Mish Mosh

Question 1

Pulse is very rapid - 125 bpm. Which points?

a) PC 5, ST 40
b) BL 52, HT 7
c) LV 2, CV 4

Answer 1

c) LV 2, CV 4

This is a hurried pulse. Fire consuming yin

Question 2

Pulse is distinct, clear and thin. Which points?

a) LI 4, BL 12, LU 7
b) ST 36, SP 6, SP 9
c) GB 41, GB 37, TW 5

Answer 2

b) ST 36, SP 6, SP 9

XU of qi and blood, maybe some dampness

Question 3

Pulse can be felt w/light pressure. 6 bpm. Points?

a) CV 17, PC 6
b) GB 20, LV 3
c) LI 4, TW 5

Answer 3

c) LI 4, TW 5

Floating and rapid pulse = wind heat. Pulse greater than 5 bpm is heat. LI 4 releases the exterior

Question 4

Pulse = 90 bpm, can be felt w/a gentle touch of the fingers and on further pressure, pulse becomes forceless and soft. Points?

a) CV 4, KD 2
b) CV 3, SP 9
c) CV 6, DU 20

Answer 4

a) CV 4, KD 2

Question 5

Pulse can be felt w/a gentle touch of the fingers and on further pressure to the deep level, the pulse becomes forceless and soft. Points?

a) CV 4, SP 6
b) DU 14, DU 4
c) ST 36, CV 6

Answer 5

b) DU 14, DU 4

Question 6

Pulse can’t be felt w/light pressure but only w/heavy pressure at which point it is soft and forceless. Points?

a) CV 6, DU 4
b) SP 9, SP 6

Answer 6

a) CV 6, DU 4

This is a deep and empty pulse = interior condition of xu of qi and yang.

Question 7

What is the empirical point for epilepsy?

Answer 7

DU 2

Question 8

What is the empirical point for jaundice?

Answer 8

DU 9

Question 9

What is the empirical point for boils?

Answer 9

DU 10

Question 10

What is the empirical point for hearing problems?

Answer 10

TW 3

Question 11

What is the empirical point for hemorrhoids?

Answer 11

BL 57

Question 12

What are the empirical points for itching?

Answer 12

GB 31, SP 10, LI 11, BL 40

Question 13

What is the empirical point for malaria and for phlegm misting the heart?

Answer 13

PC 5

Question 14

What is the empirical point for sunstroke?

Answer 14

PC 3

Question 15

What are the indications for the point located on the radial side of the index finger, .1 cun from the corner of the nail?

a) Sore throat, stiffness of the tongue, febrile diseases
b) Toothache, sore throat, loss of consciousness

Answer 15

b) Toothache, sore throat, loss of consciousness

LI 1

Question 16

What point is located on the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris, .5 cun proximal to the wrist crease?

a) HT 5
b) HT 6

Answer 16

b) HT 6

Question 17

What are the indications for point located at the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris, .5 cun proximal to the wrist crease?

a) cardiac pain, night sweating, epistaxis, sudden loss of voice
b) cardiac pain, tremor of the hand, scrofula, pain in the axilla and hypochondriac region

Answer 17

a) cardiac pain, night sweating, epistaxis, sudden loss of voice

Question 18

What are the indications for point located .5 cun inferior to the inferior border of the lateral malleolus?

a) neck regidity, epistaxis, difficult labor, epilepsy
b) epilepsy, mania, h/a, insomnia, backache

Answer 18

b) epilepsy, mania, h/a, insomnia, backache

Question 19

what are the indications for the point located 3 cun prox to the transverse wrist crease betw the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis?

a) cardiac pain, palpitation, swelling of the axilla
b) cardiac pain, palpitation, tremor of the hand and arm

Answer 19

a) cardiac pain, palpitation, swelling of the axilla

Question 20

What point is located on the dorsum of the foot in the hollow distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones?

Answer 20

LV 3

Question 21

what are 3 indications for LV 3?

Answer 21

h/a, vertigo, depression

Question 22

what point is located in the depression about 1 cun anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula?

Answer 22

GB 34

Question 23

what point has the following indications - hemiplegia, hypochondriac pain, bitter taste in the mouth, jaundice?

Answer 23

GB 34

Question 24

What are the indications for the point located anterior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, in the depression on the medial side of the tendon m. tibialis anterior?

a) hernia, pain in the external genitalia, nocturnal emission
b) h/a, pain of the outer canthus, tinnitus

Answer 24

a) hernia, pain in the external genitalia, nocturnal emission

LIVER 4

Question 25

What point is located anterior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, in the depression on the medial side of the tendon m. tibialis?anterior?

Answer 25

LV 4

Question 26

What are the indications for the point located at the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle joint, betw the tendons of m. extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus?

a) gastric pain, vomiting, diarrhea, emaciation d/t general xu
b) pain in ankle joint, abdominal distention, constipation

Answer 26

b) pain in ankle joint, abdominal distention, constipation

Pt = ST 41