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Midterm Study Set Flashcards

1
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What are the four philosophical foundations of acupuncture techniques

A
  • regulating the meridians and collaterals
  • harmonize/balance yin and yang
  • natural law of acupuncture is support vital qi to expel the evils
  • the core of acupuncture techniques is to manipulate in different levels
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If the disease on on the yin side choose _______ points.

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yang

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3
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Yang is on the ____

Yin is on the _____

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left

right

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4
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Is rotating the needle forward yang or yin

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yang

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5
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Is rotating the needle backward yang or yin

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yin reduce

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6
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Name that technique:

Insert Slow
Remove Quick
Cover Hole

A

Tonify

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7
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Name that technique:
Insert Quick
Remove Slow

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Reduce

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8
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How would one needle a patient with pain?

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Yin

Insert needle deeper, retain longer

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9
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How would one needle a patient with itching

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Yang

Stay superficial and retain needle shorter

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10
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9 needles of acupuncture symbolize what?

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symbol of the formation of acupuncture needling techniques

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11
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How would one needle a strong patient?

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deeper

retain longer

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12
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How would one needle a weak patient?

A

needle shallow

retain shorter

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13
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9 needles took place during what age?

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Bronze Age

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14
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What is the bian shi?

A

The stone tool that has been used to cure or treat diseases

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15
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What is the bian shi as a noun?

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Healing tool

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16
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What is the bian shi as a verb?

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Heal disease

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17
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How would one needle a weak patient with Yang excess and yin deficiency?

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tonify yin first then reduce yang

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18
Q

Who is the author of ‘The Verse of Golden Needle?

A

Xu Feng

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19
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What are the 6 kinds of fundamental techniques?

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  1. lifting/thrusting 提插
  2. twisting 捻转
  3. slow-speedy
    tonification/reducing 徐疾
  4. breathing tonification/reducing 呼吸
  5. direction (against or w/ meridians) 迎随
  6. open/close pt. 开合
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20
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How does one open and regulate the meridians and collaterals?

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  • Use meeting points of Qi and Blood(proper use of points)
  • Be aware of Ying and Sui (broad and narrow sense)
  • Controlling the direction of Qi flow
  • Ziwulizhu Needling
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21
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What does be aware of Ying and Sui (broad and narrow sense)?

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  • Broad sense: tonify or reduce

- Narrow sense: go against or along meridians

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22
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Turning the needle backward Qi goes?

A

Down

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23
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Turning the needle forward Qi goes?

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up

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24
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What is Ziwulizhu Needling?

A

Needling according to the organ clock

Reduce during organ time

Tonify after organ time

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25
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What is the natural law of acupuncture

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To Support vital Qi and Expel the Evils

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26
Q

Is Moxa a tonifying or reducing technique?

A

Tonifying

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27
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Is Needling a tonifying or reducing technique?

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reducing

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28
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Is Bleeding a tonifying or reducing technique?

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reducing

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29
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Is Cupping a tonifying or reducing technique?

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both

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30
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Is tuina a tonifying or reducing technique?

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both

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31
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What is the #1 rule of tonification

A

never tonify evil qi

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32
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The core of acupuncture technique is what?

A

Manipulating in different levels

heaven/human/earth

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33
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What does the lingshu Ch 7 say about the three punctures?

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1st, penetrating the skin, get rid of Yang evil

2nd, going slightly deeper, reach the muscles, expel Yin evil

3rd, even deeper, gain the grain Qi

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34
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Why do we needle the different layers?

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The hierarchy of Qi is distributed between them

Tissues correlated with internal organs

Season affect the movement of blood and Qi

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35
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What are the three basic requirements of effectively applying acupuncture techniques?

A

Deqi: Qi grabbing

Zhishen: Shen Management

Bianzhengshizhi: techniques applied according to the differentiation

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36
Q

What are the 5 steps?

A 
theory, diagnosis, 
prescription (includes points), 
techniques, 
herbs,
modification  
(Li, Fa, Fang, Xue, Shu etc)
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37
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What are the ten guidelines to carry out Bianzhengshizhi?

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  1. yin syndrome
  2. Yang syndrome
  3. Surface Syndrome
  4. Internal Syndrome
  5. Cold
  6. Heat
  7. Excess
  8. Deficient (zang fu or constitutionally)
  9. Qi
  10. Xue-blood
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38
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What happens with and How does one treat Yin Syndrome?

A

yin excessive, eventually will damage yang.

Strengthen the yang and reduce the yin.

Needle deeper and retain longer. Can use moxa.

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39
Q

What happens with and How does one treat Yang Syndrome?

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yang excessive

needle shallow and retain shorter.

Can use bleeding and cupping.

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40
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How does one treat Surface Syndrome?

A

choose correct pts.

GB20, GV16, LI11, LI4, BL12.

Needle shallow and retain shorter

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41
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How does one treat Internal Syndrome?

A

yuan source pt of meridian. Needle deeper and retain longer.

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42
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How does one treat Cold?

A

Similar to yin

Strengthen the yang and reduce the yin.

Needle deeper and retain longer. Can use moxa.

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43
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How does one treat Heat?

A

Similar to yang

needle shallow and retain shorter.

Can use bleeding and cupping.

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44
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What are the basic techniques of needling?

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how to hold the needle:

  1. Lifting & Thrusting (Ticha) 提插
  2. Twisting (Nianzhuan) 捻转
  3. Depth (Shenqian) 深浅
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45
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What are the adjunct techniques to needling?

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After insertion, how to facilitate Qi arriving:

  • guiding
  • flicking
  • scraping
  • waving
  • vibrating
46
Q

What are the two classically useful insertion techniques?

A
  • Inserting with cough during inhale/exhale

- insert needle by rotating to drive through the skin

47
Q

Do you needle a patient with a good constitution deep or shallow?

A

Deep

48
Q

Do you needle a patient with a weak constitution deep or shallow?

A

shallow

49
Q

Needle deep points____?

A

deep

50
Q

How should one needle in spring?

A

Shallow

51
Q

How should one needle in Summer?

A

deep

muscles

52
Q

How deep does one needle to needle in the fall?

A

tendons

53
Q

How deep does one needle to needle in the winter?

A

tendons and bones

54
Q

How should one needle an excessive pulse?

A

deeper

55
Q

How should one needle an deficient pulse?

A

shallow

56
Q

How should one needle an heat syndrome?

A

shallow and quick (as if you touched hot soup)

57
Q

How should one needle cold syndrome?

A

deeper and slower (as if a person dislikes walking)

58
Q

What are the three methods for retaining the needle?

A

be patient wait until sun set!

  • Without any manipulation
  • Manipulate the needle during retention of the needle
  • Lift-retaining (subcutaneous retaining
59
Q

What is the clinical usage of retaining needles?

A
  • waiting for Qi to arrive
  • Regulating Qi
  • To support the even & expel the evil
  • assisting the tonification and reducing
60
Q

If you want to tonify then you withdraw the needle______.

A

Quick and seal the point

61
Q

If you want to reduce then you withdraw the needle______.

A

slow to bring out the qi

62
Q

What are the four aspects of inspections (Chuai)

A
  • Separating (Fenbuo) (PC6, LU7, ST36)
  • Turning (Xuanzhuan) (SI6)
  • Rolling-waving (Gunyao) (SJ4, LI15
  • Ascending-descending (Shengjiang) (ST41, LI15)
63
Q

What are 7 adjunct needling techniques?

A
  • Inspection
  • Guiding
  • Flicking
  • Scraping
  • Waving
  • Flying
  • Trembling
64
Q

What are the 8 main townifying and reducing techniques?

A

Twisting (Nianzhuan, concers the speed and the amplitude of the angle)

Lifting-Trusting (Ticha, concerns the speed, strength and the range or amplitude)

Along-Against (Yingsui, the flow of meridians, in narrow sense)

Respiration (Huxi, of the patients and/or the doctors)

Speed Controlling (Xuji, of either inserting and withdrawing or manipulation)

Opening-Closing (Kaihe, of needling holes)

Nine-Six (Jiuliu, according to the numbers)

Yingwei (Yingwei, concerning Qi and Blood, or the depth)

65
Q

What is the advantage of joined needling?

