Meridians: Mixed review

Arm channel or leg channel?

• LungArmLeg
• HeartArmLeg
• StomachArmLeg
• BladderArmLeg
• Large IntestineArmLeg
• LiverArmLeg

Describe the channel running along the inner arm to the little finger.

After the Spleen channel, which takes over and where does it happen?

1. Stomach, at the foot
2. Lung, at the chest
3. Heart, at the chest

Temple headache that always appears between 23 and 1. Which channel gathers both clues?

1. Liver: the temple and the small hours are its own
2. Stomach: it is a headache after all
3. Gallbladder: it runs through the temple and holds that slot

Order the handover starting from Large Intestine.

1. Large Intestine↑↓
2. Stomach↑↓
3. Spleen↑↓
4. Heart↑↓
5. Small Intestine↑↓

Match each area with the channel that runs through it.

Elbow tendinitis right over the Large Intestine pathway, with the area very irritated. What alternative does the map offer?

1. Work the Lung channel, its pair, plus distal points on the channel itself
2. Needle the irritated area anyway
3. Wait for it to settle on its own

Sort each channel by polarity.

• PericardiumYinYang
• San JiaoYinYang
• SpleenYinYang
• StomachYinYang
• KidneyYinYang
• BladderYinYang

Why are the strongest points found below the elbow and the knee?

1. Because the skin is thinner there
2. Because they are the ends where the channel hands over and qi changes direction
3. Because they are the easiest to reach

If the Lung holds 3 to 5, which slot does its pair hold and why does that make sense?

1. 5 to 7, right after: pairs run consecutively on the clock
2. 15 to 17, twelve hours later
3. 3 to 5 as well: they share the slot

Describe the channel running down the front of the trunk and leg to the second toe.

Match each symptom with the channel involved.

A patient has pain along the Gallbladder channel plus poor digestion with a bitter taste. What changes compared with an isolated channel pain?

1. Nothing: treat it the same
2. Only the number of sessions changes
3. The organ needs attention too, not just the pathway

Sort each channel by which half of the day it rules.

• Lung3 to 1515 to 3
• Stomach3 to 1515 to 3
• Bladder3 to 1515 to 3
• Kidney3 to 1515 to 3
• Heart3 to 1515 to 3
• Liver3 to 1515 to 3

With the chain, the clock and the pathways, what can you do that you could not before?

1. Skip pattern diagnosis altogether
2. Turn a local complaint and a time of day into a short list of channels to check
3. Choose points without knowing the overall picture