Divergent Channels

Question 0

what direction do the last three confluences move in

Answer 0

downward

Question 1

what direction to the first three confluences move in

Answer 1

upward

Question 2

what is the elemental sequence of the divergent channels

Answer 2

foot taiyang and foot shaoyin
foot shaoyang and foot jueyin
food yangming and foot taiyin
hand taiyang and hand shaoyin
hand shaoyang and hand jueyin
hand yangming and hand taiyin

water 
wood
earth
fire
metal

Question 3

what humor do each of the 6 confluences represent

Answer 3

1st - Jing, KD
2nd - Blood, LV
3rd - Jin (thin), ST
4th - Ye (thick), SI
5th - Qi, SJ
6th - Collapse of Qi and Yang, LI

Question 4

what is the divergent channel treatment technique

Answer 4

longer retention time for banking
three on three off for 18 days
needle the three "levels"
superficial-deep-superficial
deep-superficial-deep

Question 5

what divergent treatment plan uses more energy over time

Answer 5

holding a pathogen in latency

Question 6

what divergent treatment uses more energy more immediately

Answer 6

expelling the pathogen right away

Question 7

what divergent treatment do we use a longer retention time (30-40 min)

Answer 7

holding a pathogen in latency

Question 8

what type of divergent treatment do we use a shorter retention time (approx. 20 min)

Answer 8

expelling the pathogen

Question 9

give a treatment you would use to hold a pathogen in latency for a frail person with s/s of yin/jing deficiency with chronic back pain
what is the diagnosis

Answer 9

Diagnosis: pathogen trapped in UB Divergent channel
Tx Principle: hold pathogen in latency
UB 10 D/S/D then UB 40 D/S/D (going down)
long retention time, at least 30-40 min

Question 10

what would be the divergent treatment for a robust patient with a pathogen trapped in the UB divergent channel with s/s of yin\jjing deficiency with chornic back pain

Answer 10

Diagnosis: pathogen trapped in UB Div. Channel
Tx Principle: release pathogen
Gua Sha to create a vent for the pathogen to exit
UB 40 S/D/S then UB 10 S/D/S (going up)
shorter retention time, approx. 20 minutes
can also add an opening point ie: KD 10 if diagnosis was pathogen trapped in UB and KD divergent channel.

Question 11

fill in the information for the following confluence:
Bladder:
separating:
entering:
emerging:
converging:
main pathway:
connects with:

Answer 11

separating: UB 40
entering: LUMBAR
emerging: UB 10
converging:UB 10
main pathway: ALONGSIDE SPINE
connects with: ANUS, UB, KD, HT

Question 12

what are the indications for treating the UB divergent

Answer 12

floating yang
pain along the pathway
pathogen going p and out, diaphoresis
pathogen going down and out, diuresis

Question 13

fill in the information for the following confluence:
Gall Bladder:
separating:
entering:
emerging:
converging:
main pathway:
connects with:

Answer 13

separating: GB 30
entering: REN 2/3
emerging: MANDIBLE
converging: GB 1
connects with: GENITALIA, HYPOCHONDRIAC REGION (GB 25, 24, LV 13, 14, REN 14, ST 9), GB, LV, HT, ESOPHAGUS AND EYE

Question 14

what are the indications for treating a GB divergent channel

Answer 14

pathway pain
head s/s: dizzy, heavy head, h/a, ears, eyes, throat
blood holds latency, stagnation s/s

Question 15

fill in the information for the following confluence:
Stomach:
separating: 
entering: 
emerging: 
converging: 
connects with:

Answer 15

separating: ST 31 AREA
entering: ST 30 AREA
emerging: MOUTH
converging: UB 1/ST 1
connects with: REN 22, ST 9, ST, SP, HT, ESOPHAGUS, THROAT, MOUTH, EYE SYSTEM

Question 16

what are some indications for treating the ST divergent channel

Answer 16

local (ENT)

chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, conjunctivitis, otitis