NCCAOM ACUPUNCTURE BOARD EXAM
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Du Luo point. Answer: Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
◉ when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best
opens orifices?. Answer: H9 (jing, wood)
◉ LU9 (bp). 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. Answer: H5 and Du15, Ren23
◉ HT points. 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). Answer: Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
◉ P-5 (bp). Answer: (empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
◉ empirical food retention. Answer: Inner NeiTing
◉ Liv5 nerve caution. Answer: saphenous nerve
◉ P-6 nerve caution. Answer: medial nerve
,◉ LU-10 (bp). Answer: Ying Spring
Fire
midpoint of 1st metacarpal bone, between red/white skin
◉ LU-11 (bp). Answer: Jing Well
Wood
radial side of thumb, 0.1 cun posterior to nail
◉ LI-20 (bp). Answer: Exit
in nasiolabial sulcus, at level of inferior border of nostril
◉ LI-18 (bp). Answer: Window of the Sky
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between sternal and
clavicular heads of SCM
◉ LI-11 (bp). Answer: He Sea
Earth
Ghost
, midway between LU-5 and lateral epicondyle of humerus, lateral end
of transverse cubital crease
◉ LI-7 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft
5 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
◉ LI-6 (bp). Answer: Luo Connecting
3 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
◉ LI-5 (bp). Answer: Jing River
Fire
in the center of the hollow formed by tendons of extensor pollicis
longus and brevis
◉ LI-4 (bp). Answer: Entry
Yuan Source
Command: face/head
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Du Luo point. Answer: Du 1
middle point between coccyx and anus
◉ when there is invisible phlegm missing HT, which point best
opens orifices?. Answer: H9 (jing, wood)
◉ LU9 (bp). 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. Answer: H5 and Du15, Ren23
◉ HT points. 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). Answer: Xi Cleft
(acute chest pain)
5 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
◉ P-5 (bp). Answer: (empirical: malaria)
Jing River
Metal
3 cun proximal to P-7, between tendons
◉ empirical food retention. Answer: Inner NeiTing
◉ Liv5 nerve caution. Answer: saphenous nerve
◉ P-6 nerve caution. Answer: medial nerve
,◉ LU-10 (bp). Answer: Ying Spring
Fire
midpoint of 1st metacarpal bone, between red/white skin
◉ LU-11 (bp). Answer: Jing Well
Wood
radial side of thumb, 0.1 cun posterior to nail
◉ LI-20 (bp). Answer: Exit
in nasiolabial sulcus, at level of inferior border of nostril
◉ LI-18 (bp). Answer: Window of the Sky
level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between sternal and
clavicular heads of SCM
◉ LI-11 (bp). Answer: He Sea
Earth
Ghost
, midway between LU-5 and lateral epicondyle of humerus, lateral end
of transverse cubital crease
◉ LI-7 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft
5 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
◉ LI-6 (bp). Answer: Luo Connecting
3 cun proximal to LI-5, on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11
◉ LI-5 (bp). Answer: Jing River
Fire
in the center of the hollow formed by tendons of extensor pollicis
longus and brevis
◉ LI-4 (bp). Answer: Entry
Yuan Source
Command: face/head
