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Zang Organ: Heart
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Zang Organ: Lungs
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| Fundamental Substance for Heart and Small Intestine |
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| Fundamental Substance for Lungs and Large Intestine |
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| Fundamental Substance for Liver and Gallbladder |
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| Fundamental Substance for Kidney and Bladder |
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| Fundamental Substance for Spleen and Stomach |
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| Name all traits (Zang Organ, weather, color, orifice, body part, and emotion) for Wood |
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| Liver, Wind, Green, Eyes, Tendons, Anger |
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| Name all traits (Zang Organ, weather, color, orifice, body part, and emotion) for Fire |
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| Heart, Heat, Red, Tongue, Vessels, Joy |
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| Name all traits (Zang Organ, weather, color, orifice, body part, and emotion) for Earth |
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| Spleen, Damp, Yellow, Mouth, Muscles/Flesh, Worry |
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| Name all traits (Zang Organ, weather, color, orifice, body part, and emotion) for Metal |
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| Lungs, Dryness, White, Nose, Skin/Hair, Grief |
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| Name all traits (Zang Organ, weather, color, orifice, body part, and emotion) for Water |
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| Kindey, Cold, Black, Ears, Bones/Marrow, Fear |
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Central Qi
Energy of digestion |
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Food Qi
Energy derived from food |
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Great or Heavenly Qi
Inhaled air (for this reason the lungs are said to open to the nose and connect to the lung) |
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Ancestral Qi
The aggregate of all Qi that has accumulated in the chest before departing to serve all the various functions; includes Gu Qi and Da Qi |
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Defensive Qi
Resists pathogen invasion |
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Channel and Vessel Qi
Circulating Qi; both Ying and Wei Qi Circulate |
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Source Qi
Power supplied by the kidney |
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Pathogen
Exogenous cause of disease |
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Plasma
Circulates with Blood and is the source Perspiration; essentially plasma |
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Righteous Qi
Sum complement of healthy Qi |
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Organ Qi
Qi circulating through and powering each organ |
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| Name four signs of Spleen Deficiency |
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1. Muscle wasting and weakness
2. Watery painless diarrhea
3. Anemia
4. Inappetance |
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| Name four signs of Kidney Deficiency |
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1. Profuse clear urine
2. Urinary Incontinence
3. Lower limb and back weakness
4. Deafness |
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| Name four signs of Lung Pathology |
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1. Dyspnea
2. Cough
3. Frequent colds in humans
4. Neck and Back Pain |
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| Name four signs of Heart Disease |
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1. Incontince
2. Seizures
3. Agitation, Confusion
4.Cystitis |
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| Name 3 signs of Liver Blood Deficiency |
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1. Pale tongue
2. Cramping pain; muscle spasm
3. Fearfulness; territoriality |
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| Name 3 signs of Liver Qi Stagnation |
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1. Lavender tongue
2. Distension; shooting pain
3. Irritability |
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| Name 3 signs Blood Stasis |
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1. Purple tongue
2. Masses
3. Bleeding (dark, blood clots) |
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| Name 5 signs of Dampness/ Phlegm |
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1. Masses
2. Joint swelling
3. Polyuria
4. Weight gains; rounded abdomen
5. Exudates and discharges from the ears, skin, and eyes
6. Slimy fluid and mucous in the stool and vomit |
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| Tai Yang is associated with which 2 meridians |
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| Bladder and Small Intestine |
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| Yang Ming is associated with which 2 meridians |
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| Stomach and Large Intestine |
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| Shao Yang is associated with which 2 meridians |
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| Gall Bladder and Triple Heater |
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| Tai Yin is associated with which 2 meridians |
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| Jue Yun is associated with which 2 meridians |
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| Shao Yin is associated with which 2 meridians |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 13 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 14 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 15 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 18 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 19 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 20 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 21 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 22 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 23 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 25 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 27 |
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| Organ associated with Shu (Association) Point BL 28 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
LU 1 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
CV 17 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
CV 14 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
CV 12 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
CV 5 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
CV 4 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
ST 25 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
LV 14 |
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
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Organ associate with Alarm Point
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| Influential Point for Bone |
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| Influential Point for Blood |
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| Influential Point for Tendons and Sinews |
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| Influential Point for Marrow |
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| Influential Point for Vessels |
