Review of Terms
Read the medical terms out loud and translate them into Chinese in the spaces provided.
| 1. | essential qi theory ____ | one of the basic theories in TCM about qi, the essential part of which constitutes the body and maintains the activities of life, visceral function and metabolism |
| 2. | clear yang ____ | healthy clear yang qi |
| 3. | deficiency fire ____ | fire of the deficiency type |
| 4. | qi stagnation ____ | pathological change characterized by impeded circulation of qi that leads to stagnation of qi dynamic and functional disorder of organs |
| 5. | blood counterflow ____ | a pathological change characterized by reverse flow of blood in the meridian |
| 6. | qi block ____ | a pathological change marked by obstruction of the normal movement of qi |
| 7. | fluid collapse ____ | a severe form of damage to fluid |
| 8. | tonify yang ____ | a general term for the methods of treating yang deficiency conditions with tonifying medicines |