2026 NCCAOM ACUPUNCTURE BOARD
ACTUAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED +
4 needle -- deficiency syndrome Correct Answer tonify horary
point on mother channel
tonify mother element on affected channel
sedate the horary point on controlling channel
sedate controlling element on affected channel
4 needle -- excess syndrome Correct Answer tonify the horary
point on the controlling channel
tonify the controlling point on the affected channel
sedate the horary point on son channel
sedate son point on affected channel
,K-8 Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
BL-59 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
GB-35 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
K-9 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
Yin Channel element order Correct Answer JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
SS -- Earth
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
,Yang Channel element order Correct Answer JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
Ren Luo point Correct Answer Ren15
7 above umbilicus
Du Luo point Correct Answer Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best opens
orifices? Correct Answer H9 (jing, wood)
LU9 (bp) Correct Answer Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
Influential: Vessels
, on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial side of
radial artery
aphasia and tongue stiffness Correct Answer H5 and Du15,
Ren23
HT points Correct Answer H4 Jing River, metal
H5 aphasia, Luo
H6 night sweats, Xi Cleft
H7 insomia, Shu Stream, earth
H8 tongue sores, Ying Spring, fire
P-4 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
P-5 (bp) Correct Answer (empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
ACTUAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED +
4 needle -- deficiency syndrome Correct Answer tonify horary
point on mother channel
tonify mother element on affected channel
sedate the horary point on controlling channel
sedate controlling element on affected channel
4 needle -- excess syndrome Correct Answer tonify the horary
point on the controlling channel
tonify the controlling point on the affected channel
sedate the horary point on son channel
sedate son point on affected channel
,K-8 Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
BL-59 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
GB-35 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
K-9 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
Yin Channel element order Correct Answer JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
SS -- Earth
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
,Yang Channel element order Correct Answer JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
Ren Luo point Correct Answer Ren15
7 above umbilicus
Du Luo point Correct Answer Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best opens
orifices? Correct Answer H9 (jing, wood)
LU9 (bp) Correct Answer Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
Influential: Vessels
, on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial side of
radial artery
aphasia and tongue stiffness Correct Answer H5 and Du15,
Ren23
HT points Correct Answer H4 Jing River, metal
H5 aphasia, Luo
H6 night sweats, Xi Cleft
H7 insomia, Shu Stream, earth
H8 tongue sores, Ying Spring, fire
P-4 (bp) Correct Answer Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
P-5 (bp) Correct Answer (empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
