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CAPSTONE COURSE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Maintaining order rather than correcting disorder is the ultimate principle of
wisdom. To cure disease after it has happened is like digging a well when one
already feels thirsty, or forging weapons after the war has begun.- From the
Nei Jing- Ancient Chinese Medicine Classical Text
Acupuncture, meridians of "energy", Qi, essence, yin and yang, meditation,
needles, herbs have been seen as such silly, nonsensical terms and items with
no basis in "science" for their use in healing or maintaining health.
Carl Sagan said 'until it is proven by science, it does not exist', you are wasting
your time. It is not real and does not work. Another person in the conversation
reminded him of a scene from the movie Contact staring Jodie Foster, where
she is talking about an experience she had, uncertain if it was real...and her
need for that scientific "proof". Her conversational partner said to her, did you
love your father? To which she replied "yes", and the partner then said to her,
"Prove it".
Not all things are provable by our science, by the tools we currently have to
observe, or by the experiences we have had so far. Was air not there until
electron microscopes allowed us to "see" and therefore "prove" it existed? And
can you
prove your feelings? According to aeronautical science, bumble bees and
hummingbirds cannot fly or should not be able to. In other words, however they
do it, is beyond our current understanding or ability to measure, test, or prove.
Acupuncture is anywhere from two thousand to five thousand years old.
Acupuncture needles, made out of slivers of bone or stone have been carbon
dated back that far. That makes acupuncture one of the oldest forms of medicine
on earth. Citizens in the US became aware of acupuncture as a result of President
Richard M. Nixon's trip to China during the 1960's.
Acupuncture is not, nor has it ever been, a complete system of medicine in its
own right. Traditional Chinese practitioners included the four aspects of
Looking,
Asking, Hearing/Smelling and Touching into the examination and evaluation of
their patients.
The branches of Chinese Medicine are: Acupuncture, Herbs, Feng Shui,
Taichi/Qigong, Daoist Philosophy, Manual Therapy, Food Therapy and Meditation.
Today acupuncture is one of the key modalities used and the World Health
Organization lists over 40 diseases for which acupuncture is the appropriate
therapy. This list consists of diseases ranging from depression to stroke, to
addiction cessation.
The Chinese believe that the practice of acupuncture began during the Stone Age
where stone knives or other sharp edged tools, were used to puncture and drain
abscesses.
Over the course of time needles replaced stones and today disposable needles
are the choice of acupuncturist practitioners to treat painful areas of the body.
Observation of nature, its phenomena and cycles, led ancient Chinese to create
analogies as to how those cycles in nature also occur in the human body. They
understood, thousands of years ago that Qi (Chi) was everywhere and was the
basis of all life, all activity, that it took many different forms depending on where
Lecture 1 Presentation
it was.
Since the advent of "modern medicine", a healthcare system that is less than 500
years old, it has been believed that all things can be proven beyond a shadow of
doubt, and if they can not, they are not true, real or valid.
With Albert Einstein, this new science began. "Einstein described relativity this
way: 'Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a
pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.' "
It is not verified but believed that Einstein got the idea of relativity from reading
the I Ching and learning about Yin and Yang.
The I Ching is the earliest Daoist book, the first book to ever be printed and
contains some of the oldest theories known to mankind.
Einstein also said, ''Imagination is more important than knowledge, the important
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PM thing is to not stop questioning.''
Ancient cultures watched nature and found answers. They lived in harmony with
nature.
The question arises, "how does Acupuncture work?"
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Scientists have no real answer to this; as you know many of the workings of the
body are still a mystery. There are a few prevailing theories.
By some unknown process, Acupuncture raises levels of specific hormones and
overall anti-body levels, stimulates the secretions of endorphins in the body,
affects certain neurotransmitter levels, has the effect of constricting or dilating
blood vessels and is associated with the "Gate Control" Theory.
Qi (chi) very loosely and incompletely is translated as "energy" but it is so much
more. The concept of Qi is based on the ancient Chinese understanding of natural
phenomena. In other words, Qi is the most basic substance of which the world is
comprised. Everything in the universe results from the movements and changes
of Qi.
This concept was introduced into TCM and became one of its characteristics.
After a comprehensive survey of the statements on Qi in TCM documents,
we have come to the conclusion that the meaning of Qi in TCM has two
aspects:
1. One refers to the vital substances comprising the human body and
maintaining its life activities - water and food, breathing and so on.
2. The other refers to the physiological functions of the organ system, such
as the Qi of the heart, the lung, the spleen, the stomach and so on.
The Qi in the human body has no more than two sources.
1. The innate vital substance one inherits from one's parents before birth.
2. The other is the food essence and fresh air one receives from air,
water and food in the natural world.
The various functions of Qi are all performed by its movement. We can put them in
four basic ways: ascending, descending, exiting and entering.
Ascending refers to the movement from below; descending, from above; exiting,
from the interior; and entering from the exterior. These movements of Qi are vital
to life. Once they stop, life comes to an end. An example would be: Lung Qi will
descend and Liver Qi will ascend.
