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Mandatory TCM
Mandatory TCM Knowledge
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four vital substances in Chinese Medicine? | Qi, essence, body fluids, blood |
| What are the yin (Zang) organs? | Liver, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Kidneys |
| What organ controls blood circulation? | Heart |
| What organ opens into the tongue and affects speech? | Heart |
| What organi manifests on the face? | Heart |
| What organ controls blood vessels and pulse strength? | Heart |
| What organ is in charge of happiness and joy? | Heart |
| What organ controls sweat? | Heart |
| What organ houses the mind, mental activity, memory, and sleep? | Heart |
| What organ produces blood? | Spleen |
| What organ prevents water retention? | Spleen |
| What organ controls saliva? | Spleen |
| What organ governs digestion of nutrients into energy? | Spleen |
| What organ keeps organs from prolapsing? | Spleen |
| What organ houses clear thinking? | Spleen |
| What organ controls muscles? | Spleen |
| What organ opens into the mouth and manifests on the lips? | Spleen |
| What organ stores blood menstruation? | Liver |
| What organ opens into the eyes and controls tears? | Liver |
| What organ controls sinews for better movement? | Liver |
| What organ ensures smooth qi flow? | Liver |
| What organ manifests in the nails? | Liver |
| What organ houses the ethereal soul for planning and envisioning? | Liver |
| What organ controls the defense/immune system? | Lung |
| What organ regulates water metabolism? | Lung |
| What organ opens into the nose? | Lung |
| What organ controls skin and body hair? | Lung |
| What organ governs Qi and respiration? | Lung |
| What organ controls Qi in all meridians? | Lung |
| What organ houses mind and body connection? | Lung |
| What organ governs birth, growth, reproduction, and development? | Kidney |
| What organ controls the lower orifices? | Kidney |
| What organ opens into the ear? | Kidney |
| What organ manifests on the hair? | Kidney |
| What organ receives Qi from lung? | Kidney |
| What organ governs water? | Kidney |
| What organ stores essence? | Kidney |
| What organ is the ming men fire, gate of vitality? | Kidney |
| What organ houses willpower? | Kidney |
| What organ produces marrow, fill up the brain, and controls bones? | Kidney |
| What are the Fu (Yang) organs? | Stomach, Small intestine, large intestine, bladder, gallbladder, San Jiao |
| What are the extraordinary organs in TCM | Uterus (Dan Tian), bones, brain, blood vessels, bone marrow, gallbladder |
| What are the 6 pathogens? | Wind, dampness, fire, cold, dryness, summer heat |
| What pathogen is responsible for the following symptoms: perspiration, acute onset, joint pain, common cold, measles, urticaria? | Wind |
| What does the wind invade? | Yang portion of body, yang channels, skin and superficial areas |
| What are the properties of the wind pathogen? | Yang pathogen, constant movement, rapid change, up and out direction, induces invasion of other pathogens |
| What season does wind correspond with? | Spring |
| What are the yang pathogens? | Wind, fire, summer-heat |
| What are the yin pathogens? | Cold, dampness, dryness |
| What pathogen is responsible for the following symptoms: pain (joint, abdominal), diarrhea, arthritis, shivers, muscle pain, and spasms, no sweating? | Cold |
| What does the cold invade? | Through skin, SP, LI, uterus, channels and impairs yang |
| What are the properties of cold pathogen? | Yin pathogen - congeal and stagnate, contract muscles, and closes pores |
| What season does the cold pathogen correspond with? | Winter |
| What pathogen is responsible for the following symptoms? | High fever, red face, profuse sweating, fatigue, short of breath, nausea, vomiting |
| What does summer-heat invade? | Invades the body with dampness |
| What are the properties of summer-heat? | Yang pathogen- results from fire, consumes Qi, and body fluids |
| What pathogen is responsible for the following symptoms: bloating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, edema, heavy headache or limbs, swollen joints, arthritis, cloudy thick urine, eczema, sticky tongue coating | Dampness |
| What does dampness invade? | Damage yang and obstruct SP |
| What are the properties of dampness? | Yin pathogen- disturbs and blocks Qi movement, sticky and stagnate, lingering, heavy and turbid |
| What pathogen is responsible for the following symptoms: dry skin, dry cough, dry nose/throat, dry stools (constipation), dry nose bleeds? | Dryness |
| What does dryness invade? | Enters through mouth, nose, impairs lung |
| What are the properties of dryness? | Yin pathogen- impaires body fluids and blood |
| What pathogen is responsible for the following symptoms: profuse sweating, high fever, thirst, mouth ulcers, red bloody eyes, coma, delirium, convulsion, bleeding? | Fire |
| What does fire invade? | Burns LV channel, damages Yin, speeds up blood flow |
| What are the properties of fire? | Yang pathogen- may be seen in all season, consume Q and fluids, upwards, stirs up wind |
| What are the 7 emotions that effects the physical body? | Anger, fear, shock, sadness, over excitement, worry, and overthinking |
| What is the effect of anger on the physical body? | Headache, high blood pressure |
| What is the effect of fear and shock on the physical body? | Fainting |
| What is the effect of sadness on the physical body? | Fatigue |
| What is the effect of over excitement on the physical body? | Insomnia, restless |
| What is the effect of worry and overthinking on the physical body? | digestive issues |
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