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Eight Extraordinary Channels Flashcards

1
Q

Do the extraordinary channels have their own points?

A

Only the Ren and Du

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2
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Name the eight extraordinary channels

A 
Du - Governing Vessel
Ren - Conception Vessel
Chong - Penetrating Vessel
Girdling Vessel
Yin Motility
Yang Motility
Yin Linking
Yang Linking
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3
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the extraordinary channels link

A

the primary channels to each other

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4
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the extraordinary channels act as

A

reservoirs of qi and blood

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5
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The Du channel links all the yang channels at

A

Du 14

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6
Q

what vessel links all the yin channels?

A

Ren

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7
Q

which vessel regulates the qi in the yin channels?

A

Ren

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8
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what does the Chong/Penetrating vessel do?

A

links the stomach and kidney channels

links the Ren and Du

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9
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what is the Chong vessel also called?

A

the sea of blood

the sea of the 12 primary channels

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10
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what does the Girdling vessel do?

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binds the vertical paths of all primary channels particularly the Ren, Chong, KD, LV, and SP channels

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11
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the yin motility vessel connects

A

the KD and UB channels

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12
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the yin motility vessel dominates

A

quietness

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13
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the yang motility vessel connects

A

the UB, GB, SI, LI, and ST channels

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14
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the yang motility vessel dominates

A

activity

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15
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the yin linking vessel connects the

A

LV, KD, SP and Ren channels

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16
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the yin linking vessel dominates

A

the interior of the body

17
Q

the yang linking vessel connects the

A

GB, UB, SJ, SI, ST, and Du channels

18
Q

the yang linking vessel dominates the

A

exterior of the body

19
Q

what does the extraordinary vessels do?

A

protect the body

20
Q

the Ren, Du, and Chong vessels circulate the protective qi

A

over the abdomen, back, and chest

21
Q

which extraordinary vessels originate in the pelvic area?

A

Ren, Du, Chong

22
Q

which extraordinary vessels are linked with the preheaven qi?

A

Ren, Du, Chong

23
Q

what kind of points do the extraordinary channels have?

A

their own specific confluent points

24
Q

pathological symptoms of the chong/penetrating vessel

A

Counterflow qi, abdominal urgency, dyspnoea, gynaecological disorders, atrophy disorder of the leg.

25
Q

Pathological symptoms of the Girdling vessel

A

Abdominal fullness, a sensation at the waist as though
sitting in water, pain around the umbilicus, abdomen,
waist and lumbar spine, red and white leucorrhoea,
irregular menstruation, infertility, insufficient sperm,
shan disorder.

26
Q

Pathological symptoms of the Yang Motility Vessel

A

Daytime epilepsy, eye diseases, loss of consciousness,
aversion to wind, hemiplegia, chronic painful obstruction,
rigidity of the body, lumbar pain, contracted sinews,
flaccidity of the muscles of the medial leg and tightness of
the muscles of the lateral leg.

27
Q

which points does the chong vessel cross through?

A

Ren 1, Ren 7, ST 30, KD 11-21

28
Q

which points does the girdling vessel cross through?

A

GB 26-28

29
Q

which points does the yang motility vessel cross through?

A

UB 62, UB 61, UB 59, GB 29, SI 10, LI 15, LI 16, SJ 15, ST 4, ST 3, ST 1, UB 1

30
Q

Pathological symptoms of the Yin Motility vessel

A

Night-time epilepsy, eye diseases, chills and fever, painful
obstruction of the skin due to damp-heat, hypogastric
pain, internal urgency, pain of the genitals, contracted
sinews, shan disorder, uterine bleeding, leucorrhoea, flaccidity of the muscles of the lateral leg and tightness of the muscles of the medial leg.

31
Q

what points does the yin motility vessel cross through?

A

KD 6, KD 8, UB 1

32
Q

Pathological symptoms of the Yang Linking vessel

A

Visual dizziness, dyspnoea, acute and sudden pain and
swelling of the lumbar region, chills and fever, dyspnoea
with raised shoulders, fever and chills.

33
Q

which points does the yang linking vessel cross through?

A

UB 63, GB 35, SI 10, SJ 15, GB 21, ST 8, GB 13-20, Du 16, Du 15

34
Q

Pathological symptoms of the Yin Linking vessel

A

Heart pain, pain of the chest, fullness and pain of the

lateral costal region, lumbar pain.

35
Q

which points does the yin linking vessel cross through?

A

KD 9, SP 12-16, LV 14, Ren 22, Ren 23

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