ACUPUNCTURE EXAMINATION TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔The key symptoms of DAMP-HEAT in the large intestine are:
A) Abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood in the stools
B) Insomnia, headache, mid back pain
C) Cough, yellow-green sputum, white tongue coat
D) Fatigue, anorexia vomiting - ✔✔A) Abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood in the stools
✔✔Diet affects the large intestine directly. Interior cold can be caused by:
A) Hot food
B) Fruits
C) Raw food
D) Canned food - ✔✔C) Raw food
✔✔Eating hot and greasy food will cause:
A) internal cold
B) Damp-heat
C) yang excess
D) Yin deficiency - ✔✔D) Yin deficiency
✔✔With heat in the large intestine you would expect the pulse to be:
A) Wiry
B) Slippery
C) Full rapid
D) Slow and empty - ✔✔C) Full rapid
✔✔Loose stools like duck droppings are a symptom of:
A) Damp-Heat
B) Dryness
C) Cold
D) Heat obstruction - ✔✔A) Damp-Heat
✔✔What point would you treat if you have an EXCESS Heart and deficiency in the
Lung? - ✔✔HT 4
✔✔What are the two points would you treat if you have an excess in the Lung and
deficiency in the Kidney? - ✔✔KI 7 & LU 5
, ✔✔What two points would you treat if you have an excess in the liver and deficiency in
the Stomach? - ✔✔Liv 3 & ST 40 (Luo point)
✔✔What point would you treat if you have an EXCESS in the spleen and all others are
normal? - ✔✔SP 3 (horary point)
✔✔The main function of the Stomach is:
A) Constitution
B) Rotting and ripening
C) Wei Chi
D) Pre Heaven Chi - ✔✔B) Rotting and ripening
✔✔The Stomach prefers foods that are:
A) Cold
B) Hot
C) Moist and not too dry
D) Spicy - ✔✔C) Moist and not too dry
✔✔One should not eat during which time:
A) When worried
B) Late at night
C) While working
D) all of the above - ✔✔D) all of the above
✔✔No appetite, fever in the afternoon, constipation, dry mouth and throat, epigastric
pain are symptoms of:
A) Stomach Yin Deficiency
B) Stomach Fire
C) Stomach retention of food
D) Stomach Qi Rebellion - ✔✔A) Stomach Yin Deficiency
✔✔In cold invading the Stomach, you would expect the pulse to be:
A) Superficial and Rapid
B) Deep and Slow
C) Slippery
D) Wiry - ✔✔B) Deep and Slow
✔✔In Stomach Phlegm you would expect the tongue to be:
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔The key symptoms of DAMP-HEAT in the large intestine are:
A) Abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood in the stools
B) Insomnia, headache, mid back pain
C) Cough, yellow-green sputum, white tongue coat
D) Fatigue, anorexia vomiting - ✔✔A) Abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood in the stools
✔✔Diet affects the large intestine directly. Interior cold can be caused by:
A) Hot food
B) Fruits
C) Raw food
D) Canned food - ✔✔C) Raw food
✔✔Eating hot and greasy food will cause:
A) internal cold
B) Damp-heat
C) yang excess
D) Yin deficiency - ✔✔D) Yin deficiency
✔✔With heat in the large intestine you would expect the pulse to be:
A) Wiry
B) Slippery
C) Full rapid
D) Slow and empty - ✔✔C) Full rapid
✔✔Loose stools like duck droppings are a symptom of:
A) Damp-Heat
B) Dryness
C) Cold
D) Heat obstruction - ✔✔A) Damp-Heat
✔✔What point would you treat if you have an EXCESS Heart and deficiency in the
Lung? - ✔✔HT 4
✔✔What are the two points would you treat if you have an excess in the Lung and
deficiency in the Kidney? - ✔✔KI 7 & LU 5
, ✔✔What two points would you treat if you have an excess in the liver and deficiency in
the Stomach? - ✔✔Liv 3 & ST 40 (Luo point)
✔✔What point would you treat if you have an EXCESS in the spleen and all others are
normal? - ✔✔SP 3 (horary point)
✔✔The main function of the Stomach is:
A) Constitution
B) Rotting and ripening
C) Wei Chi
D) Pre Heaven Chi - ✔✔B) Rotting and ripening
✔✔The Stomach prefers foods that are:
A) Cold
B) Hot
C) Moist and not too dry
D) Spicy - ✔✔C) Moist and not too dry
✔✔One should not eat during which time:
A) When worried
B) Late at night
C) While working
D) all of the above - ✔✔D) all of the above
✔✔No appetite, fever in the afternoon, constipation, dry mouth and throat, epigastric
pain are symptoms of:
A) Stomach Yin Deficiency
B) Stomach Fire
C) Stomach retention of food
D) Stomach Qi Rebellion - ✔✔A) Stomach Yin Deficiency
✔✔In cold invading the Stomach, you would expect the pulse to be:
A) Superficial and Rapid
B) Deep and Slow
C) Slippery
D) Wiry - ✔✔B) Deep and Slow
✔✔In Stomach Phlegm you would expect the tongue to be:
