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ACU-PTS OF THE 14 MERIDIANS ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE ____ MERIDIANS?
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12
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MAIN
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THEY INCLUDE WHAT 2 MERIDIANS?
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GV AND CV
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MIDLINE ANTERIOR AND MIDLINE POSTERIOR
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HOW MANY POINTS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE "MERIDIAN POINTS"?
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361
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JUST KNOW IT!
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WHAT ARE THE 3 MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS OF ACU POINTS?
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-ACU POINTS OF THE 14 MERIDIANS
-EXTRA POINTS -ASHI POINTS |
MERIDIANS AND THE OTHERS
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HOW ARE EXTRA POINTS DEFINED?
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-THEY DO NOT BELONG TO THE 14 MERIDIANS, BUT HAVE SPECIFIC NAMES AND LOCATIONS
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EXTRA POINTS ARE NOT ON THE MERIDIANS
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WHAT DO EXTRA POINTS TREAT?
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CERTAIN DISEASES
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CERTAIN TYPES OF DISEASES
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WHERE ARE THE EXTRA POINTS LOCATED IN GENERAL?
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ALL OVER THE BODY
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ALL..
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CAN THEY BE RELATED TO THE MERIDIANS?
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YES
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WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE EXTRA POINTS AND MERIDIANS?
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SUPPLEMENT MERIDIAN POINTS
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IN ANCIENT TIMES SOME POINT PRECEEDED MERIDIAN POINTS AND THEN ADDED LATER TO THE MERIDIAN. THEY ARE THE COUNTERPARTS TO THE MERIDIAN PTS AND THEREFORE ARE A SUPPLEMENT TO MERIDIAN PTS
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WHAT ARE ASHI POINTS?
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TENDER SPOTS ON THE BODY THAT CAN BE USED FOR PAIN RELIEF, THAT ALSO HAVE NO NAMES OR FIXED LOCATIONS
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IN ANCIENT TIMES WERE USED TO RELIEVE PAIN AT THE SITE OF PAIN AND WERE NORMALLY THE AREA OF TENDERNESS ON THE PATIENT
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ACU POINTS INFUSE _____ AND _____?
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QI AND BLOOD
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH ACU POINTS ARE NAMED?
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-WATER (QI AND BLOOD)
-MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS (PROMINENCE OF TENDONS AND BONES) -ANIMALS & UTENSILS (LOCAL SHAPE OF BODY) -ARCHETECUAL STRUCTURES, ASTRONOMICAL AND METEORAL PHENOMENA |
THE ANCIENTS IDENTIFIED THE ACUPOINTS IN REGARDS TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND WHAT WAS FAMILIAR
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WHAT ARE THE METHODS OF LOCATING ACU-PTS?
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-PROPORTIONAL MEASUREMENTS
-ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS (FIXED: FIVE SENSE ORGANS, HAIR, NAILS, NIPPLE, UMBILICUS, AND PROMINENCE AND DEPRESSION OF THE BONES; MOVING:ARM FLEXED, FIST IS MADE) -FINGER MEASUREMENT (CUN) |
CUN MEASUREING AND LANDMARKS
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WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF THE SPECIFIC POINTS IN GENERAL?
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-ACU PTS OF THE 14 MERIDIANS
-SPECIAL PROPERTIES & NAMES -VERY IMPORTANT FOR TREATMENT OF ZANG FU ORGANS |
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HOW MANY FIVE SHU PTS ARE THERE?
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60
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THE 12 MERIDIANS HAVE FIVE
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NAME THE CATAGORIES OF THE SPECIFIC POINTS?
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*FIVE SHU PTS
*YUAN-PRIMARY *LUO-CONNECTING *XI-CLEFT *EIGHT CONFLUENT *BACK SHU *FRONT-MU *CROSSING *EIGHT INFLUENTIAL |
9 TOTAL
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NAME THE FIVE SHU PTS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING FIVE ELEMENT(YIN AND YANG)
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JING-WELL<YIN-WOOD/YANG-METAL
YING-SPRING< FIRE/WATER SHU-STREAM EARTH/WOOD JING-RIVER METAL/FIRE HE-SEA WATER/EARTH LOWER HE SEA |
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WHAT ARE THE 6 FU ORGANS?
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GB
ST SI LI BL TRIPLE ENERGIZER (BURNER)-SAN JIAO |
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WHAT ARE THE SIX ZANG ORGANS?
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HT
P LU L SP K |
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WHAT ARE THE LUO-CONNECTING PTS IN GENERAL?
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-LINK THE 12 MERIDIANS EXTERIORLY-INTERIORLY
-FOUND ON THE LIMBS -FOUND ON THE TRUNK (GV, CV) |
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HOW MANY LUO PTS ARE THERE?
