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A&E I and II- Final Exam- Leg Yang Flashcards

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  • Regulates the intestines & Transforms stagnation
  • Clears damp-heat & Alleviates diarrhea/dysentery
  • Regulates the SP/ST
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

LOWER HE-SEA of L.I., POINT of SEA OF BLOOD (+ BL11, ST39)

Indications:

•All of the intestinal disorders

−Diarrhea/dysenteric disorders (d/t def., cold, dampness or damp-heat)

−Constipation, abdominal distention/pain, intestinal abscess (d/t stagnation or obstruction)

•Disorders of the lower limb (Weakness, numbness, hemiplegia, atrophy, pain, swelling)

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ST37 ****

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  • Harmonizes the ST
  • Fortifies the SP & Resolves dampness
  • Supports the correct Qi & Fosters the original Qi
  • Tonifies Qi, Nourishes blood & Yin
  • Clears fire & Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Revives Yang & Restores consciousness

(Lower) HE-SEA, EARTH, COMMAND point for ABDOMEN, POINT OF SEA OF WATER & GRAIN, HEAVENLY STAR POINT, NINE NEEDLES FOR RETURNING YANG

Indications:

•All disorders of the ST, excess/def., cold/heat

 −ST-Qi fails to descend: epigastric/abdominal fullness, distention & pain, poor appetite, difficult ingestion

 −ST-Qi rebels upwards: nausea, vomiting, belching, hiccup

•Dampness resulting from SP-Qi def.

 −All disorders of the intestines (diarrhea, dysentery, flatulence, borborygmus)

 −Edema, heaviness of the four limbs, inability to urinate, jaundice
  • Deficiency of Qi, blood & Yin (Overall health preservation, longevity: + CV4; Immune improvement: easily catches cold, HIV; Chronic deficiency: long-term diseases, cancer with chemotherapy, chronic fatigue, ‘5 taxations’, ‘7 injuries’)
  • Mental disturbances (Phlegm-Fire*, HT-blood def., blood stasis)
  • Disorders of ST channel (Weakness, atrophy, hemiplegia, pain of lower limbs; Breast issues, h/a, nose problems, palpitation)
  • Yang collapse
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ST36 ****

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Actions:

•Benefits the lumbar region, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain •Regulates urination & Treats hemorrhoids

Indications:

  • Channel disorders (local pain of the lumbar region, sacrum & buttocks; pain/atrophy of the leg: sciatica, hemiplegia)
  • Urogenital disorders (difficult urination, retention of urine; seminal emission, turbid leukorrhea, genital pain)
  • Anal disorders (hemorrhoids, prolapse of rectum)
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BL54 ***

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Actions:

  • Tonifies LU-Qi & Nourishes LU-Yin
  • Descends & Disseminates LU-Qi
  • Clears heat from the LU
  • Releases the exterior

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the LUNG

− All deficiency LU patterns

 LU-Qi def.: weak cough worsened by exertion, SOB with no desire to speak
 LU-Yin def.: dry sputum, dry mouth/throat/tongue

− All excess LU patterns

Interior excess: fullness/pain of the chest, LU abscess, coughing of phlegm

− Exterior pathogenic factors affecting the LU: aversion to cold, chills & fever with cough
•Disorders of the throat, nose, skin, sweating

Backshu of the LU

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BL13 ****

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Actions:

  • Drains damp-heat from the LV & GB
  • Clears pathogenic factors from Shaoyang
  • Tonifies & Regulates GB Qi
  • Tonifies deficiency

Indications:

  • Damp-heat in the GB & LV (jaundice, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting, distention of the lateral costal region)
  • Shaoyang syndrome (bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, blurred vision; fullness/distention of the chest & lateral costal region; nausea & vomiting)
  • Deficiency of the Qi of the HT & GB (fright palpitations w/ restless sleep, insomnia)
  • Steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation

‘Four flowers’ (BL17 + BL19)

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BL19 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits the ears, Eliminates wind and Clears heat
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Ear disorders (Alternate with TW21, SI19)
  • Other local problems (TMJ, toothache, mumps, deviation of mouth & eyes)
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GB2 ***

