ACUPUNCTURE CORE EXAM SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔SP-1 - ✔✔Jing-well point (wood), laminitis, bloody urination, bloody defecation,
abdominal pain or fullness
Ting-point, caudomedial aspect of hind foot proximal to the coronary band (same as LU-
11 on the front foot)
✔✔Jing-well point (wood) for SP - ✔✔SP-1
✔✔SP-6 - ✔✔Master point for caudal abdomen and urogenital tract, tonifies qi and
blood, do not use during pregnancy!! Useful for diarrhea, genital discharge, promotion of
parturition, infertility, paralysis of hind limb, lack of libido, abnormal cycling, hernia,
urinary incontinence, insomnia
Located 3 cun proximal to the medial malleolus, caudal to tibial border - there is a large
depression here
Also good for anhidrosis.
✔✔Master point for caudal abdomen and urogenital tract - ✔✔SP-6
✔✔SP-9 - ✔✔He-sea point (water), edema, diarrhea, jaundice, urinary difficulty or
incontinence, stifle pain, arthritis
Located in the depression at the level of the midpoint of the patellar ligaments, 0.5 cun
in front of the saphenous vein.
Good yin tonic point.
✔✔He-sea point (water) for SP - ✔✔SP-9
✔✔SP-10 - ✔✔Sea of blood, cools blood, nourishes and invigorates blood, blood heat
toxin, fever, eczema, abnormal cycling
Located 2 cun proximal to the proximomedial border of the patella, in the belly of the
vastus medialis m. Place the web of your hand on the patella and angle 45 degrees up -
your medial finger will be SP-10, lateral finger will be ST 34 (which we haven't learned
yet)
✔✔SP-11 - ✔✔Useful for difficulty urinating, urinary incontinence
Half-way between SP-10 and SP-12 - aka Dantian - make a triangle off the ventral
border of the TC, cranial finger is Dantian/SP-11, caudal finger is Ju-liao AKA ST-31
✔✔SP-12 - ✔✔Stifle performance point, colic, hernia
Located at the ventral border of the external abdominal oblique as it attaches to the TC
✔✔SP-13 - ✔✔Hock and stifle performance point, colic, hernia
Dorsal border of external abdominal oblique as it attaches to the TC
,✔✔SP-21 - ✔✔SP major Luo, useful for heaves, pain in the entire body, Wei syndrome
Located at the 10th intercostal space at the same level of the point of the shoulder.
✔✔HT-1 - ✔✔Useful for shoulder pain.
Located in the center of the axillary space, needle foes straight dorsal through the more
superficial PC3 between the trunk and forelimb
✔✔HT-7 - ✔✔Shu-stream point (earth-son), yuan primary point, palpitation, Shen
disturbance, anxiety restlessness, chest pain, manic
Located on the caudolateral aspect of the radius, just proximal to the accessory carpal
bone, at the insertion of the lateral ulnar m at the level of the carpus. Opposite PC-7
which is on the caudo-medial aspect. The points are only 1/2 inch apart very close to
midline in two tiny grooves axial to the larger caudal grooves.
✔✔Shu-stream point (earth-son) for HT - ✔✔HT-7
✔✔HT-9 - ✔✔Jing-well point (wood), mother point. Useful for chest pain, shoulder pain,
forelimb lameness, laminitis, coma, shen disturbance
Ting-point - caudolateral aspect of front foot
✔✔Jing-well point (wood) for HT - ✔✔HT-9
✔✔SI-1 - ✔✔Jing-well point (metal). Useful for laminitis, sore throat, mastitis, fever,
coma, shoulder pain
Ting-point cranio-lateral aspect of front foot (halfway between HT-9 and midline)
✔✔Jing-well point (metal) for SI - ✔✔SI-1
✔✔SI-3 - ✔✔Shu-stream point (wood-Mother), useful for contusion, sprain, fetlock
swelling, tendinitis of flexor tendons. Cervical stiffness, back pain, sore throat, shoulder
lameness, laminitis, seizure, manic.
Located just below the button of the splint, angle up and stay close to button to avoid
fetlock.
✔✔Shu-stream point (wood-mother) for SI - ✔✔SI - 3
✔✔SI-4 - ✔✔Yuan primary point, cervical stiffness, jaundice, fever, carpal pain and
arthritis
Located opposite LI-4, caudal to the base of the lateral splint, cranial to the suspensory
ligament.
✔✔SI-8 - ✔✔He-sea point (earth-son). Useful for elbow pain and seizure.
