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Where is stretching used?
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on loose skin
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Where is pinching used?
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where is there is a thin muscle layer
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When is holding used?
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with long needles
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The Guiding Qi method (Dao Qi) manipulation procedure includes what steps?
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1) de qi 2) slowly insert and slowly withdraw
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Guiding Qi actions:
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keeps evil qi from entering deeply into the organs; guides qi in the channel back to it's normal state
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What are the indications of guiding qi method?
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counterflow and disordered qi
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What are the general actions of the moving qi techniques?
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move qi to reach diseased areas
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What are the general indications of moving qi technique?
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qi stagnation or congestion of channel qi
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What is the manipulation technique for green dragon wags its tail?
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1) Insert needle oblique w/tip pointed toward disease area 2) de qi 3) slowly shake the handle left and right (side to side) 4) 9xs (or longer for stronger effect)
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What is the manipulation method for white tiger shakes his head?
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1) twist needle downward perpendicularly 2) de qi 3) quickly shake needle left and right, and the same time lifting the needle 4) use pressing hand to press channel at one side of the point so that qi reaches the disease area
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What is the manipulation technique for dark green turtle probes hole?
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1) insert needle perpendicularly 2) de qi 3) withdraw needle to subcutaneous level 4) insert needle obliquely four directions 5) at each direction, insert deeper three times and then withdraw
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What is the manipulation technique for red phoenix meets source?
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1) Divide point into 3 levels 2) insert needle to a deep level 3) withdraw needle to shallow level 4) wait till the needle moves itself, or de qi 5) press down to the middle level 6) apply lifting/thrusting and twisting 7) move needle in a circle several times or fly away
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What kind of technique is red phoenix meets source?
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moving qi technique
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What kind of technique is green dragon wags its tail?
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moving qi techinque
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What kind of technique is white tiger shakes its head?
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moving qi technique
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What kind of technique is dark green turtle probes a hole?
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moving qi technique
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What kind of technique is burning mountain fire?
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comprehensive technique
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The moving qi techniques are also known as?
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the four animals
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Penetrating sky coolness is what kind of technique?
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comprehensive
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What is the manipulation procedure of burning mountain fire?
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1) divide depth of point into 3 levels 2) insert needle during patient's exhale 3) de qi at shallow level 4) quick thrust, slow lifting for 9xs at shallow level 5) repeat lift/thrust at middle and deep levels 6) withdraw to shallow level and remove needle during inhale 7) quickly press the hole
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Burning mountain fire in combination of which methods?
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breathing + lifting/thrusting + 9 number + open/close (overall it's slow/quick)
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What are the actions and indications of burning mountain fire?
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Warms yang and dispers cold; used for deficient and cold disorders
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What is the manipulation method of penetrating sky coolness?
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1) divide point into 3 levels 2) insert needle during inhale 3) de qi at a deep level 4) At deep level, heavy quick lifting and slow, thrusting x6 5) repeat lift/thrusting at middle and shallow levels 6) Remove needle during exhale 7) Don't press the hole, leave it open
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What is the composition of penetrating sky coolness?
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breathing + lifting/thrusting + 6 number + open (overall it's slow/quick)
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What are the actions and indications for penetrating sky coolness?
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Clear heat and drain fire; used for excess and heat disorders
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What is the manipulation method for yin hidden within yang?
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1) Divide point into 2 levels 2) At shallow level, reinforce 9xs (lift/thrust or tqisting) 3) At deep level, do reducing 6xs 4) Remove needle
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What is the composition of yin hidden within yang?
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Lift/thrust + twisting + 9/6 method (overall slow/quick)
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What are the actions and indications for yin hidden within yang?
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Reinforcing then reducing; used for first cold then heat disorders and deficient disorders with some excess
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What is the manipulation method of Yang hidden within Yin?
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1) Divide the point into 2 levels 2) At the deep level, do reducing 6xs (lift/thrust or twisting) 3) At the shallow level, do reinforcing 9xs 4) Withdraw needle
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What are the actions and indications of yang hidden within yin?
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Reduce first then reinforce; Used for first heat then cold disorders and excess disorders with some deficiency
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What are the general actions of bleeding?
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activates the channel and alleviates pain; invigorates blood and dispels stasis; drains heat; opens orifices; reduces swelling
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What are the indications for bloodletting?
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Excess disorders (congestion, pain of the channels); stasis disorders; heat disorders; acute disorders
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What is scattering pricking bleeding used for?
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Local swelling, blood stasis, certain skin disorders
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What are the cautions of bleeding?
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1) Clean needle technique 2) Be quick and gentle! 3) Don't bleed too much 4) Don't prick arteries 5) Contraindicated in deficient disorders, pregnancy and patients who tend to bleed
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What are the actions of guasha?
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activates the channel; regulates qi and blood; eliminates toxins and expels pathogens
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What is the manipulation technique for tapping with a seven star needle?
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1) relax fingers, wrist and use FLEXIBILITY of handle to be quick and gentle 2) Needles should be tapped on the skin and lifted away PERPENDICULARLY 3) Speed and force should be EVEN 4) If you are going along the course of the channel, do so in 1-1.5 cm intervals
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How should the skin look during light, medium and heavy tapping with a seven star needle?
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light/gentle = reddish; medium = slight bleeding; heavy = bleeding
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On what locations do you use seven star needling?
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Along channel path; on points and local diseased areas
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What is the seven star needling method for a one-sided headache?
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Tap upper nape, GB/UB/DU channels and pain area, and sensitive areas along the course of the related channels (GB/SJ below the elbow/knee)
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What is the seven star needling method for insomnia?
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Tap certain points lateral to the spine such as anmian, UB 15, UB18 and UB 20. Also tap heart and PC channels for excessive dreaming, for palpitations add GB20 + Sp 6
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What is the seven start needling method for asthma?
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Tap lateral to the thoracic vertebra, at extra point dingchuan, UB 12, UB 13, UB 43. And also at Ren 17, Ren 22, St 25 for excess type and if with phlegm at St 40.
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What is the seven start needling method for deviation of the mouth and eye?
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Tap along the diseased area as well as GB 14, taiyang, St 2, St 4, St 6, SJ 17 and yangming channel points (LI 4, St 36)
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Bleeding at shixuan will treat what conditions?
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Fever, coma, heatstroke, syncope, numbness of the extremities
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Bleeding at shierjing will treat what conditions?
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Fever, coma, sore throat, tonsillitis
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Bleeding at sifeng will treat what indications?
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childhood malnutrition, indigestion, pertussis (whooping cough)
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What is the needling method for bleeding at sifeng?
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Prick and squeeze out some yellow-white fluid
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What are the indications for bleeding at UB 40?
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Heatstroke, acute vomiting and diarrhea, systremma, pain fo the lumber region
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What are the indications for bleeding at taiyang?
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headache, redness and pain fo the eyes
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What are the indications for bleeding at the apex of the ear?
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Fever, tonsillitis, redness and pain of the eyes, hypertension and styes
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