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Ayurveda is one of the 4 Vedas. Selected Answer

Ayurveda is one of the 4 Vedas. Selected Answer: False Answers: True False • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Vata performs movement and is associated with love and calmness. Selected Answer: False Answers: True False • Question 3 4 out of 4 points The term Consciousness is synonymous with the Purusha and Prakriti of Sankhya. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 4 4 out of 4 points Sankya has 23 principles of creation. Selected Answer: False Answers: True False • Question 5 4 out of 4 points Which dosha is involved with transformation? Selected Answer: Pitta Answers: Sankhya Pitta Vata Kapha • Question 6 4 out of 4 points Which season is connected with increased vata activity? Selected Answer: fall Answers: winter spring summer fall • Question 7 4 out of 4 points Which dosha will rough quality increase? Selected Answer: Vata Answers: Vata Pitta Prana Rajas • Question 8 4 out of 4 points The Vedas are early sources of Ayurvedic knowledge. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 9 4 out of 4 points Caraka Samhita is an example of authoritative Ayurvedic knowledge. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 10 4 out of 4 points Qi and life force are concepts that are similar to that of prana. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 11 4 out of 4 points What action does Pitta suggest? Selected Answer: Transformation Answers: Movement Transformation Consolidation Transcendence • Question 12 4 out of 4 points Guna Selected Answer: both a & b Answers: is an attribute or quality may be one of the 20 universal qualities both a & b None of the above • Question 13 4 out of 4 points In Ayurveda, there is a law which states that like increases like. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 14 4 out of 4 points Doshas are regulatory principles that help maintain the body's homeostasis. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 15 0 out of 4 points Kapha performs secreting, lubricating, and supporting. Selected Answer: False Answers: True False • Question 16 4 out of 4 points A person that is greedy, has strong attachments to material things and is lazy may be suffering from unbalanced___ Selected Answer: kapha Answers: vata pitta kapha psychological counseling • Question 17 4 out of 4 points An example of inference is: "Where there's smoke there's fire." Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 18 4 out of 4 points The 3 doshas concepts can be viewed as including both structure and function. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 19 4 out of 4 points The guna associated with Pitta are: Selected Answer: Hot, sharp, oily, sour, bitter Answers: Heavy, slow, oily, dense, static Hot, sharp, oily, sour, bitter Dry, light, cold, rough, mobile Hot, mobile, gross, hard • Question 20 4 out of 4 points Vata performs movement, communication, sensory functions Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 21 4 out of 4 points Despite the fact that the 6 Indian systems of philosophy contradict one another Ayurveda holds each to be valid. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 22 4 out of 4 points The literal Sanskrit meaning for Ayurveda is the science or knowledge of life. Selected Answer: True Answers: True False • Question 23 4 out of 4 points The primary site for kapha is Selected Answer: lungs Answers: muscles colon lungs mucous membranes • Question 24 4 out of 4 points The 4 aims of life are? Selected Answer: duty (dharma), wealth (artha), pleasure (kama), realization (moksha) Answers: duty (dharma), wealth (artha), pleasure (kama), health (arogya) wealth (artha), pleasure (kama), health (arogya), doing good unto others (ahimsa) duty (dharma), sattva (wisdom), pleasure (kama), health (arogya) duty (dharma), wealth (artha), pleasure (kama), realization (moksha) • Question 25 4 out of 4 points There are _____ sub-doshas of Vata. Selected Answer: 5 Answers: 3 5 7 9 None of the above

Which of the following is consistent with Ayurvedic medicine philosophy?

Selected Answer: Incorrect Like increases like. Correct Answer: Correct Both a and b Question 3 4 out of 4 points

The Vedas were written in

The Vedas were written in: Selected Answer: Poems, hymns, mantras Correct Answer: Poems, hymns, mantras

The Vedas were written in:

The Vedas were written in: Selected Answer: Poems, hymns, mantras Correct Answer: Poems, hymns, mantras

The time frame of the movement of nutrients from one dhatus to the next is:

The time frame of the movement of nutrients from one dhatus to the next is: 5 days Correct Answers: 5 days • Question 2 2 out of 2 points The Vedas were written in: Selected Answer: Poems, hymns, mantras Correct Answer: Poems, hymns, mantras • Question 3 2 out of 2 points Kapha is composed of the fire and water elements predominantly. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False • Question 4 2 out of 2 points The functions of the 5 sub-types of pitta are: discrimination, digestion of food, coloring of blood, nourishing sight, nourishing the skin. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 5 2 out of 2 points Doshas are regulatory principles that help maintain the body's homeostasis. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 6 2 out of 2 points Qi and life force are concepts that are similar to that of prana. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 7 2 out of 2 points The action concept of vata is divided into 5 subtypes of movement. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 8 2 out of 2 points Life is defined in Ayurveda as the combination of mind, body, senses, and spirit. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 9 2 out of 2 points Consolidation is an action suggested by Kapha. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 10 0 out of 2 points According to Ayurveda there are only three different body types. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False • Question 11 2 out of 2 points Dhatu means Selected Answer: supportive tissue Correct Answer: supportive tissue • Question 12 0 out of 2 points The 4 aims of life are: do one's duty, wealth, pleasure, and health. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False • Question 13 2 out of 2 points The literal meaning of the term dosha is fault or blemish. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 14 2 out of 2 points Agni provides for the transformation of experiences into knowledge and understanding. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 15 2 out of 2 points According to Ayurveda all the universe is made from the 5 elements. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 16 2 out of 2 points Vata performs movement, communications, sensory functions. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 17 2 out of 2 points An individual experiencing an excess of Kapha can suffer from greed, attachment, and high levels of activity. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False • Question 18 2 out of 2 points Three ways of valid knowing are: direct perception, inference, comparison/analogy. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 19 2 out of 2 points The qualities of vata are cold, dry, light, rough, mobile, clear, subtle. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 20 2 out of 2 points A main difference between Sankhya and Vaisheshika is that Sankhya needs 24 principles to expain the creation of the universe while Vaishehika needs only 9 causative substances. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 21 2 out of 2 points There are six systems of Indian philosophy for the understanding of reality and our place in it,making up the Shad Darshan. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 22 2 out of 2 points The literal Sanskrit meaning of Ayurveda is the science or knowledge of life. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 23 2 out of 2 points Kapha and vata share cold attribute and pitta and kapha share liquid attribute but vata and pitta don't share any attribute. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False • Question 24 2 out of 2 points There are seven dhatus -- plasma, red blood cells, muscles, adipose tissue, bones & cartilage, bone marrow, and reproductive. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 25 0 out of 2 points The concept of primary sites for the doshas is that place in which the dosha accumulates and from which it spreads. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: True • Question 26 2 out of 2 points How can you benefit by becoming aware of your own Prakruti? Selected Answer: All of the above. Correct Answer: All of the above. • Question 27 2 out of 2 points One of the principles of Ayurvedic treatment protocols is: Selected Answer: Like strengthens like. Correct Answer: Like strengthens like. • Question 28 0 out of 2 points The colon is important because it is a secondary site of vata. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False • Question 29 2 out of 2 points The Ayurvedic concept of Agni is the fire element that governs all transformation Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 30 2 out of 2 points In the nutrition of the dhatus, the by-product of one tissue becomes the nourishment for the next tissue. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 31 0 out of 2 points The qualities of kapha include heavy, dull, cloudy, subtle, oily. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False • Question 32 0 out of 2 points The main 13 agnis in the body include: agni in the stomach/small intestines , 5 elemental agnis, and 7 tissue agnis. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: True • Question 33 2 out of 2 points The body and the mind are governed by the three doshas--vata, pitta, and kapha. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 34 2 out of 2 points The idea of man striving to preserve harmony with the rest of nature is of great significance in Ayurvedic philosophy. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 35 2 out of 2 points Prakruti refers to the unique psychophysiological constitution of an individual. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 36 2 out of 2 points Kapha has 5 sub-types that control taste, stomach mucus secretions, joint secretions, eye /nose secretions, heart and lung secretions. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 37 2 out of 2 points The qualities of pitta include hot, sharp, liquid, oily, light, mobile. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 38 2 out of 2 points A medium build, a creative mind, an easygoing nature and affection are characteristics often associated with one having a Pitta Prakruti. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False • Question 39 2 out of 2 points Kapha and vata share cold attribute and pitta and kapha share liquid attribute and vata and pitta share light attribute. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 40 2 out of 2 points The concept of the body in Ayurveda includes 3 doshas, 7 tissues, and 3 wastes. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 41 2 out of 2 points In the body, Agni manifests as body temperature, digestive enyzmes, amino acids, and other metabolic activities. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 42 2 out of 2 points The nourishment of the tissues of the body occurs in stages through each of the dhatus successively. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 43 0 out of 2 points The secondary sites of pitta include the lymph, blood and sweat. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: True • Question 44 2 out of 2 points Every individual's Prakruti includes some of all 3 doshas. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 45 2 out of 2 points Ayurveda uses 20 qualities to describe how we perceive the 5 elements. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 46 2 out of 2 points Pitta dosha is made predominantly of fire and air elements. Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False • Question 47 2 out of 2 points The concept of prakriti forcasts a person's disease tendencies. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 48 0 out of 2 points The secondary sites of vata are in the bones, skin, colon, etc. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False • Question 49 2 out of 2 points According to Ayurveda the doshas are unique forces in that they have predictable attributes and effects. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 50 2 out of 2 points Kapha performs secreting, lubricating, and supporting. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:30:44 PM EST

