CALIFORNIA ACUPUNCTURE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔SI-2 (bp) - ✔✔Ying Spring
Water
just distal to MCP joint on ulnar border of fifth finger
✔✔SI-3 (bp) - ✔✔Shu Stream
Wood
Confluent: Du
proximal to head of fifth metacarpal bone, on ulnar border of hand
✔✔SI-4 (bp) - ✔✔Yuan Source
between base of fifth metacarpal bone and triquetral bone
✔✔SI-5 (bp) - ✔✔Jing River
Fire
between triquetral bone and head of ulna
✔✔SI-6 (bp) - ✔✔Xi Cleft
dorsal aspect of head of ulna, in cleft
✔✔SI-7 (bp) - ✔✔Luo Connecting
5 cun proximal to SI-5, in groove between anterior border of ulna and flexor carpi ulnaris
✔✔SI-8 (bp) - ✔✔He Sea
Earth
,between tip of olecranon process of ulna and tip of medial epicondyle of humerus
✔✔SI-10 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, BL, Yang Wei, Yang Qiao
inferior to the scapular spine, directly superior to posterior axillary crease
✔✔SI-12 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, LI, SJ, GB
in center of suprascapular fossa, directly above SI-11, in depression formed when arm
is raised
✔✔SI-16 (bp) - ✔✔Window of the Sky
posterior border of SCM, level with laryngeal prominence
✔✔SI-17 (bp) - ✔✔Window of the Sky
between angle of mandible and anterior border of SCM
✔✔SI-18 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, SJ
directly below outer canthus, at lower border of zygomatic bone
✔✔SI-19 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, SJ, GB
between middle of tragus and mandible's condyloid process
✔✔useful landmark: iliac crest - ✔✔Du3, L4, BL25
✔✔BL-1 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, SI, ST, GB, SJ, Du, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao
Entry
medial-superior to inner canthus of eye
✔✔BL-10 (bp) - ✔✔Window of the Sky
lateral to trapezius edge, at level with Du-15 (C1)
✔✔BL-11 (bp) - ✔✔Influential: Bones
Meeting: BL, SI, SJ, GB, Du
Sea of Blood
1.5 cun lateral to T1 and Du-13
,✔✔BL-12 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, Du
(influential: wind)
1.5 cun lateral to T2
✔✔BL-13 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: LU
1.5 cun lateral to T3 and Du-12
✔✔BL-14 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: PC
1.5 cun lateral to T4
✔✔BL-15 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: HT
1.5 cun lateral to T5 and Du-11
✔✔BL-17 (bp) - ✔✔(diaphragm shu)
Influential: Blood
1.5 cun lateral to T7 and Du9
✔✔BL-18 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: Liv
1.5 cun lateral to T9 and Du-8
✔✔BL-19 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: GB
1.5 cun lateral to T10 and Du-7
✔✔BL-20 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: SP
1.5 cun lateral to T11 and Du-6
✔✔BL-21 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: ST
1.5 cun lateral to T12
✔✔BL-22 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: SJ
1.5 cun lateral to L1 and Du-5
✔✔BL-23 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: KD
1.5 cun lateral to L2 and Du-4
, ✔✔BL-25 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: LI
1.5 cun lateral to L4 and Du-3
✔✔BL-27 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: SI
1.5 cun lateral to 1st sacral foramen
✔✔BL-28 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: BL
1.5 cun lateral to 2nd sacral foramen
✔✔BL-31, BL-32, BL-33, BL-34 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, GB
in sacral foramina
✔✔BL-39 (bp) - ✔✔Lower He Sea: SJ
at lateral end of popliteal crease, medial to tendon
✔✔BL-40 (bp) - ✔✔He Sea
Earth
Command: Back
at middle of popliteal crease
✔✔BL-41 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, SI
lateral to BL-12 and T2
✔✔BL-42 (bp) - ✔✔(Po)
lateral to BL-13, Du-12, T3
✔✔BL-44 (bp) - ✔✔(Shen)
lateral to BL-15, Du-11, T5
✔✔BL-47 (bp) - ✔✔(Hun)
