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A&E I and II- Final Exam- CV/GV Flashcards

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Actions:

  • Benefits the Brain & Calms the Spirit‘COURTYARD OF SPIRIT’
  • Benefits the Head & Eliminates Wind
  • Benefits the Nose/Eyes

Indications:

Spirit issues
Wind syndromes

        - Interior Wind: upward staring eyes, dizziness (esp.                             accompanied by vomiting - GV+ ST, BL), epilepsy
        - Exterior Wind: headache with chills & fever and

             cold sensation of the head

Nasal/Eye disorders

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GV24 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits the Tongue & Regulates Salivation
  • Descends Qi & Alleviates Cough (seldom use)

Indications:

Tongue disorders
Salivation issues

LOCAL POINTS FOR TONGUE & SALIVATION

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CV23 ***

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Actions:

  • Eliminates Wind(INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR WIND)/Named ‘PALACE OF WIND’
  • Nourishes the Sea of Marrow & Benefits the Head & Neck(POINT OF SEA OF MARROW, POINT OF WINDOW OF HEAVEN, MEETING OF GV & YANG-LINKING)

-Calms the Spirit (GHOST POINT)

Indications:

“All types of Wind disease”
- Exterior Wind: common cold(aversion to cold, cold

           shivering with sweating); ‘wind painful obstruction’

          - Interior Wind: h/a, head wind, dizziness, blurred vision,

           upward staring eyes, windstroke, numbness, twitching, 

            tremors, seizures

“the hundred diseases of the head” =
Exterior/interior, occipital/temporal/frontal, exc./def.
Stiffness/pain of the neck
Mental disorders

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GV16 ***

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Actions:

  • Tonifies Kidney Yang & Builds Fire of Gate of Life
  • Regulates GV
  • Benefits lumbar spine
  • (Clears heat)

‘GATE OF LIFE’ // Level w/ BL23 (back-shu of KD)

STRONGEST POINT FOR TONIFYING KD-YANG

Indications:

Kidney-Yang deficiency

Cold (esp. feet), lumbar pain
Genito-urinary:
Digestive: 5AM diarrhea
Respiratory: asthma, allergies
Immune: HIV, cancer
GV: opisthotonos, splitting h/a, epilepsy

* more building, tonifies KD yang, supports Fire of Gate of Life

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GV4 ****

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Actions:

  • Warms Yang & Rescues collapse
  • Warms & Harmonizes the intestines

Indications:

Collapse of Yang
“Deficient cold abdomen” (SP-Yang def.)
Extreme weakness or deficiency
Adjunctive therapy - herbal plaster

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CV8 ***

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Actions:

  • Treats hemorrhoids
  • Benefits the 2 lower yin
  • Activates the channel & alleviates pain
  • Calms the spirit

* Luo-connecting point

Indications:

Local disorders of the anus

Genito-urinary disorder
Spine problems
Mental/neurological disorders

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GV1 ***

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Actions:

  • Tonifies the HT & LU & Calms the Spirit
  • Clears Heat & Pacifies Wind

‘SPIRIT PATHWAY’

Level w/ BL15 (back-shu of HT)

Indications:

Deficiency of Gathering Qi

HT: fright palpitation, HT pain, insomnia, amnesia, muddled thinking, anxiety, stress
LU: short of breath, sadness, cough, dyspnea

Internal wind
Epilepsy, clonic spasm, childhood fright wind, lockjaw
Local pain of the upper back

* deficiency, sadness, anxiety, more to tonify

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GV11 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits the Bladder, regulates Qi transformation, drains dampness/Damp-Heat
  • Benefits the Uterus and regulates menstruation
  • Dispels stagnation and benefits the Lower Warmer
  • (Fortifies the Kidneys)

‘This point has a COOLING quality’ // ‘Favored for excess patterns’

Front-Mu pt of the BL

Indications:

Urinary system
Edema, diarrhea, jaundice
Reproductive system
Local stagnation or accumulation of cold/heat

* cooling quality, best for damp-heat conditions (UTIs)

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CV3 ****

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Actions:

  • Regulates & Benefits Gathering Qi
  • Descends Rebellious Qi of the LU & ST
  • Benefits the Breasts & Promotes Lactation

Front-Mu pt of the PC

Hui-Meeting pt of QI

Point of the SEA of QI

Indications:

Deficiency of Zong Qi
Rebellion of Qi
Breast disorders

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CV17 ****

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Actions:

  • Tonifies Qi (Orinial Qi), moves Qi & regulates Qi
  • Tonifies the Kidneys & fortifies Yang, rescues collapse of Yang
  • Harmonizes blood*BUILDS QI & MOVES QI

*Strong QI &YANG restoring // Yuan-Source of ‘HUANG’

Indications:

Qi disorders

Deficiency(Original Qi, Qi of five Zang organs), sinking, collapse:
Stagnation or rebellion:
Urinary
Reproductive
Digestive

* tonifies qi and yang (builds the KD), activates original qi, builds qi and moves qi… more of a moving quality

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CV6 ****

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Actions:

  • Regulates the Heart & Alleviates Pain
  • Transforms Phlegm & Calms the Spirit
  • Descends Lung-Qi & Unbinds the Chest
  • Harmonizes Stomach & Descends Rebellion

Front-Mu of the Heart

Indications:

Diseases of Heart Zang-organ
Mental disorders (esp. Phlegm Misting the HT)
Rebellious Qi of the LU or ST

* Descending property

* acts on any HT issue or spirit-related issue… deals with ST issues, but more geared to combined ST and emotional issues