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the hip joint

Indications:

  • Hip disorders
  • Weakness & paralysis of the leg, sciatica
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GB29 ***

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Actions:

  • Harmonizes the Triple Burner & Regulates urination
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Urinary disorders (difficult urination, retention of urine, edema; enuresis)
  • Local pain of the leg/foot

Lower HeSea of the Triple Warmer

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BL39 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits the sinews & joints
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Spreads LV Qi and Benefits the lateral costal region
  • Clears LV & GB damp-heat
  • Harmonizes Shaoyang

Indications:

  • Disorders of the sinews & muscles esp. of the leg (pain, cramping, contraction, stiffness, sprain, numbness, atrophy, paralysis)
  • Disorders of the lateral costal region (intercostal neuralgia, fullness in the chest & rib)
  • Disharmony of the GB (damp-heat: bitter taste, nausea&vomiting, jaundice (cholecystitis, hepatitis, cholelithiasis); constipation from Qi stag. or heat: + TW6; Shaoyang syndrome; GB-ST(Wood attacking Earth): sour belching, indigestion; GB-HT(Qi def.): susceptibility to fright, timidity )
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GB34 ****

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Actions:

  • Separates the pure from the turbid
  • Regulates the intestines and Bladder
  • Drains turbid dampness & Clears damp-heat
  • Regulates Small Intestine Qi

Indications:

  • Intestinal disorders, esp. d/t damp-heat (diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, blood & mucus in stools; constipation, hemorrhoids)
  • Urinary disorders d/t damp-heat (dark yellow urine, enuresis, retention of urine, difficult/painful urination, blood in the urine)
  • Genital disorders d/t damp-heat (seminal emission, leukorrhea)
  • Others: (Small Intestine Qi pain, wasting & thirsting disorder − local pain)
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BL27 ***

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind
  • Benefits the head & eyes
  • Clears the sense organs
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

‘WIND POOL’
Meeting of Foot & Hand Shaoyang, Yang Qiao & Yang Wei

Indications:

  • Exterior or interior wind (wind-cold or wind-heat: chills & fever + h/a, eye …; hypertension, hemiplegia, epilepsy)
  • Head (headache, dizziness; eyes, nose, ears; sequelae of windstroke: loss of speech/memory)
  • Channel disorders (neck, shoulders & upper back)
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GB20 ****

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Actions:

  • Tonifies & Nourishes the LU, HT, KD, SP & ST
  • Nourishes Yin & Clears heat
  • Calms the spirit
  • Fosters the original Qi •Resolves phlegm

(‘Shu of Gao & Huang’)

Indications:

•All kinds of deficiency, including 5 types of taxation, 7 injuries

− LU: consumption, coughing of blood, night sweating, steaming bone disorder, emaciation

− HT: poor memory, pounding of the Heart, insomnia, phlegm-fire mania

− KD: seminal emission, impotence

− ST/SP: undigested food in the stool, weariness of the four limbs;phlegm diseases

•Local pain of the back & shoulder

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BL43 ****

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  • Warms the Lower Burner
  • Regulates menstruation & Benefits the genital region

‘RETURN’

WARMING IN NATURE, good for EXCESS/DEFICIENT COLD conditions (Better use moxa) (Compare w/CV3)

Indications:

* COLD in the Lower Burner (excess/deficient)

   −Amenorrhea of any excess/deficient pattern(‘return’), (dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, uterine masses, uterine prolapse, leukorrhea, infertility, swelling/pain/cold of the vagina)

   −Retraction of the testicles, pain of the penis, impotence, seminal emission, nocturnal urination, Shan disorder, running piglet Qi
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ST29 ****

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel, Relaxes the sinews & Alleviates pain •Regulates the lower jiao & Alleviates pain
  • Treats hemorrhoids

Indications:

•Disorders of the lower limb (Pain/atrophy/paralysis of the lower limb; sciatica)

MAIN POINT for UPPER HAMSTRING INJURY

•Hemorrhoids

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BL36 ***

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind & Clears heat
  • Benefits the eyes
  • Clears the head & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Eye disorders (acute conjunctivitis, blurred vision, lacrimation on exposure to wind; twitching of eyelid, ptosis)
  • Frontal headache, esp. in the eyebrow region (sinusitis, one-sided or generalized head wind)
  • Facial paralysis
  • Pain of hemorrhoids
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BL2 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates Dai Mai & Drains dampness
  • Regulates menstruation & Stops leukorrhea
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Leukorrhea (any pattern)
  • Major damp-heat GYN point (+ SP9) (irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, infertility, uterine prolapse)
  • Local problem (distention & pain of the lower abdomen in women, pain of the lateral costal region, lumbar pain)
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GB26 ***

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind, Benefits the head & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the eyes

Indications:

  • Pain of the forehead (Yangming channel(+ infraorbital region); Shaoyang channel(+ temporal/parietal regions, eye))
  • Eye disorders (lacrimation, redness, pain & itching; ptosis, twitching of eyelids)
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GB14 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits the eyes
  • Dispels wind-damp, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Principal distal point for eye disorders (itching, pain, redness, long/short sightedness, night blindness)
  • Channel disorders (lower limb: knee pain, pain/spasm/atrophy of leg; breast: distention & pain)

‘BRIGHT LIGHT’
LUO-CONNECTING pt.

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GB37 ***

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Actions:

  • Invigorates blood & Dispels stasis
  • Cools blood heat & Stops bleeding
  • Nourishes & Harmonizes blood

•Harmonizes the diaphragm & Descends rebellious Qi

Hui Meeting Point of Blood

Indications:

  • All blood diseases, esp. in the upper & middle jiao (blood stasis: pain, fever, psycho-emotional disorders, hemorrhage; blood heat: hemorrhage, fever, psycho-emotional; blood deficiency: night sweating, steaming bone disorders; taxation consumption disorder(+ BL19 ) )
  • Painful obstruction, skin disorders
  • LU/ST Qi rebellion (cough, dyspnea; belching, hiccup, vomiting, ST reflux, esophageal constriction)
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BL17 ****

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Actions:

  • Harmonizes the upper & lower
  • Expels wind from Taiyang Channel
  • Treats hemorrhoids
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Lower limb problems (lower limb pain/numbness/atrophy; RLS; sciatic pain located along either BL or GB channel)
  • “Excess above + deficiency below” (‘Flying Yang’) (h/a, dizziness, pain of the neck & occiput, nosebleed; lumbar pain, coldness of the lower part of the body, inability to stand, weakness of legs)
  • Mania & epilepsy, hemorrhoids
  • Exterior syndrome in Taiyang stage (chills & fever, absence of sweating, pain of the neck & occiput, nasal congestion/watery discharge)
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BL58 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits sinews & bones
  • Benefits the neck
  • Dispels wind-damp
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Clears GB Fire

Indications:

  • Disorders of the bone marrow, sinews & bones (weakness, flaccidity, contraction, pain of the limbs, esp. chronic painful obstruction & atrophy; main distal point for acute/chronic stiffness & pain of the neck; fractures, leukemia; dizziness, headache, tinnitus)
  • GB Fire (distention of chest, lateral costal region & abdomen, anxiety, agitation, mania, poor appetite, nosebleed )
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GB39 ****

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Actions:

  • Regulates Qi, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Transforms & Lowers phlegm, Dissipates nodules
  • Benefits the breast and Expedites delivery

STRONG DESCENDING ACTION
Contraindicated in pregnancy

Indications:

  • Stiffness & pain of the neck & shoulders
  • Phlegm disorders (windstroke, hemiplegia, loss of speech after stroke; scrofula, goiter)
  • Breast disorders (pain, abscess, scanty breast milk)
  • Rebellion of Qi (cough/dyspnea, leg Qi ascending to attack the HT )
  • Difficult or prolonged labor
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GB21 ***