lateral to BL-18, Du-8, T9
✔✔BL-49 (bp) - ✔✔(Yi)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔SI-2 (bp) - ✔✔Ying Spring
Water
just distal to MCP joint on ulnar border of fifth finger
✔✔SI-3 (bp) - ✔✔Shu Stream
Wood
Confluent: Du
proximal to head of fifth metacarpal bone, on ulnar border of hand
✔✔SI-4 (bp) - ✔✔Yuan Source
between base of fifth metacarpal bone and triquetral bone
✔✔SI-5 (bp) - ✔✔Jing River
Fire
between triquetral bone and head of ulna
✔✔SI-6 (bp) - ✔✔Xi Cleft
dorsal aspect of head of ulna, in cleft
✔✔SI-7 (bp) - ✔✔Luo Connecting
5 cun proximal to SI-5, in groove between anterior border of ulna and flexor carpi ulnaris
✔✔SI-8 (bp) - ✔✔He Sea
Earth
,between tip of olecranon process of ulna and tip of medial epicondyle of humerus
✔✔SI-10 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, BL, Yang Wei, Yang Qiao
inferior to the scapular spine, directly superior to posterior axillary crease
✔✔SI-12 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, LI, SJ, GB
in center of suprascapular fossa, directly above SI-11, in depression formed when arm
is raised
✔✔SI-16 (bp) - ✔✔Window of the Sky
posterior border of SCM, level with laryngeal prominence
✔✔SI-17 (bp) - ✔✔Window of the Sky
between angle of mandible and anterior border of SCM
✔✔SI-18 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, SJ
directly below outer canthus, at lower border of zygomatic bone
✔✔SI-19 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: SI, SJ, GB
between middle of tragus and mandible's condyloid process
✔✔useful landmark: iliac crest - ✔✔Du3, L4, BL25
✔✔BL-1 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, SI, ST, GB, SJ, Du, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao
Entry
medial-superior to inner canthus of eye
✔✔BL-10 (bp) - ✔✔Window of the Sky
lateral to trapezius edge, at level with Du-15 (C1)
✔✔BL-11 (bp) - ✔✔Influential: Bones
Meeting: BL, SI, SJ, GB, Du
Sea of Blood
1.5 cun lateral to T1 and Du-13
,✔✔BL-12 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, Du
(influential: wind)
1.5 cun lateral to T2
✔✔BL-13 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: LU
1.5 cun lateral to T3 and Du-12
✔✔BL-14 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: PC
1.5 cun lateral to T4
✔✔BL-15 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: HT
1.5 cun lateral to T5 and Du-11
✔✔BL-17 (bp) - ✔✔(diaphragm shu)
Influential: Blood
1.5 cun lateral to T7 and Du9
✔✔BL-18 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: Liv
1.5 cun lateral to T9 and Du-8
✔✔BL-19 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: GB
1.5 cun lateral to T10 and Du-7
✔✔BL-20 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: SP
1.5 cun lateral to T11 and Du-6
✔✔BL-21 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: ST
1.5 cun lateral to T12
✔✔BL-22 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: SJ
1.5 cun lateral to L1 and Du-5
✔✔BL-23 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: KD
1.5 cun lateral to L2 and Du-4
, ✔✔BL-25 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: LI
1.5 cun lateral to L4 and Du-3
✔✔BL-27 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: SI
1.5 cun lateral to 1st sacral foramen
✔✔BL-28 (bp) - ✔✔Back Shu: BL
1.5 cun lateral to 2nd sacral foramen
✔✔BL-31, BL-32, BL-33, BL-34 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, GB
in sacral foramina
✔✔BL-39 (bp) - ✔✔Lower He Sea: SJ
at lateral end of popliteal crease, medial to tendon
✔✔BL-40 (bp) - ✔✔He Sea
Earth
Command: Back
at middle of popliteal crease
✔✔BL-41 (bp) - ✔✔Meeting: BL, SI
lateral to BL-12 and T2
✔✔BL-42 (bp) - ✔✔(Po)
lateral to BL-13, Du-12, T3
✔✔BL-44 (bp) - ✔✔(Shen)
lateral to BL-15, Du-11, T5
✔✔BL-47 (bp) - ✔✔(Hun)
lateral to BL-18, Du-8, T9
✔✔BL-49 (bp) - ✔✔(Yi)
