Session 6 Flashcards
Meridian Therapy
Meridian points may be therapy localised by the practitioner as well as the patient. True or false
True
Meridians are related to what they are named after and ________
Where they pass through
At 2am standard time the _______ is at “midday” or ________ period, while the ____________ meridian is at “midnight” or ____________
Liver
Horary
Small intestine
Period of lowest Chi
Spleen meridian is _______ element and is _________ on the dai chi
Earth
Yin
The Yin meridians all begin or end on the ________
The Yang meridians all begin or end on the _________
With arms above the head
all meridians that flow up are
all meridians that flow down are
Chest
Head
Yin
Yang
Entry or exit (cheng) points are located
At an intersecting line drawn from the proximal aspect of the fingernail or toenail and the side of the nail
Stimulation of a Luo point may balance chi between __________ or ____________
Coupled meridian
Bilateral counterparts
When a needle or an acupuncture-aid is used, it has an _________ effect
Antenna
Active meridian points will positively therapy localise. True or false
True
When stimulation is successful, therapy localisation should be
negative
A very effective therapy is digitally tapping a point. There point can usually be sufficiently stimulated with
15-20 taps
Acu-aids are __________
Small Steel balls attached to the skin with tape
Meridian points most often are located in __________ formed by the shape of the bone or by the position of the muscles underlying the point
“Little hollow”
A patient talks a lot, has a dry mouth, and feels heaviness in the chest. Which meridian may be involved and is it excessive or deficient
Heart excess
Pulse points may be therapy localised. True or false
True
If no meridian imbalance exists, there with be
a) Positive TL to the pulse points
b) no positive TL to the pulse points
b
If many pulse points are positive, check for
Occiput or upper cervical subluxation
Kidney meridian alarm point is located at
Tip of the 12th rib
Large intestine meridian alarm point is located
1 1/2 tsun lateral to the umbilicus
B&E points are
a) unilateral
b) bilateral
b
A meridian that gives its chi to the next on the shoeing cycle is known as the ________ and the meridian receiving the chi is called the _________
Mother
Child
If a meridian is responsible for holding chi and causing the others to be deficient, stimulate the __________ point on the first deficient meridian (in the 24 hour cycle flow after the one causing the blockage)
Luo
Why is it prudent to ask all patients whether they have any scars on their body
Because a scar across the path of a meridian is common cause of chi flow blockage.
The “NOW” point is
The horary alarm point (alarm point for the meridian at high chi at time of testing)
The “Then” point is
The alarm point for the meridian at high chi at time of symptoms
Command points are used to
Transfer chi
When balancing by using the Sheng cycle the command point to use on the deficient meridian is
The element of the deficient meridian’s mother
When balancing by using the Ko cycle, the command point to use on the deficient meridian is
The element point of the excess meridian in the Ko cycle that is affecting the deficient meridian
The command point used to draw chi from the mother (thereby using the Shen cycle) is also called
First tonification point
The command point used to draw chi from the meridian preceding the mother (thereby using the Ko Cycle) is also called
Second tonification point
In the two point contact tonification and sedation technique, the practitioner begins by simultaneously contacting the first two points and observing for the development of
Simultaneous pulsation
Active auricular points with therapy localise. True or false
True
Spinal fictions may be found represented on the auricle.
False