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  • Regulates the Lower Burner & Dispels stagnation
  • Benefits the Bladder & Uterus

‘WATER PASSAGE’, ‘Gate of Uterus’(L), ‘Child’s Door’(R)

DISPERSIVE IN NATURE, always for EXCESS d/t stagnation of Qi/blood (compare with CV4)

Indications:

Stagnation of Qi/blood, Dampness/Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner

−Urinary disorders (retention of urine, dysuria, cloudy urine) −Reproductive disorders (uterine masses, ovarian cysts, dysmenorrhea, infertility; retention of placenta or dead fetus; genital pain, inflammation of genital area (eg. Herpes)

−Lower abdominal distension, lumbar pain

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ST28 ****

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Actions:

  • Tonifies & Nourishes the HT
  • Regulates HT-Qi
  • Calms the spirit
  • Unbinds the chest & Resolves blood stasis
  • Clears HT fire

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the HEART (def. of Qi, Blood, Yin or Yang; HT fire, blood stasis, obstruction of phlegm)

− Heart: oppression of the chest, HT pain, palpitations or irregular heart beat

− Spirit: insomnia, poor memory, excessive dreaming; epilepsy, dementia, mania-depression(‘happy point’)

•Disorders of the eyes, tongue, sweating

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BL15 ****

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  • Clears heat from ST channel & Alleviates pain
  • Harmonizes the intestines & Clears damp-heat
  • Calms the spirit

YING-SPRING, WATER, HEAVENLY STAR POINT

Indications:

  • Heat/Fire in the upper reaches of the ST channel (Toothache, pain of the eye/face/throat, nosebleed: LI4; trigeminal neuralgia + ST4, 6, 7; nosebleed + LI20)
  • Intestinal disorders d/t damp-heat (Diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, blood in the stools, constipation, abdominal pain)
  • Mental disorders (Aversion to the sound of people talking, desire for silence)
  • Pain/swelling of the dorsum of the foot
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ST44 ***

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  • Moves Small Intestine Qi & Transforms stagnation
  • Regulates & Harmonizes the intestines, Clears damp-heat
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

LOWER HE-SEA of S.I., POINT of SEA OF BLOOD (+ BL11, ST37)

Indications:

  • ‘Small Intestine Qi pain’ (Severe lower abdominal pain radiating to the waist, lumbar region and down to the testicles)
  • ‘Small Intestine deficient & cold’ (Dull lower abdominal pain improved with warmth and pressure, chronic diarrhea or dysenteric disorder)
  • Diarrhea/dysenteric disorder d/t damp-heat (Pus & blood in the stool)
  • Pain/atrophy/hemiplegia of lower limb
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ST39 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates the intestines
  • Transforms stagnation & Alleviates pain
  • Strengthens the lumbar region & legs

Indications:

  • Intestinal disorders (constipation; diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, borborygmus; prolapse of the rectum, intestinal abscess)
  • Local back pain or pain/atrophy of the leg
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BL25 ****

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the hip & leg
  • Dispels wind-damp

Indications:

  • Disorders of the hip & leg (Pain: sciatica*(# 1 point), painful obstruction; hemiplegia, numbness, stiffness, weakness, atrophy)
  • Urticaria, eczema
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GB30 ****

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Actions:

  • Benefits the eyes
  • Expels wind & Clears heat

Indications:

•Eye disorders of any kind (Redness, swelling & pain of the eyes, vision problems)

(acute & chronic conjunctivitis, excessive tearing in windy conditions, astigmatism, optic neuritis, pterygium, color blindness, night blindness, early stage cataracts, glaucoma)

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BL1 ***

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV-Qi
  • Regulates & Nourishes LV blood
  • Pacifies wind
  • Cools fire & Clears damp-heat
  • Benefits the eyes & sinews

Indications:

