Eight Extraordinary Meridians

Question 1

T or F: There are 3 opening points on the hand/arm and 5 on the foot/leg

Answer 1

False. There are 4 on each

Question 2

T or F: Act as reservoirs for surplus of resources or pathology and extra energy not used is stored in the 8 extra.

Answer 2

True

Question 2

Governs cycle of birth, growth, maturity, decline, death

Answer 2

Yang Wei Mai

Question 3

This channel deals with structure/construction

Answer 3

Du Mai

Question 4

Identify:

Answer 4

Du Mai 4th tragectory

Question 5

These channels contain the jing needed to carry out our destiny

Answer 5

Chong Mai

Question 5

Treats inability to manage major life change,

Answer 5

Yang Wei Mai

Question 7

They are conduits of_______.

Answer 7

yuan / constitutional qi

Question 8

Reflection of life in present moment best describes:

Answer 8

3rd Ancestry

Question 8

This channel governs violations to the Jing

Answer 8

Dai Mai

Question 9

Our ability to engage in the world is governed by?

Answer 9

Du Mai

Question 9

Ease with the external world is governed by?

Answer 9

Yang Qiao Mai

Question 10

These channels support postnatal qi

Answer 10

Du Mai and Chong Mai (if chong mai is incorrect, please tell me… since the first ancestry deals with prenatal qi, having this in my notes confused me)

Question 11

Treats head wind conditions

Answer 11

Yang Wei Mai

Question 12

Govern the flow of ______&____ in the primary channels, but ______ _____ the primaries.

Answer 12

qi & blood, cannot access

Question 13

What is another name for the conception vessel?

Answer 13

Ren Mai

Question 14

Phases of life and aging are in what ancestry?

Answer 14

2nd

Question 15

Tonify (strengthen) yin for insomnia. Sedate/reduce for somnolence.

Answer 15

Yin Qiao Mai

Question 16

Sea of Yang

Answer 16

Du Mai, reservoir of surplus yang

Question 16

Yin Qiao master/opening point is

Answer 16

KI 6

Question 17

An imbalance in this channels yields fear or fantasy about the future.

Answer 17

Yang Wei Mai

Question 17

Identify:

Answer 17

Chong Mai 2nd tragectory

Question 18

T or F: As a whole, the eight extra channels are used to treat issues relating to gender, sexual identity, ethnicity, humanity, growth, maturity, development, sexual function, conception and pregnancy.

Answer 18

But of course, true

Question 18

This channel determines how we connect with our environment.

Answer 18

Yang Wei Mai

Question 19

Which channels are also Primary channels with their own points?

Answer 19

Ren Mai & Du Mai

Question 20

Channel of Bonding and why?

Answer 20

Ren Mai, mother to child, Ren to Ren when breast feeding.

Question 21

This channel records our actions/movement

Answer 21

Yang Wei Mai

Question 21

Identify:

Answer 21

Du Mai 3rd tragectory

Question 22

This channel creates substance

Answer 22

Yin Wei Mai

Question 23

Identify:

Answer 23

Chong Mai 5th tragectory

Question 24

In what ancestry is the creation of Yin/Yang?

Answer 24

1st

Question 25

If the bottom half of body feels cold, like sitting in cold, damp water, what channel would that indicate?

Answer 25

Dai Mai

Question 26

Our reflexes are governed by?

Answer 26

Du Mai

Question 26

Functioning of the sensory motor tracts are governed by?

Answer 26

Du Mai

Question 26

Treats heart emotional pain

Answer 26

Yin Wei Mai

Question 26

Identify:

Answer 26

Du Mai 2nd tragectory

Question 27

Ease with being oneself is governed by

Answer 27

Yin Qiao Mai

Question 29

What channel deals with a mother's inability to let her child grow into an adult?

Answer 29

Ren Mai

Question 30

Master or opening point for Chong Mai?

Answer 30

SP 4

Question 31

Treats difficulties with socialization

Answer 31

Yang Wei Mai

Question 32

Record of the changes in our structure

Answer 32

Yin Wei Mai

Question 33

This is the vessel of Latency/Depository of postnatal excesses such as accumulations, concentrations, concretions, and gatherings

Answer 33

Dai Mai

Question 34

Identify:

Answer 34

Yang Wei Mai

Question 35

The Yang Linking is aka?

Answer 35

Yang Wei Mai

Question 36

Tonify (strengthen) yang for somnolence. Reduce/sedate for insomnia.

Answer 36

Yang Qiao Mai

Question 37

The master/opening point for the Yang Wei is

Answer 37

SJ 5

Question 38

Treats somatic pain

Answer 38

Yin Wei Mai

Question 39

Our ability to engage in the world and detach from our mother is governed by?

Answer 39

Du Mai

Question 40

Vessel of Aging (Cycles of 7 & 8)

Answer 40

Yin Wei Mai

Question 42

The master/opening point of the Yin Wei is?

Answer 42

PC 6

Question 42

This channel deals with accumulating dampness: fibroids, endometriosis, prostatitis, cysts, edema, excess fat, etc.

Answer 42

Dai Mai

Question 43

If in excess, inner leg muscles are tight and outer leg muscles are flaccid

Answer 43

Yin Qiao Mai

Question 44

T or F: The Ren Mai does not have it's own meridian points.

