Actions and Effects - BLADDER Flashcards
Bladder 12 (name is windgate)
EXPELS WIND: EXTERIOR PATHOGENIC WIND ATTACKS (cold/flu)
chills, fever, absence of sweating, pn of head and neck, floating tight pulse. or fever and chills unrelieved by sweating.
wind attacking skin- rashes urticaria
NOSE DISORDERS- nasal congestion, discharge, nosebleeds, sneezing
- ** GV 16 also good for any wind disorders (palace of wind)
- ** GV20 also good for wind (windpool)
BL12 Has A BIAS TOWARD EXTERIOR WIND
BL10
WINDOW OF HEAVEN POINT SO CALMS THE SPIRIT.
MAIN POINT FOR OCCIPITAL HEADACH, STIFF NECK AND SHOULDERS
DISORDERS OF SENSORY ORIFICES
nasal congestion, loss of smell, pain in eye, redness or swelling in eyes, poor vision, swelling in throat, difficulty speaking
INTERIOR WIND
dizziness, epilepsy, head wind
BLADDER 13
BACK SHU OF…
Back shu of LUNG
TREATS ALL PATTERN OF LUNG DISHARMONY
weak cough < exertion, dry sputum, throat and tongue, chest pn, lung abscesses, exterior pathogenic factors affecting the lung
DISORDERS OF THE THROAT, NOSE, SKIN AND SWEATING
becasue lung dispenses defensive qi to body surface which opens and closes the pores, it affects sweating.
back shu of lung and front mu of lung
bladder 13 back shu
lu1 front mu
bladder 15
back shu of the heart so called THE HAPPY POINT. CORRELATES WITH JOY.
tonifies and nourishes the heart, calms the spirit, unbinds chest and resolves blood stasis.
TREATS ASLL PATTERNS OF HEART ORGAN DISHARMONY
def qi, blood, yin or han, ht fire, blood stasis, obstucting phlegm
treats palpitations, irregular ht beat, oppesion of the chest
TREATS DISORDERS OF EYES, TONGUE AND SWEATING
(ht channel connects with eyes, ht luo connecting channel, connects with tongue
*** aphagia treatment- BL15 +ht5
bladder 17
hui meeting point of blood- so it can treat blood disorders
INVIGORATES BLOOD AND DISPELS STASIS
COOLS BLOOD HEAT AND STOPS BLEEDING
NOURISHES BLOOD (by moving it)
DESCENDS REBELLIOUS QI
SP10 also good for blood stasis and blood heat so can be paired with bl17
** bl17 good for upper body blood disorders
sp10 good for lower body blood disorders
sp6 good for upper and lower body blood disorders
bladder 18
back shu of liver so good for all disharmony of liver organ
liver qi stagnation, liver fire, liver yang rising, liver blood /yin def, liver wind, damp heat
EYES, SINEWS OR MENTAL DISORDERS CHARACTERIZED BY LIVER PATHOLOGY
pain, itching dry eyes, red eyes, blurred vision
stiffness contraction or cramping or pn of sinews
stress, irritability, depression, mood swings
bladder 20
back shu of spleen, so can treat spleen organ disorders
tonifies sp-qi and sp yang, resolves dampness, raises sp qi and holds blood, regulates and harmonizes the middle jiao
TREATS ALL PATTERSN OF SPLEEN ORGAN DISHARMONEY
sp qi/yang deficiency, dampness, prolapse from qi sinking, hemorrhage due to blood not holding, stagnation in middle burner, dampness (distension fullness pn in abdomen)
Bladder 23
back shu of the kidney so treats kidney disharmonies
tonifies ki yang, ki qi, ki yin, ki essence.
regulates water passages and benefits urination
warms the uterus
benefits eyes and ears
strengthens lumbar region
ALL PATTERNS OF DISHARMONY OF KIDNEY
- frequent urination, incontinence, enuresis, seminal emissions, premature ejaculation, sterility, irregular menses, leukorrhea, infertility, tinnitus, deafness, chronic ear infections, chronic def in elderly.
low back pn
bladder 25
back shu of the large intestine so treats disorders of the intestine. front mu is st25
regulates the intestines, transforms stagnation and alleviates pn. strengthens lumbar region
INTESTINAL DISORDERS
CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA, BORBORYGMUS, RECTAL PROLAPSE
LOW BACK PN (SCIATICA)
st37 lower he sea of the large intestine st 25 front mu of large intestine, pair with bladder 25
bladder 32
best of all the liao points at s2
urinary disorders- facilitates urination and defactation
menstural- regulates menstruation and stops leukorrhea, dysmenoorrhea
lumbar region- pn
induces labor
bladder 40
he sea and lower he sea of bladder channel, so good for counterflow qi and diarrhea lower he sea treats the organ so this treats bladder.
low back and knee pain. activates channel and alleviates pn.
cools blood, cools summer heat (its the he sea point which is the water point
counter flow qi and diarrhea (simultaneious vomitting and diarrhea)
urinary disorders- enuresis, difficult urination, dark urination, hemorrhoids
pairs- LI11, bl40 for skin disorders
pc3 and bl40 and the 4 flexors- good to clear heat at blood level.
good for blood stasis= pn so good for pn.
