TCM 2

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

Song Dynasty

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

Workable and solid

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

Wood creates Fire, Fire creates Earth, Earth creates Metal, Metal creates Water, Water creates Wood

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

Cosmological Sequence Signup and view all the answers

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

Fluid and moveable 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?

Warring States Period Signup and view all the answers

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

Permits sowing, growing and reaping Signup and view all the answers

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

Moistens downwards Signup and view all the answers

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

Flares upwards Signup and view all the answers

Which element is generated by the Wood Element?

Fire Signup and view all the answers

Which element is controlled by the Water Element?

Fire Signup and view all the answers

Which element is controlled by the Heart?

Metal Signup and view all the answers

Which element insults the Fire Element?

Metal Signup and view all the answers

Which element is insulted by the Earth Element?

Wood Signup and view all the answers

Which element insults the Kidneys?

Fire Signup and view all the answers

Which element generates the Water Element?

Metal Signup and view all the answers

What element does the Wood Element generate?

Fire Signup and view all the answers

What element is generated by the Spleen?

Metal Signup and view all the answers

What element commands the Metal Element?

Fire Signup and view all the answers

Match the organ to the element

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

Match the organ to the element.

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

Match the element to the organ

Fire = San Jiao Wood = Liver Wood = Gall bladder Fire = Pericardium Signup and view all the answers

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

Liver = yin Gall bladder = yang Heart = yin small intestines = yang Signup and view all the answers

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

Pericardium = yin San Jiao = yang Lungs = yin large intestines = yang Signup and view all the answers

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

Spleen = yang Stomach = yin Kidney's = yin Bladder = yang Signup and view all the answers

Match the feeling to the element

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

Match the feeling to the element

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

Match the secretion with the element

fire = sweat earth = saliva metal = mucus water = urine Signup and view all the answers

Match the secretion to the element

wood = tears heart = sweat lungs = mucus stomach = saliva Signup and view all the answers

Match the season to the element

wood = spring fire = summer water = winter metal = fall Signup and view all the answers

What season is associated with earth?

last 2 weeks of any season Signup and view all the answers

Match the sense with the element

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

Match the sense to the element

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

Match the taste with the element

fire = bitter earth = sweet metal = pungent water = salty Signup and view all the answers

Match the taste with the element

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

Is the tongue and pulse yin or yang?

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

Match the San Jiao burners with their organs and function

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

Match the San Jiao burners with their organ and function

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

TCM 2

Questions and Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which element is generated by the Wood Element?

Which element is controlled by the Water Element?

Which element is controlled by the Heart?

Which element insults the Fire Element?

Which element is insulted by the Earth Element?

Which element insults the Kidneys?

Which element generates the Water Element?

What element does the Wood Element generate?

What element is generated by the Spleen?

What element commands the Metal Element?

Match the organ to the element

Match the organ to the element.

Match the element to the organ

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

Decipher whether the organ is yin or yang

Match the feeling to the element

Match the feeling to the element

Match the secretion with the element

Match the secretion to the element

Match the season to the element

What season is associated with earth?

Match the sense with the element

Match the sense to the element

Match the taste with the element

Match the taste with the element

Is the tongue and pulse yin or yang?

Match the San Jiao burners with their organs and function

Match the San Jiao burners with their organ and function

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