NCCAOM Acupuncture Board Exam 2 Questions
& Answers QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Yin Channel element order
JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
SS -- Earth
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
Yang Channel element order
JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
4 needle -- deficiency syndrome
tonify horary point on mother channel
tonify mother element on affected channel
sedate the horary point on controlling channel
sedate controlling element on affected channel
,4 needle -- excess syndrome
tonify the horary point on the controlling channel
tonify the controlling point on the affected channel
sedate the horary point on son channel
sedate son point on affected channel
K-8
Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
BL-59 (bp)
Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
GB-35 (bp)
Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
K-9 (bp)
,Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
Ren Luo point
Ren15
7 above umbilicus
Du Luo point
Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best opens orifices?
H9 (jing, wood)
LU9 (bp)
Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
Influential: Vessels
on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial side of radial artery
aphasia and tongue stiffness
, H5 and Du15, Ren23
HT points
H4 Jing River, metal
H5 aphasia, Luo
H6 night sweats, Xi Cleft
H7 insomia, Shu Stream, earth
H8 tongue sores, Ying Spring, fire
P-4 (bp)
Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
P-5 (bp)
(empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
empirical food retention
Inner NeiTing
Liv5 nerve caution
& Answers QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Yin Channel element order
JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
SS -- Earth
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
Yang Channel element order
JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
4 needle -- deficiency syndrome
tonify horary point on mother channel
tonify mother element on affected channel
sedate the horary point on controlling channel
sedate controlling element on affected channel
,4 needle -- excess syndrome
tonify the horary point on the controlling channel
tonify the controlling point on the affected channel
sedate the horary point on son channel
sedate son point on affected channel
K-8
Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
BL-59 (bp)
Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
GB-35 (bp)
Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
K-9 (bp)
,Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
Ren Luo point
Ren15
7 above umbilicus
Du Luo point
Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best opens orifices?
H9 (jing, wood)
LU9 (bp)
Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
Influential: Vessels
on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial side of radial artery
aphasia and tongue stiffness
, H5 and Du15, Ren23
HT points
H4 Jing River, metal
H5 aphasia, Luo
H6 night sweats, Xi Cleft
H7 insomia, Shu Stream, earth
H8 tongue sores, Ying Spring, fire
P-4 (bp)
Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
P-5 (bp)
(empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
empirical food retention
Inner NeiTing
Liv5 nerve caution
