QUESTIONS
1. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) Yang relates to the hollow organs/Channels (LI, ST, SI, BL, TH, GB)
(b) Yin relates to dorsal, external, superior and facial areas
(c) In male development, it is normal to pass through Yin to Yang to Yin phases
(d) Perfect balance of Yin and Yang exists at the equinoxes (March and September).
(e) Maximum Yin exists at the winter solstice
2. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) Sleeping over "the cross-point" of underground streams can cause chronic disease.
(b) The surface electrical potentials of plants and animals increase at full moon and at peak sunspot activity.
(c) The vital energy (Qi) in a human is determined at birth and can not be increased after that.
(d) In Xu (deficiency) Syndromes, body resistance is relatively weak, and the dis-ease has usually gained the interior and is more serious.
(e) In Shi (excess) Syndromes, body resistance (anti-pathogenic defence systems) are relatively normal and the cause of dis-ease is usually external.
3. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) AP can be used alone, or with other therapies, to enhance the adaptive responses
(b) Einstein's equation (E = m.c squared) has an analogy: Yang (function, energy) and Yin (mass, substance) are interchangeable
(c) Human emotions rarely cause physical/organic disease
(d) The health and function of the organs are interdependent
(e) Chronic disease seldom arises from a single cause
4. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) The least important cause for high mortality with E. Coli/Salmonella may be underlying deficiency of trace-elements (Cu, Se, I).
(b) Climatic changes can cause disease
(c) Qi interacts with genetic influences and non-specific resistance to trauma, poisons and dis-ease.
(d) Excess Yang weakens Yin. Deficient Yin allows excess of Yang. In both cases there is a relative net excess of Yang ("Hot" Syndrome).
(e) Excess Yin weakens Yang. Deficient Yang allows excess of Yin. In both cases, there is a relative net excess of Yin ("Cold" Syndrome).
5. One of the following is more Yang than Yin. Indicate the Yang one:
(a) cold
(b) above
(c) winter
(d) female
(e) ventral
6. Geopathological effects on the body are due to (indicate the correct one):
(a) mineral-deficiency
(b) sun-spots
(c) moon-phase
(d) atmospheric-electricity
(e) distortions in earth magnetic field
7. Which came first: the hen or the egg ? Indicate the most likely Chinese answer:
(a) the hen
(b) the egg
(c) it does not matter because each is an aspect of the other
(d) springtime
(e) the nest