Divergent Meridians

Question 1

Divergent meridians circulate ____ and _____ qi.

Answer 1

wei, yuan

Question 2

They are branches of the ______ channel.

Answer 2

primary

Question 3

They exist only in the presence of _______.

Answer 3

pathology

Question 4

They divert pathogens away from the ___ ____ to the _____.

Answer 4

zang fu, joints

Question 5

They strengthen and reinforce the bonds between paired ____ and ____ and _____ channels.

Answer 5

zang, fu, yin/yang

Question 6

Do they have points of their own?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

They begin on ______/_____ _____ and all go ___ the _____, ____, and _____. Except which one?

Answer 7

extremities, major articulations, trunk, face, head. Except the SJ divergent.

Question 8

Their distribution can be summarized as:

________ from the primary channel
________ the body cavity
________ from the body cavity, and
________ with the primary yang channel of the pair.

Answer 8

separating, entering, emerging, converging

Question 9

What is the 1st confluence and what are the confluent points?

Answer 9

KI/UB

UB 40/UB 10

Question 10

What is the 2nd confluence and what are the confluent points?

Answer 10

LV/GB

RN2/GB1

Question 11

What is the 3rd confluence and what are the confluent points?

Answer 11

SP/ST

ST30/UB1

Question 12

What is the 4th confluence and what are the confluent points?

Answer 12

HT/SI

GB22/UB1

Question 13

What is the 5th confluence and what are the confluent points?

Answer 13

PC/SJ

RN12/SJ16

Question 14

What is the 6th confluence and what are the confluent points?

Answer 14

LU/LI

ST12/LI18

Question 15

What does the opening point do?

Answer 15

It tells the body which channel is being treated

Question 16

What is the full signal to the body that a divergent treatment is happening?

Answer 16

confluent point + needle style + starting/opening point

Question 17

When do you use a jing well and what does it do?

Answer 17

It is used for SDS treatments. It shows the pathogen the way out.

Question 18

Yang channels start near a _______.

Answer 18

joint

Question 19

What confluence does not follow the rule that a yin channel follows a yang channel in the pair?

Answer 19

UB/KI

Question 20

What is the jing well for bladder? Opening point?

Answer 20

BL 67

BL40

Question 21

What channels go to Ren 17?

Answer 21

BL, ST, SP, SI, HT, SJ, PC

Question 22

What 3 channels do NOT go to ST 12?

Answer 22

UB, KI, HT

Question 23

What channels go to REN 23?

Answer 23

KI, ST, SP, HT, PC

Question 24

What is jing well for KI? Opening point?

Answer 24

KI1

KI10

Question 25

What is the jing well for LV? Opening point?

Answer 25

LV1

LV5

Question 26

What is the jing well for GB? Opening Point?

Answer 26

GB 44

GB 30

Question 27

What is the jing well for ST? Opening Point?

Answer 27

ST 45

ST 30

Question 28

What is the jing well for SP? Opening Point?

Answer 28

SP 1

SP 12

Question 29

What is the jing well for SI? Opening Point?

Answer 29

SI 1

SI 10

Question 30

What is the jing well for HT? Opening Point?

Answer 30

HT 9

HT 1

Question 31

What is the jing well for SJ? Opening Point?

Answer 31

SJ1

DU 20

Question 32

What is the jing well for PC? Opening Point?

Answer 32

PC 9

GB 22

Question 33

What is the jing well for LI? Opening Point?

Answer 33

LI 1

LI 15

Question 34

What is the jing well for LU? Opening Point?

Answer 34

LU 11

LU 1