COMMAND POINT OF LUMBAR REGION
BLOOD HEAT AND BLOOD STASIS (its the blood xi-cleft) *** cools summer heat
bladder 57
PRIMARY DISTAL POINT FOR HEMORRHOIDS
MAIN POINT FOR CALF CRAMPS (can be due to liver blood deficiency)
IMPORTANT POINT FOR HEEL PAIN
SCIATIC PN RADIATING TO CALF
RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME.
BLADDER 62
CONFLUENT POINT FO YANG QIAO MAI (SI3, BL62)
pacifies interior wind, and expels exterior wind- ext wind, chills, fever, aversion to wind, headache,
interior wind, lockjaw, windstroke
calms spirit and treats epilepsy- especially DAYTIME EPILEPSY, KI6 FOR NIGHTTIME EPILEPSY
benefits head and eyes,
ALLEVIATES PN - MOTILITY PROBLEMS -pn of both lumbar and hip
HEAT IN HEAD- h/a, dizziness, nosebleeds, deafness, tinnitus
bladder 43
all kinds of deficiency
LU- coughing of blood, night sweating, steaming bone disorder
ht- poor memory, pounding of heart, insomnia, phlegm fire, nightsweats
ki- seminal emission, impotence
st/sp- undigested food in stool, weariness of the 4 limbs, phlegm diseases
MAIN FUNCTION IS TO TONIFY.
IT NOURISHES YIN, FOSTERS ORIGINAL QI, RESOLVES PHLEGM
STRONGLY TONIFIES ALL ZHANG FU ORGANS, BUT ESPECIALLY LUNG QI DEF.
strongly tonifying like cv4 and 6
bladder 1
benefits the eyes
expels wind, clears heat
crossing oint of foot taiyang with hand tai yang. and foot tai yang and yin qiao and yang qiao. so used for movement. trouble walking.
bladder 2
eliminates wind and clears heat
BENEFITS THE EYES- conjunctivitis, blurred vision, lacrimation, twitching eyelidptosis
CLEARS THE HEAD AND ALLEVIATES PN- good for frontal headaches
sinuisitis once sided, facial paralysis
treats eye disorders but not as strong as bl1
bladder 11
HUI MEETING POINT OF BONES
SO BENEFITS BONES AND JOINTS- bone disorders, R.A., O.A., spndylosis, osteoporosis
attack of exterior pathogenic wind cold. (stiff neck, headache, cough, dyspnesa)
bladder 14
back shu of the pericardium (front mu of pc is cv17)
hand jue yin is pc, foot jueyin is liver. this point works on both liver and pc.
spreads liver qi and unbinds chest. (pn and oppression in diaphragm heart and chest)
regulates the heart - heart pn, palpitations, anxiety, stress
for stomach ache and vomiting- bl14, pc6, st36
bladder 19
back shu of gallbladder
drains damp heat from liver and gallbladder (hepatitis, cholycystitis jaundice, bitter taste in mouth, vomiting, distension of costal region)
shaoyang syndrome- alternating chills and fever, fullness in chest, agitation, n/v, loss of appetite,
steaming bone disorder - four flowers= bl17, bl19
bladder 21
back shu of stomach
regulates st and descends rebellious qi,
ALL DISEASES OF STOMACH FU ORGAN
st qi stagnation- distension, fullness, pn in epigastrium and st.
rebellious qi- reflux, vomiting, nausea
disharmony of both st and sp- poor appetite, undigested food in stool, diarrhea
bladder 27
back shu of small intestine
separates pure from turbif
regulates intestines and bladder
drains turbid dampness
CLEARS DAMP HEAT
so used for intestinal disorders esp due to damp heat- diarrhea, dysentery, blood and mucus in stool (bl40)
constipation, hemorrhoids
urinary disorders due to damp heat- dark yellow urine, enuresis, retention of urine, difficult and painful urination, blood in urine
genital disorders due to damp heat- seminal emission, leukorhea
bladder28
back shu of bladder
regulates bladder- painful urination, difficult urination, hesitatnt urination, frequen urination with scanty dark flow
clears damp heat from lower burner- diarrhea, genital itching, swelling, pn, ulceration, seminal emission, leukorrhea
dispels stagnation and resolves masses
benefits lumbar region and legs
bladder 36
MAIN POINT FOR UPPER HAMSTRING INJURY
activate channel, alleviates pn, relaxes the sinews
treats hemorrhoids
