| A | B |
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| Qi | vital energy |
| Blood | blood, nutritional substance |
| Fluids | includes blood, lymph and all other body fluids |
| Primordial Qi | inherited from parents |
| Qi is produced by the | TCM Spleen |
| Ancestral Qi is stored in | The TCM Kidneys |
| Everything in the world comes from the | interaction of Heaven Qi and Earth Qi |
| Qi is the _____ of Blood. | Commander |
| ______ is the mother Qi | Blood |
| Qi corresonds to ____ in Ayurveda | Prana |
| Derangement of Qi corresponds to _____ in Ayurveda. | Vata |
| Blood imbalances are mainly involved with ____. | deficiency and stagnation |
| Pus or suppurative or moist infections or inflammations are a condition of _____. | Damp heat |
| Dang quai is a _______. | Blood tonic |
| Codonopsis is a _____. | Qi tonic |
| Natural Air Qi (Zong Qi) is | chest qi produced by a refined form of grain qi with air from the lungs. |
| Grain qi (Gu Qi) is made from ____ and _____. | food and drink. |
| Grain Qi is also know as ____ ____. | Digestive qi. |
| Original Qi is the basis for ___ ___. | TCM Kidney Qi |
| Low vitality, coldness, slow metabolism, slow growth and development is a ____. | Deficiency of Original Qi. |
| Nutritive Qi (Ying Qi) is called ___. | Nourishing Qi responsible for producing Blood. |
| True Qi (Zhen Qi) is ____. | The Qi used by the body and nourishes the internal organs. |
| Breathing exercises are useful for stengthening _____. | Natural Air Qi. |
| the immune system in TCM is called _____. | Wei Qi |
| During sleep the ___ ___ circulates ____. | inside the body |
| During waking ours Wei qi circulates _____. | outside the body |
| Natural air Qi (Zong Qi) originates from the ___. | TCM lungs. |
| Grain Qi originates from the ____ and ____. | TCM Spleen and Stomach |
| We qi is regulated by the ____. | TCM Lungs |
| Nutritive or Ying Qi is derived from the True Qi of the ____. | TCM Heart |
| Nutritive or Ying Qi is transformed into _____. | Blood |
| Original or Yuan Qi is derived from _____. | Pre-Heaven Essence. |
| The transforming or changing power in the body is ---. | Qi |
| Transporting function is a function of _____. | Qi |
| The four directions of Qi are ____. | ascending, descending, inwards, outwards. |
| Herbs that move Qi are classified as _____. | Qi regulating |
| Herbs that move Blood are classified as ____. | Blood moving. |
| Spleen Qi transports grain Qi in what direction? | upwards to the TCM Lungs |
| Lung Qi transports fluids to the _____. | skin. |
| TCM Kidneys is the purified Qi or the Spleen and Lungs and is circulated in what direction ____. | upwards |
| The specific energy that raises the organs upwards and holds them in their place is _______. | TCM Spleen Qi |
| The Qi that moves in the chest, between the skin and muscles also regulates the ______. | pores and sweat glands. |
| Excessive sweating can be a sign of ____. | Qi deficiency. |
| _____ maintains the normal heat of the body and all of its parts. | Qi |
| Name three or more Qi pathologies. | deficient, stagnant, rebelious. sinking or collapsed, |
| Name three Blood disharmonies. | Deficient Blood, Stagnant Blood and Heat in the Blood. |
| Essence pathology is the result of ______ or ______. | weak inherited constitution or damage from improper diet or lifestyle. |
| Old age often shows patterns of _____. | Essence deficiency |
| Premature aging is an _______. | essence disharmony. |
| Prolapsed uterus, bladder, kidneys, stomach, anus are symptoms of | collapsed or sinking qi. |
| scanty menses with a thin, fine or choppy pulse is a sign of ___. | Deficient Blood |
| Excessive or frequent bleeding such as bloody nose is a sign of | Blood heat |
| Blood stagnation pains tend to be _____ and _____. | sharp and fixed. |
| Qi stagnation pains tend to be ____ and _____. | aching, varying in location and/or intensity |
| Hiccups or belching are a sign of ____. | rebellious Qi |
| dry skin, hair or eyes are a sign of ____. | Blood deficiency. |
| Chest stagnation is a sign of | Qi stagnation. |
| Blood originates from two sources ______ and _____. | Grain Qi and bone marrow. |
| The combination of Grain Qi from the TCM Spleen and Natural Air, Lung Qi is then sent to the ______ and is transformed into Blood. | Heart |
| The mind is nourished by | Blood |
| When a person rests, Blood moves by to the ____ where it is stored and regenerated. | TCM Liver |
| Blood is governed by the ___. | Heart |
| The _____ is the origin of Blood. | Spleen |
| Yin is created by ____. | blood |
| Fluids include both ______ fluids and _______ fluids. | Intracellular fluids and extracellular fluids |
| Fluids are formed from ____ and _____. | food and drink |
| Fluids must be refined into _____ and _____ portions. | pure and impure |
| that which moistens and partly nourish the skin, hair, muscles, eyes, nose, mouth, internal organs, marrow, joints etcs are ___. | Body fluids |
| the metabolic waste of body fluids is expeled in the form of | urine and sweat. |
| The _____ receive the pure Fluid from the _____. | TCM Kidneys -- TCM Lungs |
| Qi produces _______. | Fluids |
| When the TCM Spleen and Stomach function normally then ________ are abundant. | Body Fluids |
| Fluids leak when ____ is deficient. | Qi |
| Excessive eliminaton of fluids from vomiting, profuse sweating or prolonged diarrhea can cause a severe _____ deficiency. | Qi |
| An 'organ function' that is regarded as one of the twelve TCM organs aids in the transformation, transportation and excretion of Fluids in all of its stages throughout the body is called _____. | Triple warmer |
| Fluid pathology is always treated through the TCM ______. | Spleen |
| The substance that processes reproduction, development, growth, sexual potency, conception, pregnancy and when deficient is ultimately responsible for the decay of the body is called ___. | Essence or jing |
