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Actions & Effects Summer Semester Test 1 > Categories of Points - Intro Lecture > Flashcards

Categories of Points - Intro Lecture Flashcards

1
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What are the 5 Shu Points?

A 
Jing-Well
Ying-Spring
Shu-Stream
Jing-River
He-Sea
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2
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Where are the Shu Points located?

A

Below elbows & knees

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3
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What is the Shu point where qi eminates?

A

Jing-Well

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4
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Where are the Jing-Well points located?

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Located on the tips of the fingers or toes

with the exception of KD1

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5
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What is the Shu point where qi glides?

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Ying-Spring

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6
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Where are the Ying-Spring points located?

A

Located mostly distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal
or metatarso-phalangeal joints (with the exception of
LU10, HT8, PC8, KD2)

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7
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What is the Shu point where Qi pours?

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Shu-Stream

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8
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Where are the Shu-Stream points located?

A

Proximal to the
metacarpo-phalangeal or metatarso-phalangeal
joints (with the exception of LU9, HT7, PC7, KD3)

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9
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What is the Shu point where Qi flows?

A

Jing-River

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10
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Where are the Jing-River points located?

A

wrists/ankles

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11
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What is the Shu point where Qi enters inward?

A

He-Sea

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12
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Where are the Jing-River points located?

A

Around elbows or knees

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13
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What is the element of the Jing-Well on a Yin channel?

A

Wood

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14
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What is the element of the Jing-Well on a Yang channel?

A

Metal

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15
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What do you use Jing-Well points for?

A

Fullness below the Heart

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16
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What do you use Ying-Spring points for?

A

Heat in the body

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17
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What do you use Shu-Stream points for?

A

Heaviness of the body

Pain of the joints

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18
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What do you use Jing-River points for?

A

Cough
Dyspnea
Chills
Fever

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19
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What do you use He-Sea points for?

A

Counterflow of Qi

Diarrhea

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20
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What do the Ying-Spring and Shu-Stream points treat?

A

The channels

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21
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What do the He-Sea points treat?

A

The internal Fu-organs

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22
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What do Jing-Well points treat?

A
  • Clearing heat, restoring consciousness and rescuing collapse:
    coma, fainting, collapse from stroke or high fever

-The uppermost reaches of channels:
acute Full-Heat in the head and face

-Disorders of spirit:
mania, insomnia, nightmares, somnolence

-Fullness below the Heart: fullness and pain of the chest

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23
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What do Ying-Spring points treat?

A

Clearing heat, esp. from the uppermost portion of the channel: Heat in the head and face

Paired with Shu-Stream point of the same channel:
Based on the theory of “the Ying-Spring and Shu-Stream points treat the channels”

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24
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What do Shu-Stream points treat?

A

points of the Yin channels, also known as Yuan-Source points, are primary points for tonifying and harmonizing the respective Zang-organs

Shu-Stream points of the Yang channels have important actions on the respective channels

Heaviness of the body and pain of the joints

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25
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What do Jing-River points treat?

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To treat cough and dyspnea, chills and fever

To treat diseases manifesting in voice: loss of voice, manic raving, incessant talking, laughter, sighing

To treat diseases of sinews and bones

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26
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What do He-Sea points treat?

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To treat counterflow of Qi and diarrhea

To treat diseases of the Fu-organs: primarily He-Sea pts on the legs, esp. Lower He-Sea (ST36, BL40, GB34; ST37, ST39, BL39)

To treat diseases of the skin: LI11, BL40, PC3, TW10, LV8, KD10

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27
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Where are Yuan Source points locate?

A

Around wrists/ankles

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28
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How many Yuan Source points are there?

A

12

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29
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Where are Yuan Source points located on Yin Channels?

A

same as the Shu-Stream points, usually the 3rd point from the distal end of the channel

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30
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What do Yuan Source points located on Yin Channels treat?

A

Tonify and regulate Zang-organs

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31
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Where are Yuan Source points located on Yang Channels?

