DU Part 1 Flashcards
DU 2 Name
Lumbar Shu
DU 2 Location and Needling
Location: In the hiatus of the sacrum
Needling: obliquely upward 0.5-1 in
DU 2 Actions
Benefits the lumbar region and legs
Dispels wind damp
DU 2 Indications
Epilepsy
Pain in lower back
DU 5 Name
Suspended pivot
DU 5 Location and Needling
Location: L1
Needling: Perp 0.5-1in
DU 5 Actions
Actions:
Benefits the lumbar spine
Benefits the lower jiao
(local pain, not often used)
DU 6 Name
Center of the spine
DU 6 Location and Needling
Level of the spleen back shu
Location: T11
Needling: Perp 0.5-1in
DU 6 Actions
Fortifies the spleen and drains damp
Benefits the spine
DU 7 Name
Central Pivot
DU 7 Location and Needling
Level of the GB back shu
Location: T10
Needling: Perp 0.5-1in
DU 7 Actions
Benefits the spine
Benefits the middle jiao
DU 10 Name
Spirit Tower
DU 10 Location and Needling
Location: T6
Needling: Obliquely upward 0.5-1in
DU 10 Actions
Alleviates cough and wheezing, chest fullness
Cools blood (along with LI 11 and SP 10)
Clears heat, detox poison
(Manifests on skin)
DU 12 Name
Body Pillar
DU 12 Location and Needling
Level of lung shu point
Location: T3
Needling: Obliquely upward 0.5-1in
DU 12 Actions
Clears heat from lungs and heart (lung heat often enters heart heat)
Calms the spirit (mania)
Pacifies wind
DU 12 Indications
Excess lung and heart conditions
Mania
Opisthotonos
Epilepsy, spasms
DU 13 Name
Way of Happiness
DU 13 Location and Needling
Location: T1
Needling: Obliquely upward 0.5-1in
DU 13 Actions
Clears Heat and treats malaria (shaoyang)
Regulates GV
DU 13 Indications
Malaria
Shao yang vacillation
DU 2 Indication
sciatica, bi syndrome
