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Meridian Final prep Flashcards

1
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Jing jin - list the unique features about the meridians

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  • LIV - Sexual disfunction
  • GB - mutual crossing of wei jing
  • SJ - rolling of the tongue
  • LU & pericardium - masses under the ribs
  • KID & UB - convulsions & epilepsy
  • SI - eyes wont open
  • Heart - on a Beam
  • SP - torquing genital pain
  • ST - bells paulsy
  • LG. I - cant turn head
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List the 15 luo ponts

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  • LU-7 Lièquē
  • LI-6 Piānli
  • ST-40 Fēnglóng
  • SP-4 Gōngsūn
  • HE-5 Tōnglǐ
  • SI-7 Zhīzhèng
  • BL-58 Fēiyáng
  • KID-4 Dàzhōng
  • P-6 Nèiguān
  • SJ-5 Wàiguān
  • GB-37 Guāngmíng
  • LIV-5 Lǐgōu
  • REN-15 Jiūwéi
  • DU-1 Chángqiáng
  • SP-21 Dàbāo
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3
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List the 4 seas

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Sea of blood

Sea of Qi

Sea of food

Sea of marrow

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4
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Sea of all yang

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Du mai

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5
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List the meridians which go to the zong mai

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  1. Sm Int. reg.
  2. Luo LI
  3. GB reg.
  4. SI jing jin
  5. SJ reg
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LIV which aspect of the liver does not cross with the yin tool

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Jing bie

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7
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Outer canthus of the eye

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GB primary begins

SJ terminates

SI primary

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8
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Regular meridian of LIV

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Rises @ big toes’ Hair Border, Rises along foot arch to it’s upper edge, Passes by inner ankle 1 “, Above ankle 8 cun crosses Tai Yin’s anterior, Rises to inner edge of popliteal fossa, Comes along thigh’s Yin enters centre of pubic hair, Orbits yin tool, Reaches lower abdomen, Proximate’s stomach, Constitutes Liver, Net’s Gallbladder, Rises to pierce diaphragm, Spreads out over hypochondrium and ribs, Rises on the back of the throat (windpipe), Above reaches nasal pharynx, Links to eye connections, Rises to situate @ forehead, And with Du Mai unites on Crown, It’s branch: From Eye connections descends to inside cheek, Circles inside of lips. A Branch: From Liver, Pierces diaphragm, Above pours into Lungs,

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Regular meridian of GB

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Arises @ eyes outer canthus, Above reaches Jiao - (Horn), Descends to ears posterior, Goes along nape of neck and moves to Hand Shao Yang’s anterior, Reaches top of shoulder, Diverges and crosses to situate @ Hand Shao Yang’s posterior Enters @ broken dish. Its Branch: From ears posterior enters the ear centre, Situates anterior of ear, Arrives behind eyes outer canthus, It’s Branch: From outer canthus, Descend to mandibular pulse (dayin), Harmonizes with Shou Shao yang, Reaches jue together (bag under the eyes), Below add the carriage of the Jaw, Descends down neck, Harmonizes @ broken dish, Descends into chest centre, Penetrates diaphragm, Nets Liver, constitutes Gall Bladder, Inferior of floating ribs/hypochondrium, Situates @ inguinal crease, Wraps pubic hair line, Horizontally enters centre of hip joint, Its continuous portion, From broken dish, descends to armpit, Travels along chest, Passes by free ends of free ribs, Descends to unite with the centre of the Hip joint, Travels along yang aspect of hip joint to situate at knees outer edge, Descends along exterior fu gu anterior to fibula, Continues to descend reaching the tip of the broken bone (where the meat takes over the feeling of the fibula), Descends to situate anterior lateral malleolus, Travels along arch of foot and enters 4th & 5th toes interspace, It’s Branch: From top of arch, Enters big toes interspace, Travels along smaller bones toe to situate at its tip, Reverses and penetrates the nail, Exits @ 3 hairs of the toe

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10
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Sea of all yin

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REN

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11
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Sea of blood and Qi

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Chong

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12
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Terminates at opposite as to where it arrives

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UB inner eye - pinky toe

ST nose - between 2nd and 3rd toe

SP - big toes tip to tongue root

KID - pinky toe to tongue root

GB - eyes outer canthus to 3 hairs of big toe

LIV - med side of big toe to crown of head

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13
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Treats disease in the arena of what:

ST

LI

SI

SJ

UB

GB

PC

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  • ST - blood
  • LI - Jin - thin fluids
  • SI - ye - thick fluids
  • SJ - Qi
  • UB - Jin
  • GB - bones
  • PC - vessels
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14
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Treats disease in the arena of:

all meridians treat their zong excep what

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Pericardium - vessels

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15
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Treats in the arena of the Blood

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ST

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16
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Treats in the arena of the Bones

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GB

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17
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Treats in the arena of the Jin - contractile tissue

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UB

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18
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Treats in the arena of the jin - thin fluids

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LI

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19
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Treats in the arena of the Qi

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SJ

20
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Treats in the arena of the vessels

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PC

21
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Treats in the arena of the Ye - thick fluids

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SI

22
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What connects @ eye root

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ST Jing bie

HE: primary, luo

LIV primary

REN

23
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What connects to the dorsum of the foot

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ST Jing jin, primary

GB primary channel, & Luo

LIV primary runs along top of foot

24
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What connects with the tongue root

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  • SP primary
  • SP Jing Bie
  • HE Luo
  • UB Jing jin
  • KID primary
  • KID jing bie
  • SJ Jing jin
25
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Where are the Jue

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Regular Meridians:

  • forearm jue - LU
  • Gu jue - bone jue in lower legs - KID
  • shin - ST
  • ankle - UB
  • Lateral foot unusually hot - Yang Jue - GB

Luo:

*

26
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Which luo meridians does one see counterflow

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ST, SP, KID, LIV

27
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Which meridians connect to the breast

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LI jing bie

ST primary

HE sinew
GB sinew

28
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Which meridians cross the body

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Jing Jing GB

Jing jin - LI

LI Reg

Dai mai

29
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Which meridians do not traverse the diaphrgam

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UB

30
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Which meridians reach the anus

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UB jing bie

DU

31
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Which meridians reach the brain

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UB primary

DU

Yin motility

Yang motility

32
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Which meridians share the pathology of:

diarrheoa

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SP & LI

33
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Which meridians share the pathology of:

jaundice

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SP & KID

34
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Which meridians share the pathology of:

laboured breathing

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KI & LU

35
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Which meridians share the pathology of:

yellow eyes

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LI, UB, HE & PC

36
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Which meridians spread over the diaphragm

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LU jing jin

PC Jing jin

37
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Write out the GB-LIV Bie li pair pathway

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GB:

Wraps hip, Enters pubic Hair Line, Unites with Jue yin, Branches and enters b/t tip of floating ribs, Travels along chest walls interior, Connects GB and disperses LI, Above it pierces the Heart, Proximate the esophagus, Exits under the dimple of the mouth, Disperses on face, Links eye links, Unites with Shou Yang @ outer canthus of the eye

LIV:

Branches at the Metatarsal, Ascends to the pubic hairline, Harmonizes with Shou Yang, With Shou Yang Jing Bie it flows

38
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Write out the pathway of UB - KI Jing bie pair

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UB:

Arises and enters the popliteal fossa, One branch of its path, descends to reach 5 cun below the sacrococygeal region, Enters into the Anus, connects the Urinary Bladder, Disperses @ Kidney, Then ascends along the inside of the spine, when present @ Heart, enters & disperses, From external erectors rises to enter nape of neck and connects to tai yang

KID:

Arrives at popliteal fossa, Branches to the foot taiyang channel and harmonizes, Ascends to Kidneys, When present @ 14th vertebra, exits to make up Dai mai, Its continuous portion rises to link root of tongue, Again exits @ nape, Unites with tai yang foot Bladder

39
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Write out the Jing bie pathway of HE-SI

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Heart:

Branches @ armpit, between the 2 tendons it enters, Connects at Heart, Rises along windpipe, Exits @ face, Unites @ eyes inner canthus

SI:

Points to the ground, Branches at shoulder joint, Enters at armpit, Reaches the Heart, Links to small intestine

40
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Know of Jing Bie irregular flowing and pouring

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  • donèt know yet
41
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Jing Jin GB

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Arises at 4th toe, Ties on lateral malleolus, Rises along the outer edge of the tibia, Ties on to knees outer edge. Its Branch: Arises on outer fu gu (head of fibula), Rises to hip anterior to fu gu ties on Posterior aspect ties onto sacrum, Its continuous portion, Rises along the side waist, Rides over floating ribs, Ascends and goes to armpits anterior edge, Links to breast and chest, Knots at broken dish, It`s continuous portion, Rise to exit at armpit, Penetrates broken dish, Situates at tai yangs anterior, Travels ear posteriorly, Rises to Jiao, Crosses on top of the Head, Descends to horn, Its branch, Knots at outer corner of eye

42
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Jing Jin Pericardium

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Arises at tip of middle finger, Moves parallel to tai yins Jin, Ties onto elbows inner edge, Above yin of arm knots under the armpit, Below disperses anterior and posterior, Proximities hypchondrium, Its Branch: Enters armpit, Through chest center, Knots at central tendon of diaphragm

43
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Du Mai

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Arises in the lower abdomen, descends traveling to the pubic symphysis, In women: enters and links to Urethra, this hole is the urine holes end, Nets and travels along the yin tool, Unites at pelvic floor centre, Wraps posterior to perineum, Branches wrapping buttocks, Ariving at Zu Shou Yin - Kidney - at the posterior yin of the leg, with Ju Yang,With Ju Yang, in the middle it nets and harmonizes, With Shou Yin it rises up the thigh’s inner posterior, peirces the spine, and makes a constitutional connection to Kidney, With Tai Yang it arises @ eyes inner canthus, rises up the forehead, crosses the apex of the head, nets the Brain, Reverses, exits and splits in 2, descends the neck, travels along the deep erectors of the spine to net the Kidney, In Men: travels along the stocks underside to the perineum, as with woemn it travels the same path, However, from lower abdomen moves up to the navel, center perices, rises to penetrate the Heart, enters the Throat, rises to the mouth dimple, circles lips, rises to link inferior 2 both eyes

44
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In clinical practice, when is du mai used

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depression and shitzophrenia

45
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Ren regulates all _____ meridians

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Yin

46
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Chong

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The Chong Main is the sea of 5 viscera & 6 hollow organs. It is all of their granary and storehouse ( receives distro of all; major resivour of qi xue), Its upper portion situates at the nasal pharnxy (in front of the brain stem), it seeps or sponges into all Yang, it irrigates all essence, It’s lower aspect pours into the Big luo of Shou Yin, Situates @ Qi Jue (ingunual crease at the femoral artery), Travels along inner edge of the Yin of the thigh, Enters the popliteal fossa, Travels hidden in the tibia, Arrives @ posterior medial malleolus, Connects then branches, Moving along shou yins meridian, Seeps into 3 yin, Hidden it situates @ metatarsal arch, Descends along the top of foot, Enters in Big toes interspace

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