A

extend the effective range of the needle,

links up to balance the channel

internal/ex relationship, sensation,

facilitate qi grabbing

use less needles.

66
Q

Da Qi:

A

the feeling the doctor gets when they catch the qi

67
Q

Ziwuliuzhu says to treat by:

A

Deficiency-tonify mother

Excess- reduce child

needle according to organ clock

68
Q

What are the philosophical foundations of acupuncture techniques?

A
  • regulating the meridians and collaterals
  • harmonize/balance yin and yang
  • natural law of acupuncture is support vital qi to expel the evils
  • the core of acupuncture techniques is to manipulate in different levels
69
Q

Describe the steps of Setting the Fire of Mountain:

A
  1. During exhale push to heaven with finger press
  2. Preform 9 yang heavy push & forward rotating
  3. Exhale move needle to human and repeat 9 yang
  4. Exhale move needle to earth and repeat 9 yang.
  5. If warm sensation appears pull needle to heaven directly, then during inhale slowly remove needle and close the hole.
70
Q

what are the indications for the settle fire of mountain technique?

A
  • Kd yang def
  • yuan Qi def of zang and Jing Luo.
  • wind stroke, paralysis etc.
  • Cold damp Bi-Syn, cold limbs, cold abdominal (impotence, hernias),
  • Five am coldness.
71
Q

What are good points to use for fire of mountain technique

A

GB30

Bl23:Kd Shu

Li4:He Gu,

Sp10:Xue Hai

St 36- Zu San Li

LI11

72
Q

What are the main cautions with fire of mountain technique?

A
  • Don’t do this on the head/face.
  • If get heat/warm sensation on first heaven layer, don’t need to go further.
  • If don’t get heat after 9 rounds, stop and give warming herbs.
  • Don’t let whole process take too long, because it is strong stimulation…
  • If you’re not grabbing Qi, you’re not really doing it!
  • If pt is sensitive, can eliminate rotations and only thrust.
73
Q

Describe how to preform through heavenly cooling technique:

A
  1. Inhale needle to earth w/ stretching technique
  2. 6 yin heavier pull and backward rotating
  3. pull out to person during exhale and repeat
  4. Pull out to heaven during exhale and repeat
  5. When cold is felt, withdraw quickly during exhale
74
Q

What are the indications for heavenly cooling technique?

A
  • flaming of the heat
  • excessive heat
  • ministeral fire
  • heat syn
  • heat excessive wind stroke (acute stage)
  • summer heat
  • high fever
  • mania
75
Q

Explain how to preform a warm townifying technique:

A
  1. Insert needle with pressing hand
  2. forward rotating w/ pushing 5 times
  3. hold the tip of needle and preform heavy push light pull for 10x
  4. 45 more seconds heavier push lighter pull
  5. wait for heavy/tight sensation to transform to warmth
  6. pull out needle and close hole
76
Q

Explain how to preform a cool reduction technique:

A
  1. Insert needle with pressing hand
  2. Backward rotation 5x t
  3. pull back needle 1/10cun li
  4. light push heavy pull x45 times
  5. wait for cooling sensation
77
Q

Explain the technique for yin hidden within yang:

A
  1. Exhale insert needle with finger press. to human
  2. Heavy push light pull forward rotating 9 yang-tonify
  3. Reduce after tonify
  4. exhale push to earth with stretching
  5. heavy pull light push backward 6 yin
  6. wait for cool sensation then pull needle to heaven
  7. withdraw quick needle, close hole
78
Q

Explain the technique for yang hidden within yin:

A
  1. Inhale insert needle w/ stretching to earth
  2. Heavy pull light push w/ backward rotation 6 yin
  3. Tonify after reduce
  4. Exhale pull to human with finger press
  5. Heavy push light pull w/ forward rotation 9 yang
  6. wait for warmth then withdraw slow and close hole
79
Q

The Bian stone is traced back to what age?

