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What is acupuncture? - ANSWER✔✔Act of placing a solid needle into a body at
specific points to effect a response
Where are the acupuncture points? - ANSWER✔✔Lie along meridians
- points located by anatomical description body measurements
- largely transposed from human maps
When are the earliest recording of animal acupuncture? - ANSWER✔✔900 AD
Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine (TCVM) theory focuses on what? -
ANSWER✔✔The flow of Qi (energy of life) and the flow of Qi along the
meridians which are connected with inner organs and can be blocked by disease
and discomfort. Acupuncture will manipulate this Qi blockage.
Describe the acupuncture meridians - ANSWER✔✔Pathways along which Qi and
blood circulate
Connect internal organs with external body
12 meridians with 12 organs (6 yin and 6 yang) with 2 additional non-paired
organs
What are some of the organs that are connected in the meridian? -
ANSWER✔✔Lung, heart, spleen, pericardium, kidney, liver, LI, SI, triple burner,
stomach, bladder, gall bladder
, What lie along the meridians? - ANSWER✔✔Specific points (alarm, master,
association, tonification, sedation)
What is the yin and yang theory? - ANSWER✔✔Homeostasis between internal
and external state
Opposite
Yin= fluids, blood (solid organs like liver and spleen)
Yang= nourishment, metabolism (Qi) (intestines, stomach)
What is the 5 element theory used for? - ANSWER✔✔To describe, categorize
organs, tissues, senses, emotion
What are the 5 elements in the 5 element theory? - ANSWER✔✔Kidney
Lung
Spleen
Heart
Liver
What are 2 other TCVM diagnosis techniques used? - ANSWER✔✔Tongue
diagnosis
Pulse examination
Where are acupuncture points located in western theory? - ANSWER✔✔Nerve
bundles
-close to major blood vessels, surrounded by small nerve bundles (NAV bundles)
Motor point (where nerves enter or exit muscle)
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