Acupuncture Points

Question 1

Lung Channel

Answer 1

Tai Yin. 3 am - 5 am. 11 points. Starts at chest and goes to dewclaw on the medial side.

Question 2

Lung 1

Answer 2

Location: Medial to the greater tubercle of the humerus when standing in the superficial pectoral muscle at the level of the 1st intercostal space.

Question 3

Lung 1 Indications

Answer 3

Front Mu Alarm Point for Lung
Lung Heat / Immune Regulation
Cough, Dyspnea

Question 4

Lung 5

Answer 4

Medial side of cubital crease, just lateral to the insertion of the biceps brachii when the elbow is flexed.

Question 5

Lung 5 Indications

Answer 5

He Sea Point / Water Point
Sedation Point for Lung
Lung Heat
Fever, Cough, Dyspnea

Question 6

Lung 7

Answer 6

Just proximal to the craniomedial aspect of the styloid process of the radius. 1.5 cun proximal to the radiocarpal joint. (Top of the ski slope)

Question 7

Lung 7 Indications

Answer 7

Luo Connecting Point to LI (LI 6)
Confluent Point of CV Channel
Master Point for head and neck

Question 8

Lung 9

Answer 8

Medical radiocarpal, just cranial to the radial artery at the level of HT 7. (ski slope)
Needle from dorsal aspect.

Question 9

Lung 9 Indications

Answer 9

Shu Stream Point (Earth)
Mother Point Deficiency
Yuan Source Point
Influential Point Blood Vessels
Lung Deficiency
Cough / Dyspnea / Asthma

Question 10

Large Intestine Channel

Answer 10

Yang Ming. 20 pts. 5-7 am. Lateral aspect of P2 to the nose

Question 11

LI 4

Answer 11

Dogs btw MC 2 and 3 at level of dewclaw
Cats btw dewclaw and MC2

Question 12

LI 4 Indications

Answer 12

Yuan Source Point
Master Point for Face / Mouth
One of the 4 gates (LIV 3/LI4)

Question 13

LI 10

Answer 13

2 cun distal to LI 11
OR 1/6 of the distance btw elbow and carpus btw the extensor carpi radialis and the common digital extensor

Question 14

LI 10 Indications

Answer 14

Immune regulation
General Qi tonic

Question 15

LI 11

Answer 15

Lateral end of cubital crease 1/2 way btw the biceps tendon and lateral epicondyle when elbow is flexed.

Question 16

LI 11 Indications

Answer 16

He Sea Point (Earth)
Mother Point for Deficiency

Question 17

LI 15

Answer 17

Craniodistal to the head of the acromion on the cranial margin of the acromial head of the deltoideus

Question 18

LI 15 Indications

Answer 18

Shoulder Pain, Cervical Stiffness

Question 19

LI 20

Answer 19

Find widest part of the nostril move 0.1 cun outside the mucocutaneous junction in the nasolabial groove.
Crosses over to treat opp. nostril

Question 20

LI 20 Indications

Answer 20

Nasal D/C, Sinusitus