A

the late stage of the Paleolithic Age!

80
Q

The Basic Requirement & the spirit (soul) of acupuncture techniques is to

A

Deqi & manage the shen

81
Q

The premise of applying hand techniques is to

A

apply them according to the differentiation

82
Q

Where does bian stone come from

A

east of china

83
Q

where do toxic herbs come from

A

west

84
Q

where do warm moxibustion come from

A

north

85
Q

where do the nine needles come from

A

south

86
Q

doyen & massage come from where

A

center

87
Q

What is the general principle of acupuncture

A

harmonizing yin ang yang

88
Q

what is the general essence of acupuncture?

A

open and regulate meridians and collaterals

89
Q

What is the natural law of acupuncture

A

support even qi to peel the evils

90
Q

What are some signs the patient may feel that indicates qi has arrived?

A 
distention, numbness, bundle,
cool, warm, moving upwards or downwards,
get an electric shock, jumping, insects creeping, 
energy flows, water dunking, 
involuntary movement of the limbs or
simply feels comfortable etc. 
which’s quality depends upon
91
Q

What does the quality of Deqi depend on

A 
1, constitution of the patient
2, the character of the disease
3, the part of receiving the treatment
4, the season & the weather
5, the needling techniques
92
Q

What does Deqi feel like to the physician

A

1, underneath the tip of the needle, it becomes tension & sinking or floating instead of loose feeling at beginning, which feels like a fish takes the bait

2, the muscle around the point become either more tension instead of loose or looser instead of spasm, the jumping or squirm of the muscles

3, we will see the patient start to smile or have a good relaxation

93
Q

What functions does retaining the needle hold?

A

A. Waiting for the Qi arriving

B．Regulating the Qi

C．Supporting even Qi and expelling evil Qi

D．Assisting tonification and reducing

94
Q

What are the cautions of through needling?

A

A. carefully use for children, senility, pregnant women, schizophrenia & other type of people who are out of self-control

B. pay attention to avoid the injury of internal
organs, tendons, bones & blood vessels

C. depends upon the differentiation rather than
hunting for joined needling techniques

95
Q

What are through needling techniques used for?

A
  1. Extending the coverage of point indications

2. strengthening needling interaction by linking external-internal meridians and facilitating qi arrival

96
Q

Two techniques used as the basis for all other techniques

A

lifting-thrusting(push&pull)

rotating (twisting)

97
Q

What is the chinese word for tonify

A

bufa

98
Q

What is the chinese word for reduce

A

xiefa

99
Q

What techniques can be used for tonifying (bufa) in yingsui buxie (reinforcing and reducing)?

A

heavier push & milder pull or focus on forwards rotating, during go along with meridians

100
Q

What techniques can be used for reducing (xiefa) in yingsui buxie (reinforcing and reducing)?

A

heavier pull & milder push or focus on backwards rotating during go against meridians

101
Q

What does Huxi Buxie Mean??

A

The patients natural breath

102
Q

What are two ways to preform bufa using Huxie Buxie methods?

A

Insert with exhale

Withdraw with inhale

103
Q

What are two ways to preform xiefa using Huxie Buxie methods?

A

insert with inhale

withdraw with exhale

104
Q

Bufa techniques according to jiuliu buxie?

A

Light ailment: 9x3=37

severe ill: 7x7=49

Extreme: 9x9

105
Q

Xiefa techniques according to jiuliu buxie?

A

Light: 6x3=18

Severe: 8x8=24

Extreme 6xx=36

106
Q

Jiuliu buxie

A

the number 9 or 6

107
Q

xuji buxie

A

tonify-reduce according to speed

108
Q

How do you tonify according to speed

A

slow push

quick pull

109
Q

how do you reduce according to speed?

A

quick push

slow pull

110
Q

How do you reduce according to lifting-thrusting?

A

first deep then shallow
stress is on lift

(large amplitude, frequency and time)

111
Q

How do you tonify according to lifting and thrusting?

A

first shallow then deep
stress is on thrust

(short amplitude, frequency and time)

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