Multiple choice questions:

1 Face.

2 Chest.

3 Four limbs.

4 Middle jiao

5 The medial side of the elbow.

6 The Spleen. (Those that do: Liver, Heart, Lung and Kidney).

7 The Hand-Taiyang channel.

8 Hand-Jueyin (Those that do: Foot-Shaoyin, Hand-Taiyang, Foot-Taiyin and Hand-Shaoyin).

9 The Kidney channel.

10 9 cun.

11 8 cun.

12 12 cun.

13 8 cun.

14 3 cun.

15 9 cun.

16 12 cun.

17 18 cun.

18 13 cun.

19 19 cun.

20 16 cun.

21 3 cun.

22 5 cun.

23 12 cun.

24 8 cun.

25 12 cun.

26 Neiguan (P6) and Daling (P7). (Those that are: Qihai (Ren 6) and Shenjue (Ren 8), Shenmen (H7) and Lingdao (H4), Xinshu (UB15) and Shentang (UB44), Dushu (UB16) and Lingtai (DU10).

27 Ligou (LV5) and Zhongdu (LV6). (Those that are: Fuyang (UB59) and Kunlun (UB60), Dubi (ST35) and Zusanli (ST36), Futu (ST32) and Yinshi (ST33), Yangxi (LI5) and Pianli (LI6).

28 Waiguan (SJ5) and Sanyangluo (SJ8).

29 Zhongji (Ren 3) and Zhongwan (Ren 12).

30 Zhizheng (SI7). (Those that are: Pianli (LI6), Zhigou (SJ6), Huizong (SJ7) and Jianshi (P5).

31 Lieque (L7).

32 Luo-Connecting point.

33 Shu-Stream point, Yuan-Source point, Influential point of the channels, Water point of the Lung channel. (Basically all of the above).

34 Shousanli (LI10).

35 Xi-Cleft point.

36 Taiyi (ST23).

37 Taiyi (ST23).

38 Tonggu (KI20).

39 Dahe (KI12).

40 Jianzhongshu (SI15).

41 The Stomach channel.

42 The Spleen channel.

43 Taiyi (ST23).

44 1.5.

45 Liangqui (ST34).

46 The Eight Influential points. (Those that are: The Eight Confluent points, the Five-Shu points, the Luo-Connecting points of the 12 regular channels and the Yuan-Source points).

47 Fengshi (GB31).

48 Normal point.

49 Yangjiao (GB35) and Xuanzhong (GB39).

50 Xi-Cleft point.

51 ZangFu organs, hand-foot and Yin-Yang.

52. The Jing-Well point on Yang channels is attributed to metal and the Jing-Well point on Yin channels is attributed to wood.

53. There is a close relationship between the divergent channels (Jingbie) and the twelve regular channels.

54. 18.

 

True or False:

1. T

2. F

3. F

4. F

5. T

6. F

7. T

8. F

9. F

10. F

11. T

12. T

13. F

14. T

15. F

16. F

17. F

18. F

19. F

20. F

21. T

22. T

23. F

24. T

25. F

26. F

27. F

28. F

29. T

 

Fill in the blanks:

1. Promoting the circulation of Qi and Blood, connecting the superficial and interior portions of the human body and thus protecting it from attacks by etiological factors.

2. 5 cun.

3. 7 cun.

4. 3 cun.

5. 7 cun.

6. 7 cun.

7. 1 cun.

8. 0.5 cun.

9. 6 cun

10. 4 cun.

11. 4 cun.

12. Feishu, Xinshu, Ganshu, Pishu and Shenshu.

13. 2 cun.

14. Mingmen.

15. Ganshu.

16. Zhiyin.

17.  Ren, Du, Chong, Dai, Yinwei, Yangwei, Yinqiao and Yangqiao.

18. Gongsun (SP4), Neiguan (PC6), Houxi (SI3), Shenmai (UB62), Zulinqi (GB41), Waiguan (SJ5), Lieque (LU7) and Zhaohai (KI6).

