Classical points CA

Question 1

CA Classical points

Answer 1

• Da-fen-men
• Nao-shu (brain association pt)
• An-shen
• Shan-gen
• Jian-wei (strengthen stomach)
• Er-jian (ear tip)
• Jing-jia-jo (cervical hua-tuo-jia-ji)
• Ding-Chuan (stop cough)
• Tian-ping (scale)
• Ba-hui
• Shen-shu
• Wei-jian (tail tip)
• Hua-tuo-jia-ji
• Er yan (two sacral foramina)
• Jian-jiao (coxa angle)
• Liu-feng (six raphes)

Question 2

Da-Fen-men

Answer 2

CA: in a depression on the dorsal midline at the level of the cranial rim of ear bases = GV-21

fx: Calm mind, internal wind, seizure, tremors, headache, vertigo, nasal congestion

Question 3

Nao-shu
(Brain association pt)

Answer 3

On the temporalis muscles, 1/3 of the way along the line between the cranial ear base to the lateral canthus of the eye

fx: seizures and shen disturbance

Question 4

Ah-sen CA

Answer 4

CA: the point is located midway between the dorsal and ventral borders of the ear base, in a large depression that is half way between GB-20 and TH-17

Fx: Calm shen, external wind, internal wind, stiff neck, headache, nose bleed, nasal congestion, facial paralysis, otitis, deafness

Question 5

Shan-gen CA

Answer 5

CA: nose, dorsal midline at the junction between haired and non-haired region

Fx: appetite stimulation, shock, coma, wind-cold, wind-heat

Question 6

Jian-wei CA
(strengthen stomach)

Answer 6

CA: On the lateral cervical region between the jugular veine and the transverse process of the cervical vertebrae at the junction of the upper and middle 1/3 of the jugular groove, on the ventral border of the brachiocephalic m.

fx: Appetite stimulant, vomiting, stomach disorder

Question 7

Er-jian
Tip of ear

Answer 7

Covex surface of the ear at angular veine at ear tip

fx: Fever, wind-heat, heat, abdominal pain

Question 8

Jing-jia-ji
Cervical hua-tuo-jia-ji

Answer 8

Just dorsal and ventral to the lateral vertebrae process at the level of the intervertebral spaces C1-2 / C2-3 / C3-4 / C4-5 / C5-6 / C6-7 / C7-T1
7 pairs

fx: Cervical stiffness and wobbler

Question 9

Ding-chuan
Stop cough

Answer 9

0.5 cun lateral to GV-14 (C7-T1)

fx: cough, asthma

Question 10

Tian-ping
Scale

Answer 10

Between T13-L1 on the dorsal midline = GV-5

fx: stop hemorrhage internally, hematuria, castration, spaying, bleeding

Question 11

Bai-hui

Answer 11

Between L7-S1 on the dorsal midline
*Palpate 2 wings of the ilium and put 3rd finger caudally until fall in a depression

fx: yang deficiency, diarrhea, constipation, intervertebral disk disease, pelvic limb paresis and paralysis

Question 12

Shen-shu

Answer 12

1 cun lateral to bai-hui

fx: Shouce Qi, kidney Qi/yang deficiency, diarrhea, constipation, intervertebral disk disease, pelvic limb paresis and paralysis

Question 13

Wei-jian
Tip of tail

Answer 13

At the tip of tail = GV=1b

fx; paralysis of the tail, pelvic limb weakness

Question 14

Hua-tua-jia-ji

Answer 14

Betweem the vertebral bodies from T1 to L7, 0.5 cun lateral from midline.
1 cun lmedial to the BL channel

fx: intervertebral disk disease, back pain

Question 15

Er-yan
Two eye sacral foramina

Answer 15

In the pelvic sacral foramina, 2 pairs bilateral (4 points)
*Palpate the sacrum and go lateral

fx: Lumbarsacral pain, pelvic limb paresis, infertility, metritis

Question 16

Jian-jiao
Coxa angle

Answer 16

In the depression just ventral to the dorsal border og the wing of the ilium
*ventral and lateral

fx: hip problems, pelvic limb lameness, paresis and paralysis

Question 17

Liu-feng
six raphes

Answer 17

Between the digits in the skin folds
3 points for each foot, front and rear

fx: paresis and paralysis