  • All patterns of disharmony of the LIVER (LV-Qi stag., LV Fire/LV Yang rising, LV blood/Yin def., LV wind, damp-heat); hepatitis, cholecystitis, jaundice, liver cirrhosis …
  • Eye, sinews or mental disorders characterized by LV pathology (pain, itching, dryness, redness of eyes, blurred vision; stiffness, contraction, cramping or pain of the sinews; stress, irritability, depression, mood swings)
  • Local pain (tightness/pain in hypochondria, intercostal neuralgia)
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BL18 ****

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind
  • Alleviates itching
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

‘wind market’

Indications:

  • Wind-Cold-Damp painful obstruction (wandering pain, cold, heavy sensation of the leg)
  • Hemiplegia following windstroke
  • Wind-Damp skin disorders anywhere in the body (bias towards the lower body) (urticaria, dermatitis, generalized itching)
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GB31 ***

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Actions:

  • Tonifies KD & Benefits essence
  • Regulates urination
  • Strengthens lumbar region

Indications:

  • Male sexual dysfunction (impotence, premature ejaculation, seminal emission, swelling & pain of the genitals)
  • Urinary disorders (difficult or dribbling urination w/ Yin edema)
  • Local pain in the lumbar region

* BL channel point

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BL52 ***

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Actions:

  • Relaxes the sinews, Activates the channel & Alleviates Pain
  • Benefits the calf & heel
  • Treats Hemorrhoids

Indications:

  • Primary distal pt. for all kinds of hemorrhoids
  • Main point for calf cramps
  • Important point for heel pain
  • Sciatica pain radiating to the calf region
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BL57 ****

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Actions:

•Clears heat & Lowers Yang

  • Pacifies wind & Leads down the excess
  • Activates the entire channel & Alleviates pain
  • Relaxes the sinews & Strengthens the lumbar spine
  • Promotes labor

Indications:

  • Heat, excess Yang or wind in the head (h/a, heat in the head, redness/swelling/pain of eyes, nosebleed, toothache; epilepsy, lockjaw)
  • Pain & contraction anywhere along the channel (occipital h/a, stiff neck, pain of the back & spine (SI3); Heart pain radiating from the chest to the back; pain of the lower limbs, heel & ankle)
  • Prolonged labor
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BL60 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates the Bladder
  • Clears damp-heat from the lower burner
  • Dispels stagnation & Resolves masses
  • Benefits the lumbar region and legs

Indications:

  • All kinds of urinary disorders, esp. d/t damp-heat (painful/difficult/hesitant/frequent urination with scanty, dark flow)
  • Damp-heat in the intestinal/genital region (diarrhea; genital itching/swelling/pain/ulceration, seminal emission, leukorrhea)
  • Stiffness/pain of the lumbar region, sacrum, buttocks, coccyx and lower limbs
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BL28 ***

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  • Expels wind-damp & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the shoulder

Indications:

  • Disorders of lower limb (Atrophy, pain, numbness, swelling)
  • Shoulder pain/stiffness (empirical; ST-LI Yangming)
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ST38 ***

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  • Benefits the breasts and Reduces swelling
  • Unbinds the chest and Alleviates cough & wheezing

Indications:

  • Breast disorders (pain, distention, swelling, abscess)
  • Scanty lactation (+ CV17, SI1)
  • Local disorders of Lung or chest (pain of the chest with shortness of breath, cough, asthma)
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ST18 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates Qi & Pacifies wind
  • Benefits the head & sensory orifices
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Main point for occipital h/a, stiff neck & shoulders
  • Disorders of the sensory orifices (nasal congestion, loss of sense of smell; swelling, redness & pain of the eyes, poor vision; swelling of the throat with difficulty to speak)
  • Interior wind − dizziness, epilepsy, head wind

Point of Window of Heaven

‘Sudden contraction, epilepsy and dizziness with inability of the legs to support the body, select XX’ — Spiritual Pivot

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BL10 ****

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  • Regulates the Intestines, SP & ST
  • Resolves Dampness/Damp-Heat
  • Regulates Qi & blood, Eliminates Stagnation

FRONT-MU OF LARGE INTESTINE, ‘Heaven’s Pivot’

Indications:

  • All kinds of intestinal disorders (acute/chronic, hot/cold, excess/deficient: diarrhea, constipation, flatulence, borborygmus, bacillary dysentery, acute simple appendicitis ( + ST37, LI11)
  • Stagnation in the lower abdomen (abdominal pain or distention, intestinal abscess, Shan disorder, abdominal or uterine masses in women, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, infertility)
  • Dampness (edema, facial swelling, turbid painful urinary dysfunction)
  • ST: retching, vomiting esp. accompanied by diarrhea
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ST25 ****

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Actions:

  • Pacifies interior wind & Expels exterior wind
  • Calms spirit & Treats epilepsy
  • Benefits the head & eyes
  • Opens & Regulates Yang Qiao
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Wind disorders (Exterior wind: chills & fever, aversion to wind, h/a; Interior wind: lockjaw, opisthotonos, up staring eyes, deviation of mouth & eyes, windstroke & hemiplegia)
  • Mental disorders (daytime epilepsy, mania, insomnia, palpitations)
  • Heat in the head (h/a, dizziness, nosebleed, deafness & tinnitus, redness/swelling/pain of the eyes)
  • Pain of both the lumbar region and hip
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BL62 ****

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  • Regulates the lower jiao and Facilitates urination & defecation
  • Regulates menstruation & Stops leukorrhea
  • Benefits the lumbar region & legs
  • Important points for inducing labor
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Liao points

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Actions:

  • Benefits the bones & joints
  • Expels pathogenic factors & Firms the exterior
  • Regulates Lung-Qi & Alleviates cough

Indications:

  • Disorders of the bones & joints (Rheumatic / arthritic diseases, osteoporosis)
  • Local pain (Rigidity of the nape of the neck or the spine, soreness & pain of the back and scapula)
  • Attack of exterior pathogenic wind-cold (Chills & fever, absence of sweating, headache, stiffness & pain of the neck & upper back; Cough, dyspnoea, fullness of the chest)

INFLUENCE ON NECK, BACK & UPPER RESPIRATORY

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BL11 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits lower back & knees, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain •Cools blood
  • Cools summer-heat and Stops vomiting & diarrhea
  • Benefits the bladder

Indications:

  • Disorders of the lumbar region & lower limbs (acute/chronic lumbar pain, sciatic pain, atrophy/ pain/hemiplegia of the lower limb, knee disorders)
  • Heat in the blood level (febrile diseases, skin diseases(excess type), nosebleed)
  • ‘counterflow Qi and diarrhea’ (summer-heat stroke, sudden turmoil disorder)
  • Urinary disorders (enuresis, difficult urination, dark urination)
  • Hemorrhoids
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BL40 ****

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV Qi
  • Benefits the chest, lateral costal region & breasts
  • Clears the head and Benefits the eyes
  • Transforms phlegm & Dissipates nodules

Indications:

•LV Qi stagnation along the course of GB channel
−distention & pain in the chest & lateral costal region with inability to catch the breath
−Head: one-sided h/a, dizziness, tinnitus
−Eyes: lacrimation or dry eyes, redness/swelling/pain
−Breasts: premenstrual distention & pain, abscess
−Qi+Phlegm: swelling&nodules in neck, breast, axilla
•GYN disorders (irregular menstruation assoc. w/ LV Qi stagnation, PMS, leukorrhea)
•Disorders of the lower limbs, esp. the feet

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GB41 ****

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Actions:

  • Regulates the ST & Descends rebellion
  • Harmonizes middle jiao

Indications:

  • All diseases of the ST Fu-organ (ST Qi stagnation: distention/fullness/pain of the epigastrium & abdomen; ST Qi rebellion: ST reflux, nausea, vomiting )
  • Disharmony of both the ST & SP (poor appetite, undigested food in the stool, borborygmus, diarrhea)
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BL21 ***

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV-Qi, Clears GB heat/damp-heat
  • Activates the channel, Alleviates pain, Benefits the joints
  • Regulates Shaoyang

Indications:

  • Heat & stagnant Qi in the GB channel (distention & pain of the chest & lateral costal region with sighing & inability to catch the breath; swelling/pain of head, eyes, neck, throat, axilla)
  • Disorders of the lower limb (hip pain, sciatica, cramping & pain of leg, hemiplegia; ankle*: drop foot, flaccidity or swelling of the ankle)
  • Shaoyang syndrome
  • Disorders of the GB Fu or Wood attacking Earth (cholecystitis, vomiting & acid regurgitation)
A

GB40 ***

47
Q

Actions:

  • Tonifies KD-Qi, KD-Yang, KD-Yin & KD-Essence
  • Regulates the water passages & Benefits urination
  • Benefits & Warms the uterus
  • Benefits the eyes & ears
  • Strengthens lumbar region

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the KIDNEY

(KD Qi def., KD Yang def., KD Yin def., KD Essence def.)

− frequent urination, incontinence, enuresis; cockcrow diarrhea; seminal emission, premature ejaculation, sterility; irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, infertility; edema with difficult urination; tinnitus, deafness, chronic ear infections

  • Dual disharmony of the KD & SP, HT, LV or LU
  • Chronic deficiency, esp. in the elderly
  • Local pain in the lumbar region
A

BL23 ****

48
Q
  • Transforms phlegm & dampness
  • Clears phlegm from the Lung & Alleviates cough/wheezing
  • Clears phlegm from the Heart & Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

LUO-CONNECTING POINT

Indications:

•All PHLEGM diseases

−Chest: fullness, oppression, pain

−Lung: copious phlegm, white or yellow

−Heart: mania-depression, lethargy, stupor

−Head: dizziness & h/a with heavy & clouded feeling, epilepsy, severe vertigo
−Throat: plumstone Qi, throat painful obstruction

•Channel disorders (Atrophy, pain, hemiplegia of the lower limb)

A

ST 40 ****

49
Q
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Harmonizes the Stomach & Alleviates pain
  • Moderates acute conditions

XI-CLEFT

Indications:

* PAIN

−Local swelling/pain of the knee

−Acute swelling/pain/abscess of the breast

−Acute epigastric pain

A

ST34 ***

50
Q

Actions:

  • Expels wind & Releases the exterior
  • Strengthens defensive Qi & Firms the exterior
  • Disseminates & Descends LU-Qi
  • Benefits the nose

Indications:

  • Exterior pathogenic wind attacks (Colds/Flu) (exterior excess: chills & fever, absence of sweating, rigidity & pain of the head and neck, P: floating-tight; exterior deficiency: fever & chills unrelieved by sweating, aversion to wind, P: floating-weak; susceptible to catching cold easily; wind attacking the lung: cough w/ chest pain, dyspnea; wind attacking the skin: wind rashes, urticaria)
  • Nose disorders of all kinds (nasal stuffiness & discharge, nosebleed, sneezing, sensitivity to dust and pollen)
  • Stiff neck

‘WIND GATE’

(bias towards exterior wind)

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BL12 ****

51
Q

Actions:

  • Tonifies SP-Qi & SP-Yang
  • Resolves dampness
  • Raises SP-Qi & Holds blood
  • Regulates & Harmonizes the Qi of the middle jiao

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the SPLEEN

− SP Qi/Yang def. + dampness, prolapse from Qi sinking, hemorrhage d/t Qi not holding blood

− stagnation in the middle burner d/t SP Qi def., LV-SP disharmony or dampness: fullness, distention or pain in the abdomen or lateral costal region

•Local back pain (worse w/ cold & damp)

A

BL20 ****

52
Q

Actions:

  • Spreads LV-Qi & Unbinds the chest
  • Regulates the HT
  • Regulates & Descends Qi

Indications:

  • Chest & heart disorders d/t LV Qi stagnation (pain/oppression of the Heart, chest & diaphragm, restlessness, agitation and oppression)
  • Heart dysfunction (heart pain, palpitations, anxiety, stress (+ BL15)
  • LU/ST Qi rebellion (cough, vomiting)
A

BL14 ***

A&E II from Alexis (7 decks)

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