Big Picture Flashcards
5 Element Points 12 Primary Meridians
LU 11 10 9 8 5
LI 1 2 3 5 11
ST 45 44 43 41 36
SP 1 2 3 5 9
HT 9 8 7 4 3
SI 1 2 3 5 8
UB 67 66 65 60 40
KD 1 2 3 7 10
PC 9 8 7 5 3
SJ 1 2 3 6 10
GB 44 43 41 38 34
LR 1 2 3 4 8
Five Element/Transporting Points Indications
Jing Well: Mental illness, chest stifing, fllness under heart
Ying Spring: Febrile, complexion changes, hot sensations
Shu Stream: Bi, wind, damp, heaviness, joint pain
Jing River: Asthma, cough, hot/cold sensations, voice sound change
He Sea: Fu organs, stomach, intestines, rebel Qi, diarrhea
5 Transporting Points: JING WELL
WELL:
QI is SHALLOW
- Mental illness
- chest stifling
- fullness under heart
- Point of departure of Qi
- At fingertips and toe ends (Except KD-1)
- Channel is most superficial and thinnest
- Change of polarity (Yin to Yang or vice versa)
- Dynamic
- Used to expel pathogenic factors
Departure of Qi
5 Transporting Points: YING SPRING
QI is SLIGHTLY LARGER
- Febrile
- complexion change
- hot sensation
- 2nd point from fingers or toes
- Dynamic
- Like the swirling movement of a mountain spring at its source
- Clear heat
- Fire points in Yin channels and Water point in Yang channels
Convergence
5 Transporting Points: SHU STREAM
QI is CASCADING
- Bi
- wind
- damp
- heaviness
- joint pain
- 3rd point along channel (except GB-41)
- Qi ‘pour’, flow becomes bigger and bigger
- Pathogenic factors enter through this point
- Defensive Qi concentrates at this point
Entry of Pathogens
5 Transporting Points: Jing River
RIVER
QI is FREE FLOWING
- Asthma
- cough
- hot/cold sensations
- voice sound changes
- Qi of channel much bigger and deeper
- Qi flows like a current
- Pathogenic factors are deviated towards joints and sinews at these points
Concentration
5 Transporting Points: HE SEA
SEA
QI ENTERS DEEPLY
- Fu organs
- stomach
- intestines
- rebel Qi
- diarrhea
- Qi of the channel is vast and deep
- Qi of channel goes deep in the body and joins general Qi circulation
- Centripetal movement
- Less dynamic than other Transporting points
Joins body circulation
12 Primary Meridians: Front Mu and Back Shu
FM/BS:
LU: LU-1/UB-13
LI: ST-25/UB-25
ST: RN-12/UB-21
SP: LR-13/UB-20
HT: RN-14/UB-15
SI: RN-4/UB-27
UB: RN-3/UB-28
KD: GB-25/UB-23
PC: RN-17/UB-14
SJ: RN-5/UB-22
GB: GB-24/UB-19
LR: LR-14/UB-18
12 Primary Meridians: Entry and Exit
ENTRY/EXIT
LU: LU-1/LU-7
LI: LI-4/LI-20
ST: ST-1/ST-42
SP: SP-1/SP-21
HT: HT-1/HT-9
SI: SI-1/SI-19
UB: UB-1/UB-67
KD: KD-1/KD-22
PC: PC-1/PC-8
SJ: SJ-1/SJ-22
GB: GB-1/GB-41
LR: LR-1/LR-14
12 Primary Meridians: Number of Points
LU: 11
LI: 20
ST: 45
SP: 21
HT: 9
SI: 19
UB: 67
KD: 27
PC: 9
SJ: 23
GB: 44
LR: 14
XI Cleft Points
6 6 4
7 6 7
8 5 6
34 63 36
Luo Points
7 5 6
6 7 5
4 4 5
40 58 37
Source Points
9 7 7
4 4 4
3 3 3
42 64 40
Eight Influential Points
Zang: LR-13
Fu: RN-12
Qi: RN-17
Blood: UB-17
Bones: UB-11
Marrow: GB-39
SInews: GB-34
Vessels: LU-9
Window of the Sky Points (10)
PC-1
LU-3
ST-9
UB-10
SJ-16
SI-16
DU-16
DU-17
SI-17
LI-18
RN-22
