TCM 2
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During which dynasty did the use of the 5 elements in TCM regain its status and become incorporated into mainstream Chinese medicine?

  • Zhou Dynasty
  • Qin Dynasty
  • Song Dynasty (correct)
  • Warring States Period

Which of the following best describes the quality of Wood in TCM?

  • Moistens downwards
  • Workable and solid (correct)
  • Permits sowing, growing and reaping
  • Can be molded and can harden

What is the generating cycle of the 5 elements in TCM?

  • Fire creates Metal, Earth creates Fire, Metal creates Water, Water creates Wood, Wood creates Fire
  • Wood creates Earth, Fire creates Earth, Earth creates Metal, Metal creates Water, Water creates Wood
  • Wood creates Fire, Fire creates Earth, Earth creates Metal, Metal creates Water, Water creates Wood (correct)
  • Water creates Fire, Fire creates Metal, Metal creates Earth, Earth creates Wood, Wood creates Water

What is the seasonal cycle of the 5 elements in TCM also known as?

<p>Cosmological Sequence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a quality of Metal in TCM?

<p>Fluid and moveable (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which period did the use of the 5 elements in TCM taper off, only to regain its status later?

<p>Warring States Period (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the quality of Earth in TCM?

<p>Permits sowing, growing and reaping (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the quality of Water in TCM?

<p>Moistens downwards (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the quality of Fire in TCM?

<p>Flares upwards (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element is generated by the Wood Element?

<p>Fire (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element is controlled by the Water Element?

<p>Fire (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element is controlled by the Heart?

<p>Metal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element insults the Fire Element?

<p>Metal (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element is insulted by the Earth Element?

<p>Wood (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element insults the Kidneys?

<p>Fire (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element generates the Water Element?

<p>Metal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What element does the Wood Element generate?

<p>Fire (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What element is generated by the Spleen?

<p>Metal (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What element commands the Metal Element?

<p>Fire (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the organ to the element

<p>Fire = Heart Earth = Stomach Metal = Large intestines Water = Kidneys</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the organ to the element.

<p>Fire = Small intestines' Earth = Spleen Metal = Lungs Water = Bladder</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the element to the organ

<p>Fire = San Jiao Wood = Liver Wood = Gall bladder Fire = Pericardium</p> Signup and view all the answers

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

<p>Liver = yin Gall bladder = yang Heart = yin small intestines = yang</p> Signup and view all the answers

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

<p>Pericardium = yin San Jiao = yang Lungs = yin large intestines = yang</p> Signup and view all the answers

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

<p>Spleen = yang Stomach = yin Kidney's = yin Bladder = yang</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the feeling to the element

<p>joy and anxiety = fire sadness and grief = metal pensiveness and overthinking = earth fear and shock = water</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the feeling to the element

<p>anger and jealousy = wood joy and anxiety = heart sadness and grief = lungs fear and shock = bladder</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the secretion with the element

<p>fire = sweat earth = saliva metal = mucus water = urine</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the secretion to the element

<p>wood = tears heart = sweat lungs = mucus stomach = saliva</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the season to the element

<p>wood = spring fire = summer water = winter metal = fall</p> Signup and view all the answers

What season is associated with earth?

<p>last 2 weeks of any season (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the sense with the element

<p>fire = speech and taste metal = smell earth = taste (influence by lips) water = hearing</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the sense to the element

<p>bladder = hearing wood = vision spleen = taste (influenced by lips) small intestines = speech and taste</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the taste with the element

<p>fire = bitter earth = sweet metal = pungent water = salty</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the taste with the element

<p>wood = sour heart = bitter kidneys = salty large intestines = pungent</p> Signup and view all the answers

Is the tongue and pulse yin or yang?

<p>dry tongue = yin deficit damp and white coating = yang deficit fast and thin pulse = yin deficit decreased, slow, weak pulse = yang deficit</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the San Jiao burners with their organs and function

<p>upper = heart and lungs middle = rots and ripens lower = small intestines, large intestines, bladder and kidneys middle = stomach and spleen</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the San Jiao burners with their organ and function

<p>upper = mist, distribution of fluids middle = stomach and spleen lower = elimination, separation of clean and dirty upper = heart and lungs</p> Signup and view all the answers

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