Meridians: Unit assessment

Coughs every night between three and five. Which channel does the timing point to?

1. Liver
2. Stomach
3. Lung

Match each channel with the region it runs through.

Pain on the little-finger edge rising along the inner arm. Which channel?

1. Lung
2. Heart
3. Large Intestine

Order the handover starting from Stomach.

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

Classify each channel by limb and polarity.

• LungArm yinArm yangLeg yangLeg yin
• Large IntestineArm yinArm yangLeg yangLeg yin
• GallbladderArm yinArm yangLeg yangLeg yin
• LiverArm yinArm yangLeg yangLeg yin
• StomachArm yinArm yangLeg yangLeg yin
• PericardiumArm yinArm yangLeg yangLeg yin

Which channel pairs with the Liver?

1. Kidney
2. Gallbladder
3. Spleen

Pain running from the hip down the lateral side to the outer ankle. Which channel?

1. Bladder
2. Stomach
3. Gallbladder

Match each channel with its interior-exterior pair.

Wakes every night at four feeling anxious, sometimes with a dry cough. Which channel gathers both?

1. Lung: it is its slot and grief is its emotion
2. Heart: anxiety is always its business
3. Kidney: fear wakes people at night

Describe the channel rising from the big toe along the inner side to the trunk.

Weeks of occipital headache with a very tight nape on palpation. Which combination makes most sense?

1. Local points on the nape only
2. Distal Bladder channel points plus a local point
3. Stomach channel points, the headache channel

Sort each pain by the face of the limb.

• Pain over the kneecap and quadricepsFront of the bodySide of the bodyBack of the body
• Pain on the outer hipFront of the bodySide of the bodyBack of the body
• Tightness from buttock to heelFront of the bodySide of the bodyBack of the body
• Discomfort along the shinFront of the bodySide of the bodyBack of the body
• Pain down the outer thigh bandFront of the bodySide of the bodyBack of the body
• Calf crampsFront of the bodySide of the bodyBack of the body

What mistake comes from using the organ clock as your only tool?

1. None: it is the most reliable data point
2. It requires an exact hour, and many patients do not know it
3. It flags channels involved but says nothing about surplus or shortage, or why

Match each channel with its organ's orifice.

Discomfort along the inner forearm to the little finger, palpitations at midday and trouble falling asleep. Reading?

1. Heart channel affected and its organ too: pathway, timing and function agree
2. Just a local forearm problem
3. Small Intestine channel, because of the little finger