C the back
(yang is male… dudes have strong backs)
B Sp 6
D. St 36
D. confluent point
D. root of tongue
A the tip of the tongue
C. border of tongue
B tongue
E. the ear
A. eye
(if you have liver problems –> jaundice –> yellow eyes)
C. mouth
D. small intestine
(think of the coronaries like liiiiittle small intestines)
E. large intestine
A. SI 1
(letter I and number 1 are like nipples)
A. on helix at meeting pt of…
B. middle of lobe
C. inferior concha
D. tragus
(tragus is near the opening of the ear… which is like a mouth… which is where you put food when you’re hungry)
C. anthelix
C. left second
E. left third
B. right first
F. right third
D. right second
A. left first
(trick to remember some these: all the one-sided organs (liver, spleen, pericardium) have their pulse point on the opposite side EXCEPT the heart)
question A
B. Bl 67
(just remember 6 kinda looks like a woman with a pregnant belly)
question B
A. LI 4
(just remember “I” looks flat like the abdomen of a woman who lost her baby because you acupunctured the wrong point)
B Lung 19
(just think the lung “influences” vessels by providing oxygen)
E. none
E. Liv-2
(2 is the highest up … closest to eyes)
B. liv-3
(3 looks like sideways breasts… the liver is close to the breasts)
C. spleen
(just think the spleen takes care of crappy old RBCs and if it didnt… you might have some circulation problems…)
B. kidney
(kidney is the one most closely related to genitals…)
D. marrow
(if you’ve ever eaten marrow… and touched a fresh brain… i’d say they are pretty similar)
E. kidney
(if by essence, you mean piss… and by storing, you mean making)
C. sweet
(spleen and sweet both have two ‘e’s)
A. sour
B. face
(yang and face are both four letters… 2nd letter is a)
C. chest
(yin is considered a more feminine energy… ladies have… special chests… sorry)
D. large intestine
(3 yang channels… LI has 3 parts… ascending, transverse and descending)
C. stomach
B. P-6
(P = pericardium… related to heart)
C. GB 31
(thinks of the “1” as like a big extended middle finger)
A. smooth chest + reg Qi
(think of the 7 like someone puffing their chest out)
A. invasion of wind-cold
(clear nasal discharge when you have a cold…)
D. deficiency of Qi
(uuuuh…. urine has an “i” in it and so does “Qi”)
C. anthelix
(if you look at the ear pics in the other ?s … the anthelix is kind of like the… skeleton of the ear)
All further ?s are from the lecture ppts…
Characteristic for deficient qi?
A. pale, swollen tongue
Characteristics for stagnant Qi?
C
(answer was C but didnt get what the actual words were… sorry)
What do zang organs do?
store + transport essential substances
What do Fu organs do?
receive + digest food
(think Fu…. food)
pt has 1 wk of cough, severe chills with no fever, no sweating, red complexion w yellow pee, thin coat on tongue with superficial, rolling, rapid pulse
what condition do they have?
exterior heat with interior cold syndrome
Slow pulse indicates?
Cold syndrome
point selected for blood disease?
bladder 67
point for low back pain?
40th bladder
(when yr 40 yr back starts to hurt … the two ds in bladder are like swollen, inflamed lumbar IV discs)
point for fetal malposition?
bladder 67
The point TB 5 is…
D. neither A or B
The point P 6 is…
B. one of the 8 confluent points
Functions of the middle burner?
E all are correct
(digest food, absorb essential substances, evaporate fluids, transform nutrients into blood)
all of following can be treated by cupping except?
E. spontaneous bleeding
cupping method has function of…?
E. all of the above
moxibustion with ginger can treat?
weakness of stomach and spleen plus yang deficiency
Which point is common for moxibustion with salt?
Con 8 navel
(think of the o in con as a navel… and the 8 as a…. different navel with more of a weird little pinch in the middle)
An appropriate posture for patient is selected according to…
E. all of the above
factors influencing arrival of Qi may include
E all of the above
where do internal/external related ying/yang meridians meet?
E. on the four limbs
on abdomen, yin linking channel communicates with…
spleen meridian
on neck, yin linking channel communicates with…
conception meridian
distance from anterior to posterior hairline
12 units
distance between center of navel and sup. pubic symphysis
5 units
pathway of penetrating channel on abdomen coincides with…
kidney channel
which pathological factor belongs to yin…
damp
all belong to yang except…
E nourishing
which relationship belongs to mother and son?
earth and metal
which organ houses the mind
kidney
which organ is related to condition of nails?
liver
spleens condition is manifested on…?
lips
which organ stores essence?
kidney
Acquired essence is produced/transformed by…
spleen + stomach
(think of acquired essence as just food… stomach digests it)
Bones are dominated by the…
kidney
(think of kidneys function in Ca excretion)
Condition of kidney is manifested in…
hair
(cuz if you… pee on your hair…. then you smell bad? i dont know)
what point is common for blood syndromes?
Bl 17
(Bl really stands for bladder but…. also for blood… if you want)
which pt disperses wind, removes heat + helps eyes?
Gb 20