cast study questions

Question 1

If the treatment principle is to:

harmonize Yin and Yang
nourish deficiencies
Which level do you think is affected?

Answer 1

Terminal yin : Jue Yin
- The patient is very deficient at this stage, and the Yin and Yang are starting to separate.

Question 2

You see the following points in a patient:

LI11 (Quchi)
GV14 (Dazhui)
ST44 (Neiting)
ST25 (Tianshu)
SP15 (Daheng)
SP6 (SYJ)

Which energetic level is most likely affected?

Answer 2

‘Bright Yang Organ’ (Yang Ming). There are some bowel regulating/moving points in there (ST25 & SP 15), some full heat clear-ers (LI11 & GV14), and some cooling points (SP6 & ST 44 – water point)

Question 3

Which stage is treated by expelling heat through stimulating a bowel movement?

• Bright Yang (Yang Ming) channel pattern
• Lesser Yang (Shao Yang)
• Greater Yang (Tai Yang)
• Bright Yang (Yang Ming) organ pattern