Point Categories

Question 1

Which point category is located at or distal to the elbow and knee joints?

Answer 1

Five Shu Points

Question 2

Which category of points lie at roughly the same anatomical level as their related zang or fu?

Answer 2

Back-Shu

Question 3

What are the 8 subdivisions of the Hui-Meeting points?

Answer 3

Zang, Fu, Qi, Blood, Sinews, Vessels, Bone, and Marrow

Question 4

The 8 influential points are for what 8 things?

Answer 4

Zang, Fu, Qi, Blood, Blood, Sinew, Bone, Marrow, and Vessels

Question 5

The Xi-cleft points of the ____ channels have an additional action of treating blood disorders

Answer 5

Yin

Question 6

What is better to treat an internal organ in excess, Front Mu or Back Shu?

Answer 6

Front Mu

Question 7

Shu-stream points can be used to treat disorder of Zang and of channels when combined with what other points?

Answer 7

Ying-spring

Question 8

These points treat fullness under Heart, Shen disorders, loss of consciousness (5 Shu points)

Answer 8

Jing-well

Question 9

What effective combination of point categories is known as “host and guest combination” ?

Answer 9

Yuan-source and Luo-connecting

Question 10

Which points should primarily be selected in cases of deficiency and cold (yin), and for diseases of the zang (yin) rather than the fu?

Answer 10

Back-Shu

Question 11

These points treat bi-syndrome, dampness, heaviness, joint pain, wind (5 Shu points)

Answer 11

Shu stream

Question 12

The principal action of the ____ points along the yang channels is to dispel excess pathogenic factors and treat disorders along the pathway of their respective channels

Answer 12

Yuan-source

Question 13

Beyond their general use, the ________ of the yin channels have an additional action of treating disorder of the blood

Answer 13

Xi-cleft

Question 14

Name the 5 Shu Points in order

Answer 14

Jing-well, ying-spring, Shu-stream, Jing-river, he-sea

Question 15

What are the best type of Shu points to clear heat?

Answer 15

Ying-spring

Question 16

The _____ points of the yin channels are the primary points for tonifying and harmonizing their respective zang, and may therefore be considered as the single most important point of their respective channel.

Answer 16

Shu-stream

Question 17

What is better to treat an internal organ with yin disease, Front Mu or Back Shu?

Answer 17

Back Shu

Question 18

On the yin channels, the Jing-well point is ascribed as what element?

Answer 18

Wood

Question 19

The Shu-stream points of the ____ channels are also the yuan-source point of their respective channel

Answer 19

Yin

Question 20

On the yang channels, the Jing-well point is ascribed to what element?

Answer 20

Metal

Question 21

What type of point along the yin channels are the primary points for tonifying and harmonizing their respective zang?

Answer 21

Shu-stream

Question 22

What are some other names for the 8 influential points?

Answer 22

Gather points, Hui Meeting Point, Master Points

Question 23

These points take the overflow from main channels, absorb the Qi and transfer it back to the primary channels when that Qi is needed

Answer 23

Confluent Points of the Extra Meridians

Question 24

Which type of points are generally situated on the tips of the fingers or toes?

Answer 24

Jing-well

Question 25

On the yin channels, the he-sea point is what element?

Answer 25

Water

Question 26

These type of Shu points of all the twelve channels are situated close to the elbow or knee joints

Answer 26

He-sea

Question 27

These points treat cough, sore throat, asthma, hot and cold sensation, diseases manifesting as changes in the patient’s voice, diseases of sinews and bones, malaria (5 Shu points)

Answer 27

Jing river

Question 28

What category of points is used to tonify the Yin and Yang organs, as well as to evaluate the state of Qi of an organ (will be tender)?

Answer 28

Yuan-source

Question 29

On the yin channels, the yuan-source point is the same point as the _____ point

Answer 29

Shu-stream

Question 30

The combination of what two point categories will tonify deficiency and tonify the yin organ?

Answer 30

Yuan-source and luo-connecting

Question 31

These points are also called Alarm Points, used for Diagnosis

Answer 31

Mu Points

Question 32

Which points are called Uniting Points, used to treat Yang problems and diseases of the 6 Fu organs

Answer 32

6 lower he sea points

Question 33

What are the 4 seas?

Answer 33

Sea of Qi, Sea of Blood, Sea of Water and Grain, Sea of Marrow

Question 34

What category of points are where extraordinary channels connect with the 12 primary channels?

Answer 34

Confluent Points of the Extra Meridians

Question 35

The Jing-well, ying-spring, Shu-stream, Jing-river and he-sea points are known as the what?

Answer 35

Five Shu Points

Question 36

What type of Shu points are used to restore consciousness?

Answer 36

Jing-well

Question 37

These points gather / collect Qi that the associated Zangfu concentrates in the body

Answer 37

Mu Points

Question 38

Of the six yin channels, the ______ points are also the yuan source points

Answer 38

Shu-stream

Question 39

The term _____ means to transport; in terms of these points, the qi of the zangfu organ is transported between the organ and this point

Answer 39

Shu

Question 40

The 4 command points command what?

Answer 40

Abdomen, Head/Back of Neck, Back (upper and lower), Face/Mouth

Question 41

What type of Shu-points are effective for treating cough and dyspnoea, due to the fact that these points of the yin channels are metal points (the Lung pertains to metal)?

Answer 41

Jing-river

Question 42

The ____ points in general are indicated in the treatment of acute conditions and pain

Answer 42

Xi-cleft

Question 43

Several of the ________ have an important action on the sinews and bone

Answer 43

Jing-river

Question 44

The term ____ means to gather or to collect, and in terms of these points, this is where the qi of the zangfu gathers and concentrates on the anterior surface of the body.

Answer 44

Mu (points)

Question 45

What type of points are used to treat “systemic conditions” (Organs, Qi and Blood, Different types of Tissues) ?

Answer 45

Influential Points

Question 46

These points treat rebellious Qi, nausea, vomit, diseases of the Fu (5 Shu points)

Answer 46

He-Sea

Question 47

What are the best category of acupuncture points to directly treat the Zangfu organs?

Answer 47

Front Mu and Back Shu

Question 48

On the ____ channels, the yuan-source point is the same as the Shu-stream point.

Answer 48

Yin

Question 49

These points treat heart disease, clear heat, treat changes in the complexion, clear excess pathogenic factors (5 Shu points)

Answer 49

Ying-spring

Question 50

What does Shu mean, as in Back Shu points?

Answer 50

Transport