Acupuncture Points of Canine Flashcards
GV-20
dorsal midline on line drawn from cranial edge of ears
permission point- calming; sedation, ‘shen disturbances,’ epilepsy, insomnia, cognitive dysfunction
PC-6
3 cun proximal to carpal crease, in the groove between the flexor carpi radials and superficial digital flexor m.
master point for chest; vomiting/nausea; anxiety, paralysis of forelimbs, vertigo, shen disturbances, seizures
Bai-Hui
on dorsal midline between L7 and S1 vertabrae
paresis or paralysis, LS pain, IVDD, hip pain, diarrhea
BL-23
1.5 cun lateral to dorsal spinous process of L2
Kidney yin/qi deficiency; urinary problems; renal diseases, urinary incontinence, thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease, pelvic limb weakness, coxofemoral joint osteoarthritis
GV-14
depression at cervicothoracic vertebral space (C7-T1)
cervical stiffness, fever, cough, epilepsy, immunomodulation
GB-20
dorsal of the neck, in the large depression just caudal and lateral to the occipital protuberance medial to cranial edge of the wings of the atlas, up against the skull
BL-54
at the coxofemoral joint at the level of the sacrooccygeal hiatus, just dorsal to the greater trochanter of the femur
master point of the pelvic limb
GB-30
in the depression midway between the greater trochanter of the femur and tuber ichii (to the right side of greater trochanter)
GB-29
in depression to left of greater trochanter of the femur
ST-36
0.5 cun lateral to tibial tuberosity, in the belly of the cranial tibial muscle
master point for GI and abdomen; GI signs, general qi tonic
LI-10
2 cun distal to L1-11;
immune regulation, weakness; elbow pain, front limb weakness
shen-shu
1 cun away and lateral to bai-hui bilaterally
shen-peng
1 cun cranial to shen-shu bilaterally
shen-jiao
1 cun caudal to shen-shu bilaterally
an shen
on the side of the head, caudal to the base of the ear
behavior problems, shen disturbances, epilepsy, cervical pain