A

between the Shu-Stream and Jing-River points

usually the 4th point from the distal end of the channel (Exception: GB40-the 5th)

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32
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What do Yuan Source points located on Yang Channels treat?

A

Dispel excess and regulate channels

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33
Q

What are the Luo-Connecting points?

A

where the Luo-Connecting channels diverge from the 12 Primary channels

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34
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How many Luo-Connecting points are there?

A

15

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35
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What are the 3 extra Luo-Connecting points?

A 
CV15:
 for the Conception Vessel (REN)
 GV1:
 for the Governing Vessel (DU)
 SP21:
 the great Luo-Connecting point
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36
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What do the extra Luo points treat?

A

CV15: abdomen & chest;

GV1: back & occiput;

SP21: chest & lateral costal region

37
Q

What are the actions of the Luo points?

A

Treating disorders of their interiorly-exteriorly related channel or Zang-Fu organs

Treating disorders in regions reached by the Luo-Connecting channel

Treating psycho-emotional disorders

38
Q

What is the Host-Guest combination?

A

Host:
Yuan-Source point of the primarily affected channel

Guest:
Luo-Connecting point of the interiorly-exteriorly coupled channel

39
Q

What are Xi-Cleft points?

A

Xi’ — cleft, crevice, hole or opening

Xi-Cleft points are where the Qi and Blood of the channels gather and plunge more deeply

40
Q

How many Xi-Cleft points are there?

A

Number: 16

12 Primary channels
4 Extraordinary Vessels:
Yang Motility, 
Yin Motility,
Yang Linking, 
Yin Linking
41
Q

What are the actions of the Xi-Cleft points?

A

Treating acute conditions & pain

Xi-Cleft points of the Yin channels also treat disorders of blood

42
Q

What are the Back-Shu points?

A

Back-Shu points are where the Qi of the Zang-Fu organs transports to the back

43
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How many Back-Shu points are there?

44
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Where are the Back-Shu points located?

A

medial branch of the Bladder channel on the back, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline

45
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What are the actions of the Back-Shu points?

A

Treat diseases of the corresponding Zang-Fu organs

“In diseases of Yin, treat the Yang”

Treat diseases of the sense organs and tissues corresponding organs

46
Q

What are Front-Mu Points?

A

where the Qi of the Zang-Fu organs gathers and concentrates on the anterior surface of the body

47
Q

Where are Front-Mu points located?

A

anterior side of the body except GB25 which lies at the free end of 12th rib

48
Q

List the Front-Mu points?

A 
CV3 - Bladder 
CV4 - Small Intestine
CV5 - Tripple Warmer CV12 - Stomach
CV14 - Heart
CV17 - Pericardium

LU1 - Lung

LV 13 - Spleen
LV14 - Liver

GB24 - Gallbladder
GB25 - Kidney

ST25 - Large Intestine

49
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How many Front-Mu points are there?

50
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What are the Actions of the Front-Mu points?

A

Treat diseases of the corresponding Zang-Fu organs, often combined with Back-Shu points

51
Q

What are the names of the Hui-Meeting points?

A 
Zang-organ: LV13
Fu-organ: CV12
Qi: CV17
Blood: BL17
Sinews: GB34
Vessels: LU9
Bone: BL11
Marrow: GB39
52
Q

What are the CONFLUENT POINTS OF THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS?

A

Points where the 8 Extraordinary Vessels communicate with the Primary channels

53
Q

In general terms where are the CONFLUENT POINTS OF THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS located?

A

below the elbows/knees

54
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How many CONFLUENT POINTS are there?

55
Q

List the CONFLUENT POINTS:

A

SI3: (Governing Vessel -Du Mai)

LU7: (Conception Vessel-Ren Mai)

SP4: (Penetrating Vessel-Chong Mai)

GB41: (Girdle Vessel -Dai Mai)

KD6: (Yin Motility Vessel-Yin Qiao)

BL62: (Yang Motility Vessel-Yang Qiao)

PC6: (Yin Linking Vessel-Yin Wei)

TW5: (Yang Linking Vessel-Yang Wei)

56
Q

What are the actions of the Confluent points?

