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LI4 and SP6 to tonify Qi and blood, do you want to apply tonification or reducing methods?
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LI4= tonify qi and blood
SP6 tonify |
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If you want to use L11 to clear heat, tonify or reduce?
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Reduce, dispel pathogenic heat
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If your purpose is to clear, transport or reduce,you use which method?
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Reduce
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If you use to replenish, tonify, reinforce you use which method?
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Tonify
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T/F According to Dr. Shen, the 7 emotions are not pathological factors?
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TRUE - The 7 emotions are mechanisms not internal pathological factors.
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What are the interior pathological factors?
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LOOK IT UP
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What are the 7 evils?
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1) wind
2) cold 3) heat 4) summer heat 5) dampness 6) dryness 7) more? look it up |
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To treat pathological factors you tonify or reduce?
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Reduce
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T/F You do not do reinforcing or reducing techniques until there is arrival of Qi.
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TRUE - Generally speaking
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T/F The techniques for arrival of qi are the same as reducing/reinforcing?
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FALSE - Though there are similarities. Twirl of needle can be used for arrival of qi but it doesn't consider rotation of direction, which is necessary for proper reinforcing/reducing methods.
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If it's an excess condition do you want to retain the needles for a long or short time?
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LONGER (for excess with generally stronger stimulation)
Note: If too much stimulation in deficiency there it may be too much for the body to handle. To much "fighting" between the needle and the body. |
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Why do you retain needles?
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Traditionally, to keep qi sensation and should manipulate a couple of times (every 5-7 minutes).
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Why should you pull needles out relatively gently (and not force the needle out)?
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Patient may have changed positions or muscle fibers may have wrapped around it
NOTE: Dr. Shen to remove a stuck needle, is to push the needle in deeper, rotate back and forth to remove it. |
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Heavy pressing to the deep level is reinforcing or reducing?
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Reinforcing
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Small amplitude is reinforcing or reducing?
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Reinforcing
Reducing: LARGE amplitude reduce the pathological factors. |
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T/F Twirling needle slowly is reinforcing?
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True
pg. CAM, 348 |
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T/F Clockwise rotation is reinforcing?
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TRUE - rotating thumb forward (this is funky...left movement is forward)
NOTE: Clockwise, thumb forward rotation and left all mean the same thing. Left is not a typo. The left is the motion of the thumb. |
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T/F Reinforcing method with breathing: It's the opposite, breathe out put the needle in; breathe in pull the needle out.
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TRUE - When you breathe out, the air goes out and the energy is relatively deficient.
Towards the end of when they are breathing out. |
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T/F Combination techniques are often used. For example: speed of insertion, gentle manipulation and putting the needle in during exhalation for reinforcing techniques.
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TRUE
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What are the indications of qi arrival?
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Sensation of fullness, cooling and the practitioner can also feel tightening or grasping of the needle or local red area developing
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