Tcm Foundations Review Part 3

Front 1

Types of channels listed from most superficial to deepest

Back 1

1. cutaneous regions
2. minute collaterals
3. sinew channels
4. luo-connecting channels
5. primary channels
6. divergent channels
7. extra channels
8. deep pathways of primary and divergent channels

Front 2

Do the divergent channels connect to the organs

Back 2

yes

Front 3

Functions of the divergent channels

Back 3

1. Strengthen yin-yang relationship b/twn int-ext paired channels and the zangfun organs
2. dist. qi & blood to head and face
3. integrate areas of the body not supplied or interconnected by main channels
4. explain the clinical action of commonly used acu-points

Front 4

Divergent channels start

Back 4

on limbs

Front 5

The yin divergent channels take what pathway

Back 5

start from the yin channel and then connect back to the paired yang channel

Front 6

The yang divergent channels take what pathway

Back 6

start from the yang channel & then connect back to the yang channel

Front 7

How many divergent channels are there

Back 7

12 (6 pairs)

Front 8

Do the 8 extra meridians have their own points

Back 8

Only Ren and Du

Front 9

What are the functions of the 8 extra meridians

Back 9

1. act as reservoirs
2. link the 12 primary channels
3. protect the body

Front 10

Sea of Yang channels

Back 10

Du

Front 11

Sea of yin channels

Back 11

Ren

Front 12

Sea of Blood

Back 12

Chong (penetrating)

Front 13

Sea of 12 main channels

Back 13

Chong

Front 14

Ren, Du & Chong all start from

Back 14

uterus

Front 15

Path Symptoms of Chong

Back 15

counterflow qi, abdominal urgency, dyspnoea, gynacological disorders, atrophy disorder of leg

Front 16

Chong vessels flows to

Back 16

Inside spinal column, disperses in chest, throat, eyes, medial leg to sole of foot, big toe, KI11-21, ST30

Front 17

Girdling (Dai) vessel starts

Back 17

Liv 13

Front 18

Dai crosses what 3 points

Back 18

GB26, 27, 28

Front 19

Path symptoms of Dai

Back 19

Abd fullness, sensation at waist as though sitting in water, pain around umbilicus, abdomen, waist & lumbar spine, red & white leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, inferitility, insufficient sperm, shan disorder

Front 20

Yang qiao (motility,heel) starts

Back 20

BL62

Front 21

What extra channel dominates activity

Back 21

Yang qiao

Front 22

Yang and yin qiao meet at

Back 22

inner canthus

Front 23

Does yang qiao enter the brain

Back 23

yes

Front 24

Path symptoms of yang qiao

Back 24

Daytime epilepsy, eye diseases, L.O.C., aversion to wind, hemiplegia, chronic painful obstruction, rigidity of body, lumbar pain, contracted sinews, flaccidity of muscles of medial leg & tightness of muscles of lateral leg

Front 25

Yin motility (qiao/heel) originates

Back 25

KI6

Front 26

What extra channel dominates quietness

Back 26

yin qiao

Front 27

What extra meridians enter brain

Back 27

Yin qiao, yang qiao, Du

Front 28

Path symptoms of yin qiao

Back 28

night-time epilepsy, eye diseases, chills & fever, painful obstruction of the skin due to damp-heat, hypogastric pain, internal urgency, pain of genitals, contracted sinews, shan disorder, uterine bleeding, leukorrhea, flaccidity of muscles of lateral leg & tightness of muscles of medial leg

Front 29

Channels that pass through external genitalia

Back 29

Liv, Yin qiao

Front 30

The Yang Linking (Wei) vessels originates

Back 30

BL63

Front 31

This extra meridian dominates the exterior

Back 31

yang wei

Front 32

Yang Qiao & Wei both cross

Back 32

GB20 & SI10

Front 33

Path symptoms of Yang wei

Back 33

visual dizziness, dyspnoea, acute & sudden pain & swelling of lumbar region, chills & fever, dyspnoea with raised shoulders

Front 34

The Yin linking (wei) vessel starts at

Back 34

KI9

Front 35

The Yin wei channel ascends to

Back 35

throat at Ren 22 & 23

Front 36

Path symptoms of yin wei

Back 36

Heart pain, pain of chest, fullness and pain of lateral costal region, lumbar pain

Front 37

How many luo connecting points are there

Back 37

15

Front 38

What Du points does Yang wei cross

Back 38

DU 15 & 16

Front 39

Jing well points treat

Back 39

mental illness, stifling chest, fullness under heart; critical conditions

Front 40

Ying spring points treat

Back 40

febrile complexion, hot sensations

Front 41

Shu stream points treat

Back 41

Bi, wind, damp, heaviness, joint pain

Front 42

Jing river points treat

Back 42

asthma, cough, hot/cold sensations, change of voice, chills/fever, dyspnea

Front 43

He sea points treat

Back 43

Fu organs, stomach, intestines, rebellious qi, diarrhea

Front 44

Xi-cleft points treat

Back 44

acute conditions, disorders of blood

Front 45

Shan disorder is

Back 45

hernia

Front 46

Function of the uterus

Back 46

*houses the fetus
*regulates mestruation

Front 47

Function of brain

Back 47

*controls intelligence
*sea of marrow & controls sight, hearing, smell & taste

Front 48

What vessel brings blood to the uterus

Back 48

chong

Front 49

Function of marrow

Back 49

*fills the bones
*contributes to making blood
*nourishes the brain

Front 50

Function of bones

Back 50

*structural framework of body
*cavity that houses marrow & functionally related to KI
*protection

Front 51

Function of blood vessels

Back 51

*house blood and are the vehicle for the circulation of Qi & Blood
*transport refined food essences, Qi & blood all over body

Front 52

Function of Gallbladder as extra organ

Back 52

*stores bile
*affects our capacity of making decisions and our courage to act on them
*its qi gives the ethereal soul the capacity for movement