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Location 1 :
2431 West Holcombe @Kirby (between
Kirby and Fannin St./ Medical Center), Houston, TX
77030.
Tel: 713-666-5667
This clinic is at the corner of
Kirby Drive
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2405 South Shepherd @ Westheimer (between Westheimer and
Fairview), Houston, TX 77019.
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The following questions are commonly asked in
the acupuncture examinations. Just see if you know the answers
of Acupuncture Meridians and collaterals.
1. The smallest branch of the fifteen
connecting channels is
A. the minute connecting channels
B. the superficial connecting channels
C. the blood connecting channels.
D. the great connecting channels
2. The connecting branches are also called
A. Jing
B. Qi
C. blood
D. Luo.
3. The main Jing (trunks) include the following
except:
A. the twelve Primary channels
B. the twelve Divergent channels
C. the eight Miscellaneous channels
D. the connecting channels.
4. the most important channels for clinical
purposes:
A. the twelve Primary channels.
B. the twelve Divergent channels
C. Eight Miscellaneous channels
D. the connecting channels
5. The stomach Divergent channel is vertical
branches from
A. the stomach connecting channel
B. the stomach muscle channel
C. the miscellaneous channel
D. the stomach channel.
6. The principal function of the Divergent
channels is described except
A. to link with channel and organ associated
with the parent primary channel in the
Yin/Yang relationship
B. to act as go-between in effecting the
special functional relationship pairs of Yin and
Yang Primary channels.
C. to distributing Qi to the chest and neck.
D. to integrate otherwise neglected areas of
the body into the channel system
7. The channels serve to integrate all parts of
the body and organs with the primary channels
A. the connecting channels
B. the muscle channels
C. the eight miscellaneous channels
D. the divergent channels.
8. We knows the stomach and heart mutually
influence each other which is based on the
Relationship:
A. the primary and the divergent channels.
B. the connecting and the primary channels
C. the eight miscellaneous and the primary
channels
D. the connecting and the eight miscellaneous
channels
9. Most of the eight miscellaneous channels are
except:
A. large branch vessels of the Primary channel
B. less uniform than the other main channels
C. some of which encircle the body
D. it diverges from or intersects with two or
more of the primary channels
10. The miscellaneous channels
A. its symptornatology is not distinct
B. it is a composite of the pathological
symptoms associated with those Primary
Channels which it joins
C. as a network of conduits Criss-crossing the
Primary channels
D. it drains and stores Qi and blood from the
connecting channels.
11. The miscellaneous channels are except:
A. it store the excessive Qi and blood from the
primary channels
B. it supply the Qi and Blood when the Primary
channels are deficient
C. it monitor and regulate the activity in the
Primary channels
D. it own internal linkage with one of the
organs and its external pathway on the limbs.
12. The channels separate from the twelve
Primary channels at the specific points, forming major horizontal or
transverse branches
A. the divergent channels
B. the connecting channels.
C. the miscellaneous channels
D. the cutaneous channels
13. The Connecting channels
a. 14
b. 15
c. 16
d. 20
14. Which one of the connecting channels owns
two connecting points?
