi (intellect)

Complaints such as these relate to:
Lack of focus
foggy mind

Opens into the mouth

controls the raising of QI

Typically the ______ is responsible for Sending refined Qi upwards to the lung and heart

Complaints such as these relate to:
Prolapse of- uterus, stomach, anus, hernia

controls the muscles and 4 limbs

Qi extracted from the food gets sent to the muscles of the limbs to assist their functioning

Complaints such as these relate to:
weak tired muscles

foundation of post-natal existence or root of post heaven Qi

the ______ is responsible for the production of QI and Blood

a. spleen
b. heart
c. lung
d. liver

Controls receiving

"great Granary" or space/storage

responsible for "rotting" and "ripening"

Complaints such as these relate to:
big appetite
hiccups
GERD
Vomit

Stomach Meridian

_____ QI manifests in tongue coat

Origin of fluids

dislikes dryness and enjoys wetness

spleen is prone to heat or cold?

Stomach is prone to ______ & _______

Stomach is prone to heat and damp

stomach prefers to ascend or descend QI

spleen prefers to ascend or descend QI

spleen deficiency suffers

yang deficiency

stomach deficiency suffers

Foundation for Yin and Yang of other organs

Root of pre-heaven Qi

source of water is kidney Yin or Yang

source of heat is kidney Yin or Yang

Motive force of all physiological processes

Stores essence and govern birth, growth, reproduction and development

Considered "root of life"

Store/root of pre-heaven essence

Determines out basic constitution, strength and vitality

hormonal changes in puberty, pregnancy, after childbirth, menopause

are closely linked with which organ?

T/F teeth affect kidney status?

True

since kidneys are considered a surplus of bone

Complaints such as these relate to:
chronic sore lower back
chronic sore knees

Determines water movement and transformation for the entire body

T/F kidney is hardly ever in deficiency

F: kidney is usually never in excess

kidney ______ (yin/yang) controls intestine separation of clear and turbid

Kidney _____ (yin/yang) provides motive force for Spleen Transformation & Transportation of fluids

Kidneys receive water from _______ and mist some back up

What provides Qi for UB to empty "drainage ditch"

Controls the reception of QI

______ send air downwards, _____ receives/grasps hold QI downwawrds

Opens into the ears

Manifest in the Hair on the head

____ produces hair all over the body except the head

Controls the 2 lower orifices

Complaints such as these relate to:
incontinence
dribbling
enuresis

kidney QI defiency

Complaints such as these relate to:
speramtorrhea
urgent diarrhea (cock crow)

kidney yang deficiency

Complaints such as these relate to:
nocturnal emissions

kidney yin deficiency

the gate of vitality (ming men)

Warms Lower Burner and Urinary Bladder

Warms Spleen to aid digestion

Harmonizes sexual function and warm uterus
-sexual performance
-fertility
-puberty
-menses

Helps to transform fluids: dampness, edema

Source of physiological fire for all zhang fu organs

Urinary Bladder meridian

storage and excretion of urine

The heat of the ____ is supported by the Kidney

Receives the turbid (unpure part) portion of fluid from the kidney, lung, small intestines and large intestines to send it out of the body

Regulates blood volume in whole body at one time

Regulates menses

puberty, conception, birth, menopause are all regulated by which organ?

Complaints such as these relate to:
scanty periods
amenorrhea

Liver blood deficiency

Ensures smooth flow of qi

Complaints such as these relate to:
frustration
depression
repressed anger
irritable
distension
tight chest
plum pit qi
PMS tension
sighing
hypochondria

liver QI stagnation

related to digestion

controls the sinews

Complaints such as these relate to:
weakness
poor muscle tone
too lose

Complaints such as these relate to:
cramps
contracture
too tight

manifests in the nails and hair

Complaints such as these relate to:
rigid dry, brittle cracked, pad nail beds
lack luster nails

Complaints such as these relate to:
tremors
convultions

Liver wind (liver yin, blood, deficiencies)

open into the eyes

Complaints such as these relate to:
blurred vision
floaters
myopia
dry, gritty eyes
lacrimal gland to secrete more fluid

liver blood deficiency

liver heat manifests as

Planning life and giving life a sense of direction
-Source of life dreams, visions, projects, inspiration, creativity
-If Ethereal soul not rooted it wanders in space and time
-Lack of direction and mental confusion

affected by anger

Gall bladder meridian

stores and excretes bile

stores refined substances

Hollow and does not make refined substance

controls judgement and decisiveness

_____ ability to plan one's life, ____controls capacity to make decisions or action

Provides Courage and initiative to Mind. Is related to the Heart

Complaints such as these relate to:
recklessness

Stress is the Killer of _____

Hollow organs are considered Yin or Yang?

