Bladder Flashcards
Command Chart
67: Jing Well, Metal, Mother
66: Ying-Spring, Water
65: Shu-Stream, Wood, Chils
64: Yuan Source
63: Xi-Cleft
60: Jing River, Fire
58: Luo
BL-1***
Actions:
- Benefits the eyes
- Expels wind and clears heat
Indications:
+ Eye disorders of any kind
–Redness, swelling, and pain of the eyes, vision problems
BL-2***
Actions:
- Eliminates wind and clears heat
- Benefits the eyes
- Clears the head and alleviates pain
Indications: \+Eye Disorders \+Frontal headache (esp in eyebrow region) \+Facial Paralysis \+Pain of hemorrhoids
BL-7**
Actions:
- Benefits and regulates the nose
- Clears the had
Indications:
+Nose disorders of any kind (+GV23)
+Vertex headache (+GV20)
BL-10**
Actions:
- Regulates qi and pacifies wind
- Benefits the head and sensory orifices
- Calms the spirit
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
-Window of Heaven-
Indications:
+Main point for occipital h/a, stiff neck and shoulders
+Disorders of the sensory orifices
+Interior wind
BL-11***
Actions:
- Benefits the bones and joints
- Expels pathogenic factors and firms the exterior
- Regulates Lung-Qi and alleviates cough
- Hui meeting point of bones*
- Point of sea of blood (+ST37, 39)*
- Influence on neck, back, and upper respiratory*
Indications:
+Bone and joint disorders
+Local pain
+Attack of exterior pathogenic wind-cold
BL-12**
Actions:
- Expels wind and releases the exterior
- Strengthens defensive qi and firms the exterior
- Disseminates and descends LU-Qi
- Benefits the nose
“Wind Gate” (bias toward exterior wind)
Indications
+Exterior pathogenic wind attacks (cold/flu)
+Nose disorders of all kinds
+Stiff neck, lumbar pain
BL-13** - BL42
BL-13 (Back Shu of the LUNG)
- Tonifies LU qi and nourishes LU-yin
- Descends and disseminates LU-Qi
- Clears heat from the LU
- Releases the exterior
Indications:
+All patterns of disharmony of the LUNG organ
–All deficiency LU patterns
–All excess LU patterns
–EPF affecting the LU
+Disorders of the throat, nose, skin, sweating
BL-42
- Tonifies and nourishes the LU
- Soothes dyspnea and cough
- Activates teh channel and alleviates pain
Indications:
+LU disorders
+Local pain
BL-15** - BL-44
BL-15 (Back-Shu of the HT)
- Tonfies and nourishes the HT
- Regulates HT-Qi
- Calms the spirit
- Unbinds the chest and resolves blood stasis
- Clears HT fire
Indications:
+All patterns of disharmony of the HEART organ
–Heart: oppression, pain, palp., irregular heart beat
–Spirit: insomnia, poor memory - “Happy Point”
+Disorders of the eyes tongue sweating
BL44
- Unbinds the chest and regulates Qi
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
“Hall of the Spirit”
Indications:
+Disorders of the chest
+Local pain
BL-18** - BL47
BL-18 (Back Shu of the LIVER)
- Spreads LV-Qi
- Tonifies and nourishes LV blood
- Pacifies wind
- Cools fire and clears damp-heat
- Benefits the eyes and sinews
Indications:
+All patterns of disharmony of the LIVER organ
+Eye, sinews or mental disorders characterized by LV pathology
+Local pain
BL-47
- Spreads LV-Qi and relaxes the sinews
- Harmonizes the middle jiao
“Gate of the Ethereal Soul”
Indications:
+Local pain
+Contraction of the sinews
+Disorders of the SP/ST
BL-20** - BL-49
BL-20 (Back Shu of the SPLEEN)
- Tonifies SP-Qi and SP-yang
- Resolves dampness
- Raises SP-qi and holds blood
- Regulates and harmonizes the qi of the middle jiao
Indications:
+All patterns of disharmony of the SPLEEN organ
+Local back pain (worse w/ cold and damp)
BL-49
- Clears damp-heat
- Regulates the SP and ST
