EMPIRICAL POINTS Flashcards
Empirical Point for DAMP
SP 9
Empirical Point for GOITER & SCROFULA (remember scrofula is swelling in the glands goiter is swelling in the thyroid)
SJ 3, LU 3, LI 14
JAUNDICE
DU 9 & SI 4
SHOULDER PAIN
ST 38
UTERINE BLEEDING (unexplained bleeding outside of the menses; or menses that doesnt stop)
SP 1 (MOXA TO MAKE IT STOP)
BREAST ISSUES
SI 1 (mastitis; poor lactation; youd use ST17)
APHASIA
HT 5
BREECH BABY (OR MALPOSITIONED BABY)
UB 67
HEADACHES (OF ANY KIND)
LU 7
ONE SIDED (TEMPORAL HEADACHE)
GB 41
PERIOD HEADACHE (BEFORE, DURING, AFTER)
SJ 5 (will help flow of blood & anchor; yang thats causing trouble)
BOILS
DU 10
RABIES
GB 36
PHLEGM (ALL)
ST 40
SUBSTANTIAL (visible phlegm; ex LU phlegm)
LU 5
NON-SUBSTANTIAL PHLEGM (Phlegm IN the body; ex. GB & KD Stones & Phlegm misting the mind)
PC 5
DIZZINESS due to PHLEGM (Ex. Mienieres, vertigo or intense dizziness)
ST 8 (remember this phlegm effects the LU & the HT and then can go up and get u dizzy)
FOOD STAGNATION
INNER NEITING (where the hell is this point)
SCIATICA
GB 30 (it’s the crossing point of UB & GB)
HERNIA
LV 1
EDEMA (whole body or ascites)
REN 9 even good for weight loss
EPILEPSY
DU 2
EDEMA (FACE)
DU 26
DROWNING
REN 1
HEMMOROIDS
UB 57 or ERBAI
SKIN DISORDERS due to HEAT IN THE BLOOD (like red rash, pshorisis, exzema, herpes zoster, irritated rash)
SP 10
GENITAL ISSUES (itching, swelling, shrunken scrotom or shirking vagina)
LV 5 (LUO)
PAIN ALL OVER BODY (unexplained pain like fibro)
SP 21 (it’s the great luo)
DYSMENORRHEA (pai)nful menstruation, typically involving abdominal cramps.)
UB 32 & SP 8
CONSTIPATION
SJ 6 & KD 6
LEUKORRHEA
GB 26 ( for leukorrhea that is the deficiency type)