Class Four: Stomach Flashcards
Stomach 1 / Cheng Qi
Use:
Local point for the eyes
Expels wind Brightens the eyes Dissapates heat or cold Treats twitching of the eyelids Used for treating facial paralysis
Treats night blindness, myopia, conjunctivitis, and stops lacrimation
Stomach 4 / Dicang
Use:
Used for treating wind and can be used with ST 6 for treating facial deviation.
Treats deviation of the mouth
Expels interior or exterior wind locally
Removes obstructions from the channel
Frees Qi stagnation
Used for treating facial paralysis, post stroke patients, and salication
Stomach 6 / Jiache
Use:
Used for treating wind and can be used with ST 4 for treating facial deviation.
Used for facial paralysis
Expels wind (especially exterios with LI 4)
Invigorates and removes obstructions from the channels
Regulates the Qi
Treats mumps (w/LI 4), trismus (masseter muscle spasms), toothache, and trigeminal neuralgia
Stomach 7 / Xiaguan
Use:
Used for local pain and treatment of TMJ
Treats facial pain
Used for jaw motor impairment
Benefits the ears
Clears obstructions from the channel
Used for TMJ, tinnitus, toothache, deafness, trigeminal neuralgia, otorrhea, and facial paralysis
Stomach 8 / Touwei
Use:
Used for Yang Ming headache, phlegm, and emotions
Treats frontal Yang Ming headache
Used for dizziness from phlegm
Addresses phlegm misting the head
Clears heat
Invigorates the channels
Dispels wind
Used for treating eye pain
Used for treating opthalmalgia (pain in the eye), and headache
Stomach 9 / RenYing
Use:
Regulates qi and blood; part of 4 Sea of Qi and Window of Sky
Regulates blood and Qi Used for dizziness Removes masses (locally) Relieves swelling Benefits the throat
Used for treating goiters, regulates high blood pressure, hypertension, sore throat, asthma, and dizziness
Stomach 12 / Quepen
Use:
All ZangFu channels except the Urinary Bladder cross here. Directs downward (rebellious qi)
Subdues and regulates rebelious qi; creates a strong downward qi movement
Stomach 21 / Liangmen
Use:
Similar use to Ren 12; used for Middle Jiao excess and regulation
Regulates the Middle Jiao
Harmonizes Spleen and Stomach
Stops vomitting
Relieves pain
Clears Stomach heat (especially excesses)
Addresses excess Stomach heat, damp, fire, etc.
Used for treating gastric pain, vomitting, diarrhea, abdominal distention, and anorexia
Stomach 25 / Tianshu
Use:
Front Mu point for the Large Intestine
Used for constipation, diarrhea, dysentery, borborygmus, and edema
Treats intestinal problems, excess of deficiency of the Large Intestine, abdominal pain and distension.
It regulates qi, resolves food retention, irregular menses, and clears heat in the Large Intestine.
Addresses feelings of insecurity and instability (earth)
Stomach 28 / Shuidao
Use:
Strong influence on water
Opens the water passages
Benefits urinary function
Regulates qi stagnation leading to menstrual probelms
Used for lower abdominal distention
Stops pain
Clears damp heat
Disinhibits the Low Burner
Stomach 29 / Guilai
Use:
Used for blood issues including regulation of menses
Used for blood stagnation, irregular menses due to blood stagnation, and abdominal pain
Treats dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, uterine prolapse, and hernia leukorrhea
Stomach 30 / Qichong
Use:
Part of the 4 Sea of Nourishment, Meeting Point for Chong Mai
Used to support the Jing, fertility, qi, and blood
Promotes essence
Tonifies the seas of food-nourishement
Regulates the Stomach qi
Regulates qi and blood in the lower abdomen and genitals
Treating running piglet disease
Treats abdominal pain
Used for swelling and pain in the genitalia
Used for treating borborygmus, hernia, impotence, dysmenorrhea, and irregular menses
Stomach 34 / Liang Qiu
Use:
Xi Cleft Point
Used for knee pain and numbness
Treats motor impairment of the lower extremities
Addresses rebellious Stomach qi and obstructions from the channel
Treats wind damp Bi syndrome
Used for gastric pain, hiccup, vomiting, belching, and mastitis
Stomach 35 / Dubi
Use:
Local point for knee pain
Used for pain and numbness and motor impairment of the knee
Treats local pain and Bi syndrome
Used for arthritis and beriberi
Stomach 36 / Zusanli
Use:
He Sea, Lower He Sea, Command Point for the Abdomen, 4 Sea of Nourishment/Grain
Tonification point, used for qi, blood, and Middle Jiao
Possibly the best primary channel point (ZangFu acupoint) to tonigy post-natal qi and blood
Benefits Stomach and Spleen
Tonifies qi and blood
Tonifies post-natal qi, wei qi, and ying qi
Used for gastric pain
Treats knee and leg pain
Used for cough
Treat emaciation
Used in treating mania
Raises the Yang
Resolves damp
breaks thoracic blood stagnation
Prevents disease
Used for treating morning sickness, vomiting, hiccup, borborygmus, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, mastitis, dizzines, insomnia, edema, indigestion, gastric pain, enteritis, cough, asthma, hemiplegia and beriberi
Stomach 37 / Shang Ju Hu
Uses:
Large Intestine Lower He Sea, 4 Sea of Blood
Eliminates damp heat
Addresses food retention
Regulates the function of the intestines
Calms asthma
Opens the chest
Relaxes the breath
Used for treating borborygmus, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, enteritis, and beriber
Stomach 38 / Tiao Kou
Uses:
Used in treating the shoulder
Treats weakness and motor impairment of the shoulder
Stomach 39 / Xiao Ju Hu
Uses:
Small Intestine Lower He Sea, 4 Sea of Blood
Used for lower abdominal pain
Eliminates damp heat
Addresses backache referred from the testis
Clears heat
Regulates the function of the Stomach and intestines
Clears the bowels and transforms stasis
Treats borborygmus and flatulence
Stomach 40 / Fenglong
Uses:
Luo point, Used for phlegm and heat
#1 point in TCM for treating phlegm Calms the spirit and clears the mind
Clears Stomach heat
Clears spirit disposition
Used for treating asthma, headache, dizziness, vertigo, cough, excessive sputum, mania, and constipation
Stomach 41 / Jiexi
Uses:
Tonifies the Stomach, Jing River; Used for treating heat
This point can untie obstruction in the channel
Tonfies Stomach; Fire point on an Earth Channel
Used for ankle joint pain, muscular atrophy, and motor impairment; clears heat and clears Stomach heat
Stomach 42 / ChongYang
Uses:
Yuan Source Point
Used for muscular atrophy and motor impairment of the foot
Tonifies Stomach and Spleen
Calms the mind and shen
Treats obstructions from the channel
Treats pain of the upper teeth
Support earth
Transforms damp
Stomach 44 / Neiting
Uses:
1 distal point for Stomach heat (organ or channel)
Ying Spring; Used for Stomach Heat
Used for treating pain in the face and deviation of the mouth along the channel
Treats foot swelling or pain
Used for febrile disease
Relieves rebellious Stomach Qi
Promotes digestion
Eliminates wind from the face
Used for treating conjunctivitis, sore throat, bleeding gums, toothache, epistaxis, gastric pain, acid regurgitation, diarrhea, and dysentery