___ organs store essence and do not discharge

_____ organs do not store but are constantly filled and discharge

skull, bone marrow, uterus, vessels, gall bladder

extraordinary yang

Blood is described by saying it is either ___ or ____

deficient or stagnant

Examples of QI deficiency:

breathlessness, weak voice, spontaneous sweating-- which organ?

Examples of QI deficiency:

no appetite, loose stools, tired -- which organ?

Examples of QI deficiency:

weak pulse-- which organ?

Shortness of breath, weak voice, spontaneous sweating, poor appetite, loose stools, tiredness, a feeling of bearing down, mental depression, listlessness, organ prolapse, empty pulse

Qi stagnation is an excess or stagnation picture?

Qi Stagnation in the Large Intestine

abdominal distention and pain, bitty stools

Qi Stagnation pulse

qi stagnation tongue

can be normal/slightly purple

pain that moves from place to place

pain comes and goes

abdominal masses that appear and disappear
depression
irritability
gloomy
frequent modd swings
frequent sighing

Liver Qi Stagnation Symptoms

Headache;
Tightness in the chest;
Depression;
irritability;
Epigastric and abdominal distention and pain;
Churning feeling in the stomach;
Poor appetite;
Irregular menstruation;
Wiry pulse;
Thin white tongue coating (normal)

Occurs when qi flows in the wrong direction

Rebellious Qi is typically an excess or deficiency pattern?

rebellious qi in the spleen

altering loose and hard stools

Sinking Qi relates mainly to which Zang Fu?

Spleen (which works as a pump to raise clear yang upward)

Complaints such as these relate to:
Pale complextion
pale lips
dizzy
poor memory
numbness

Blood deficiency

Complaints such as these relate to:
blurred vision
insomnia
tongue pale, slightly dry
hair loss
weak/choppy pulse

Blood deficiency

Blood deficiency patterns are typically an issue with which organ(s)?

Is blood stasis an excess or deficiency picture

Complaints such as these relate to:
Dark/purple complexion/lips/tongue/nails fixed stabbing pain
non-moving abdominal masses
bleeding with dark blood
pulse wiry, choppy, firm

Complaints such as these relate to:
purple nails
painful period with dark blood and clots

blood stasis in liver

Complaints such as these relate to:
pain will be more fixed and localized

blood stasis in heart

Complaints such as these relate to:
cough dark blood
pain

blood stasis in lung

Complaints such as these relate to:
vomit dark blood
pain

blood stasis in stomach

Complaints such as these relate to:
dark blood in stools
pain

blood stasis in intestines

Complaints such as these relate to:
sublingual veins under the tongue: dark, prominent and tortuous

Blood stasis is a result of:
-stagnation Qi
-deficiency QI
-heat in Blood
-blood deficiency

and 2 more

-interiror cold
-damp/phelgm

deficiency in body fluids is a mild type of ____ (yin/yang) deficiency

Complaints such as these relate to:
dry mouth
dry skin
dry nose
dry cough
dry lips
dry tongue

Deficiency in body fluids

Middle jiao is involved with ____ anywhere in body

1. dsypnea
2. dysmenorrhea
3. edema
4. arthritis

legs and ankle swelling is most closely related to:

1. kidney yin deficiency
2. kidney yang deficiency
3. kidney yin excess
4. kidney yang excess

2. kidney yang deficiency

____ is the main cause of spleen deficiency leading to excess pattern

the accumulation of ____ and ___ create phlegm

damp and body fluids

Complaints such as these relate to:
slippery pulse
fat/swollen tongue

Mucus in lungs is a sign of:

What are the two types of phlegm?

substantial and insubstantial

insubstantial phlegm examples:

Examples of this pathogen include plaque or high cholesterol in the Heart, stones in the Kidney or Gall Bladder, and arthritic deposits or calcification in the Joints.

Insubstantial phlegm obstructs ____
1. the lungs
2. the heart
3. the kidney
4. the spleen

Heat causes bleeding may result in:

feeling of heat
skin diseases with red eruptions
dry mouth
bleeding
red tongue
rapid pulse
spotting between periods (liver)
red blood in stool (LI)

pale
heavy prolonged loss
dull

are symptoms of what two things?

blood loss and Qi deficiency

Heat pushes Blood _____

Fresh red or dark
heavy
pain made worse by heat and better by cold
may experience heat symptoms at the 5 centers

are examples of Blood loss as result of ______

blood loss leading to _____ will be depicted as:

very dark
scanty
fixed
stabbing pain

blood loss can occur in:

Nose
vomit
cough
skin
menses
uterine bleeding
urine
stool

Stomach Meridian

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