a. Liver
b. Heart
C. conception channel
D. spleen
15. The Governing and Conception channels are
related with
A. the primary and connecting channels
B. the divergent and primary channels
C. the cutaneous and the primary channels
D. the Miscellaneous and primary channels
16. The channels serve to connect the paired
Yin and yang primary channels
A. the connecting and the divergent channels
B. the miscellaneous and the connecting
channels
C. the cutaneous and the divergent channels
D. the primary and the muscular channels
17. The channels circulate through superficial
tissues on the surface of the body
A. the primary channels
B. the connecting channels
C. the divergent channels
D. the muscular channels
18. Which set of the answer own 12 channels:
A. the primary, connecting, and muscle channels
B. the divergent, connecting, and miscellaneous
channels
C. the primary and the external connecting
channels
D. the connecting, muscle, and primary channels
19. The tendons are related with the channels
A. the primary channels
B. the muscle channels
C. the connecting channels
D. the miscellaneous channels
20. The channels essentially circulate
A. the blood and Qi.
B. essence and blood
C. the body fluids and yin blood
D. the nutritive Qi and the defense Qi
21. Qi is
A. the commander of the blood.
B. the leading role of the organs
C. circulation only in the channels
D. traveling from the lung channel to the small
intestine channel
22. The following answer is right
A. the nourishing blood in the three Arm Yin
channels travels from the internal organs to the hands
B. the nourishing Qi in the three legs Yang
channels travels from the feet to the hand
C. the nourishing blood in the three Leg Yin
channels travels from the abdomen to the feet
D. the nourishing Qi in the three Arm Yang
channels travels from the hands to the head.
23. The blood and Qi flow in the channels
A. in one direction
B. in two directions
C. in three directions
D. in different direction
24. A kind of the Qi is the force which pushes
the Qi and Blood through the channels
A. the Source Qi
B. the Nourishing Qi
C. the Protective Qi
D. the Ancestral Qi
25. The blood Qi is also called
A. source Qi
B. the nourishing Qi
C. the protective Qi
D. the Vital Qi
26. How many directions of the nourishing Qi in
the body
a. One direction
b. Two directions
c. Three directions
D. different direction
27. The nourishing Qi can contribute to the
formation of the following except
A. blood and protective Qi
B. essence and points
C. channel and muscle
d. Ye and source Qi
28. The nutritive Qi is created by
a. Liver, heart, stomach and kidney.
B. small intestine, heart, spleen and lung
C. lung, liver, gallbladder and bladder
D. triple burner, small intestine, large
intestine and lung
29. The Nourishing Qi begins and ends with
A. liver and heart
B. lung and spleen
C. kidney and triple burner
D. lung and liver
30. The Protective Qi is except
A. aggressive
B. slippery
C. retained within the walls of the channels.
D. ability to move from inside and outside the
channels
31. The Protective Qi is except
A. to protective the body
B. to regulate body warmth and the opening and
closing of the pores
C. to moisten the skins, muscle and hairs
D. to circulate only between the skin and flesh
32. The protective Qi is except
A. to regulate through the acupuncture
B. to involve in the functions of sweating and
urination
C. to spread out and penetrate surrounding
tissues at will
D. to distribute through the tissues deep
within the internal organs
33. According one of explanation in chapter 62
and 71 of the Spiritual Axis, during the day the Protective Qi
travels its inception
A. in the stomach to the head
B. in the head to the Yin primary channels
C. in the extremities to the Yin primary
channels
D. in the region of the eyes to the Yang
primary channels
34. In order to circulate through the body, the
nourishing and Protective Qi need a motivating force
A. the Ancestral Qi
B. the Source Qi
C. the Zheng Qi
d. The Yuan Qi
35. The Greater Connecting channel of the
Stomach---emerging below the left breast, is dependent upon the
a. Source Qi for its movement
B. Ancestral Qi for its movement.
C. Zheng Qi for its movement
D. Upright Qi for its movement
36. The source Qi is except
A. congenital
B. stored in the spleen.
C. associated with the channels
D. called the "root of the twelve Primary
channels"
37. Taken together, the Source, Ancestral,
Protective and Nourishing Qi are called the
a. True Qi.
b. Upright Qi
c. Yuan Qi
d. Original Qi
38. The basal energy in the channels an the
basis for all the functional activities of the channels
a. True Qi
b. Source Qi.
