Study Questions (Part Eightteen)

Question 1

What is the location of LV-7

Answer 1

Posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia in the upper portion of the medial head of the gastroccnemius, 1 cun posterior to SP-9

Question 2

What is the location of LV-8

Answer 2

When knee is flexed, the point is at the medial end of the transverse popiteal crease, posterior to the medial epicondyle of the tibia, in the depression of the anterior border of the insertions of the m. semimembranosus and m. semitendinosus

Question 3

What is the location of LV-9

Answer 3

4 cun above the medial epicondyle of the femur, between the m. vastus medialis and the m. sartorius

Question 4

What is the location of LV-10

Answer 4

3 cun directly below ST-30, at the proximal end of the thigh, below the pubic tubercle and on the lateral border of the m. abductor longus

Question 5

What is the location of LV-11

Answer 5

2 cun directly below ST-30, at the proximal end of the thigh, below the pubic tubercle and the on the lateral border of the m. abductor longus

Question 6

According to five element theory, the lips are associated with which organ?

Answer 6

Spleen

Question 7

A wiry pulse is considered?

Answer 7

Yang

Question 8

According to five element theory, the taste for the Heart is?

Answer 8

Bitter

Question 9

All qi in the body is referred to in general terms as

Answer 9

Zhen Qi

Question 10

A slippery pulse is considered?

Answer 10

Yang within Yin

Question 11

According to five element theory, the taste for the Lung is?

Answer 11

Pungent

Question 12

A thready pulse is considered?

Answer 12

Yin

Question 13

What is intimately associated with blood, manifests inside the blood, and helps transform nutrients into blood?

Answer 13

Ying Qi

Question 14

According to five element theory, skin and body hair are associated with which organ?

Answer 14

Lung

Question 15

What is known as air qi?

Answer 15

Qing Qi

Question 16

Which qi gathers in the chest, and aids the regulation and rhythmic movement of respiration and heartbeat?

Answer 16

Zong Qi

Question 17

Sour taste in five elements is associated with which organ?

Answer 17

Liver

Question 18

Excessive indulgence of greasy, sweet food, or alcohol can cause what?

Answer 18

Damp heat in the Spleen

Question 19

Pallor, cold limbs, poor appetite, abdominal distention, or dull pain in the abdomen region that is better with warmth and pressure indicate which type of syndrome?

Answer 19

Spleen Yang deficiency

Question 20

What is the diagnosis for acute pain in the lower abdomen, abdominal distention, borborygmus, or bearing down pain in the testes referring to the lumbar region, with a white coat and a deep, string-taut pulse?

Answer 20

Obstruction of Qi in the Small Intestine