Vata performs movement and is associated with love and calmness

Vata performs movement and is associated with love and calmness. Selected Answer: False Answers: True False

According to Ayurveda, taste is more important that smell.

uestion 1 0 out of 4 points According to Ayurveda, taste is more important that smell. Selected Answer: Incorrect False Correct Answer: Correct True Question 2 0 out of 4 points Which of the following is consistent with Ayurvedic medicine philosophy? Selected Answer: Incorrect Like increases like. Correct Answer: Correct Both a and b Question 3 4 out of 4 points There are ___ qualities of Tejas. Selected Answer: Correct 14 Correct Answer: Correct 14 Question 4 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is a contraindication for panchakarma? Selected Answer: Correct pregnancy Correct Answer: Correct pregnancy Question 5 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements regardin Ojas is NOT true? Selected Answer: Correct Ojas has no biological basis. Correct Answer: Correct Ojas has no biological basis. Question 6 4 out of 4 points Panchakarma eliminates quantitative and qualitative excesses from the body. Selected Answer: Correct True Correct Answer: Correct True Question 7 0 out of 4 points When disease manifests, which part is affected first? Selected Answer: Incorrect the place that has weak DNA Correct Answer: Correct any of the prior sites can be affected Question 8 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is NOT true of Ama? Selected Answer: Correct Ama deposits in places of strength. Correct Answer: Correct Ama deposits in places of strength. Question 9 4 out of 4 points Prana is a bridge between Purusha and Prakruti. Selected Answer: Correct True Correct Answer: Correct True Question 10 4 out of 4 points Meditation has no effect on Ojas. Selected Answer: Correct False Correct Answer: Correct False Question 11 4 out of 4 points Prana is the purest form of Vata dosha. Selected Answer: Correct True Correct Answer: Correct True Question 12 4 out of 4 points There are five categories of disorders of Ojas. Selected Answer: Correct False Correct Answer: Correct False Question 13 4 out of 4 points To clear prana vaha srotas (the channel of prana) it is important to: Selected Answer: Correct observe emotions without judgement and let them pass Correct Answer: Correct observe emotions without judgement and let them pass Question 14 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is NOT true of Prana? Selected Answer: Correct Prans is only breathing. Correct Answer: Correct Prans is only breathing. Question 15 4 out of 4 points The causes of Ojas disorders include: Selected Answer: Correct Vigorous exercise Correct Answer: Correct Vigorous exercise Question 16 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is not part of panchakarma? Selected Answer: Correct colonics Correct Answer: Correct colonics Question 17 4 out of 4 points Which of the following statements is true regarding disease from an Ayurvedic perspective? Selected Answer: Correct Kapha disorder involves congestion. Correct Answer: Correct Kapha disorder involves congestion. Question 18 4 out of 4 points Saying "no" to the needs of one's body reduces Tejas. Selected Answer: Correct True Correct Answer: Correct True Question 19 4 out of 4 points Tejas is the purest essence of Pitta. Selected Answer: Correct True Correct Answer: Correct True Question 20 4 out of 4 points According to Ayurveda, which of the following is the most powerful therapy? Selected Answer: Correct prevention Correct Answer: Correct prevention Question 21 4 out of 4 points Ayurvedic Medicine, like Psychoneuroimmunology, finds that ___: Selected Answer: Correct mind body interactions can influence biochemical changes. Correct Answer: Correct mind body interactions can influence biochemical changes. Question 22 4 out of 4 points In Ayurvedic philosophy, treatment is more important than prevention. Selected Answer: Correct False Correct Answer: Correct False Question 23 4 out of 4 points Karma is defined as: Selected Answer: Correct All of the above. Correct Answer: Correct All of the above. Question 24 4 out of 4 points Which of the following is NOT true of Astringent? Selected Answer: Correct Astringent thins the blood. Correct Answer: Correct Astringent thins the blood. Question 25 4 out of 4 points According to Caraka, what should be the first line of treatment? Selected Answer: Correct remove the cause Correct Answer: Correct remove the cause


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