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15
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REFERRED TO AS "THE FIFTEEN lUO-CONNECTING PTS"
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WHAT DO THE LUO-CONNECTING POINTS TREAT?
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DISORDERS INVOLVING THE 2 EXTERIORLY-INTERIORLY RELATED MERIDIANS AND THOSE IN THE AREA SUPPLIED BY THE MERIDIANS
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WHAT ARE THE YUAN-PRIMARY PTS IN GENERAL?
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-HOST
-EACH MERIDIAN HAS A PT. -YIN MERIDIAN CAN OVERLAP SHU STREAM PT OF THE FIVE SHU PTS -SITES WHERE YUAN-PRIMARY QI IS RETAINED |
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WHAT DOES YUAN-PRIMARY PTS TREAT?
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DISORDERS OF THE ZANG-FU ORGANS
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YUAN PTS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS ____?
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CONGENITAL PTS THAT HOLD PRENATAL QI
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HOW MANY YUAN PTS ARE THERE?
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76
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WHAT ARE XI-CLEFT PTS IN GENERAL?
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-QI AND BLOOD DEEPLY CONVERGE
LOCATED ON THE LIMBS ONLY |
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HOW MANY XI-CLEFT POINTS ARE THERE?
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16
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WHAT DOES XI-CLEFT PTS TREAT?
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-ACUTE DISORDERS IN THE AREA SUPPLIED BY ITS PERTAINING MERIDIAN AND ITS PERTAINING ZANG-FU ORGAN
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ACUTE DISORDERS OF THE ORGAN OF THE MERIDIAN
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WHAT IS THE EIGHT CONFLUENT PTS IN GENERAL
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-LOCATED ON THE LIMBS ONLY WHERE THE MAIN MERIDIANS COMMUNICATE WITH THE 8 EXTRA MERIDIANS
-8 TOTAL - |
LIMBS,8 EXTRA MERIDIANS
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WHAT DO THE EIGHT CONFLUENT POINTS TREAT?
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VARIETY OF DISORDERS OF THE CORRESPONDING EIGHT EXTRA MERIDIANS
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WHAT ARE BACK-SHU PTS IN GENERAL?
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-LOCATED ON THE BACK WHERE QI OF THE RESPECTIVE ZANG-FU ORGAN IS INFUSED
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WHAT DO BACK SHU PTS TREAT?
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DISORDERS OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS
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WHAT ARE FRONT-MU POINTS IN GENERAL?
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-LOCATED ON CHEST AND ABDOMEN, CLOSE TO THEIR CORRESPONDING ZANG-FU ORGAN
-QI OF THE RESPECTIVE ZANG-FU ORGANS INFUSED AND CONVERGED |
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WHAT DO FRONT-MU POINTS TREAT?
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DISORDERS OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS
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WHAT ARE THE CROSSING POINTS IN GENERAL, AND WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
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-AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 2 OR MORE MERIDIANS
-MAINLY ON THE FACE, HEAD AND TRUNK |
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HOW MANY CROSSING POINTS ARE THERE?
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90
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WHAT DO CROSSING POINTS TREAT?
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DISORDERS OF THE AREA WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED
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WHAT ARE THE EIGHT-INFLUENTIAL POINTS IN GENERAL?
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-THEY DOMINATE THE ZANG-FU ORGANS, QI, BLOOD, TENDON, VESSEL, BONE AND MARROW(BRAIN)
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WHAT DO THE EIGHT-INFLUENTIAL POINTS TREAT?
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-EVERYTHING,DISORDERS OF THE ZANG-FU ORGANS, QI, BLOOD, TENDON, VESSEL, BONE, MARROW
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WHAT ARE THE THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF THE 14 MERIDIANS?
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-ALL POINTS OF THE 14 MERIDIANS CAN TREAT DISORDERS OF THE CORRESPONDING ORGAN OR ADJACENT
-THEY CAN TREAT LOCAL DISORDERS AND/OR THOSE AREAS ADJACENT OR EVEN "FAR AWAY" FROM THE SOURCE OF PROBLEM AND IS UNKNOWN WHY IT WORKS |
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THE THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES FALL INTO WHAT CATEGORIES, AND WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
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-REMOTE:FAR AWAY FROM THE POINT
-LOCAL AND ADJACENT: ALL POINTS IN THE BODAY SHARE A COMMON FEATURE TO TREAT DISORDERS OF THE AREA AND NEARBY ORGANS -MOSTLY GOOD FOR HEAD,FACE, TRUNK |
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WHAT 2 SPECIFIC POINTS ARE INFUSED FOR ZANG-FU DISORDERS?
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SHU-MU (BACK FRONT)
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DISTAL (REMOTE) POINTS ARE ALSO CALLED_____?
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EMPIRICAL POINTS
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