Extra Points Quiz
Test your knowledge of the extra acupuncture points function and location.
- 1.
Which extra point is commonly used to clear food stagnation in children?
- A.
He Ding - Cranes Top
- B.
Si Feng - Four Seams
- C.
Yin Tang - Seal Hall
- D.
Ba Feng - Eight Winds
Correct Answer
B. Si Feng - Four SeamsExplanation
It is found on the palmar surface of the hand, at the midpoint of the transverse creases of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the four fingers.Rate this question:
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- 2.
What is the name of the point that lies in the groove, midway between the medial ends of the two eyebrows? It is mostly used to calm the Shen. Write you answer in EITHER Pinyin OR English with a space between the two words. E.g. Tai Yang or Lesser Yang.
Correct Answer
Yin Tang
Seal Hall
yin tang
seal hall - 3.
Gall-Bladder Point, Dan Nan Xue, is used to treat Damp-Heat in the Gall-Bladder, and is indicated for acute or chronic cholecystitis or cholelithiasis. This point is located:This point is found on the right-hand-side only. Starting at GB34, palpate down the GB channel towards the foot. The point is found at the most tender spot, between 1 and 2 cun below GB34.
- A.
1.5 cun below GB 34 on the right hand side of the body only.
- B.
1.5 cun below GB 34 on the left hand side of the body only.
- C.
Between 1 and 2 cun below GB 34, at the most tender spot, on the left hand side of the body only.
- D.
Between 1 and 2 cun below GB 34, at the most tender spot, on the right hand side of the body only.
Correct Answer
D. Between 1 and 2 cun below GB 34, at the most tender spot, on the right hand side of the body only. -
- 4.
Tick all of the following points (may be more than one) that are used to treat knee pain, and other knee problems.
- A.
He Ding - Cranes Top
- B.
Ba Xie - Eight Pathogenic Evils
- C.
Xi Yan - Eyes of the Knee
- D.
Shi Xuan - Ten Spreadings
Correct Answer(s)
A. He Ding - Cranes Top
C. Xi Yan - Eyes of the Knee -
- 5.
Which extra point is commonly used to treat a lingering pathogenic factor, and to clear stuch and chronic phlegm?
- A.
Bai Lao - One Hundred Taxations
- B.
Yi Ming - Shielding Brightness
- C.
He Ding - Cranes Top
- D.
Shi Qi Zhui Xia - Below the Seventeenth Vertabrae
Correct Answer
A. Bai Lao - One Hundred Taxations -
- 6.
The last point for treating lingering pathogenic factor and lingering phlegm is located:
- A.
At the back of the neck two cun lateral, and one cun superior, to Du 14.
- B.
In depressions between the metacarpal heads, proximal to the webs
- C.
At the back of the neck one cun lateral, and two cun superior, to Du 14.
- D.
At the apex of the ear
Correct Answer
C. At the back of the neck one cun lateral, and two cun superior, to Du 14. -
- 7.
Jing Gong - Palace of Essence - is used for nourishing Kidney Jing. It is located:
- A.
0.5 cun lateral to Bl 23
- B.
0.5 cun lateral to Bl 52
- C.
0.5 cun inferior to Kid 3
- D.
In the gap between L5 and the sacrum
- E.
In the gap between C7 and T1
Correct Answer
B. 0.5 cun lateral to Bl 52 -
- 8.
Which of the following points can be used as local points to treat headaches?
- A.
Shi Xuan - Ten Spreadings
- B.
Tai Yang - Lesser Yang
- C.
Yin Tang - Seal Hall
- D.
An Mian - Peaceful Sleep
- E.
Yu Yao - Fish Spine
Correct Answer(s)
B. Tai Yang - Lesser Yang
C. Yin Tang - Seal Hall
E. Yu Yao - Fish SpineExplanation
Tai Yang is used to treat headaches around the temples, especially from Liver Yang Rising. Yin Tang is used for frontal headaches, especially if stress or shen disturbance is a factor, and in some sinus headaches. Yu Yao is used to treat headaches involving the eyes, especially from Liver Blood Deficiency.Rate this question:
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- 9.
Yao Tong Xue - Back Pain Point - is used to treat acute back pain, especially unilateral. Where is it located?
- A.
3.5 cun lateral to the gap between L4 and L5
- B.
On the palm of the hand, midway between the wrist crease and the MCP joints between the 2nd and 3rd, and between the 4th and 5thmetacarpals.
- C.
3.5 cun lateral to the gap between L5 and S1
- D.
On the dorsum of the hand, midway between the wrist crease and the MCP joints between the 2nd and 3rd, and between the 4th and 5thmetacarpals.
Correct Answer
D. On the dorsum of the hand, midway between the wrist crease and the MCP joints between the 2nd and 3rd, and between the 4th and 5thmetacarpals.Explanation
the point lateral to the gap between L4 and L5 is Yao Yan - Eye of the back. It is commonly used for chronic backache, and as a local point for acute backache.Rate this question:
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- 10.
Which extra point, at the highest point of the naso-labial groove, between nasal bone and nasal cartilage, is used to open the nose? Write you answer in EITHER Pinyin OR English with a space between the two words. E.g. Tai Yang or Lesser Yang
Correct Answer
Bi Tong
bi tong
Nose Passage
nose passage
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