NCCAOM Terminology Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Zi Wu Liu Zhu | Horary Cycle = 24 hour circulation of energy through the channels = midday/midnight cycle = organ clock |
| Qi | Chi = Ki = (vital) energy |
| Shen | Spririt |
| Xue | Blood |
| Jin Ye | Ching Ye = body fluids |
| Zang/Fu | The organs = Yin and Yang organs = Organs and Bowels = Viscera = Officials |
| Zang | Viscera = Yin organs |
| Fu | Bowels = Yang organs |
| Sanjiao | Three Heaters = Tri-Heater = Triple Burner = Triple Burning Space = Triple Energizer = Triple Heater = Triple Warmer = Triple Warmer Space |
| Xu | Deficient (deficiency) = empty (emptiness) = asthenia |
| Shi | Shih = excess = full (fullness) = Sthenia |
| Bu | Supplement = Tonify |
| Disperse | Reduce = Sedate = Xie |
| Five Elemelnts | Five Phases = Wu Xing |
| Sheng Cycle | Internally generated = Endogenous = Disorder stemming from internal factors = Inter-promoting cycle = Generation cycle |
| Ko Cycle | Excessive action on the interacting (Ke) Cycle |
| Wu Cycle | Counteracting = Insult cycle = Backward on the Ko cycle = Counteracting cycle |
| Nei Yin | Endogenous = internal factors = internally generated = disorder stemming from internal factors |
| Wai Yin | Exogenous = external factors = Disorder stemming from external factors = Externally generated |
| Wai Xie | External pathogenic factor ( or influence) = EPF = EPI = outside evil = Pernicous influence = Perverse energy |
| She Tai | Tongue fur = moss = coating |
| She Ti | Tongue proper = tongue body = tongue material or tissue |
| She Pang Da | Flabby tongue = swollen = enlarged tongue = fat |
| Cun (tsun) Pulse Location | Inch = distal location |
| Guan (Kuan) Pulse Location | Gate/bar = middle location |
| Chi (chih) Pulse Location | Cubit or foot = proximal location |
| Defensive Qi | Protective energy = Wei Qi |
| Nutritive Qi | Nourishing Energy = Ying Qi |
| Original Qi | Prenatal Qi = Yuan Qi |
| Pectoral Qi | Zhong Qi |
| Channels | Meridians = Jing = usually primary channels = Main (Principle, Regular) meridians = Mai = Mo (For instance: Yinweimo = Yinweimai; DuMo = DuMai) |
| Muscle Channels | Tendino-muscular meridians = Jing |
| Jin Divergent Meridians | Distinct channels = Jing Pieh |
| Luo | Connecting channels = Collaterals |
| Extra Channels | Miscellaneous (Odd, Curious, Extraordinary, Ancestral) meridians or vessels = Eight Extraordinary |
| Chong Mai | Chong Meridian = Penetrating meridian |
| Conception Vessel | Ren meridian = Ren Mo |
| Du Meridian | Du Mai = Du Mo = Governing Vessel |
| Yang Qiao Meridian | Yang Heel Meridian |
| Yin Qiao Meridian | Yin Heel Meridian |
| Yin Wei Meridian | Yin Linking Meridian |
| Yang Wei Meridian | Tang Linking Meridian |
| Cun | Tsun = inch = A.C.I. |
| Yuan point | Source point |
| Luo point | Connecting or junction point = Lo point |
| Xi point | Cleft or Accumulating point |
| 5 Shu point | 5 Transporting, "Antique" or "Command" points |
| Back-Shu points | Associated or Associated Effect points = A.E.P. = Yu point = shu point |
| Coalescent points | Points of intersection between two or more channels = Crossing or Intersection points |
| Confluent Points | Master (and coupled) or Key or Opening points of the Eight Extra Channels |
| Front-Mu Points | Mo = Alarm point = Bo |
| Influential points | Eight Meeting (or Assembling) points of Energy, Blood and certain organs and tissues |
| Reducing point | (son point) = sedation, dispersing or draining point |
| Reinforcing point | (mother point) = tonification point |
| Remote points | Distal points |
| Well | Jing = Ting |
| Spring | Ying = Yuong or Rong |
| Stream | Gushing Stream = Shu or Yu Transporting |
| River | Jing = King = Ching |
| Sea | Traversing Sea = He = Ho = Uniting |
| Anhidrosis | Inability to sweat normally. Absense of sweat. |
| Eructation | Belch/burp |
| Anasarca | Severe and generalized form of edema, w/subcutaneous tissue swelling throughout the body. Causes include liver failure, renal failure, right-sided heart failure, and severe protein deficiency. |
| Dyspepsia | Indigestion. Group of symptoms = bloating, discomformt, nausea, and burping. |
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