Classical points Flashcards
Tian-Men (Gate of Heaven)
GV-17
Da-Feng-men (Great Wind Gate)
GV-21
Nao-Shu (Brain association point)
If you draw a line between lat canthus of the eye and cranial rim of ear base, the point is 1/3 of the way from the eye.
Seizures
Shen disturbance
Long-hui (Meeting of the dragons)
Midpoint between the rostral aspect of the temporal fossea at the eyebrow level
Seizures
Nasal congestion
An-Shen (Pacify Shen)
Midway between caudal and cranial rims of ear base in a large depression between GB-20 and TH-17
Calm the Shen
External/Internal wind
Stiffness
Headache
Nose bleed or nasal congestion
Facial paralysis
Deafness
Otitis
Tai-yang (Great Yang)
1 cun caudal to the lat. canthus of the eye in zygomatic arch
Headache
Facial paralysis
Acute eye problems
Shan-gen (Mountain base)
On the dorsal midline of the nose at the upper junction of haired and non-haired skin
Appetite
Shock / Coma
Wind-Cold
Wind-Heat
Jian-wei (Strenghten stomach)
In jugular groove (between jug. and transverse process of cervical vertebrea) 1/3 of the way down from jaw.
Appetite
Vomiting
Stomach disorders
Bi-tong (Nose passing)
Midway between LI-20 (sides of nose) and BL-1 (medial cathus of eye)
Nasal congestion
Sinusitis
Facial paralysis
Shang-guan (Upper joint)
In a depression getting bigger when mouth open in front of the base of the ear at the temporomandibular joint
Crossing point of GB and ST
Dental pain
Mandible pain
Facial paralysis
Headache
Xia-guan (Lower joint)
ST-7
Dental pain
Mandicular pain
Facial parlysis
Headache
Er-Jian (Ear tip)
Ear tip
Fever
Wind-Heat
Heat
Abdominal pain
** BLEEDS
Jing-jia-ji (Cervical Hua-tuo-jia-ji)
Just dorsal/ventral to lat processes from C1-C2 to C7-T1 (7 points)
Cervical stiffness
Wobbler’s
Ding-chuan (stop cough)
0.5 cu lat to GV-14
Cough/Asthma
Tian-ping (Scale)
Between T-13 and L1 on dorsal midline (GV-5)
** Stop hemorrhage internally
Hematuria
Castration/Spay bleeding
Bai-hui (Hundred meeting)
Between L7-S1 on dorsal midline
Yang deficiency
Diarrhea/constipation
IVDD
Pelvic limb paresis/paralysis
Shen-shu (Kidney association point)
1 cun lat to Bai Hui
Source Qi
Kidney Qi/Yang def
Diarrhea
Constipation
IVDD
Pelvic limb paresis/paralysis
Shen-peng (Kidney Shelf)
1 cun cranial to Shen-Shu
Yang deficiency
Diarrhea/Constipation
IVDD
Hind limb paresis/paralysis
Shen-jiao (Kidney Corner)
1 cun caudal to Shen-Shu
Yang deficiency
Diarrhea/Constipation
IVDD
Hind limb paresis/paralysis
Wei-jie (Tail vertebra)
Between Cd-1 and Cd-2 on dorsal midline
Lumbosacral mutilsation
Fecal/urinary incontinence
Tail paralysis
Wei-jian (Tail tip)
Tail tip
Paralysis of the tail
Pelvic limb weakness
Hua-tuo-jia-ji (Hua Tuo’s paravertebral points)
Between the vertebral bodies from T1-L7 0.5 cun from midline (19 points)
IVDD / Back pain
Er-yan (Two eyes sacral foramina)
In the pelvic sacral foramina (2 pairs)
Lumbosacram pain
Pelvic limb paresis/paralysis
Infertility
Metritis
Fei-men (Lung Gate)
Along cranial border of scapula 1/3 of the way from dorsal to ventral
Discospondylitis
