Spirits
Lost in Translation
Injury
Matters of the Heart
Acupuncturist Must-Knows
100

What spirit resides in the Heart? 

What is the Shen

100

What is another word for Yi?

What is Intent?

100

What season does one die in if the Liver gets damaged?

What is autumn

100

What is the emotion associated with the Heart?

What is Happiness

100

What should be critically assessed about a patient before beginning any needle treatment?

What is the patient's state of mind and vitality

200

What spirit dwells in the lungs?

What is the Po

200

What is another word for Zhi?

What is Will?

200

Damage to which Zang organ causes the skin to shrivel and wrinkle?

What is the Lung

200

What substance does the Heart store?

What is Vessels

200

Who's spirit must the acupuncturist focus on?

What is both patient and practitioner

300

What spirit/mental activity is associated with the Spleen?

What is the Yi


300

What is another word for Ying?

What is Nutritive or what is Provisioning?

300

What occurs when the Hun is injured?

What is, one becomes mad and forgetful

OR

What is, the genitals contract, the musculature cramps and the flanks on both sides can no longer rise

300

How does excess of the Heart manifest? 

What is nonstop laughter 

300

What is said of true healing work?

What is "rooted in the spirit"

400

What spirit dwells in the Liver?

What is the Hun

400

What is another translation of Po? 

What is White Soul

400

When the Spleen falls prey to oppression and sorrow and cannot free itself, what happens to the Four Limbs?

What is, they can no longer rise

400

What does the Heart remeber?

What is Intention

400

In what instance should a needle not be used to treat? 

What is, when all five Zang organs are damaged

Or 

What is, when all five substances are damaged

500

What is the spirit/mental action associated with the Kidney?

What is Zhi

500

What is another translation of Hun?

What is Cloud Soul

500

Damage to which of the Five Zang organs leads to damaged and brittle hair?

What is the Heart, the Lung, the Spleen, the Liver and the Kidney 

500

What psychology is associated with the Heart? 

What is Consciousness

500

When the practitioner is empty and receptive instead of active in the rational mind and preoccupied what are they said to be able to hold?

What is "hold the needle as if it were the tail of a tiger" 

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