Located in the depression between the olecranon and the lateral epicondyle of the
humerus
, ✔✔He-sea point (earth-son) for SI - ✔✔SI-8
✔✔SI-9 - ✔✔Useful for shoulder pain, forelimb lameness, general pain relief
Located in a large depression behind the deltoid at the level of the point of the shoulder
✔✔SI-10 - ✔✔Useful for shoulder pain. Located 2 cun cranio-dorsal (45 degrees) from
SI-9
✔✔SI-16 - ✔✔Diagnosis point (+TH-15) for ligament/tendon, useful for cervical stiffness
Located along the dorsal border of the brachiocephalicus m at the level of the second
cervical vertebral space (C2-3).
✔✔SI-19 - ✔✔Useful for ear problems, manic and toothache
Located at the indentation of the corner of the ear base (dorsal to the zygomatic arch at
the TMJ) when the ear is turned sideways, you can easily see the indentation.
✔✔LU-6 - ✔✔Xi-cleft point for lung, useful for acute upper airway inflammation,
pharyngitis, pain in the shoulder or elbow
"5 from 5" 5 cun distal to Lu5 along the most cranial, medial groove (btw flexor carpi
radialis abd extensor carpi radialis)
✔✔LU-9 - ✔✔Shu-Stream point (Earth), Yuan primary point, influential point of pulse
and vessels, useful for chronic cough/asthma, heaves, weak voice, pain in carpus
On the medial side of the carpus at the junction of the radius and first row of carpal
bones
✔✔LU-10 - ✔✔Ying-Spring point (Fire), Lung heat, fever, sore throat, cough, tendinitis,
carpal pain
Opposite HT-8, halfway down cannon bone just behind suspensory ligament
✔✔5 levels of the LU meridian - ✔✔Jing-well (Wood) - LU-11
Ying-spring (Fire) - LU-10
Shu-stream (Earth) - LU-9
Jing-river (Metal) - LU-8 ***We didn't learn this one in lab****
He-Sea (water) - LU-5
Xi-cleft - LU-5
Luo-connecting - LU-7
Yuan Source - LU-9
✔✔LI-2 - ✔✔Ying-spring point (water), LI heat, fever, diarrhea, nose bleed
Distal to the fetlock on the medial aspect of the limb, just cranial to the extensor branch
of the SL
AND SOLUTIONS RANKED A+
✔✔SP-1 - ✔✔Jing-well point (wood), laminitis, bloody urination, bloody defecation,
abdominal pain or fullness
Ting-point, caudomedial aspect of hind foot proximal to the coronary band (same as LU-
11 on the front foot)
✔✔Jing-well point (wood) for SP - ✔✔SP-1
✔✔SP-6 - ✔✔Master point for caudal abdomen and urogenital tract, tonifies qi and
blood, do not use during pregnancy!! Useful for diarrhea, genital discharge, promotion of
parturition, infertility, paralysis of hind limb, lack of libido, abnormal cycling, hernia,
urinary incontinence, insomnia
Located 3 cun proximal to the medial malleolus, caudal to tibial border - there is a large
depression here
Also good for anhidrosis.
✔✔Master point for caudal abdomen and urogenital tract - ✔✔SP-6
✔✔SP-9 - ✔✔He-sea point (water), edema, diarrhea, jaundice, urinary difficulty or
incontinence, stifle pain, arthritis
Located in the depression at the level of the midpoint of the patellar ligaments, 0.5 cun
in front of the saphenous vein.
Good yin tonic point.
✔✔He-sea point (water) for SP - ✔✔SP-9
✔✔SP-10 - ✔✔Sea of blood, cools blood, nourishes and invigorates blood, blood heat
toxin, fever, eczema, abnormal cycling
Located 2 cun proximal to the proximomedial border of the patella, in the belly of the
vastus medialis m. Place the web of your hand on the patella and angle 45 degrees up -
your medial finger will be SP-10, lateral finger will be ST 34 (which we haven't learned
yet)
✔✔SP-11 - ✔✔Useful for difficulty urinating, urinary incontinence
Half-way between SP-10 and SP-12 - aka Dantian - make a triangle off the ventral
border of the TC, cranial finger is Dantian/SP-11, caudal finger is Ju-liao AKA ST-31
✔✔SP-12 - ✔✔Stifle performance point, colic, hernia
Located at the ventral border of the external abdominal oblique as it attaches to the TC
✔✔SP-13 - ✔✔Hock and stifle performance point, colic, hernia
Dorsal border of external abdominal oblique as it attaches to the TC
,✔✔SP-21 - ✔✔SP major Luo, useful for heaves, pain in the entire body, Wei syndrome
Located at the 10th intercostal space at the same level of the point of the shoulder.