Answer 44

FALSE. It's also a Primary Meridian

Question 45

These channels contain our genetic material.

Answer 45

Chong Mai

Question 46

This channel connects Spleen with the prenatal level

Answer 46

Dai Mai

Question 47

Identify:

Answer 47

Dai Mai

Question 48

Identify:

Answer 48

Chong Mai 3rd tragectory

Question 50

T or F: Du Mai is also a primary channel with acupuncture points

Answer 50

True

Question 52

An imbalance in this channels yields longing for that which is past

Answer 52

Yin Wei Mai

Question 53

Treats relationship issues

Answer 53

Ren Mai

Question 53

Identify:

Answer 53

Chong Mai 4th tragectory

Question 54

This channel governs memories relating to unprocessed events

Answer 54

Dai Mai

Question 55

These channels regulate blood in the Primaries

Answer 55

Chong Mai

Question 56

Identify:

Answer 56

Yin Wei Mai

Question 57

yin xu w/yin stasis is treated with what channel?

Answer 57

Ren Mai

Question 58

Treats damage done to the constitution, pathology related to assimilation, the five accumulations (HT, LU, LV, SP, KI), heart/kidney communication.

Answer 58

Chong Mai

Question 59

If in excess, outer leg muscles are tight and inner leg muscles are flaccid.

Answer 59

Yang Qiao Mai

Question 61

Ability or inability to manage change is governed by?

Answer 61

Yang Wei Mai

Question 63

Treats excess and deficient wei qi issues

Answer 63

Yang Wei Mai

Question 64

Identify:

Answer 64

Du Mai 1st tragectory

Question 66

The master/opening point of the Du Mai is?

Answer 66

SI 3

Question 66

This channel links postnatal and prenatal levels

Answer 66

Dai Mai

Question 67

This channel absorbs excess Yang

Answer 67

Dai Mai

Question 69

The Yin Linking channel is aka?

Answer 69

Yin Wei Mai

Question 70

An imbalance in this channels yields retreat from world

Answer 70

Yin Qiao Mai

Question 71

Our blueprint?

Answer 71

Chong Mai

Question 72

This channel reconciles movement of yang on exterior with yang on the interior

Answer 72

Yang Wei Mai

Question 73

These channels connect with the brain

Answer 73

Du Mai, Yin Wei Mai, Yin Qiao Mai, Yang Qiao Mai

Question 74

Vessel of One's Stance

Answer 74

Yin Qiao Mai & Yang Qiao Mai

Question 75

This channel contains toxins the body is unable to deal with.

Answer 75

Dai Mai

Question 76

feeling a lack of wholeness (do I feel complete) is treated with?

Answer 76

Ren Mai

Question 77

The penetrating vessel is aka?

Answer 77

Chong Mai

Question 78

What changes take place on this level?

Answer 78

Evolutionary changes

Question 79

8 extra channels consist of _____ generations or \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 79

3, ancestries

Question 80

Yang Heel/Yang Motility is aka?

Answer 80

Yang Qiao Mai

Question 81

Identify:

Answer 81

Chong Mai 1st tragectory

Question 83

The Governing Vessel is aka?

Answer 83

Du Mai

Question 84

What is the master/opening point for the Ren Mai?

Answer 84

LU 7

Question 85

The Girdle Vessel is aka?

Answer 85

Dai Mai

Question 86

This channel is a receptacle for the absorption of deeply held emotions and sentiments

Answer 86

Dai Mai

Question 87

The opening/master point of the Dai Mai is?

Answer 87

GB 41

Question 89

What ancestry deals with prenatal qi?

Answer 89

1st

Question 90

The master /opening point of Yang Qiao Mai is?

Answer 90

UB 62

Question 92

This channel is a repository of the Qiao channels and Luo of the 8 Extra channels

Answer 92

Dai Mai

Question 93

Our reflexes and posture are governed by?

Answer 93

Du Mai

Question 94

Curiosity, independence and disposition are governed by?

Answer 94

Du Mai

Question 95

Identify:

Answer 95

Ren Mai

Question 97

Sea of Yin

Answer 97

Ren Mai, reservoir of surplus yin

Question 98

valve or sphincter issues, digestive problems are treated with?

Answer 98

Ren Mai

Question 100

The record of our past changes and actions best describes: Yin Wei, Yang Wei or 2nd Ancestry

Answer 100

2nd Ancestry

Question 101

This channel governs emotions of attachment to the past

Answer 101

Dai Mai

Question 102

An imbalance in this channels yields a need to change world.

Answer 102

Yang Qiao Mai

Question 103

This channel deals with our materials and resources

Answer 103

Ren Mai

Question 104

What ancestry deals with conception thru 7-8 years of life?

Answer 104

1st

Question 105

This channel creates movement

Answer 105

Yang Wei Mai

Question 106

Feeling free and spontaneous is governed by?

Answer 106

Yang Qiao Mai

Question 107

Sea of Blood

Answer 107

Chong Mai

Question 108

Yin Heel/Yin Motility is aka

Answer 108

Yin Qiao Mai

Question 109

What is the signaling system? How?

Answer 109

Needling technique, deep and vibrate

Question 110

This channel is the storage and clearing house

Answer 110

Dai Mai