BASIC PRINCIPLES OF POINT 1 MERIDIAN Flashcards
STONE NEEDLES CHINESE NAME?
BIAN PIAN
ASHI POINTS ARE ALSO CALLED WHAT?
REFLEXING POINTS
UNFIXED POINTS
TENDER SPOTS
WHAT ARE THE EARLIEST STAGE OF ACUPUNCTURE POINT EVOLUTION?
ASHI POINTS
POINTS THAT HAVE NO SPECIFIC NAME AND DEFINITE LOCATION?
ASHI POINTS
WHAT WAS POINT SELECTION IN ANCIENT TIMES?
ASHI POINTS
ASHI POINTS ARE MOSTLY USED FOR ..?
PAIN SYNDROMES
WHAT ARE THE 3 METHODS OF LOCATING ACUPUNCTURE POINTS?
PROPORTIONAL MEASUREMENTS
ANATOMICAL MEASUREMENTS
FINGER MEASUREMENTS
WHAT IS THE MOST ACCURATE METHOD OF LOCATING POINTS?
PROPORTIONAL MEASUREMENTS
PROPORTIONAL MEASUREMENTS ARE UNITS KNOWN AS?
CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN ANTERIOR TO POSTERIOR HAIRLINE
12 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN GLABELLA TO ANTERIOR HAIRLINE
3 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO ANGLES OF THE HAIRLINE
9 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO NIPPLES
8 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN MIDPOINT OF THE CLAVICLES
8 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN TIP OF THE ACROMION PROCESS AND THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
8 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE END OF THE ANTERIOR AXILLARY FOLD AND TRANSVERSE CUBITAL CREASES
9 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN CUBITAL CREASE AND THE WRIST CREASE
12 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN STERNOCOSTAL ANGLE AND THE UMBILICUS
8 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN MASTOID PROCESSES
9 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN POSTERIOR HAIRLINE AND THE INFERIOR BORDER OF THE SPINOUS PROCESS OF C7
3 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN MEDIAL BORDERS OF THE SCAPULA
6 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN UMBILICUS AND THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS
5 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN GLUTEAL FOLD AND THE KNEE
14 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN POPLITEAL CREASE AND THE MEDIAL MALLEOLUS
15 CUN
DISTANCE BETWEEN POPLITEAL CREASE AND THE LATERAL MALLEOLUS
16 CUN
HEIGHT OF THE PATELLA
2 CUN
WHAT IS A FINGER MEASUREMENT?
LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE PATIENTS FINGERS
WIDTH OF THE THUMB IN CUN?
1 CUN
WIDTH OF THE FOUR FINGERS HELD TOGETHER IN CUN?
3 CUN
THERE ARE 2 FORMS OF ANATOMICAL MEASUREMENTS, WHAT ARE THEY?
FIXED LANDMARKS
MOVING LANDMARKS
WHAT ARE FIXED LANDMARKS? GIVE EXAMPLES
THOSE THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE WITH BODY MOVEMENTS
5 SENSES HAIR NIPPLES NAILS UMBILICUS
WHAT ARE MOVING LANDMARKS? GIVE EXAMPLES
THOSE THAT WILL APPEAR ONLY WHEN A BODY PART KEEPS IN A SPECIFIC POSITION
I.E. WHEN THE ARM IS FLEXED AND THE CUBITAL CREASE APPEARS LI11
I.E. WHEN A FIST IS MADE AND THE TRANSVERSE PALMAR CREASE APPEARS SI3
WHICH TERMINOLOGY MEANS IT RUNS LONGITUDINALLY AND DEEP ?
JING
WHAT TERMINOLOGY MEANS IT RUNS HORIZONTALLY AND SUPERFICIALLY?
LUO
HOW MANY REGULAR PRIMARY MERIDIANS?
12
HOW MANY COLLATERALS?
15
WHAT DO THE COLLATERALS CONSIST OF?
12 REGULAR PRIMARY MERIDIANS
CONCEPTION
GOVERNING
GREAT LUO OF THE SPLEEN
HOW MANY DIVERGENT , SINEWS AND CUTANEOUS?
ALL HAVE 12
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF THE DIFFERENT MERIDIANS AND THEIR DEPTHS? * TOP IS SUPERFICIAL AND BOTTOM IS DEEP
CUTANEOUS MINUTE LUO COLLATERALS SINEWS LUO-CONNECTING REGULAR PRIMARY DIVERGENT EXTRAORDINARY DEEP PATHWAYS
** CAN MOM SING LULLABIES REGULARLY DURING EASTER DINNER **
FUNCTIONS OF MERIDIANS?
TRANSPORTING QI AND BLOOD
PROTECTING THE BODY
RESPONDING TO DYSFUNCTION
SHOWING DISEASES