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Foundations 20 - 22
Gio Maciocia
Question | Answer |
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Sadness affects which 2 organs? | Lu & Ht |
Worry affects which 2 organs? | Lu & Sp |
Shock affects which organ? | Ht |
Emotion that makes qi rise | Anger |
Emotion that slows qi down | Joy |
Emotion that dissolves, depletes qi | Sadness |
Emotion that knots qi | Worry, Pensiveness |
Emotion that makes qi descend | Fear |
Emotion that scatters qi | Shock |
True or false: All emotions tend to cause qi stag | True |
In addition to Liv, what organs might be affected by anger? | St, Int, Ht |
Which emotion: H/A, dizziness, tinnitus, red face, stiff neck? | Anger |
Sudden joy is akin to: | Shock |
Which emotion? Palps, overexcitability, insomnia, restless, red tip of tongue | Joy |
Which emotion? Breathless, tired, feeling of discomfort in chest, depression or crying | Sadness |
Sadness may deplete what in women? | Liver blood |
Which emotion? Uncomfortable feeling in chest, sl. Breathlessness, tense shoulders, dry cough, weak voice, sighing, pale complexion | Worry (affecting Lu) |
Which emotion? Poor appetite, sl epigastric discomfort, ab distension, tiredness, pale complexion | Worry or pensiveness affecting Sp |
Which emotion? Nocturnal enuresis, incontinence of urine, diarrhea | Fear |
Which emotion can in some cases make qi rise, with palps, insomnia, night sweating, dry mouth & malar flush? | Fear |
Which emotion? Palps, breathless, insomnia, moving pulse | Shock |
True or false: Climactic factors become causes of disease only when there is a relative imbalance between the body’s qi & the exterior pathogenic factors. | T |
True or false: The diagnosis of an invasion of an exterior pathogenic factor is made from interrogation of the patient | False. It is made from analysis of clinical manifestations, not interrogation. |
What is the order of the penetration of exterior pathogenic factors according to Nei Jing? | Skin, Superficial connecting channels, Connecting channels, Main channels, Organs |
How do exterior pathogens invade? | Skin (Classically cold syndromes) or by nose & mouth (classically Warm syndromes) |
What creates the intensity of the fever in exterior conditions? | Struggle between upright qi and external pathogens. Strong pathogen & strong upright qi = high fever…Strong pathogen & weak qi or vice versa=medium fever….Both pathogen & qi weak=low or no fever |
Which part of body is wind more likely to affect? | Upper |
Manifestation of wind invading space between skin & muscles & Lungs Wei qi | aversion to cold, fever, sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, occipital stiffness, floating pulse. |
Manifestation of wind invading muscles & channels | Stiffness, rigidity, contraction of muscles w/ sudden onset. |
Manifestation of wind invading joints | pain that moves from joint to joint, esp in upper part of body. |
Manifestation of cold invading muscles & sinews | Stiffness, contraction of muscles, pain & chilliness |
Manifestation of cold invading joints | severe pain in joint, often only on one joint |
Manifestation of cold invading St | Sudden epigastric pain w/ vomit |
Manifestation of cold invading Intestines | Sudden ab pain w/ diarrhea |
Manifestation of cold invading Uterus | Acute Dysmenorrhea |
Manifestation of summer-heat | aversion to cold, fever, sweat, H/A, dark urine, thirst, flolating rapid pulse |
Manifestation of dampness invading muscles & sinews | feeling of heaviness in limbs, dull ache in muscles |
Manifestation of invading joints | pain, heaviness & swelling of joints, esp in lower part of body. |
General manifestation of dampness | acute urinary discomfort, acute vag discharge, acute skin disease w/ vesicles/papules, acute digestive upset |
General manifestation of dryness | Acute dry cough, aversion to cold, fever, dry mouth/nose |
General manifestation of fire | Aversion to heat, high fever, sweat, mental confusion, thirst, overflowing, rapid pulse, red T w/ yellow coat. |
What features show a strong constitution? | broad forehead & glabella, long, wide nose, full cheeks, strong lower jaw, long ears w/ long lobes, well proportioned face, long philtrum, normal complexion w/ luster, firm muscles & skin. |
Excessive use of the eyes injures | blood/Ht |
Excessive lying down injures | Qi/Lu |
Excessive sitting injures | muscles/Sp |
Excessive standing injures | Bones, Kid |
Excessive exercise injures | Sinews/Liv |
Excessive physical work injures | Muscles, sinews, Sp, Liv |
Repetitive work in one joint | qi stag |
Excessive lifting injures | Kid |
Lack of exercise | qi stag, damp, phlegm. |
XS sexual activity s/sx | fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, low backache, weak knees, frequent urination afterwards |
Stimulate sexual desire & performance with what 2 points | UB 23 & Du 4 |
Dampen sexual desire with what 3 points | Kid 3, Kid 6, Sp 6 |
How do beta blockers affect the pulse? | Make it slow & rather deep |
How do tranquilizers affect the pulse | Make it somewhat sluggish & reluctant |
How do antibiotics affect the T? | Peeled in patches |
Oral steroids effect on tongue | Swollen & red |
Effect of long term cannibis use | Induces Kid xu, causes weak Zhi, affects Heart blood & Yi |
Effect of long term use of cocaine | Phlegm fire in heart |
Effect of LSD | Effects heart, possible Ht fire |
Effect of Ecstasy | Weakens Kid, Obstructs heart orifices |