QUESTIONS
1. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) There is no standard way of choosing AP prescriptions but ancient Chinese laws give useful guidelines
(b) There is considerable variation between textbooks as to the functions of specific AP points and as to the "best points" to use in specific problems
(c) Computer databases offer a good solution to Cookbook AP. When, say, points for "shoulder arthritis" or "male impotence" are needed, the relevant condition codes are entered into the computer. The Database Summary is searched to locate the condition and all points and scores and author codes for the condition are output to the screen or the printer.
(d) Software for the Rogers AP point database for personal computers is available commercially.
(e) With modern computer graphics it is possible to store the body charts in digital form and to use graphic display to output the location of the points (or selected points from the list) to the screen or to a plotter.
2. One of the following statements is not correct. Indicate the incorrect statement:
(a) Research workers involved in controlled trials of AP effects can ensure that no point in the database list is used as a placebo point.
(b) Students and beginners may use computer graphics and the AP point database as an aid to their study of meridians, point locations and functions.
(c) Computers can be used for self-assessment tests.
(d) Clinicians can use computers to store case records, treatments given etc.
(e) Computers with touch- or light- sensitive screens, combined with "revolving models" of human and animal patients can log the location of AHSHI points or trigger points in relation to the location of pain, pathology or diseased organs. The hardware and software is available "off the shelf" for less than 1000 US dollars.