Acupuncture Boards 1

Front 1

What do you needle to access the Yin Wei?

Back 1

PC6 (Master)
SP4 (Couple)

Front 2

What do you needle to access the Chong?

Back 2

SP4 (Master)
PC6 (Couple)

Front 3

What do you needle to access the Dai?

Back 3

GB41 (Master)
TB5 (Couple)

Front 4

What do you needle to access the Yang Wei?

Back 4

TB5 (Master)
GB41 (Couple)

Front 5

What do you needle to access the Ren

Back 5

LU7 (Master)
KD6 (Couple)

Front 6

What do you needle to access the Yin Qiao

Back 6

KD6 (Master)
LU7 (Couple)

Front 7

What do you needle to access the Du?

Back 7

SI3 (Master)
BL62 (Couple)

Front 8

What do you needle to access the Yang Qiao?

Back 8

BL62 (Master)
SI3 (Couple)

Front 9

What is the Xia-He of the ST?

Back 9

ST36

Front 10

What is the Xia-He of the LI?

Back 10

ST37

Front 11

What is the Xia-He of the SI?

Back 11

ST39

Front 12

What is the Xia-He of the GB?

Back 12

GB34

Front 13

What is the Xia-He of the TW?

Back 13

BL39

Front 14

What is the Xia-He of the BL?

Back 14

BL40

Front 15

What points are associated with the sea of nourishment/sea of water and grain?

Back 15

ST30 (lower)
ST36 (upper)

Front 16

What points are associated with the sea of Blood?

Back 16

ST37
ST39
BL11

Front 17

What points are associated with the sea of Qi?

Back 17

BL10
ST9
CV17

Front 18

What points are associated with the sea of Marrow?

Back 18

GV16
GV20

Front 19

What point is the ruler of the back of the head and neck?

Back 19

LU7

Front 20

What point is the ruler of the face and mouth?

Back 20

LI4

Front 21

What point is the ruler of the abdomen?

Back 21

ST36

Front 22

What point is the ruler of the back?

Back 22

BL40

Front 23

What point is the ruler of the chest and diaphragm?

Back 23

PC6

Front 24

What point is the ruler of the pelvis?

Back 24

SP6

Front 25

What point is the ruler of the sides?

Back 25

GB34

Front 26

What points rescue yang?

Back 26

GB30
ST36
LI4
PC8
KD1
KD3
SP6
CV12
GV15

Front 27

With regards to the 5 shu points (jing/well, ying/spring, etc), what does the term shu mean?

Back 27

Deadman translates shu to mean "transporting".

The 5 shu points are the 5 transporting points.

Front 28

List the various channels from deepest to most superficial.

Back 28

Deep aspects of the primary and divergent channels
Extraordinary
Divergent
Primary
Luo connecting
Sinew
Minute
Cutaneous

Front 29

List the various channels from the most superficial to deep.

Back 29

Cutaneous regions
Minute
Sinew
Luo-connecting
Primary
Divergent
Extraordinary
Deep aspects of the primary and divergent channels

Front 30

What are the functions of the primary channels?

Back 30

1. Transporting qi and blood throughout the body and rendering it an integrated whole
2. Protecting the body
3. Responding to dysfunction in the body
4. Transmitting qi to disease areas

Front 31

How are the primary channels named (by Deadman's book)

Back 31

1. Zangfu it belongs to
2. The limb it travels through
3. Its yin or yang identity
EX: the hand taiyin lung channel (The order is different than the list in Deadman...so I'm not sure what to make of that...)

Front 32

What are the functions of the divergent channels?

Back 32

1. They strengthen the yin-yang relationship between internally-externally paired channels and zang-fu.
2. They distribute qi and blood to the head and face
3. They integrate areas of the body not supplied or interconnected by the primary channels
4. They help explain the clinical action of some commonly-used acu points

Front 33

What are the functions of the extraordinary channels?

Back 33

1. To act as a reservoir for extra qi and blood
2. To help link the 12 primary channels
3. To protect the body

Front 34

On the yin channels what shu point is also the yuan-source point?

Back 34

Shu-stream point

Front 35

When might you use jing-well points? (give 4 examples)

Back 35

1. Fullness below the heart
2. To clear heat
3. To restore consciousness and rescue from collapse
4. To treat spirit disorders

Front 36

When might you use ying-spring points? (give 4 examples)

Back 36

1. Heat in the body
2. Changes in color (complexion)
3. Diseases of the yang channels (w/ the shu-stream points)
4. Diseases of the zang (w/ the shu-stream point)

Front 37

When might you use shu-stream points? (give 4 examples)

Back 37

1. Heaviness of the body and pain in the joints
2. Disorders of the zang organs (w/ the ying-spring points)
3. Disorders of the yang channels (w/ the ying-spring points)
4. Diseases which attack intermittently

Front 38

When might you use jing-river points? (give 3 examples)

Back 38

1. Cough, SOB (dyspnea), chills and fever
2. Diseases manifesting as a change in the patient's voice
3. Diseases of the sinews and bones

Front 39

When might you use he-sea points? (give 4 examples)

Back 39

1. Counterflow qi and diarrhea
2. Diseases of the ST and disorders resulting from irregular eating and drinking
3. Diseases of the fu
4. Diseases of the skin (yang he-sea points only)

Front 40

What's the influential point for the zang organs?

Back 40

LR13

Front 41

What's the influential point for the fu organs?

Back 41

CV12

Front 42

What's the influential point for the Qi?

Back 42

CV17

Front 43

What's the influential point for the Blood?

Back 43

BL17

Front 44

What's the influential point for the Bones?

Back 44

BL11

Front 45

What's the influential point for Marrow?

Back 45

GB39

Front 46

What's the influential point for the Sinews?

Back 46

GB34

Front 47

What's the influential point for the Vessels?

Back 47

LU9