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CV14 ***

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Actions:

  • Tonifies & nourishes the KD; fortifies original Qi & benefits the Essence; fortifies KD-Yang(Fire of Gate of Life) & restores collapse of Yang
  • Regulates the Lower Warmer: benefits the Bladder, Uterus, regulates Small Intestine Qi
  • Warms & fortifies the SP

“THE ONLY POINT THAT TONIFIES QI, BLOOD, YIN & YANG”

Front-Mu pt of the Small Intestine

Indications:

Strong tonification effect for any profound deficiency of Zang-Fu organs, Qi, blood, Yin or Yang
Kidney deficiency(Yin, Yang, Qi, Essence)
Urinary system
Reproductive system(assisting conception)

* tonifies qi, blood, yin, and yang (builds theKD)… and best for deficient and cold conditions

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CV4 ****

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Actions:

  • Clears Heat & Treats Malaria

MEETING OF GV & 6 YANG CHANNELS

  • Expels (Exterior) Wind & Firms the Exterior
  • Pacifies (Interior) Wind
  • Tonifies (Qi & Yang) Deficiency

POINT OF SEA OF QI: +ST9, CV17, GV15

Also named ‘HUNDERD TAXATIONS’

Indications:

Acute febrile diseases(unique ability to clear pathogens from all the three stages) common cold, flu
Malaria: main pt. to treat the root and manifestation
Summer-heat stroke
Wind-Heat skin conditions: itchy rashes, hives
Sweating disorders:
Deficiency & Exhaustion
Local pain & stiffness
Interior wind
Nosebleed that does not stop

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GV14 ****

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Actions:

  • Benefits the Tongue & Treats Muteness

*‘MUTENESS DOOR’ //VOICE ISSUES d/t ‘STIFF TONGUE’

  • Eliminates Wind
  • Benefits the Neck & Spine

POINT OF SEA OF QI

Indications:

Inability to speak, loss of voice
Stiffness or flaccidity of tongue, ‘lotus flower tongue’
Interior/exterior wind
Loss of consciousness from windstroke, head wind,

           heaviness of head, epilepsy, clonic spasm

Stiffness/pain of the neck or spine

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GV15 ***

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Actions:

  • Descends Rebellious Qi & Alleviates Cough/Wheezing
  • Benefits the Throat & Voice

Point of the Window of Heaven

Indications:

Rebellious Lung-Qi (esp. w/ phlegm in throat)
Throat disorders

 Window of Heaven points: sudden onset of disorders
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CV22 ***

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Actions:

  • Clears Heat & Treats Malaria
  • Regulates the channel & Clears Wind

FEVER & MALARIA

Indications:

Febrile diseases

Chills & fever, malaria (considered a main point in malaria treatment ), steaming bone disorder

Internal Wind

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GV13 ***

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Actions:

  • Restores Consciousness & Calms the Spirit(GHOST Pt., 6 COMMAND Pt., named ‘MAN’S MIDDLE’)
  • Benefits the Face & Nose, Expels Wind(MEETING Pt. of GV with LI, ST)
  • Benefits the Spine & Treats acute midline lumbar sprain

Indications:

Sudden loss of consciousness
Spirit issues
Mania-depression, epilepsy, unexpected/ inappropriate laughter and crying
Face/Nose disorders
Acute midline lumbar sprain

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GV26 ***

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Actions:

  • Clears Heat from LU&HT
  • Calms the Spirit - Pacifies Wind Level w/ BL13 (back-shu of LU)

GOOD AT CLEARING HEAT FROM CHEST

Indications:

  • Heat in the chest LU: cough, dyspnea, fever (pneumonia, bronchitis) HT: spiritual disturbance of excess patterns
  • Internal wind – Childhood fright epilepsy, clonic spasm, opisthotonos * excess, more to clear heat
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GV12 ***

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Actions:

  • Dispels cold-damp
  • Benefits the lumbar region and legs
  • Regulates the Lower Warmer

‘LUMBAR YANG GATE’ // MAIN POINT FOR LOW BACK AND LEG PAIN

Indications:

Cold-Damp in Lower Warmer
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* more dispersive, more of a local point for backache

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GV3 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates Yang
         Subdues Yang & Pacifies Wind

Raises Yang & Counters Prolapse

* MEETING of GV with BL, GB, TW & LV, also named ‘3 Yang 5 Meetings’

  • Benefits the Head, Brain, the Sea of Marrow, Sense Organs
  • Calms the Spirit

POINT OF SEA OF MARROW

Indications:

Interior Wind, uprising of excess Yang —bleeding
Sinking of deficient Yang —Moxa
Psycho-emotional disorders
Nasal congestion/discharge/bleeding

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GV20 ****

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Actions:

  • Harmonizes the Middle Warmer and Descends Rebellion
  • Tonifies the ST & SP
  • Regulates Qi & Alleviates Pain

Front-Mu pt of the Stomach // Hui-Meeting pt of FU organs

Indications:

All diseases of ST, deficiency/excess, cold/heat, exterior/interior
Deficiency of SP
All Phlegm disease, all types of Phlegm-Fluid
Mental / neurological related problems

* acts on ANY ST issue, entire ST

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CV12 ****

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Actions:

  • Benefits the Nose & Eyes (MAIN POINT FOR NOSE ISSUES)
  • Eliminates Wind, Benefits the Head/Face, Dispels Swelling
  • Calms the Spirit(GHOST POINT)

Indications:

Nasal disorders
Eye disorders (‘Mingtang’-Hall of Brightness)
Spirit issues
Swelling in the upper region

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GV23 ***

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