ATTT

What is incorrect needling characteristic for each school?

• Jiao;s system - need to insert and withdraw needle quickly, fast rotate manipulation

• Jiao’s system is stimulate cerebral cortex

• zhu’s system is stimulate cerebral cortex

• Tang’s system is yin yang scalp acupuncture - requires multiple short needles shallowly w longer retention time

ISNSA (recognize scalp acupuncture internationally) incorrect characteristic?

• 4 region and 14 lines

• 5 regions and 15 lines

• point or line selection: select line from regions based on indication

• point or line selection: draw line from pt to pt

Incorrect about systems?

• Fang uses baihui as main point

• Tang - anterior part of head belongs to yin , reflects a person lying face up

• liu’s system is based on ba gua and treats paralysis, stroke, parkinsons

• principle of action of SA is bc head is related to all ZF meridians or organs, it not only treats head d. But all meridians

• SA and cerebral cortex localizaton of fucntion: treatment zones are mapped onto functional areas of cererbal cortex (eg, hand on left = motor are more covered on cerebral cortex ) (motor = red = ant)

What is wrong about scalp acupuncture

• insert at loose areolar tissue

• commonly used for fever for its clearing heat function at the head

• commonly used for post stroke and neurological disorders (Parkinson, alzheimers, resless leg, epilepsy)

• the most famous for development of microsystem SA is Jiao Shun Fa (fang yun peng)

Which of the following is from Han Yan to Xuan Li?

• Ant temporal line

• middle line of vertex

• posterior temporal line

• Ant oblique line of vertex-temporal

What is best for numbness/pain/electric sensation of right lower limb?

• middle 2/5 of right side MS 6 ant oblique

• upper 1/5 of right side MS 7

• Upper 1/5 left side MS 7 posterior oblique line of vertex-temporal

• middle 2/5 of left MS7

About opposite side, what doesnt need to be considered

• Left/ right

• -

• —

• Upper/ lower limb

What is incorrect about the 2 vertex-temporal points? (MS6 and MS 7)

• Both indicated for opposite side

• Ms7 is indicated motor for opposite side

• Both are same in terms of upper /5 , middle 2/5 lower 2/5 even tho diff ant (motor)/post (sensory). Both upper 1/5 lower limb and trunk, middle 2/5 upper limbs, lower 2/5 for speech/ head and facial

• both need to look for Bai Hui for the first step plus Xuan Li for MS 6 and Qu Bin for MS7. Only for MS6 needs qian ding,not ms7 Bai hui is halved then look for 2.25 and 1 cun back for qian ding

• ms7 is 1.5 cun parallel to MS6 posteriorly. Both separate into 5 sections

About ms6 and 7 what is incorrect

• ms7 lower 2/5 is for speech 1 (= Jiao’s) hygrostoma (=difficult speech dt mouth) motor aphasia, facial paralysis,

• ms7 lower 2/5 is for head and facial

• ms7 is for headache and facial pain

• ms6 is for motor diseases

select correct number of lines

• forehead 5

• vertex 4

• temporal 2

• occipital 4