c. Nourishing Qi
d. Protective Qi
39. The functions of the channels
A. transporting the Qi and blood
B. moistening and nourishing the body
C. responding to dysfunction in the body
D. transmitting Disease and Acupuncture
Stimulation
E. all above
40. Qi is the source of
A. moistening
B. lubrication
C. nourishment
D. energy or force
41. When there is a disease in the Yin organs
they will be response in (one of the)
A. source points
B. transport points
C. uniting points
D. lower He points
42. When a person is sick, the Points may show
A. heat tolerance of the skin diminishes.
B. electrical resistance of the skin increases
C. normal sensations
D. no changes in the appearance of the skin
43. When the organs are diseased, their Qi is
detained in the crooks of the elbows
A. heart.
B. liver
C. small intestine
D. gallbladder
44. When the organs are diseased, their Qi is
detained in the crooks of the elbows
a. Lung
b. Liver
c. Spleen
d. Kidney
45. When the organs are diseased, their Qi is
detained in the armpits
A. heart
B. liver
C. stomach
D. lung
46. When the organs are diseased, their Qi is
detained in the hip
A. heart
B. liver
C. spleen
D. kidney
47. When the organs are diseased, their Qi is
detained behind the knees
A. heart
B. liver
C. spleen
D. kidney
48. A patient with cholecystitis is often
tender on the area just below point
a. Yanglingquan (GB-34).
b. Foot Sanli (ST-36)
c. Yinlinchuan (Sp-9)
d. Sanyinchiao (Sp-3)
49. A patient with Appendicitis is often tender
in the vicinity of point
a. Yanglingquan (GB-34)
b. Foot Sanli (ST--36)
c. Yinlinchuan (Sp-9)
d. Shangjuxu (ST-37).
50. When the Lung Qi is blocked, it may show at
A. eyes
B. tongue
C. mouth
D. nose
51. When the kidney Qi is exhausted, it may
show
A. the tongue becomes dark red and painful
B. the eyes may become inflamed
C. hearing will diminish.
D. the nose is congested
52. A patient with sweating, shivering, tidal
fever, dryness in the mouth and pain in the chest and ribs were
regarded as the progression of disease along
A. the stomach and kidney channels
B. the gallbladder and triple burner channels
C. the heart and lung channels
D. the liver and gallbladder channels
53. A patient with abdominal swelling,
vomiting, indigestion, diarrhea, abdominal pain, jaundice were
regarded as the progression of disease along
A. the stomach and kidney channels
B. the gallbladder and triple burner channels
The spleen and lung channels
D. the liver and gallbladder channels
54. The channels reach to the genitals
A. the stomach and spleen
B. the bladder and kidney
C. the kidney and liver
D. the gallbladder and bladder
55. The channel reaches to the 11 ribs
A. triple burner
B. spleen
C. liver
D. kidney
56. The channel reaches to the 12 ribs
A. gallbladder
B. liver
C. spleen
D. heart
57. The frontal channel of the point GB-25 is
A. spleen
B. liver
C. stomach
D. kidney
58. The channel is upward to the eyes and
vertex
A. bladder, liver and Du
B. heart, Ren and triple burner
C. spleen, Chong and Ren
d. Gallbladder, bladder and liver
59. A patient with vertigo, headache or blurred
vision might be the problem of the
A. liver
B. lung
C. heart
D. stomach
60. When the disease besets the body, it may
pass except
A. from the internal organs to the channels
B. from the organs to the organs
C. from the channels to the channels
D. from the nerves to the blood vessels
61. An exogenous disease is said to reside
A. in the pores of the skin, enters the Minute,
and then the larger primary channel
B. in the pores of the skin, enters the primary
channels, and then the larger primary channel
C. in the pores of the skin enters the Minute,
then the larger connecting channels, primary channels.
