Acupuncture Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers

Trivia quiz questions and answers about Acupuncture.

Acupuncture Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers

What is acupuncture?
A: Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine in which thin needles are inserted into the body.

It is a key component of what?
A: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

Acupuncture is a pseudoscience as the theories and practices of TCM are not based upon what?
A: Scientific knowledge.

There are a diverse range of acupuncture theories based on different philosophies, and techniques vary depending on what?
A: The country in which it is performed.

Acupuncture is generally used only in combination with what?
A: Other forms of treatment.

The conclusions of many trials and numerous systematic reviews of acupuncture are largely what?
A: Inconsistent, which suggests that it is not effective.

An overview of Cochrane reviews found that acupuncture is what?
A: Not effective for a wide range of conditions.

A systematic review found little evidence of acupuncture's effectiveness in treating what?
A: Pain.

The evidence suggests that short-term treatment with acupuncture does not produce what?
A: Long-term benefits.

Some research results suggest acupuncture can alleviate pain, though the majority of research suggests that acupuncture's effects are mainly due to what?
A: The placebo effect.

A systematic review concluded that the analgesic effect of acupuncture seemed to lack what?
A: Clinical relevance and could not be clearly distinguished from bias.

Acupuncture is generally safe when done by whom?
A: An appropriately trained practitioner using clean needle technique and single-use needles.

When properly delivered, it has a low rate of mostly what?
A: Minor adverse effects.

Accidents and infections are associated with infractions of sterile technique or what?
A: Neglect on the part of the practitioner.

The most frequently reported adverse events were what?
A: Pneumothorax and infections.

Since serious adverse events continue to be reported, it is recommended that acupuncturists be what?
A: Trained sufficiently to reduce the risk.

When was acupuncture believed to have originated?
A: Around 100 BC in China, around the time The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Huangdi Neijing) was published, though some experts suggest it could have been practiced earlier.

Over time, conflicting claims and belief systems emerged about the effect of what?
A: Lunar, celestial and earthly cycles, yin and yang energies, and a body's "rhythm" on the effectiveness of treatment.

Acupuncture fluctuated in popularity in China due to changes in what?
A: The country's political leadership and the preferential use of rationalism or Western medicine.

Acupuncture spread first to where in the 6th century AD?
A: Korea, then to Japan through medical missionaries, and then to Europe, beginning with France.

In the 20th century, as it spread to the United States and Western countries, spiritual elements of acupuncture that conflict with Western beliefs were sometimes what?
A: Abandoned in favor of simply tapping needles into acupuncture points.

It is used most commonly for what?
A: Pain relief, though it is also used to treat a wide range of conditions.

The majority of people who seek out acupuncture do so for what type of problems?
A: Musculoskeletal, , including low back pain, shoulder stiffness, and knee pain.

Acupuncture is generally only used in combination with what?
A: Other forms of treatment.

American Society of Anesthesiologists states it may be considered in the treatment for nonspecific, noninflammatory low back pain only in conjunction with what?
A: Conventional therapy.

Acupuncture is the insertion of what into the skin?
A: Thin needles.

According to the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Mayo Clinic), a typical session entails lying still while approximately five to twenty needles are inserted; for the majority of cases, the needles will be left in place for how long?
A: Ten to twenty minutes.

It can be associated with the application of what?
A: Heat, pressure, or laser light.

Classically, acupuncture is individualized and based on what?
A: Philosophy and intuition, and not on scientific research.

There is also a non-invasive therapy developed in early 20th century Japan using an elaborate set of what?
A: "Needles" for the treatment of children (shōnishin or shōnihari).

Chinese “what”are often used?
A: Herbs.

Although various different techniques of acupuncture practice have emerged, the method used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) seems to be the most widely adopted where?
A: In the US.

Traditional acupuncture involves needle insertion, moxibustion, and cupping therapy, and may be accompanied by other procedures such as what?
A: Feeling the pulse and other parts of the body and examining the tongue.

Traditional acupuncture involves the belief that what?
A: A "life force" (qi) circulates within the body in lines called meridians.

What are the main methods practiced in the UK ?
A: They are TCM and Western medical acupuncture.

The term Western medical acupuncture is used to indicate an adaptation of what?
A: TCM-based acupuncture which focuses less on TCM.

The Western medical acupuncture approach involves using acupuncture after what?
A: A medical diagnosis.

Limited research has compared the contrasting acupuncture systems used in various countries for determining different acupuncture points and thus there is no what?
A: No defined standard for acupuncture points.

In traditional acupuncture, the acupuncturist decides which points to treat by observing and questioning the patient to make a diagnosis according to what?
A: According to the tradition used.

In TCM, what are the four diagnostic methods?
A: They are: inspection, auscultation and olfaction, inquiring, and palpation.

Inspection focuses on the face and particularly on the what?
A: The tongue, including analysis of the tongue size, shape, tension, color and coating, and the absence or presence of teeth marks around the edge.

Auscultation and olfaction involve listening for particular sounds such as what?
A: Wheezing, and observing body odor.

Inquiring involves focusing on what?
A: The "seven inquiries": chills and fever; perspiration; appetite, thirst and taste; defecation and urination; pain; sleep; and menses and leukorrhea.

Palpation is focusing on feeling the body for what?
A: Tender "A-shi" points and feeling the pulse.

Acupuncture needles are typically made of what?
A: Stainless steel, making them flexible and preventing them from rusting or breaking.

Needles are usually disposed of after each use to prevent what?
A: Contamination.

Reusable needles when used should be what?
A: Sterilized between applications.

Needles vary in length between 13 to 130 millimetres (0.51 to 5.12 in), with shorter needles used where?
A: Near the face and eyes, and longer needles in areas with thicker tissues.

Needle diameters vary from 0.16 mm (0.006 in) to 0.46 mm (0.018 in), with thicker needles used on what?
A: More robust patients.

Thinner needles may be flexible and require what for insertion?
A: Tubes.

The tip of the needle should not be made too sharp to prevent what?
A: Breakage, although blunt needles cause more pain.

Apart from the usual filiform needle, other needle types include what?
A: Three-edged needles and the Nine Ancient Needles.

Japanese acupuncturists use extremely thin needles that are used superficially, sometimes without what?
A: Penetrating the skin, and surrounded by a guide tube (a 17th-century invention adopted in China and the West).

Korean acupuncture uses copper needles and has a greater focus on what?
A: The hand.

The skin is sterilized and needles are inserted, frequently with a what?
A: A plastic guide tube.

Needles may be manipulated in various ways, including what?
A: Spinning, flicking, or moving up and down relative to the skin.