A

To treat disorders of corresponding EVs

To affect specific symptoms and areas of the body

57
Q

What are the Confluent point pairs and what do they treat?

A

LU7+KD6: throat, chest, lung, Yin-def. Heat

SP4+PC6: ST, HT, chest, malaria

SI3+BL62: inner canthus, ear, nape of neck, scapula, chills & fever

TW5+GB41: outer canthus, ear, cheek, neck, shoulder, alternate attacks of chills & fever

58
Q

Name the Lower He-Sea points of the LI, SI, & TW:

A

ST37 - LI
ST39 - SI
BL39 - TW

59
Q

What are the actions of the the lower He-Sea points?

A

To treat the diseases of the corresponding Fu-organs

60
Q

How many command points are there?

A

6
4 original
2 new

61
Q

List the Command Points and what they treat:

A

PC6: disorders of chest & lateral costal region
LU7: disorders of the head and nape of neck
LI4: disorders of the face and mouth

GV26: resuscitation
ST36: disorders of the abdomen
BL40: disorders of lumbar region and back

62
Q

List the names of the points of the Four Seas:

A

Sea of Qi
Sea of Blood
Sea of Water and Grain
Sea of Marrow

63
Q

List the points for the Sea of Qi:

A

ST9, CV17, GV15, GV14

64
Q

List the points for the Sea of Blood:

A

BL11, ST37, ST39

65
Q

List the points for the Sea of Water and Grain:

A

ST30, ST36

66
Q

List the points for the Sea of Marrow:

A

GV20, GV16

67
Q

What do Window of Heaven Points treat?

A

Disharmony b/t Qi of the body and the head, with Qi or blood rebelling upwards
Sudden onset of disorders d/t inversion Qi
Scrofula, goitre or throat disorders
Disorders of the sense organs
Psycho-emotional disorders

68
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How many Window of Heaven points are there?

69
Q

Generally where are Window of Heaven points located?

A

mostly around the neck

except LU3 & PC1

70
Q

List the Window of Heaven points:

A

PC1, LU3, ST9, BL10, TW16, GV16, SI16, SI17, LI18, CV22

Tianfu-LU3 Futu-LI18
Renying-ST9 Tianyou-TW16 Tianzhu-BL10
Tiantu-CV22 Tianchuang-SI16 Tianrong-SI17
Fengfu-GV16
Tianchi-PC1

71
Q

How many HEAVENLY STAR POINTS of MA DAN-YANG are there?

72
Q

How many GHOST POINTS of SUN SI-MIAO are there?

73
Q

How many Needles for Returning Yang are there?

74
Q

How do you select points?

A

Nearby points
Distal points
Symptomatic points

75
Q

What is a local point for diarrhea?

76
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What is a local point for nausea?

77
Q

What is a local point for chest tightness?

78
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What is a local point for eyes?

79
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What is a local point for nose?

80
Q

What is a local point for ears?

81
Q

What are Ashi points?

A

Local points for pain not on channels

82
Q

What are good adjacent points for the breasts?

A

GB21, SI11

83
Q

What are good adjacent points for eyes?

A

GB14, GB20

84
Q

How do you select distal points?

A

Select points below to treat above: Most specific points below elbows/knees can treat disorders of the head, chest and upper back

Select points above to treat below: GV20-prolapse of rectum/uterus; GV26-sprain of spine

Select points on one side to treat the other

Select points from the paired channel

Empirical points: ST38-shoulder pain; GV10-carbuncles, furuncles

85
Q

List 2 points to treat fever:

86
Q

List 2 points to treat loss of consciousness:

87
Q

List 2 points to treat rash:

88
Q

List one point to treat hemorrhoids:

89
Q

List one point to treat prolapse of rectum or uterus:

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