Points contraindication.txt

60) A patient comes to you with a mild cough, rhinorrhea, sneezing and a scratchy throat. Their temperature is normal but they say they feel like they have a fever. They confirm when you ask that they have been sweating. However, this does not seem to be helping their condition. Their tongue has a thin, white, and moist coating and their pulse is superficial and moderate. Which one of the following ear point prescriptions will best help this patient?

A) Lung, Throat, Neck, Trachea, Heart, large Intestine, and Kidney
B) Ear Shenmen, Heart, Brain, and Middle Border
C) Forehead, Throat, Inner Nose, Bronchi, and Lungs
D) Lung, Trachea, Infratragic Apex, Antitragic Apex, and Ear-Shenmen

2) All of the following points are contraindicated in needling a woman during pregnancy except:

A) B 60
B) B 55
C) B 25
D) B 31

4) All of the following points are contraindicated in needling a woman during pregnancy except:

A) The point located 1.5 cun lateral to Du 3.
B) The point located on the sacrum, at the midpoint between the posteriosuperior iliac spine and the posterior midline, just at the first posterior sacral foramen.
C) The point located on the posterior midline of the leg, between the He-Sea point of the Bladder and the Jing-River point of the Foot Taiyang, in a pointed depression formed below the gastrocnemius muscle belly when the leg is stretched or the heel is lifted.
D) The point located in the depression between the tip of the external malleolus and Achilles' tendon.

32) All of the following points are prohibited in infants with metopism and should not be needled in infants whose fontanelle is still open except:

A) Du 23
B) Du 24
C) Du 21
D) Du 22

97) All of the following points are prohibited in infants with metopism and should not be needled in infants whose fontanelle is still open except:

A) Du 22
B) Du 23
C) Du 21
D) Du 20

120) For which one of the following points do you need to avoid puncturing the tibial nerve, popliteal artery, and popliteal vein?

A) B 40
B) B 41
C) B 38
D) B 39

58) For which one of the following points could moving the patient's ankle after needling them result in a bent needle?

A) Influential point of the Marrow
B) Jing-River point of the Foot Shaoyang
C) Xi-Cleft point of the Yangwei
D) He Sea point of the Foot Shaoyang

59) Needling which point could puncture the Heart, Liver, or Lung?

A) K 23
B) K 24
C) K 22
D) K 21

39) What is the correct caution for S 5?

A) Deep or posterior insertion could puncture the subclavian vessels or puncture the lungs.
B) Avoid puncturing the common carotid artery.
C) Vigorous manipulation is contraindicated to avoid the risk of damaging the facial artery and vein.
D) Lifting and thrusting is contraindicated, it could damage the infraorbital nerve which emerges from the foramen.

109) When is it contraindicated to needle the points on the upper abdomen of a pregnant woman?

A) After three months of pregnancy
B) After 6 weeks of pregnancy
C) After 6 months of pregnancy
D) After 3 weeks of pregnancy

17) Which one of the following points do you need to avoid puncturing the cubital vein?

A) L 5
B) L 7
C) L 4
D) L 9

22) Which points if needled too deeply or if there are inappropriate manipulations may have such clinical manifestations as convulsions, paralysis, and coma.

A) The point located below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, approximately at the level of the shoulders and the point located .5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, in the depression below the spinous process of the first cervical vertebra.
B) The point located on the head and on the level of the upper border of external occipital protuberance, 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head and the point located 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, directly below the external occipital protuberance, in the depression between m. trapezius of both sides.
C) The point located 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, directly below the external occipital protuberance, in the depression between m. trapezius of both sides and the point located 2.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, in the depression on the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.
D) The points located .5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, in the depression below the spinous process of the first cervical vertebra and the point located 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, directly below the external occipital protuberance, in the depression between m. trapezius of both sides.