Acupuncture Adjunct Therapies Flashcards
Which type of moxa would you use for acute abdominal pain and diarrhea?
Salt
Which condition would you NOT use WET cupping on? Blood stagnation / Skin rash / Cough / Back pain
Cough
True or false. You can use cupping to treat headaches?
True
Name some conditions that you can use bloodletting for?
EPFs w/heat / Allergic derm. / local cong. / numbness / acute sore throat / Flu w/ heat / acute low back pain
True or false, you can use cutaneous needling to treat facial paralysis?
True
True or false, you can use cutaneous needling and cupping to treat GI disorders?
True
True or false, you can do bloodletting on PC9 to treat the flu?
True
Which adjunct therapy is best to treat local excema?
Cutaneous needling (caution: not over wheeping skin)
Electro acupuncture setting for Muscle, joint, ligament, tendon, connective tissue problems?
Continuous/Slow (9 & 7)
Electro acupuncture setting for Calming mind?
Continuous/Fast (12 & 7)
Electro acupuncture setting for Flaccid muscles & muscle paralysis (stroke)?
Intermittent (7 & 1)
Electro acupuncture setting for Arthritis, Blood circulation, Absorb edema?
Dense/Disperse (9 & 1)
Electro acupuncture setting for Pain?
Continuous/Fast (12&7) or Dense/Disperse (9&1)
Stimulate Muscles with Paralysis?
Continuous/Slow (9&7) or Intermittent (7&1)
True or false, you can bloodlet a pregnant woman’s jingwells?
False