 

Short answer questions:

1. The functions of channels and collaterals is to circulate Qi and Blood, warm and nourish the tissues and unite the whole body so as to keep the ZangFu organs, four limbs, skin, muscles, tendons and bones intact in structure and function and make the body an organic whole. It defends our body from pathological attack. This is accomplished by selecting an acupoint along the course of a meridian relating to the diseased Zangfu organ. In acupuncture and moxibustion, a syndrome differentiation is first diagnosis then a treatment strategy applied according to the particular affected ZangFu organs. The applicable point is then selected for that condition in wither the adjacent area (Ahshi points) or from the corresponding channels in distant areas (Five Shu points, Luo and Yuan points, Back-Shu and Front-Mu points, confluence and influential points). Therapeutic results may be obtained through regulating the circulation of Qi and Blood in the channels and collaterals.

 

2. An acupoint is a stimulated region in acupuncture and moxibustion. It is the place on the body surface where the Qi of the channels and collaterals and ZangFu organs infuse and pool and so is also called a point of Qi.

 

3. The Back-Shu points and the Front-Mu points are used more in combination than used alone. Whenever an organ is affected, the Back-Shu points and the Front-Mu points of the same organ can be treated.

 

4. Jing-Well, Ying-Spring, Shu-Stream, Jing-River and He-Sea are five specific acupoints of the twelve channels situated below the elbows and knees and along which the vital energy of the channels flow.

 

5. The eight confluent points are points in the extremities connecting the eight extra channels and the twelve regular channels. These points have the therapeutic effect on treating diseases of the extra eight channels and their related regular channels. Four of these eight points; Neiguan, Houxi, Waiguan and Lieque are on the upper extremities, while the other four; Gongsun, Shenmai, Zulinqi and Zhaohai are on the lower extremities.

 

6. The lower He-Sea points of the Fu organs usually give good results in treating diseases of the six Fu organs. This is because the Fu organs are closely related to the three Yang channels of the foot and each has a lower He-Sea point. They are Zusanli, the lower He-Sea point of the stomach, Xiajuxum the lower He-Sea point of the small intestine, Yanglingquan, the lower He-Sea point of the gallbladder, Weizhong, the lower He-Sea point of the urinary bladder and Weiyang, lower He-Sea point of the Sanjiao. When treating diseases of the six Fu organs, the main points selected are on the lower He-Sea points.

 

7. Ahshi points are tender spots or sensitive spots present in certain diseases. They have neither definite locations or names. As the Neijing said “Where there is a painful spot, there is an acupuncture point”.

 

8.

1. Lung: pathological: cough, asthmatic breathing, shortness of breath, cough with blood, swollen and sore throat, distention and fullness of the chest. Pain in the supraclavicular fossa and the anterior border of the medial aspect of the arm, cold and pain in the shoulders and the back. Therapeutic: diseases of the throat, chest and lung. Other disorders in the areas this meridian supplies.
2. Spleen: pathological: epigastric pain, abdominal distention, vomiting upon eating, belching, loose stools and jaundice. Heaviness and general weakness of the body. Stiffness and pain in the root of the tongue. Swelling and coldness in the lower extremities. Therapeutic: spleen and stomach diseases. Gynaecological, urinary and genital disorders. Diseases in the areas the meridian supplies.
3. Urinary Bladder: pathological: difficulty in urination, emuresis. Headache, runny and blocked nose, nose bleeding, tearing upon facing wind, pain in the eyes. Depressive and manic psychosis and malaria. Pain in the upper and lower back and the posterior aspect of the lower extremities where the meridian supplies. Therapeutic: diseases of the hand, neck, eye, back and lower limbs. Mental disorders. Diseases of the related Zangfu organs and tissues can be treated with their corresponding Back-Shu points of the meridian.
4. Kidney: pathological: coughing blood, asthmatic breathing, dryness of the tongue, sore and swollen throat. Oedema, constipation and diarrhoea. Back pain, pain or weakness in the vertebral column and the medial and posterior aspect of the leg, feverish sensation of the sole. Therapeutic: diseases of gynaecology and external genitalia. Diseases of the Kidney, Lung and throat. Other disorders in the areas and meridian supplies.

 

9. The function of acupuncture is to harmonize Qi, Blood, Yin, Yang or the Zangfu organs.