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Foundations Ch 1 -4
Gio Maciocia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Egg turning into chick | Intertransformation of yin and yang |
| When the weather becomes hot, the water in the soil dries up | Mutual consuming of yin & yang |
| When weather is very cold, the body trembles | Mutual consuming of yin & yang |
| Excessive work without rest induces extreme deficiency in the body’s energies | Intertransformation of yin & yang |
| Excessive jogging induces a very slow pulse | Intertransformation of yin/yang |
| Excessive worrying depletes the energy of the body | Intertransformation of yin/yang |
| Excessive consumption of alcohol induces euphoria, which is followed by hangover | Intertransformation of yin/yang |
| Summer changes into winter | Intertransformation of yin yang |
| Pensiveness does what to qi: | Knots it |
| Qihua function of qi | Process of mutual transformation among essence, qi, body fluid and blood, and functional activities of zang fu |
| Checking function of qi | Controlling of blood by keeping it circulating in the vessels, controls sweat, urine, seminal emission |
| Stools not loose or slightly loose but frequent, patient cannot hold them easily | Deficiency of entral qi with sinking of Sp qi |
| Constipation with small, dry bitty goat like stools | Liv qi stag & Heat in Int |
| 5E dx: Loose stools, edema, tired & weak limbs | Water insulting Earth |
| 5E dx: Malar flush, dry mouth at night, insomnia, dizziness, low backache, night sweating | Fire insulting Water |
| 5E treatment for deficiency of one element | Choose point on channel of that element related to mother element |
| 5E treatment for excess of element | Choose point on channel of that element related to child |
| Taste: Generates fluids & yin | Sour |
| Taste: Astringent, controls perspiration & diarrhea | Sour |
| Taste: Clears heat | Bitter |
| Taste: Sedates & hardens | Bitter |
| Taste: Clears damp heat | Bitter |
| Taste: Subdues rebellious qi | Bitter |
| Taste: Tonifies, balances, moderate | Sweet |
| Taste: Tonifies deficiency, stops pain | Sweet |
| Taste: Scatters | Pungent |
| Taste: Used to expel pathogenic factors | Pungent |
| Taste: Flows downward | Salty |
| Taste: Softens hardness | Salty |
| Taste: Treats constipation | Salty |
| Taste: Treats swelling | Salty |
| Taste: Goes to nerves, upsets Liv, use sparingly if excess pain | Sour |
| Taste: Goes to bone, avoid in bone disease | Bitter |
| Taste: Goes to muscles, excess can cause weak muscles | sweet |
| Taste: Scatters qi | Avoid in qi xu |
| Taste: Dries the blood. Avoid in blood xu | Slaty |
| If an organ is diseased, what flavor should the person avoid | The one that controls that organ along the Controlling Sequence. Excess sour (Wood) can injure earth |
| An organ is nourished by which flavor? | The taste of the element that it controls. Sweet is good for the Liv |
| The Ming Men Fire accumulates at which point | Du4 |
| Preheaven essence accumulates at which point | Ren 4 |
| What produces marrow? | Essence |
| What is the basis of the Three Treasures? | Essence & qi |
| What is the basis of constitutional strength? | Essence |
| Stunted growth, poor bone development, infertility, habitual miscarriage, mental retardation in children, bone detioration in adults, loose teeth and hair falling out or graying prematurely | Essence xu related to growth, reproduction & development |
| Poor sexual function, impotence, weakness of knees, nocturnal emissions, tinnitus, deafness | Essence xu (Essence as basis of Kid qi) |
| Poor concentration, poor memory, dizziness, tinnitus, feeling of emptiness in head | Essence xu (Essence as basis of marrow) |
| Extremely prone to colds, flu & other exterior diseases, chronic rhinitis, chronic allergic rhinitis | Essence xu (essence as basis of constitutional strength) |
| What are the three treasures? | Jing, Qi, Shen |
| What is the dynamic motive force that arouses and moves the function of all the organs? | Yuan qi (original qi) |
| What is the basis of Kid qi? | Yuan qi |
| What is the conduit of the Triple Burner? | Yuan qi |
| What facilitates the tranformation of Gu Qi into Blood in the Ht? | Yuan qi |
| What helps the transformation of Gathering Qi (Zong qi) into True Qi (Zhen Qi)? | Yuan qi |
| Original qi | Yuan |
| Gathering qi | Zong |
| True qi | Zhen |
| Gu qi rises to the chest where it combines with air to form: | Zong qi (gathering qi) |
| Gu qi rises to the chest where, in the Heart, it is transformed into: | Blood |
| This qi nourishes Ht/Lu | Gathering qi |
| This qi enhances Lu function of controlling qi & respiration: | Gathering qi |
| This qi promotes the Ht function of governing blood & blood vessels | Gathering qi |
| What qi controls speech & strength of voice? | Gathering qi |
| What qi affects & promotes blood circulation to extremities? | Gathering qi |
| What qi is coordinated with Original qi to regulate breathing & aid the Kidneys? | Gathering qi |
| Gathering qi & Original qi combine to form: | True qi (Zhen qi) |
| True qi assumes two different forms: | Ying qi & wei qi |
| Where does true qi originate: | Lungs |
| What qi nourishes the internal organs? | Nutritive qi (ying qi) |
| What qi is closely linked to blood? | Nutritive qi |
| Qi that flows in channels & blood vessels | Nutritive qi |
