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Oriental Medicine OM
Oriental Medicine Theory MT107-1
Question | Answer |
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What is a coherent and independent system of thought and practices. | Oriental Medicine |
Constitutes good appetite; good sleep; no fatigue; no pain; strong sex drive and emotion appropriate to the stimulus | Traditional chinese medicine |
jing, Qi, Shen | The three treasures that are essential vital substances in regards to the totality of the persons energetics |
The two fundamental aspects of the the Three treasures are? | prenatal, postnatal |
Is transalted as Essence (it is sourceof life) | Jing |
Stored in the Kidneys | Jing |
Translated as Energy | Qi |
Represents the vital force that activates and moves every function in the human body | Chi |
It supplies the meridians | Ki |
Translated as Spirit | Shen |
It is the vitality behind Jing and Qi | Shen |
Resides in the Heart | Shen |
It is our thought, personality, ability to think and discriminate, our psyche and ego | Shen |
Is seen in the eys | Shen |
Make-up the 5 substances | Blood, body fluids, jing, Qi, Shen |
Nourishes the body and transports Qi | Blood |
Referred to as both matter and energy, and is the motor force that aloows the body to regulate itself | Qi |
Is the Homeostasis for the body | Chi |
Flows along the 14 primary Meridians through the body | Ki |
Precieved funtionally by what it does | Qi |
Prenatal Qi | Orignal Qi (Yuan Qi) |
The nutrients that we absorb from food | Grain Qi (Gu Qi) |
Extracted by the lungs from the air we breathe | Nautral Air Qi (Kong Qi) |
Three forms that intermingle to produce Normal Qi | Yuan Qi, Grain Qi, Kong Qi |
Source of all movement in the body and accompanies all movement | Chi |
Is in constant motion and 4 primary directions: ascending -desending-entering-leaving | Qi |
Resists and combats pathogens | Qi |