This doesn't mean each organ functions in all four types of movement. Some
organs only function in one movement
As we move into the next lectures you will see that all things are energy, positive
or negative (Yang or Yin) and because this is so there is nothing that does not
have an energetic effect on you, your health, and your
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PM
CAPSTONE COURSE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Maintaining order rather than correcting disorder is the ultimate principle of
wisdom. To cure disease after it has happened is like digging a well when one
already feels thirsty, or forging weapons after the war has begun.- From the
Nei Jing- Ancient Chinese Medicine Classical Text
Acupuncture, meridians of "energy", Qi, essence, yin and yang, meditation,
needles, herbs have been seen as such silly, nonsensical terms and items with
no basis in "science" for their use in healing or maintaining health.
Carl Sagan said 'until it is proven by science, it does not exist', you are wasting
your time. It is not real and does not work. Another person in the conversation
reminded him of a scene from the movie Contact staring Jodie Foster, where
she is talking about an experience she had, uncertain if it was real...and her
need for that scientific "proof". Her conversational partner said to her, did you
love your father? To which she replied "yes", and the partner then said to her,
"Prove it".
Not all things are provable by our science, by the tools we currently have to
observe, or by the experiences we have had so far. Was air not there until
electron microscopes allowed us to "see" and therefore "prove" it existed? And
can you
prove your feelings? According to aeronautical science, bumble bees and
hummingbirds cannot fly or should not be able to. In other words, however they
do it, is beyond our current understanding or ability to measure, test, or prove.
Acupuncture is anywhere from two thousand to five thousand years old.
Acupuncture needles, made out of slivers of bone or stone have been carbon
dated back that far. That makes acupuncture one of the oldest forms of medicine
on earth. Citizens in the US became aware of acupuncture as a result of President
Richard M. Nixon's trip to China during the 1960's.
Acupuncture is not, nor has it ever been, a complete system of medicine in its
own right. Traditional Chinese practitioners included the four aspects of
Looking,
Asking, Hearing/Smelling and Touching into the examination and evaluation of
their patients.
The branches of Chinese Medicine are: Acupuncture, Herbs, Feng Shui,
Taichi/Qigong, Daoist Philosophy, Manual Therapy, Food Therapy and Meditation.
Today acupuncture is one of the key modalities used and the World Health
Organization lists over 40 diseases for which acupuncture is the appropriate
therapy. This list consists of diseases ranging from depression to stroke, to
addiction cessation.
The Chinese believe that the practice of acupuncture began during the Stone Age
where stone knives or other sharp edged tools, were used to puncture and drain
abscesses.
Over the course of time needles replaced stones and today disposable needles
are the choice of acupuncturist practitioners to treat painful areas of the body.
Observation of nature, its phenomena and cycles, led ancient Chinese to create
analogies as to how those cycles in nature also occur in the human body. They
understood, thousands of years ago that Qi (Chi) was everywhere and was the
basis of all life, all activity, that it took many different forms depending on where
Lecture 1 Presentation
it was.
Since the advent of "modern medicine", a healthcare system that is less than 500
years old, it has been believed that all things can be proven beyond a shadow of
doubt, and if they can not, they are not true, real or valid.
With Albert Einstein, this new science began. "Einstein described relativity this
way: 'Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a
pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.' "
It is not verified but believed that Einstein got the idea of relativity from reading
the I Ching and learning about Yin and Yang.
The I Ching is the earliest Daoist book, the first book to ever be printed and
contains some of the oldest theories known to mankind.
Einstein also said, ''Imagination is more important than knowledge, the important
1/28
,4/3/25, 5:21 capstone course |
PM thing is to not stop questioning.''
Ancient cultures watched nature and found answers. They lived in harmony with
nature.
The question arises, "how does Acupuncture work?"
2/28
, 4/3/25, 5:21 capstone course |
PM
Scientists have no real answer to this; as you know many of the workings of the
body are still a mystery. There are a few prevailing theories.
By some unknown process, Acupuncture raises levels of specific hormones and
overall anti-body levels, stimulates the secretions of endorphins in the body,
affects certain neurotransmitter levels, has the effect of constricting or dilating
blood vessels and is associated with the "Gate Control" Theory.
Qi (chi) very loosely and incompletely is translated as "energy" but it is so much
more. The concept of Qi is based on the ancient Chinese understanding of natural
phenomena. In other words, Qi is the most basic substance of which the world is
comprised. Everything in the universe results from the movements and changes
of Qi.
This concept was introduced into TCM and became one of its characteristics.
After a comprehensive survey of the statements on Qi in TCM documents,
we have come to the conclusion that the meaning of Qi in TCM has two
aspects:
1. One refers to the vital substances comprising the human body and
maintaining its life activities - water and food, breathing and so on.
2. The other refers to the physiological functions of the organ system, such
as the Qi of the heart, the lung, the spleen, the stomach and so on.
The Qi in the human body has no more than two sources.
1. The innate vital substance one inherits from one's parents before birth.
2. The other is the food essence and fresh air one receives from air,
water and food in the natural world.
The various functions of Qi are all performed by its movement. We can put them in
four basic ways: ascending, descending, exiting and entering.
Ascending refers to the movement from below; descending, from above; exiting,
from the interior; and entering from the exterior. These movements of Qi are vital
to life. Once they stop, life comes to an end. An example would be: Lung Qi will
descend and Liver Qi will ascend.
This doesn't mean each organ functions in all four types of movement. Some
organs only function in one movement
As we move into the next lectures you will see that all things are energy, positive
or negative (Yang or Yin) and because this is so there is nothing that does not
have an energetic effect on you, your health, and your
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