CALIFORNIA ACUPUNCTURE LICENSING
EXAMINATION CALE PRACTICE TEST
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Yang Channel element order. Answer: JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
⩥ 4 needle -- deficiency syndrome. 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. 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. Answer: Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
⩥ BL-59 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
⩥ GB-35 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
⩥ K-9 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
,⩥ Ren Luo point. Answer: Ren15
7 above umbilicus
⩥ 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
EXAMINATION CALE PRACTICE TEST
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Yang Channel element order. Answer: JW -- Metal
YS -- Water
SS -- Wood
JR -- Fire
HS -- Earth
⩥ 4 needle -- deficiency syndrome. 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. 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. Answer: Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao
2 cun above K3, 1/2 cun anterior to K7
⩥ BL-59 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft of Yang Qiao
3 cun superior to BL-60
⩥ GB-35 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft of Yang Wei
7 cun above top of lateral malleolus, posterior border of fibula
⩥ K-9 (bp). Answer: Xi Cleft of Yin Wei
5 cun above K3
,⩥ Ren Luo point. Answer: Ren15
7 above umbilicus
⩥ 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
