NCCAOM Acupuncture Board Exam
with Complete Solutions
Yin Channel element order - ANS-JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
SS -- Earth
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
Yang Channel element order - ANS-JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
4 needle -- deficiency syndrome - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
BL-59 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
GB-35 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
,7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
K-9 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
Ren Luo point - ANS-Ren15
7 above umbilicus
Du Luo point - ANS-Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best opens orifices? - ANS-H9
(jing, wood)
LU9 (bp) - ANS-Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
Influential: Vessels
on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial side of radial artery
aphasia and tongue stiffness - ANS-H5 and Du15, Ren23
HT points - ANS-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) - ANS-Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
P-5 (bp) - ANS-(empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
empirical food retention - ANS-Inner NeiTing
Liv5 nerve caution - ANS-saphenous nerve
,P-6 nerve caution - ANS-medial nerve
LU-10 (bp) - ANS-Ying Spring
Fire
midpoint of 1st metacarpal bone, between red/white skin
LU-11 (bp) - ANS-Jing Well
Wood
radial side of thumb, 0.1 cun posterior to nail
LI-20 (bp) - ANS-Exit
in nasiolabial sulcus, at level of inferior border of nostril
LI-18 (bp) - ANS-Window of the Sky
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between sternal and clavicular heads of SCM
LI-11 (bp) - ANS-He Sea
Earth
Ghost
midway between LU-5 and lateral epicondyle of humerus, lateral end of transverse
cubital crease
LI-7 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft
5 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
LI-6 (bp) - ANS-Luo Connecting
3 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
LI-5 (bp) - ANS-Jing River
Fire
in the center of the hollow formed by tendons of extensor pollicis longus and brevis
LI-4 (bp) - ANS-Entry
Yuan Source
Command: face/head
at bulge of muscle between thumb/index, level with end of crease
, LI-3 (bp) - ANS-Shu Stream
Wood
radial side of index finger, in depression proximal to head of second metacarpal
LI-2 (bp) - ANS-Ying Spring
Water
radial side of index finger, in depression distal to metacarpo-phalangeal joint
LI-1 (bp) - ANS-Jing Well
Metal
posterior-radial corner of index finger nail
ST-1 (bp) - ANS-Entry
Meeting: ST, Yang Qiao, Ren
directly below pupil, between eyeball and infraorbital ridge
ST-9 (bp) - ANS-Window of the Sky
Sea of Qi
Meeting: ST, GB
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, at anterior border of SCM
ST-25 (bp) - ANS-Front Mu of LI
2 cun lateral to umbilicus
ST-30 (bp) - ANS-Meeting: ST, Chong
Sea of Water and Grain
2 cun lateral to midline, at superior border of pubic symphisis
ST-34 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft
2 cun proximal to lateral superior border of patella
ST-36 (bp) - ANS-He Sea
Earth
Sea of Water and Grain
Command: abdomen
with Complete Solutions
Yin Channel element order - ANS-JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
SS -- Earth
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
Yang Channel element order - ANS-JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
4 needle -- deficiency syndrome - ANS-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 - ANS-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 - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
BL-59 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
GB-35 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
,7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
K-9 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
Ren Luo point - ANS-Ren15
7 above umbilicus
Du Luo point - ANS-Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best opens orifices? - ANS-H9
(jing, wood)
LU9 (bp) - ANS-Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
Influential: Vessels
on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial side of radial artery
aphasia and tongue stiffness - ANS-H5 and Du15, Ren23
HT points - ANS-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) - ANS-Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
P-5 (bp) - ANS-(empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
empirical food retention - ANS-Inner NeiTing
Liv5 nerve caution - ANS-saphenous nerve
,P-6 nerve caution - ANS-medial nerve
LU-10 (bp) - ANS-Ying Spring
Fire
midpoint of 1st metacarpal bone, between red/white skin
LU-11 (bp) - ANS-Jing Well
Wood
radial side of thumb, 0.1 cun posterior to nail
LI-20 (bp) - ANS-Exit
in nasiolabial sulcus, at level of inferior border of nostril
LI-18 (bp) - ANS-Window of the Sky
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between sternal and clavicular heads of SCM
LI-11 (bp) - ANS-He Sea
Earth
Ghost
midway between LU-5 and lateral epicondyle of humerus, lateral end of transverse
cubital crease
LI-7 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft
5 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
LI-6 (bp) - ANS-Luo Connecting
3 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
LI-5 (bp) - ANS-Jing River
Fire
in the center of the hollow formed by tendons of extensor pollicis longus and brevis
LI-4 (bp) - ANS-Entry
Yuan Source
Command: face/head
at bulge of muscle between thumb/index, level with end of crease
, LI-3 (bp) - ANS-Shu Stream
Wood
radial side of index finger, in depression proximal to head of second metacarpal
LI-2 (bp) - ANS-Ying Spring
Water
radial side of index finger, in depression distal to metacarpo-phalangeal joint
LI-1 (bp) - ANS-Jing Well
Metal
posterior-radial corner of index finger nail
ST-1 (bp) - ANS-Entry
Meeting: ST, Yang Qiao, Ren
directly below pupil, between eyeball and infraorbital ridge
ST-9 (bp) - ANS-Window of the Sky
Sea of Qi
Meeting: ST, GB
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, at anterior border of SCM
ST-25 (bp) - ANS-Front Mu of LI
2 cun lateral to umbilicus
ST-30 (bp) - ANS-Meeting: ST, Chong
Sea of Water and Grain
2 cun lateral to midline, at superior border of pubic symphisis
ST-34 (bp) - ANS-Xi Cleft
2 cun proximal to lateral superior border of patella
ST-36 (bp) - ANS-He Sea
Earth
Sea of Water and Grain
Command: abdomen