| Qi that has its root in the Lower jiao/Kidneys, is nourished by the Middle Jiao/Sp/St, Spreads outwards in the Upper jiao/Lungs: | Wei qi |
| Qi that circulates outside the channels in the space between the skin & the muscles: | Wei qi |
| Qi that warms the muscles: | Wei qi |
| Qi that is mixed with sweat in the space between skin & muscles | Regulates opening & closing of pores |
| How often does wei qi circulate: | 50 times in 24 hours (equal amounts day & night) |
| Central qi | Zhong qi |
| True qi of SP/St | Zhong qi (Central qi |
| Qi that is the Spleen’s function of transportation & transformation | Zhong qi |
| Qi that is Spleen’s function of raising qi | Zhong qi |
| Name of qi that indicates all tupes of Qi that play a role in the defence of the body from invasion by external pathogens | Upright qi (Zheng qi) |
| Zheng qi | Upright qi |
| Wei qi, ying qi & Kidney essence qi are all | Upright qi |
| Name the 6 functions of qi: | Transform, Transport, Hold, Raise, Protect, Warm |
| The flow of qi in all organs of the body, all triple burner cavities, joints, skin, muscles, diaphragm, fat tissue & membranes | qi mechanism |
| Is ascending & exiting a yin or yang movement? | yang |
| Is descending & entering a yin or yang movement? | yin |
| When qi mechanism is disrupted, what happens? | qi stag, rebellious qi |
| Lung qi primarily goes which direction? What other directions does it go? | Descends. Also ascends, and enters & exits |
| What is the primary direction of the Liver qi? | Ascending. However it allows the free flow of other qis in all directions |
| Direction of Sp qi | Ascends |
| Direction Kid qi | Ascends to Lungs, sometimes descends (urination) |
| Direction of Ht qi | Descends to meet with Kidneys |
| What organs are the main source of blood? | Sp/St |
| What organ pushes Gu Qi to the Heart to make blood? | Lu |
| Where is Gu Qi transformed into blood? | Ht |
| What organ governs the blood? | Ht |
| Which two qis help turn gu qi into blood? | Original qi (helps transform the food qi into blood). Kidney Essence qi, produces marrow, which generates bone marrow, which contributes to making blood |
| What are the functions of blood? | Nourishes, Moistens, Houses the Mind, Determines menstruation, Circulates with Ying qi |
| What organ governs blood & blood vessels? | Ht |
| The pulse on the left or right reflects the state of blood? | Left |
| What organ is the origin of blood? | Sp |
| What organ makes sure blood stays in the vessels? | Sp |
| What organ stores blood? | Liv |
| What organ controls all the channels and blood vessels? | Lu |
| Tian Gui | Menstrual blood in women. Sperm in men. Originates from Kid essence. Matures at puberty. While part of blood, menstrual blood is more precious because it derives directly from Kid essence |
| Qi ___, ____ & ____ blood, while blood is the ____ of qi. | Generates, moves, holds, mother (meaning nourishes & gives dense basis to qi) |
| Blood xu manifesting primarily in menstrual function (scanty, amenorrhea) is generally due to | Deficiency of Kid & Liv |
| Blood xu d/t lack of manufacture is due to which two primary organs? Which other organs might play a role? | Sp/St, Liv/Kid |
| What causes blood stasis? | Qi stag, heat, cold |
| Clear, light & thin water fluids…Tears, saliva, mucus | Jin (Circulate with wei qi, under the control of the lungs, nourish skin & muscles) |
| Heavy, turbid, denser fluids… Moisten joints, spine, brain, bone marrow, lubricate orifices | Ye (Under control of Sp & Kid.) |
| Which organ is always treated in any type of disorder of body fluids, because it is the most important organ in relation to physiology & pathology of Body fluids? | SP |
| Which organ regulates water passages? | Lu |
| Which organ provides heat for Sp to transform body fluids? | Kid. (This is why Kid yang xu almost always results in Sp yang xu, with the resulting accumulation of body fluids) |
| Which organ assists the SI in it function of separating body fluids into pure & impure? | Kid |
| Which organ provides qi to the UB for its function of qi transformation? | Kid |
| Which organ assists TB in transforming & excreting fluids? | Kid |
| Which organ transforms, transports & excretes body fluids? | TB |
| Which organ transforms, separates & excretes body fluids? | Kid |
| Which organ diffuses body fluids? | Lu |
| Which organ is the origin of body fluids? | St |
| What replenishes blood & makes it thinner so that it doesn’t coagulate/stagnate? | Body fluids |
| All senses depend on what? | Heart & Mind |
| All emotions affect the ______ in addition to their relevant organ? | Heart |
| What organ allows the Yuan qi to emerge from between the Kid to differentiate inits different forms for its different functions around the body? | TB |
| What is the entering and exiting of the essence? It brings the essence into play and regulates all physiological functions? | Po (corporeal soul) |
| What point can be used to relieve qi stagnation in every part of the body, but especially the upper part (hypochondrium, flanks, breasts)? | TB 6 |
| What organ makes sure all the passages of qi and water are open? | TB |
| Cough, red eyes, H/A, red sides of tongue | Lung qi not descending, creates Liver Heat |
| Cough, asthma, H/A: | Lu qi not descending. Liv qi escaping up. |
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