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| Influential Point for Qi of the Chest |
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| Influential Point for Fu Organs |
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| Influential Point for Yin Organs |
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| Name the Master or Command Point for Face and Mouth |
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| Name the Master or Command Point for Head and Neck |
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| Name the Master or Command Point for Caudal Back and Hips |
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| Name the Master or Command Point for Abdomen and Gastrointestinal |
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| Interpret the following tongue color: Pale |
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| Qi, Blood, Yang deficient |
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| Interpret the following tongue color: Red |
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| Interpret the following tongue color: Pale Lavendar |
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| Mild stasis (ex. Qi stagnation from Blood deficiency) |
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| Interpret the following tongue color: Purple |
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| Interpret the following tongue color: Dark Red or Purple Red |
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| Most acupuncture points are located at areas of _____ electrical resistance and ____ electrical conductance of the skin. |
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Stimulation of acupuncture points results in :
degranulation of ____ cells
activation of the ______ cascade
alterations of _____ and ____ flow, and
conduction of nerve impulses to the central nervous system |
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| mast, inflammatory, blood and lymph |
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| Pain sensation is carried in the _________ _________ tract. Unmyelinated fibers from pain, pressure and thermoreceptors in the periphery enter through the nerve roots and pass 1-2 segments caudally and 3-4 segments cranially in the __________ __________. These then penetrate to synapse in the gray matter of the _______ horn. Some fibers innervate locally the motor neurons of the spinal segment (including those on the contralateral half of the spinal cord), while the remainder of these second order neurons pass, for the most part, across the mid-line in the ventral white commissure to build up on the contralateral spinal cord in the ventromedial aspect of the lateral funiculus. The ____________ tract then proceeds cranially where the sensation for the head is placed in the pathway by way of the spinal tract of Cranial Nerve ____ until it terminates in the __________. Along the way, many branches are given off in the reticular formation which assists in altering the cortex through the ________ ________ system. |
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lateral spinothalamic
substantia gelatinosa
dorsal
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Name the Zang organ for:
Govern and rule Qi. Facilitate decent of water. |
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Name the Zang organ for:
Govern blood vessels. Stores the Shen. |
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Name the Zang organ for:
Governs movement of Qi and tendons. Stores Blood. |
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Name the Zang organ for:
Governs Blood and muscles. Transform and transport Gu Qi. |
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Name the Zang organ for:
Govern water pathways, lower orifices, and bones. Grasp Qi. |
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| Flow order of Transporting points |
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Jing well- tip of digit
Ying spring- digit
Shu stream- wrist/ ankle
Jing river-
He sea- elbow/knee |
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| entry and exit points- where Qi moves from 1 channel to the next |
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| Ying spring point used to: |
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| cooling just 1 channel and organ |
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| Shu stream point used to: |
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| Jing river point used to: |
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| help pull out pathogen or push Qi or Blood inward |
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| last chance to push healthy Qi to strengthen association organ |
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| Name 3 lower He Sea points, which organ associated with, and what each are good for: |
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Stomach 37 LI colitis, constipation, Bld deficiency, Bld stasis, damp heat
Stomach 39 SI damp accumulation, Blood stasis
Bladder 39 Triple Burner dishibit urination |
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| Define Xi-Cleft points, what is another name for them, and give indication |
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accumulation points- always located near Jing-River points on channels, natural bottlenecks to the flow of Qi and Blood resulting in potential stasis often near sinew insertions and near bone clefts and notches
Sign of Qi stagnation anywhere along a channel |
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| What is a Lou connecting point |
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| 2 channels branch off main connecting channel, one branch goes to Yin or Yang partner, other channel is a blind ended channel |
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| What type of point does one use in combination with a Lou -connecting point? |
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| When is the most common time to use a Source point and a Lou connecting point? |
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| give associated organ an extra boost or decoy invading pathogens |
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| List the corresponding point used below its Lou point |
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| LU 7; LI 6; ST 40; SP 4; HT 5; SI 7; BL 58; KI 4; PC 6; TH 5; GB 37; LIV 5 |
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| Low frequency (4-20 Hz) electrostimulation acupuncture results in the release of what neurotransmitter from the brain? |
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endorphins (blocked by Naloxone)
(100 Hz releases enkephalins (not blocked by Naloxone)) |
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| How many External Pathogenic factors (EPFs) are there? When do they cause disease? |
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6; if pathogen is contained at the exterior- disease is less serious and easier to eliminate
if the body's resistence is lowered, pathogen factor is strong or gives a prolonged challenge and the channels cannot contain the pathogenic factors at the exterior- disease is relatively more serious and harder to cure |
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| Name all 6 External Pathogenic factos and common clinical signs associated with them. |
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Wind: seizures
Cold: cramps
Damp: masses, joint swelling
Heat: fever
Dryness: dry, scaly, cracked skin
Fire: hemorrhage |
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