Final Review: Bi-pain and Wei-Weakness

Question 1

The 4 Bi types

Answer 1

Wandering Bi: wind
Fixed Bi: damp
Painful Bi: cold
Heat Bi: heat

Question 2

5 level of Bi affected areas

Answer 2

Skin Bi
Muscle Bi
Tendon Bi
Vessel Bi
Bone Bi

Question 3

Bi pain on neck, shoulder and lower back Distal points

Answer 3

Neck: SI3, BL62
Shoulder: LI4, SI3, TB5
Low back: BL60, BL40

Question 4

Bi pain on Shoulder elbow Adjacent points

Answer 4

Shoulder pain (Scapulohumeral periarthritis) : LI 15, SI 9, SJ 14, SJ 15
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Tennis elbow: LI 11, LI 4, LI 10, SJ 5

Question 5

Sciatica:

Answer 5

GB 30, BL 54, BL 25, GB 34, BL 40

Question 6

Carpal tunnel syndrome:

Answer 6

PC 6, PC 7, LI 5, LI 4

Question 7

Knee pain:

Answer 7

Xiyan, ST34, GB34

Question 8

Wind Bi

Answer 8

Wind: BL12, LI4, BL17, SP10

Question 9

Cold Bi

Answer 9

Cold: ST36, Ren6

Question 10

Damp Bi

Answer 10

Dampness: SP9, BL20, ST40

Question 11

Heat Bi

Answer 11

Heat: LI11, DU14

Question 12

Heat in lungs injuring Yin fluids Wei 1

Answer 12

Fever, weakness and flaccidity of limbs which follows after the
fever subsides, dry skin, mental restlessness, thirst, dry throat,
scanty dark urine, dry stools, red dry tongue without coating, thin
rapid pulse

Question 13

Heat in lungs injuring Yin fluids Wei 2

Answer 13

Acupuncture DU14, BL13, LU5, ST36, SP6, LU9

Question 14

Invasion of damp heat Wei 1

Answer 14

Constant low grade fever which does not abate with sweating,
weakness, heaviness and swelling of the legs, numbness, a
feeling of oppression of the chest and epigastrium, cloudy urine,
a feeling of heaviness of the body, yellow complexion. Red
tongue yellow sticky tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse.

Question 15

Invasion of damp heat Wei 2

Answer 15

Acupuncture DU14, LI11, SP9, SP6, BL22, ST40, ST36

Question 16

Stomach and spleen deficiency Wei 1

Answer 16

Muscular weakness, a feeling of weakness of the limbs,
tiredness, easily fatigued, poor appetite, loose stools, a sallow
complexion. Pale tongue, weak pulse

Question 17

Stomach and spleen deficiency Wei 2

Answer 17

Acupuncture BL20, BL21, SP6, ST36, SP3

Question 18

Kidney and liver deficiency Wei 1

Answer 18

Weakness and atrophy of muscles, sore back, dizziness,
tinnitus, blurred vision, dry eyes, scanty urine, 5 palm heat,
night sweat, hot flushes, red tongue without coating, thin deep
pulse

Question 19

Kidney and liver deficiency Wei 2

Answer 19

Acupuncture BL18, KI3, LIV3, BL23, Ren4, GB39, GB34

Question 20

Trauma Wei 1

Answer 20

History of trauma, flaccid paralytic limbs, may be accompanied with
incontinence of urine and feces, relaxed or hesitant pulse, pink or dark
purplish tongue with thin white coating

Question 21

Trauma Wei 2

Answer 21

Acupuncture Hua tuo jia ji points at the corresponding level of spinal
injury. Incontinence of urine: Ren3 zhongji, SP6, incontinence of
feces: BL25 da chang shu, BL32 ci liao