“Abode of Thought”
Indications:
+Damp-heat
+Disharmony of the ST and SP
+Local back pain
BL-23** - BL-52*
BL-23 (Back Shu of the Kidney)
- Tonifies KD-qi and KD-yang, KD-yin and KD-essence
- Regulates the water passages and benefits urination
- Benefits and warms the uterus
- Benefits the eyes and ears
- Strengthens lumbar region
Indications:
+All patterns of disharmony of the KD organ
+Dual disharmony of the KD and SP, HT, LV, or LU
+Chronic deficiency, esp in the elderly
+Local pain in the lumbar region
BL-52
- Tonifies KD and benefits essence
- Regulates Urination
- Strengthens lumbar region
“Residence of the Will”
Indications:
+Sexual dysfunction
+Urinary Disorders
+Local pain in the lumbar region
BL-14* - BL-43**
BL-14 (Back Shu of the PERICARDIUM)
- Spreads LV-qi and unbinds the chest
- Regulates the HT
- Regulates and descends Qi
Indications:
+Chest and heart disorders d/t LV Qi stagnation
+Heart Dysfunction
+LU/ST Qi rebellion
BL-43 “Vital Region Shu”
- Tonifies and nourishes the LU, HT, KD, SP and ST
- Nourishes Yin and clears heat
- Calms the spirit
- Fosters the original Qi
- Resolves phlegm
Indications:
+All kinds of deficiency (LU, HT, KD, SP/ST)
–Phlegm diseases
+Local pain of the back and shoulder
BL-19***
Back Shu of the Gallbladder
Actions:
- Drains damp-heat from the LV and GB
- Clears pathogenic factors from shaoyang
- Tonifies and regulates GB-Qi
- Tonifies deficiency
Indications: \+Damp heat in the GB and LV \+Shaoyang syndrome \+Deficiency of the Qi of the HT and GB \+Steaming bone disorder, deficiency - taxation
BL-21***
Back Shu of the Stomach
Actions:
- Regulates the ST and descends rebellion
- Harmonized the middle jiao
Indications:
+All diseases of the ST Fu-organ
+Disharmony of both the ST and SP
BL-22**
Back Shu of Triple Warmer
Actions:
- Moves and regulates the TW
- Regulates the SP and ST and resolves dampness
- Regulates the water passages and promotes urination
- Resolves masses
Indications: \+Water metabolism disorders \+Abdominal masses \+Shaoyang syndrome \+Local pain of the lower back
BL-25**
Back Shu of Large Intestine
Actions:
- Regulates the intestines
- Transforms stagnation and alleviates pain
- Strengthens the lumbar region and legs
Indications:
+Intestinal disorders
+Local back pain or atrophy of the leg
BL-27***
Back Shu of the Small Intestine
Actions:
- Separates the pure from the turbid
- Regulates the intestines and bladder
- Drains turbid dampness and clears damp-heat
- Regulates Small Intestine Qi
Indications: \+Intestinal disorders esp d/t damp-heat \+Urinary disorders d/t damp=heat \+Genital disorders d/t damp-heat \+Others (SI Qi pain, wasting and thirsting, local pain)
BL-28***
Back Shu of the Bladder
Actions:
- Regulates the bladder
- Clears damp heat from the lower burner
- Dispels stagnation and resolves masses
- Benefits the lumbar region and legs
Indications:
+All kinds of urinary disorders, esp d/t damp-heat
+Damp heat in the intestinal/genital region
+Stiffness/pain of the lumbar region, sacrum, buttocks, coccyx, and lower limbs
BL-17**
Actions:
- Invigorates blood and dispels stasis
- Cools blood heat and stops bleeding
- Nourishes and harmonizes blood
- Harmonizes the diaphragm and descends rebellious Qi
“Diaphragm Shu”
Hui meeting pt of blood
Indications:
+All blood diseases, esp in the upper and middle jiao
+Painful obstruction, skin disorders
+LU/ST Qi rebellion
BL-26**
Actions:
- Strengthens the lumbar region
- Regulates the lower burner
“Gate of origin Shu”
Indications:
+All cases of lumbar pain
