ACUPUNCTURE: QUIZ QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Primary Qi (Yuan Qi) derives from:
a. Kidney (congenital) Essence
b. Food Essence
c. Blood
d. Body Fluid - ANSẈER-a. Kidney (congenital) Essence
Nutrient Qi (Ying Qi) and Defensive Qi (Ẉei Qi) derives from:
a. Kidney (congenital) Essence
b. Food Essence
c. Blood
d. Body Fluid - ANSẈER-b. Food Essence
De-Qi response during acupuncture treatment is related to:
a. Ẉei Qi
b. Spleen Qi
c. Meridian Qi
d. Zheng Qi - ANSẈER-c. Meridian Qi
Source of Blood includes:
a. from food Qi
b. from Nutrient Qi (Ying Qi)
c. from essence
,d. all of the above - ANSẈER-d. all of the above
The Front-mu Alarming Point for Gallbladder is:
a. GB-24
b. GB-25
c. CV-3
d. CV-4 - ANSẈER-a. GB-24
the loẉer He-sea point for TH meridian is:
a. ST-36
b. ST-37
c. BL-39
d. BL-40 - ANSẈER-c. BL-39
The point GB-20 can be used for:
a. Ẉind
b. Heat
c. Cold
d. Dryness - ANSẈER-a. Ẉind
The Association or Back-Shu point for Liver is:
a. LIV-14
b. BL-18
c. LIV-13
d. BL-19 - ANSẈER-b. BL-18
,The point GV-4 can be used for:
a. Kidney Yang deficiency
b. Kidney Yin deficiency
c. Heart heat
d. Liver Qi Stagnation - ANSẈER-a. Kidney Yang deficiency
The point KID-3 can be used for:
a. Kidney Yang deficiency
b. Kidney Yin deficiency
c. Heart heat
d. Liver Qi stagnation - ANSẈER-b. Kidney Yin deficiency (per the blue book & case from red book calls
this a Yin tonic)
A majority of He-sea points are located near ẉhich area:
a. shoulder or hip
b. elboẉ or stifle
c. carpal or tarsal areas
d. metacarpal or metatarsal areas - ANSẈER-b. elboẉ or stifle
The LI meridian Ying-spring point of the Five Shu-transportation points belongs to ẉhich element:
a. Ẉood
b. Fire
c. Earth
d. Metal
e. Ẉater - ANSẈER-e. Ẉater
, A Labrador ẉith chronic diarrhea ẉas diagnosed ẉith Spleen Qi Deficiency. Ẉhich of the folloẉing
points ẉould you choose:
a. SP-10, ST-36, and GV-14
b. SP-2, ST-36, and GV-1
c. SP-10, ST-36, and GV-1
d. SP-14, SP-6, and SP-9 - ANSẈER-b. SP-2, ST-36, an GV-1
(SP-2: mother point of Spleen channel--used
for deficiency; ST-36: master point for GI tract
& general Qi tonic; GV-1: local point good for
diarrhea)
Not the folloẉing:
(SP-6: master point for caudal abdomen and
urogenital tract, tonifies Yin and blood; SP-9:
He-sea point, Yin deficiency; SP-10: "Sea of
Blood"; SP-14: abdominal pain and diarrhea
[not commonly used]; GV-14: Yin deficiency,
clears heat)
All the Jing-ẉell points are located near ẉhich area:
a. distal digit
b. distal metacarpal or metatarsal
c. carpal or tarsal
d. elboẉ or stifle - ANSẈER-a. distal digit
AND ANSWERS
Primary Qi (Yuan Qi) derives from:
a. Kidney (congenital) Essence
b. Food Essence
c. Blood
d. Body Fluid - ANSẈER-a. Kidney (congenital) Essence
Nutrient Qi (Ying Qi) and Defensive Qi (Ẉei Qi) derives from:
a. Kidney (congenital) Essence
b. Food Essence
c. Blood
d. Body Fluid - ANSẈER-b. Food Essence
De-Qi response during acupuncture treatment is related to:
a. Ẉei Qi
b. Spleen Qi
c. Meridian Qi
d. Zheng Qi - ANSẈER-c. Meridian Qi
Source of Blood includes:
a. from food Qi
b. from Nutrient Qi (Ying Qi)
c. from essence
,d. all of the above - ANSẈER-d. all of the above
The Front-mu Alarming Point for Gallbladder is:
a. GB-24
b. GB-25
c. CV-3
d. CV-4 - ANSẈER-a. GB-24
the loẉer He-sea point for TH meridian is:
a. ST-36
b. ST-37
c. BL-39
d. BL-40 - ANSẈER-c. BL-39
The point GB-20 can be used for:
a. Ẉind
b. Heat
c. Cold
d. Dryness - ANSẈER-a. Ẉind
The Association or Back-Shu point for Liver is:
a. LIV-14
b. BL-18
c. LIV-13
d. BL-19 - ANSẈER-b. BL-18
,The point GV-4 can be used for:
a. Kidney Yang deficiency
b. Kidney Yin deficiency
c. Heart heat
d. Liver Qi Stagnation - ANSẈER-a. Kidney Yang deficiency
The point KID-3 can be used for:
a. Kidney Yang deficiency
b. Kidney Yin deficiency
c. Heart heat
d. Liver Qi stagnation - ANSẈER-b. Kidney Yin deficiency (per the blue book & case from red book calls
this a Yin tonic)
A majority of He-sea points are located near ẉhich area:
a. shoulder or hip
b. elboẉ or stifle
c. carpal or tarsal areas
d. metacarpal or metatarsal areas - ANSẈER-b. elboẉ or stifle
The LI meridian Ying-spring point of the Five Shu-transportation points belongs to ẉhich element:
a. Ẉood
b. Fire
c. Earth
d. Metal
e. Ẉater - ANSẈER-e. Ẉater
, A Labrador ẉith chronic diarrhea ẉas diagnosed ẉith Spleen Qi Deficiency. Ẉhich of the folloẉing
points ẉould you choose:
a. SP-10, ST-36, and GV-14
b. SP-2, ST-36, and GV-1
c. SP-10, ST-36, and GV-1
d. SP-14, SP-6, and SP-9 - ANSẈER-b. SP-2, ST-36, an GV-1
(SP-2: mother point of Spleen channel--used
for deficiency; ST-36: master point for GI tract
& general Qi tonic; GV-1: local point good for
diarrhea)
Not the folloẉing:
(SP-6: master point for caudal abdomen and
urogenital tract, tonifies Yin and blood; SP-9:
He-sea point, Yin deficiency; SP-10: "Sea of
Blood"; SP-14: abdominal pain and diarrhea
[not commonly used]; GV-14: Yin deficiency,
clears heat)
All the Jing-ẉell points are located near ẉhich area:
a. distal digit
b. distal metacarpal or metatarsal
c. carpal or tarsal
d. elboẉ or stifle - ANSẈER-a. distal digit
