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Oriental Medicine 1
Week 1 Oriental Medicine
Question | Answer |
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Resides in the Kidneys | Jing |
A normal part of human experience, thought to cause dis-ease when unexpressed or in excess. | Emotions |
Fingertip manipulation of points on the meridians. | Acupressure |
Zang(Yin) organ paired with Small Intestine. | Heart |
Channels where Qi and Blood circulate. | Meridians |
Jing is considered a person's ______? | Essence |
Yin and Yang control each other. Therefore when Yang is EXCESSIVE, Yin tends to be ? | Weak |
Qi that moves in the wrong direction.(belching) | Rebellious Qi |
This disharmony of Qi may lead to lethargy or organ dysfunction. | Deficient Qi |
One of the Water meridians, paired with the Urinary Bladder. | Kidney |
The 24 hours of Qi. | Horary clock |
The Fu(Yang) organ paired with Lung. | Large Intestine |
The philosophy of Cause and Effect, used in Western medicine. | Aristotelian |
A sub-category of Deficient Qi, wherein the Qi cannot hold up the organs leading to prolapse. | Collapsed Qi |
Resides in the Heart;Seen in the eyes. | Shen |
Represents the Yang half of the Wood organs, paired with the Liver. | Gallbladder |
Jing, Qi, and Shen are the _____? | Three treasures |
How many Major meridians are there? | Fourteen |
Dark side of the Mountain. | Yin |
The Fu(Yang) organ paired with the Spleen. | Stomach |
Impairment of Normal Qi flow; Often results in bodily aches and pains. | Stagnant Qi |
The remaining two substances besides Qi, Shen, and Jing that make up the Five substances. | Blood & Bodily Fluids |
The three categories of precipitating factors of Dis-ease are ____? | Internal, External, and Miscellaneous. |
The single most important theory of Oriental Medicine, and basis for all change. | Yin and Yang |
Triple Burner(Chinese name for it?), paired with the Pericardium. | Sanjiao |
Good appetite, good sleep, strong sex drive, appropriate emotional reactions represent what? | Standards of a healthy body. |
Zang organs are ? | Yin organs |
Fu organs are ? | Yang organs |