+Disorders of the lower burner with underlying KD deficiency
Liao Points - BL 31,32,33,34
- Regulates the lower jiao and facilitates urination and defecation
- Regulates menstruation and stops leukorrhea
- Benefits the lumbar region and legs
- Important points for inducing labor
32 - Labor pain 32, 33 - Urinary Disorders 32, 33 - Pain in the lumbosacral area, pain/atrophy of the legs 34 - Intestinal Disorders 34 - GYN/genital disorders
BL-35**
Actions:
- Clears Damp Heat and Regulates the lower jiao
- Benefits the coccyx and treats hemorrhoids
Indications:
+Anal Disorders
+Local pain of the coccyx or lumbar region
+Damp-heat in the lower jiao
BL-54***
Actions:
- Benefits the lumbar region, activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Regulates urination and treats hemorrhoids
Indications:
+Channel disorders
+Urogenital disorders
+Anal disorders
BL-36***
Actions:
- Activates the channel, relaxes the sinews and alleviates pain
- Regulates the lower jiao and alleviates pain
- Treats hemorrhoids
Indications:
+Disorders of the lower limb
—-Main point for upper hamstring injury
+Hemorrhoids
BL-37**
Actions:
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Benefits the lumbar region
Indications:
+Disorders of the lower limb and lumbar spine
–Sciatica
BL-39***
Actions:
- Harmonizes the triple burner and regulates urination
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Lower HeSea pt of TW
Indications:
+Urinary disorders
+Local pain of the leg/foot
BL-40**
Actions:
- Benefits the lower back and knees, activates the channel, alleviates pain
- Cools blood
- Cools summer heat and stops vomiting and diarrhea
- Benefits the bladder
“Blood Xi-Cleft”
Lower HeSea pt for lumbar region and back
Indications: \+Disorders of the lumbar region and lower limbs \+Heat in the blood level \+Counterflow qi and diarrhea \+Urinary disorders \+Hemorrhoids
BL-57**
Actions:
- Relaxes the sinews, activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Benefits the calf and 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
BL-58***
Actions:
- Harmonizes the upper and lower
- Expels wind from Taiyang channel
- Treats Hemorrhoids
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Luo connecting pt
Indications: \+Lower limb problems \+"Excess above + deficiency below" \+Mania and epilepsy, hemorrhoids \+Exterior syndrome in taiyang stage
BL-60***
Actions:
- Clears heat and lowers yang
- Pacifies wind and leads down the excess
- Activates the entire channel and alleviates pain
- Relaxes the sinews and strengthens the lumbar spine
- Promotes labor
Contraindicated in pregnancy
Jing-River, Fire point
Indications:
+Heat, excess yang or wind in the head
+Pain and contraction anywhere along the channel (occipital h/a)(pain of the back and spine use SI3)
+Prolonged labor
BL-62**
Actions:
- Pacifies the interior wind and expels exterior wind
- Calms the spirit and treats epilepsy
- Benefits the head and eyes
- Opens and regulates yang qiao
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Confluent pt of the Yang Qiao Mai
SI3+BL62: inner canthus of the eye, hear, nape of the neck, scapula
Ghost point
Indications: \+Wind disorders \+Mental disorders \+Heat in the head \+Pain of the lumbar region and hip
BL-67**
Actions:
- Expels wind and clears the head and eyes
- Turns the fetus and facilitates labor
Contraindicated in pregnancy
“Reaching yin”
Jing-Well point
Indications:
+Fullness and heat in the head
+Malposition of the fetus
+Delayed/prolonged labor, retention of placenta
