Class Seven: Kidney Flashcards
Kidney 1 / Yongquan
Use:
Jing Well Point; anchors the shen
Clears excesses in the head; clears the brain (bottom treating the top)
Reinforces or reduces the Kidneys; tonifies Yin
Clears empty heat; clears heat
Calms the mind
Reduces Kidney or Heart excess
Kidney 2 / Rangu
Use:
Yin Spring Point
Clears Kidney Yin deficiency heat; treats false heat
Regulates the Kidneys
Cools the blood
Kidney 3 / Taixi
Use:
Yuan Source Point
Tonifies Kidneys, benefits essence, invigorates original Yang, tonifies Kidney Yin, tonifies Kidney qi, tonifies Yin of the entire body
Benefits all related area of the Kidneys: hearing imbalances, frequency or urination, lower back pain, strengthens low back and knees
Clears false heat; abates vacuity heat
Regulates the uterus; rectifies the womb
Strengthens the Zhi
Kidney 4 / Da Zhong
Use:
Luo Connecting Point
Reinforces the Kidneys, anchors the qi and benefits the Lung; strengthens the will and dispels fear
Kidney 5 / Shui Quan
Use:
Xi-Cleft Point
Kidney 6 / Zhao Hai
Use:
Opening/Master Point of the Yin Qiao Mai
Promotes and nourishes Yin, benefits the body fluids, clears Kidney Yin deficiency heat (false heat)
Addresses urine retention and frequent urination
Nourishes Yin to benefit the eyes
Cools the blood
Calms the mind
Addresses dysfunction of the medial lower leg; regulates the inner lower limbs
Frees the channels
Treats insomnia
Kidney 7 / Fuliu
Use:
Jing River Point
Regulates fluids, drains damp, clears damp heat
Regulates sweating, regulates the water passages, treats edema, treats febrile disease without sweating (regulates sweating)
Tonifies the Kidney; tonifies Kidney Yang
Regulates water; resolves dampness of the lower limbs
Strengthens the lower back
Kidney 8 / Jiao Xin
Use:
Xi-Cleft of the Yin Qiao
Removes obstruction from the channels
Treats abdominal pain
Regulates the menses, especially blood stagnation; treats uterine bleeding
Regulates the Chong and Ren channels
Kidney 9 / Zhu Bin
Use:
Xi-Cleft of the Yin Wei
Calms the mind, especially from Kidney Yin Xu
Used for Heart and Kidney disharmony; clears the mind and transforms phlegm
Tonifies Kidney Yin
Opens the chest
Regulates qi and alleviates pain on the channel (Yin Wei channels and Kidneys)
Treats palpitations
Kidney 10 / Yingu
Use:
Addresses pain in the knee and popliteal fossa
Expels dampness and heat from the lower jiao
Tonifies the Kidneys
Treats painful urination
Addresses frequent urination
Kidney 16 / Huangshu
Use:
Tonifes the Kidney, benefits the Heart; treats Heart and Kidney disharmony, Kidney not nourishing the Heart
Regulates qi and alleviates local pain
Removes obstructions from the channel
Descends Lung qi to the Kidney
Kidney 11- 21
Significance:
Points in this area are all on the Chong Main
Kidney 22- 27
Significance:
These are relate to the Front Shu and the shen
Kidney 27 / Shu Fu
Use:
Used for cough, asthma, and chest pain
Treats Kidney qi not grasping qi
Subdues rebellious qi
