Acupuncture Board Practice Questions With Complete Solutions

Five shu-points that have a greater action on disorders along the whole course of the channel correct answer: Ying - Spring points Location of the extra point that pacifies wind and calms shen, benefits the nose, and activates the channel and alleviates pain correct answer: Yin Tang - located at the midpoint between the medial extremities of the eyebrows The pinyin name for a Hollow, Scallion Stalk, or Green Onion refers pulse correct answer: Kou Mai Palpitation of a Hollow Pulse correct answer: Felt at the superficial level but when one presses to find the middle level the pulse is not there but with more pressure it is felt at the deep level; the kou mai is empty in the middle position Indication of a Hollow Pulse correct answer: Kou mai (hollow pulse) indicates hemorrhage or a forthcoming hemorrahge (hollow-rapid) Pinyin for a thready, fine, or thin pulse correct answer: Xi mai This pulse indicates deficient blood or dampness with severe deficient qi; CAM writes that the xi mai (thready pulse) feels like a fine thread that is distinct and clear; it indicates a deficiency of qi and blood; it often manifests in patients with weak body constitutions in a prolonged disease arising from deficiency of blood and yin; there is insufficient yin and blood to fill the blood vessels and activate blood circulation - Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, 2015, page 386; CAM, 3rd Edition, page 290 Using Lachman's Test for grading knee instability you find a 5-10 mm movement. What is this grade? correct answer: 2+ Source: he grading for knee instability is as follows: 1+ (mild): 5 mm or less; 2+ (moderate): 5-10 mm; 3+ (serious): more than 10 mm. - Dutton's Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation and Intervention, 3rd Edition, 2012, page 872 Pinyin name for a Wiry, String-taut, Stringy, or Bowstring pulse correct answer: Xian mai Source: this xian mai (wiry pulse) feels like a taut guitar string; it is thinner, more taut, and harder than the jin mai pulse (tight pulse); you can feel the wiry pulse strike the fingers; this pulse indicates a liver pattern, pain, or phlegm; CAM writes that a xian mai (string-taut pulse) feels taut, straight, and long; it has the feeling like the string of a violin; it indicates a shaayang disorder, pain, phlegm, or fluid retention; in a liver/gall blader disorder, the liver qi tightens the blood vessels; in pain the tightness arises in the channels and vessels; in phlegm or fluid retention the tightness arises from a dysfunction of