D. in the pores of the skin, enters the larger
primary channel and the organs
62. When the normal Qi is weak, lowering the
body's resistance to disease, a pathological Excess may be
transmitted from the Greater Yang small intestine channel to the
(not the Six Channel Diagnostics)
A. Absolute Pericardium channel
B. Bright Yang Kidney channel
C. Greater Leg Yin channel
D. Arm Lesser Yin channel.
63. The acupuncture points can treat with
A. pressure and injection
B. heat and brush
C. needles and bloodletting
D. water and steam
64. The point Hegu (LI-4) can relieve except
A. headache an eye pain
B. toothache and nose pain
C. lower back pain and shoulder pain
D. heart pain and hip pain
65. The Point Neiguan (PC-6) can relieve
A. stomach pain.
B. stiffness
C. toothache
d. Migraine headache
66. Stiff neck can be treated with the points
a. Houxi (SI-3) and Zhongzhu (TB-3).
b. Neiguan (PC-6) and Zhhongting (Co-16)
c. Zhaohai (K-6) and Ququan (Li-8)
d. Futu (ST-32) and Jianshi (P-5)
67. Acupuncture feeling can be
A. numbness and pain
B. electrical shock and distension
C. sour and swelling sensation
D. all above
68. The point shangjuxu (ST-37) can treat
A. GI disease.
B. women's disease
C. back pain
D. heel pain
69. Therapeutically, the clinical application
of the channel theory is except
A. choosing acupuncture points in the vicinity
of a disease
B. selecting distant points on a channel at the
five Shu points
C. selecting distant points on a channel
associated with the disease
D. choosing acupuncture points at the Alarm-Mu
or back-Shu points.
70. The acupuncture therapeutic principle is
A. puncturing points on the limbs for disease
of the trunk
B. puncturing points on the back for disease in
front of the body
C. puncturing points on the sides for disease
in the middle
D. puncturing points on the right side for
disease on the left
E. all above
71. in the treatment of the febrile disease, it
common to select point to reduce the fever
a. Hegu (LI-4))
b. Dazhui (Gv-14).
c. Tiuwei (ST-8)
d. Shuifen (CV-9)
72. The point of intersection of the three Leg
Yin channels and is associated closely with the source Qi of the
kidneys
a. Yinjiao (CV-7) and Taixi (KI-3)
b. Sanyinjiao (Sp-6) and Qihai (CV-6)
c. Guanyuan (CV-4) and Zhongji (CV-3).
d. Sanyinjiao (Sp-6) and Yinlingquan (Sp-9)
73. (T.F) Chinese herbal prescriptions are also
based, in large measure, on the principles of channel theory.
74. in the treatment of nephritis, an herbal
prescription would not only call for medication whose effects are to
directly treat the kidneys, but might also include herbs which
affect the spleen and the lungs. This is based on the theory:
a. Yin-yang theory
B. channel theory
C. exterior and interior theory
D. etiology theory
75. The channels are distributed on the
shoulders, back, head of neck
a. Yin channels
B. yang channels
c. Yinwei channel
D. the 15 connecting channels
76. When a person stimulates to the channel
that the pain threshold of the body along the course of channel will
be
A. decreased
B. rose.
C. no change
D. increased very high
77. The following answer only one of the
cyclical flows of Qi in the twelve regular channels is correct:
A. spleen, heart, and kidney
B. pericardium, Sanjiao, and gallbladder
C. liver, bladder, and kidney
D. small intestine, bladder, and kidney
78. The following answer is only one is correct
A. the yin channel meets the yang channels in
the four limbs.
B. the yin channel meets the yin channels in
the head
C. the yang channel meets the yin channels in
the chest
D. the yang channels meet the yang channels in
the abdomen
79. The following answer is only one is correct
A. the Yangming channels of hand and foot run
in the lateral aspect of the head
B. the Shaoyang channels of hand and foot
travel in the frontal facial region
C. the Du channel goes along the midline of the
chest
D. the bladder channel runs on both sides of
the governing channel.
80. among the twelve channels
A. all the three yang channels of the hand and
foot enter the ear
B. the three yin channels of the hand go from
the chest to the ring finger
C. the channels of the foot are connected with
eyes
D. the channels of the foot Shaoyin travels to
the spine.
