QUESTIONS
1. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) The Chinese name for an AP point is "Hsueh" or "Xue" which means "hole"
(b) AP points very seldom arise over a peripheral nerve and one should be very careful not to needle a nerve
(c) AP points may coincide with AHSHI points, Trigger Points (TPs), Motor Points
(d) Some AP points are rich in proprioceptors, such as near joints; others are rich in nerve endings. Needling strongly stimulates the cerebral cortex and hypothalamus and results in powerful reflex action, for instance the response to GV26 in shock, collapse
(e) Needling should cause a sensation of paraesthesia, like an electric shock running away from the needle.
2. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) Tissue around AP points has more free nerve endings, vascular spirals, thickening of the epidermis and more linear alignment of collagen fibres than tissue more distant from the points.
(b) AP points have high direct-current (DC) potential and low impedance (high conductivity) relative to surrounding skin
(c) Skin lesions, sweat, serum etc have no effect on the readings of electrical pointfinders.
(d) In animals (with hairy skins) the hair may interfere with readings of electrical pointfinders.
(e) Spring-loaded probes, applied at constant force, improve the accuracy of electronic point detection.
3. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) Reflex connections between AP points and organs/body parts were proven by provocation experiments. Irritant substances were injected into different organs, body regions or joints. The animals were observed closely to see which points showed increased sensitivity after the challenge. Provocation experiments and stimulation of the reactive points suggest that the AP points are terminals in a bi-directional reflex: viscerocutaneous and cutaneovisceral. They confirm the claim of TCM that AP has diagnostic and therapeutic uses.
(b) Kothbauer worked mainly on the reflex points of the abdominal viscera of cows. He found that specific ipsilateral points in the lumbosacral area reacted to ipsilateral irritation of the ovary, uterus, kidney or cervix uteri.
(c) Kvirshishvili injected irritants into specific joints of rabbits. He confirmed that specific ipsilateral Ear points vasodilated in response to pain signals from specific body regions.
(d) Reflex vasodilation at AP points can be measured by thermography as cold-spots.
(e) Schupbach injected irritant solution into the body or horn of the uterus of minipigs. He located specific reflex zones especially over the iliac wing, lumbosacral space, sacral foramina and anterior coccygeal area (corresponding to BL26.3, 27-34, PAIHUI, WEIKEN etc)
4. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) The selective sensitivity which appears at AP points in disease is partly a reflex phenomenon associated with autonomic changes and a "primitive nervous system" phenomenon, such as occurs in plants and lower animals when tissues are damaged.
(b) As the disease process is controlled and/or eliminated by the body, AP point sensitivity returns to its normal baseline levels.
(c) In the treatment of disorders in which pain-points, AHSHI points etc have been located on initial examination, disappearance of AP point sensitivity in the first few treatment sessions is a good prognostic sign.
(d) Certain drugs (such as alcohol, mescaline, marijuana) may cause general alterations in all major AP points, probably by reflex autonomic effects.
(e) Mental state (excitement, fear, depression etc) has no effect on AP point sensitivity.
5. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) Vet acupuncturists must know thoroughly at least 150 points before they can expect good clinical results in animals.
(b) The 12 Main Channels are bilaterally symmetrical and the CV and GV Channels are in the ventral and dorsal midline respectively
(c) There is a total of 361 point positions (if one does not count mirror opposites) on the 14 main Channels of human AP
(d) Ear Points, "New Points", "Strange Points" and "Hand Points", Scalp points, Face points, Nose points and Foot Zone points bring the number of point locations to >1000.
(e) Earpoints are found in humans, represented as an inverted homonculus, with the head at the earlobe, the back towards the posterior edge and the buttocks/feet at the upper part of the ear. However, there is controversy over the exact position of the points: for instance, Nogier's ear charts are not identical to modern Chinese ear charts.
6. For each of the following Channels, indicate the letter (a to e) corresponding with the correct number of points on the Channel:
| #a #b #c #d #e | |
| BL | 61 63 65 67 69 |
| CV | 21 22 23 24 25 |
| GB | 44 46 50 52 54 |
| GV | 24 25 26 27 28 |
| HT | 09 11 13 15 17 |
| KI | 19 21 23 25 27 |
| LI | 18 20 22 24 26 |
| LU | 09 10 11 12 13 |
| LV | 13 14 15 16 17 |
| PC | 05 07 09 11 13 |
| SI | 19 20 21 22 23 |
| SP | 13 15 17 19 21 |
| ST | 39 41 43 45 47 |
| TH | 21 23 25 27 29 |