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JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
Yin Channel element
SS -- Earth
order
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
Yang Channel element
SS -- Wood
order
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
tonify horary point on mother channel
tonify mother element on affected channel
4 needle -- deficiency
syndrome
sedate the horary point on controlling channel
sedate controlling element on affected channel
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tonify the horary point on the controlling channel
tonify the controlling point on the affected channel
4 needle -- excess
syndrome
sedate the horary point on son channel
sedate son point on affected channel
Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
K-8
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
BL-59 (bp)
3 cun superior to BL-60
Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
GB-35 (bp)
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border
of fibula
Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
K-9 (bp)
5 cun above K3
Ren15
Ren Luo point
7 above umbilicus
Du 1
Du Luo point
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible H9 ( jing, wood)
phlegm missing HT, which
point best opens orifices?
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Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
LU9 (bp) Influential: Vessels
on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial
side of radial artery
aphasia and tongue H5 and Du15, Ren23
stiffness
H4 Jing River, metal
H5 aphasia, Luo
HT points H6 night sweats, Xi Cleft
H7 insomia, Shu Stream, earth
H8 tongue sores, Ying Spring, fire
Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
P-4 (bp)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
(empirical: malaria)
Jing River
P-5 (bp) Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
empirical food retention Inner NeiTing
Liv5 nerve caution saphenous nerve
P-6 nerve caution medial nerve
Ying Spring
Fire
LU-10 (bp)
midpoint of 1st metacarpal bone, between red/white
skin
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Jing Well
Wood
LU-11 (bp)
radial side of thumb, 0.1 cun posterior to nail
Exit
LI-20 (bp)
in nasiolabial sulcus, at level of inferior border of
nostril
Window of the Sky
LI-18 (bp)
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between
sternal and clavicular heads of SCM
He Sea
Earth
Ghost
LI-11 (bp)
midway between LU-5 and lateral epicondyle of
humerus, lateral end of transverse cubital crease
Xi Cleft
LI-7 (bp)
5 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-
11
Luo Connecting
LI-6 (bp)
3 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-
11
Jing River
Fire
LI-5 (bp)
in the center of the hollow formed by tendons of
extensor pollicis longus and brevis
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NCCAOM Acupuncture Board 2025 UPDATE|
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS (COMPLETE SOLUTIONS)
GUARANTEED SUCCESS |GRADE A+!! (100%
ACCURATE) GET IT RIGHT!!
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Terms in this set (467)
JW -- Wood
YS -- Fire
Yin Channel element
SS -- Earth
order
JR -- Metal
HS -- Water
JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
Yang Channel element
SS -- Wood
order
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
tonify horary point on mother channel
tonify mother element on affected channel
4 needle -- deficiency
syndrome
sedate the horary point on controlling channel
sedate controlling element on affected channel
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,5/13/25, 1:41 PM NCCAOM Acupuncture Board 2025 UPDATE| COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (COMPLETE SOLUTI…
tonify the horary point on the controlling channel
tonify the controlling point on the affected channel
4 needle -- excess
syndrome
sedate the horary point on son channel
sedate son point on affected channel
Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
K-8
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
BL-59 (bp)
3 cun superior to BL-60
Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
GB-35 (bp)
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border
of fibula
Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
K-9 (bp)
5 cun above K3
Ren15
Ren Luo point
7 above umbilicus
Du 1
Du Luo point
middle point between coccyx and anus
when there is invisible H9 ( jing, wood)
phlegm missing HT, which
point best opens orifices?
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Shu Stream
Earth
Yuan Source
LU9 (bp) Influential: Vessels
on transverse crease of wrist, in depression on radial
side of radial artery
aphasia and tongue H5 and Du15, Ren23
stiffness
H4 Jing River, metal
H5 aphasia, Luo
HT points H6 night sweats, Xi Cleft
H7 insomia, Shu Stream, earth
H8 tongue sores, Ying Spring, fire
Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
P-4 (bp)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
(empirical: malaria)
Jing River
P-5 (bp) Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
empirical food retention Inner NeiTing
Liv5 nerve caution saphenous nerve
P-6 nerve caution medial nerve
Ying Spring
Fire
LU-10 (bp)
midpoint of 1st metacarpal bone, between red/white
skin
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Jing Well
Wood
LU-11 (bp)
radial side of thumb, 0.1 cun posterior to nail
Exit
LI-20 (bp)
in nasiolabial sulcus, at level of inferior border of
nostril
Window of the Sky
LI-18 (bp)
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between
sternal and clavicular heads of SCM
He Sea
Earth
Ghost
LI-11 (bp)
midway between LU-5 and lateral epicondyle of
humerus, lateral end of transverse cubital crease
Xi Cleft
LI-7 (bp)
5 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-
11
Luo Connecting
LI-6 (bp)
3 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-
11
Jing River
Fire
LI-5 (bp)
in the center of the hollow formed by tendons of
extensor pollicis longus and brevis
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