81. The second line lateral to the Ren channel
at the chest region is
A. small intestine
B. stomach.
C. spleen
D. kidney
82. The channel outside the Qichong (St-30) is
A. spleen
B. kidney
C. gallbladder
D. liver
83. The channel is located at the lateral side
of the hypochondrium and lumbar region is
A. gallbladder
B. liver
C. spleen
D. stomach
84. The channel is in the region of the
anterior external genitalia and hypochondrium
A. stomach
b. Ren
C. spleen
D. liver
85. The second line lateral to the Point
Dazhui(GV-14) is the channel
A. small intestine
B. gallbladder
C. triple burner
D. bladder
86. The posterior border of the lateral aspect
and then lateral end of the little toe by the channel
A. gallbladder
B. stomach
C. liver
D. bladder
87. The channel goes from the lateral end of
the great toe to the anterior border of the medial aspect of the
lower limbs and further shifts to the midline
a. Gallbladder
B. pericardium
C. spleen
D. liver
88. The channel starts under the little toe,
crosses the sole and further goes along the posterior border of the
medial aspect of the lower limb
A. liver
B. gallbladder
C. spleen
D. kidney.
89. On the limbs, the anterior border of the
lateral end of the second toe are supplied by the channel
A. stomach.
B. gallbladder
C. liver
D. kidney
89. On the upper limbs, the anterior border of
the medial aspect and radial end of the thumb are supplied by the
channel of
a. Taiyang
b. Shaoyang
c. Greater yang
d. Taiyin.
90. The following answer is only possible
correct
A. the posterior border of medial aspect and
the radial end of the small finger by the channel of large intestine
B. the midline of the medial aspect and the
radial end of the ring finger by the channel of the hand Shaoyin
C. the channel of hand Yangming goes from the
radial end of the index finger to the anterior border of the medial
aspect
D. the channel of the hand Taiyang from the
ulna end of the small finger to the posterior border of the lateral
aspect.
91. The arrival of ___________, a phenomenon in
acupuncture, is the functional manifestation of the meridians and
collaterals in transmitting needling sensation.
A. essence
b. Qi.
C. body fluids
D. blood
92. The first chapter in Spiritual Axis points
out, " In acupuncture, the essential to
obtaining therapeutic effects."
A. arrival of blood
B. arrival of essence
C. arrival of body fluids
D. arrival of Qi
93. The nomenclature of the twelve channels is
based on the
A. hand or foot, Zang or fu organ, and Yin and
yang.
B. head or foot, upper or lower, and Zang or fu
organ
C. hot or cold, anterior or posterior, and Zang
or Fu organ
d. Qi or blood, Zang or Fu organ, and medial or
lateral
94. There exists an exterior-interior
relationship between
a. Taiyin-Shaoyang
b. Shaoyin-Shaoyang
c. Jueyin-Shaoyang.
d. Taiyang-Taiyin
95. The eight extra channels
a. Ren means fostering and responsibility.
b. Conception channel regulates the flow of Qi
and blood in the twelve regular channels
c. Dia is also called the sea of the twelve
primary channels
d. Chong means the heel
96. The eight extra channels
a. Wei denotes connection and network.
B. the Ren channel goes around the waist
C. the Chong channel is binding up all the
channels
D. the Yinquiao channel starts from the
external malleolus
97. The twelve muscle and cutaneous channels
are named as
A. hand or foot, Zang or fu organ, and Yin and
yang.
B. head or foot, upper or lower, and Zang or fu
organ
C. hot or cold, anterior or posterior, and Zang
or Fu organ
d. Qi or blood, Zang or Fu organ, and medial or
lateral
98. The most important constituents of the
channel system
A. the twelve primary channels.
B. the Divergent channels
C. the Miscellaneous channels
D. the connecting channels
99. How many Acupuncture points in our body?
____________.
100. A thorough description of the eight
Miscellaneous channels appeared in a
a. Tong dynasty
b. Ming dynasty.
c. Song dynasty
d. Shan dynasty
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