✔✔HT-1 - ✔✔Useful for shoulder pain.
Located in the center of the axillary space, needle foes straight dorsal through the more
superficial PC3 between the trunk and forelimb
✔✔HT-7 - ✔✔Shu-stream point (earth-son), yuan primary point, palpitation, Shen
disturbance, anxiety restlessness, chest pain, manic
Located on the caudolateral aspect of the radius, just proximal to the accessory carpal
bone, at the insertion of the lateral ulnar m at the level of the carpus. Opposite PC-7
which is on the caudo-medial aspect. The points are only 1/2 inch apart very close to
midline in two tiny grooves axial to the larger caudal grooves.
✔✔Shu-stream point (earth-son) for HT - ✔✔HT-7
✔✔HT-9 - ✔✔Jing-well point (wood), mother point. Useful for chest pain, shoulder pain,
forelimb lameness, laminitis, coma, shen disturbance
Ting-point - caudolateral aspect of front foot
✔✔Jing-well point (wood) for HT - ✔✔HT-9
✔✔SI-1 - ✔✔Jing-well point (metal). Useful for laminitis, sore throat, mastitis, fever,
coma, shoulder pain
Ting-point cranio-lateral aspect of front foot (halfway between HT-9 and midline)
✔✔Jing-well point (metal) for SI - ✔✔SI-1
✔✔SI-3 - ✔✔Shu-stream point (wood-Mother), useful for contusion, sprain, fetlock
swelling, tendinitis of flexor tendons. Cervical stiffness, back pain, sore throat, shoulder
lameness, laminitis, seizure, manic.
Located just below the button of the splint, angle up and stay close to button to avoid
fetlock.
✔✔Shu-stream point (wood-mother) for SI - ✔✔SI - 3
✔✔SI-4 - ✔✔Yuan primary point, cervical stiffness, jaundice, fever, carpal pain and
arthritis
Located opposite LI-4, caudal to the base of the lateral splint, cranial to the suspensory
ligament.
✔✔SI-8 - ✔✔He-sea point (earth-son). Useful for elbow pain and seizure.
Located in the depression between the olecranon and the lateral epicondyle of the
humerus
, ✔✔He-sea point (earth-son) for SI - ✔✔SI-8
✔✔SI-9 - ✔✔Useful for shoulder pain, forelimb lameness, general pain relief
Located in a large depression behind the deltoid at the level of the point of the shoulder
✔✔SI-10 - ✔✔Useful for shoulder pain. Located 2 cun cranio-dorsal (45 degrees) from
SI-9
✔✔SI-16 - ✔✔Diagnosis point (+TH-15) for ligament/tendon, useful for cervical stiffness
Located along the dorsal border of the brachiocephalicus m at the level of the second
cervical vertebral space (C2-3).
✔✔SI-19 - ✔✔Useful for ear problems, manic and toothache
Located at the indentation of the corner of the ear base (dorsal to the zygomatic arch at
the TMJ) when the ear is turned sideways, you can easily see the indentation.
✔✔LU-6 - ✔✔Xi-cleft point for lung, useful for acute upper airway inflammation,
pharyngitis, pain in the shoulder or elbow
"5 from 5" 5 cun distal to Lu5 along the most cranial, medial groove (btw flexor carpi
radialis abd extensor carpi radialis)
✔✔LU-9 - ✔✔Shu-Stream point (Earth), Yuan primary point, influential point of pulse
and vessels, useful for chronic cough/asthma, heaves, weak voice, pain in carpus
On the medial side of the carpus at the junction of the radius and first row of carpal
bones
✔✔LU-10 - ✔✔Ying-Spring point (Fire), Lung heat, fever, sore throat, cough, tendinitis,
carpal pain
Opposite HT-8, halfway down cannon bone just behind suspensory ligament
✔✔5 levels of the LU meridian - ✔✔Jing-well (Wood) - LU-11
Ying-spring (Fire) - LU-10
Shu-stream (Earth) - LU-9
Jing-river (Metal) - LU-8 ***We didn't learn this one in lab****
He-Sea (water) - LU-5
Xi-cleft - LU-5
Luo-connecting - LU-7
Yuan Source - LU-9
✔✔LI-2 - ✔✔Ying-spring point (water), LI heat, fever, diarrhea, nose bleed
Distal to the fetlock on the medial aspect of the limb, just cranial to the extensor branch
of the SL
