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ACU-PTS OF THE 14 MERIDIANS ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE ____ MERIDIANS?
12
MAIN
THEY INCLUDE WHAT 2 MERIDIANS?
GV AND CV
MIDLINE ANTERIOR AND MIDLINE POSTERIOR
HOW MANY POINTS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE "MERIDIAN POINTS"?
361
JUST KNOW IT!
WHAT ARE THE 3 MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS OF ACU POINTS?
-ACU POINTS OF THE 14 MERIDIANS
-EXTRA POINTS
-ASHI POINTS
MERIDIANS AND THE OTHERS
HOW ARE EXTRA POINTS DEFINED?
-THEY DO NOT BELONG TO THE 14 MERIDIANS, BUT HAVE SPECIFIC NAMES AND LOCATIONS
EXTRA POINTS ARE NOT ON THE MERIDIANS
WHAT DO EXTRA POINTS TREAT?
CERTAIN DISEASES
CERTAIN TYPES OF DISEASES
WHERE ARE THE EXTRA POINTS LOCATED IN GENERAL?
ALL OVER THE BODY
ALL..
CAN THEY BE RELATED TO THE MERIDIANS?
YES
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE EXTRA POINTS AND MERIDIANS?
SUPPLEMENT MERIDIAN POINTS
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
WHAT ARE ASHI POINTS?
TENDER SPOTS ON THE BODY THAT CAN BE USED FOR PAIN RELIEF, THAT ALSO HAVE NO NAMES OR FIXED LOCATIONS
IN ANCIENT TIMES WERE USED TO RELIEVE PAIN AT THE SITE OF PAIN AND WERE NORMALLY THE AREA OF TENDERNESS ON THE PATIENT
ACU POINTS INFUSE _____ AND _____?
QI AND BLOOD
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH ACU POINTS ARE NAMED?
-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
WHAT ARE THE METHODS OF LOCATING ACU-PTS?
-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
WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF THE SPECIFIC POINTS IN GENERAL?
-ACU PTS OF THE 14 MERIDIANS
-SPECIAL PROPERTIES & NAMES
-VERY IMPORTANT FOR TREATMENT OF ZANG FU ORGANS
HOW MANY FIVE SHU PTS ARE THERE?
60
THE 12 MERIDIANS HAVE FIVE
NAME THE CATAGORIES OF THE SPECIFIC POINTS?
*FIVE SHU PTS
*YUAN-PRIMARY
*LUO-CONNECTING
*XI-CLEFT
*EIGHT CONFLUENT
*BACK SHU
*FRONT-MU
*CROSSING
*EIGHT INFLUENTIAL
9 TOTAL
NAME THE FIVE SHU PTS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING FIVE ELEMENT(YIN AND YANG)
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
WHAT ARE THE 6 FU ORGANS?
GB
ST
SI
LI
BL
TRIPLE ENERGIZER (BURNER)-SAN JIAO
WHAT ARE THE SIX ZANG ORGANS?
HT
P
LU
L
SP
K
WHAT ARE THE LUO-CONNECTING PTS IN GENERAL?
-LINK THE 12 MERIDIANS EXTERIORLY-INTERIORLY
-FOUND ON THE LIMBS
-FOUND ON THE TRUNK (GV, CV)
HOW MANY LUO PTS ARE THERE?
15
REFERRED TO AS "THE FIFTEEN lUO-CONNECTING PTS"
WHAT DO THE LUO-CONNECTING POINTS TREAT?
DISORDERS INVOLVING THE 2 EXTERIORLY-INTERIORLY RELATED MERIDIANS AND THOSE IN THE AREA SUPPLIED BY THE MERIDIANS
WHAT ARE THE YUAN-PRIMARY PTS IN GENERAL?
-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
WHAT DOES YUAN-PRIMARY PTS TREAT?
DISORDERS OF THE ZANG-FU ORGANS
YUAN PTS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS ____?
CONGENITAL PTS THAT HOLD PRENATAL QI
HOW MANY YUAN PTS ARE THERE?
76
WHAT ARE XI-CLEFT PTS IN GENERAL?
-QI AND BLOOD DEEPLY CONVERGE
LOCATED ON THE LIMBS ONLY
HOW MANY XI-CLEFT POINTS ARE THERE?
16
WHAT DOES XI-CLEFT PTS TREAT?
-ACUTE DISORDERS IN THE AREA SUPPLIED BY ITS PERTAINING MERIDIAN AND ITS PERTAINING ZANG-FU ORGAN
ACUTE DISORDERS OF THE ORGAN OF THE MERIDIAN
WHAT IS THE EIGHT CONFLUENT PTS IN GENERAL
-LOCATED ON THE LIMBS ONLY WHERE THE MAIN MERIDIANS COMMUNICATE WITH THE 8 EXTRA MERIDIANS
-8 TOTAL
-
LIMBS,8 EXTRA MERIDIANS
WHAT DO THE EIGHT CONFLUENT POINTS TREAT?
VARIETY OF DISORDERS OF THE CORRESPONDING EIGHT EXTRA MERIDIANS
WHAT ARE BACK-SHU PTS IN GENERAL?
-LOCATED ON THE BACK WHERE QI OF THE RESPECTIVE ZANG-FU ORGAN IS INFUSED
WHAT DO BACK SHU PTS TREAT?
DISORDERS OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS
WHAT ARE FRONT-MU POINTS IN GENERAL?
-LOCATED ON CHEST AND ABDOMEN, CLOSE TO THEIR CORRESPONDING ZANG-FU ORGAN
-QI OF THE RESPECTIVE ZANG-FU ORGANS INFUSED AND CONVERGED
WHAT DO FRONT-MU POINTS TREAT?
DISORDERS OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS
WHAT ARE THE CROSSING POINTS IN GENERAL, AND WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
-AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF 2 OR MORE MERIDIANS
-MAINLY ON THE FACE, HEAD AND TRUNK
HOW MANY CROSSING POINTS ARE THERE?
90
WHAT DO CROSSING POINTS TREAT?
DISORDERS OF THE AREA WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED
WHAT ARE THE EIGHT-INFLUENTIAL POINTS IN GENERAL?
-THEY DOMINATE THE ZANG-FU ORGANS, QI, BLOOD, TENDON, VESSEL, BONE AND MARROW(BRAIN)
WHAT DO THE EIGHT-INFLUENTIAL POINTS TREAT?
-EVERYTHING,DISORDERS OF THE ZANG-FU ORGANS, QI, BLOOD, TENDON, VESSEL, BONE, MARROW
WHAT ARE THE THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF THE 14 MERIDIANS?
-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
THE THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES FALL INTO WHAT CATEGORIES, AND WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
-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
WHAT 2 SPECIFIC POINTS ARE INFUSED FOR ZANG-FU DISORDERS?
SHU-MU (BACK FRONT)
DISTAL (REMOTE) POINTS ARE ALSO CALLED_____?
EMPIRICAL POINTS