extra points Flashcards
4 point combination for facial paralysis?
HN-1 “Sishencong
LI-11
LI-4
ST-36
HN-1 “Sishencong”
indications and needling
I= Headache, vertigo, insomnia, poor memory, epilepsy, mental disorders, cloudy thinking, facial paralysis
N= O-0.5-1.0 toward Du-20
*make sure needles don’t touch
HN-3 “Yintang”
Indications
Needling
I= heaviness, headaches, restlessness, fright, agitation, insomnia, hay fever, dripping nose, congestion in head/nose, nosebleed, itchy/pain in eyes, HIGH BP
N= T- 0.3-0.5 inferior or lateral
HN-4 “Yuyoa”
Indications
Needling
I= pain/swelling eyes, visual obstruction, twitching eyelids, facelift, squinting eyes, frontal headache
N= T-0.3-0.5 medially, laterally, toward GB-14
- thread with BL-2
- NO MOXA
HN-5 “Taiyang”
Indications
Needling
I- pain/swelling eyes, bleeding in retina, chills/regulate body temp., headache, mental fatigue, toothache, trigeminal neuralgia, dizziness, deviated M+E
N= P-0.3-0.5, prick to bleed
*NO MOXA
6 Point combination for deviated M+E?
HN-5 "taiyang" SJ-5 ST-4 ST-6 LI-20 DU-26
HN- 6 “Erjian”
Indications
Needling
I= fever, 1-sided headache, swelling eyes, sore throat, tonsillitis, sudden loss of vision, opacity of the eyes
HN-7 “Qiuhou”
Indications
Needling
I= glaucoma, optical nerve infections, cross eyes (nerve atrophy), near sightedness
N= P-0.5-1.2 *caution eye
*NO MOXA
HN-8 “Bitong”
Indications
Needling
I= nosebleed, nasal boil, furuncle, painful nodules at skin surface, nose infection, sense of smell, rhinitis
N= T-0.3-0.5 toward bridge of nose
HN- 12 “jinjing” 13”yuye”
Indications
Needling
I= swollen throat (difficult to breathe), loss of voice, severe vomit, stiff tongue, swollen tongue, deviated tongue
N= prick to bleed
*NO MOXA
4 Point combination for rhinitis?
HN-8 “Bitong”
LI-4
BL-7
DU-23
HN-14 “Yiming”
Indications
Needling
I= night blindness, headache, eye disease, optical nerve atrophy, cataracts, nearsightedness, insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus, minor mental disorders
N= P-0.5-0.8
*NO MOXA
HN-15 “Bailao”
Indications
Needling
I= desk work, night sweat, spontaneous sweat, “steaming bone”, fever, stiff neck, scrofula, persistent cough, dyspnea, whooping cough, asthma, revive exhausted people
N= P-0.3-0.5
HN-18 “Jiachengjiang”
Indications
Needling
I= toothache, pain/swelling gums, trigeminal neuralgia, deviated M+E, pain in face
N= P0.5-1.0
*NO MOXA
HN-20 “Qianzheng”
Indications
Needling
I= deviated M+E, tongue/mouth ulcer
N= O-0.5-1.0 toward ST-4
*NO MOXA
HN-21 “Shanglianquan”
Indications
Needling
I= difficulty swallowing, stiff tongue with drool, loss of speech, paralysis of vocal chord, sore throat, ulcer on the tongue
N= O-0.8-1.2
*NO MOXA
HN-54 “Anmian”
Indications
Needling
I= agitation, palpitation, restlessness, vertigo, dizziness, headache, epilepsy, mental disorders, HIGH BP, insomnia
N=P- 0.5-0.8
*NO MOXA
7 point combination for insomnia?
HN-54 "anmian" LI-4 P-6 SP-6 H-7 GB-20 HN-3 "yintang"
UE-1 “Zhoujian”
Indications
Needling
I= scrofula, nodules in neck/axillary fossa, furuncle, ulcer/abcess in LI
N= *MOXA ONLY (moxa opposite side)
3 point combination for transforming phlegm?
UE-1 “Zhoujian”
ST-40
P-5
UE-2 “Erbai”
Indications
Needling
I= hemorrhoids, prolapsed rectum, blood in stool, itchy anus
N= P-0.3-0.5 *do in pairs
UE-30 “Bizhong”
Indications
Needling
I= paralysis, spasm and contracture in upper limbs, pain in fore-arm
N= P-1.0-1.2
UE-3 “Zhonequan”
Indications
Needling
I= local pain, chest pain, chest injury, cough blood, stuffy chest
N= P- 0.3-0.5
UE-4 “Zhongkui”
Indications
Needling
I= rebellious Qi= nausea, hiccup, belching, vomit
N= *MOXA ONLY
UE-8 “Luozhen”
Indications
Needling
I= stiff neck, whiplash, sore neck
N= P/O- 0.5-0.8 toward wrist (ask patient to rotate neck during needling)
*NO MOXA
UE-7 “Yaotongxue”
Indications
Needling
I= lumbar pain
N= P/O- 0.5-0.7 toward wrist *do in pairs (ask patient to rotate/bend during needling)
*NO MOXA
UE-9 “Baxie” (8 evils)
Indications
Needling
I= arthritis, numbness, swelling, spasm in hands, sore throat, toothache, stiff neck, snake bite (dispell toxins), red swelling eyes
N= P-0.3-0.5, prick to bleed
UE-10 “Sifeng”
Indications
Needling
I= arthritis, childhood mal-nutrition, intestinal parasites, indigestion, whooping cough
N= prick to bleed *squeeze out yellow fluid until you see blood
UE-11 “Shixuan”
Indications
Needling
I= shock, coma, heat stroke, high fever, epilepsy, mania, infantile convulsions, acute tonsillitis, weakness, numbness, inflexibility in fingers
N= prick to bleed
*NO MOXA
UE-48 “Jianqian”
Indications
Needling
I= pain, inflammation around shoulder joint, bursitis, frozen shoulder, limited range of motion in upper extremities, post-stroke partial paralysis, atrophy
N= P-0.8-1.2
B-1 “Dingchuan”
Indications
Needling
I= stop coughing, wheezing, dyspnea, skin disorders, rubella, pain in upper back
N= O- 0.5-0.8 toward Du-14
B-3 “Weiguanxiashu”
Indications
Needling
I= clear blood stg, clear heat, diabetic thirst, “steaming bone”, dry throat, vomit, epigastric/costal pain
N= O- 0.5-0.8 medially
HuatuoJiaJi = 17 on each side
Indications
Needling
I= T1-4- LU/upper limb T4-7- Ht/PC T7-T10- LIV/GB T10-T12- Sp/St L1-L2- Kid L3-L4- UB, uterus, LI, SI, lower limb
N= thoracic= O-0.5-1.0 medially
lumbar= P-1.0-1.5
5 point combination for paralysis/numbness in the lower limbs?
HuatuoJiaJi L3 L4 L5 ST-36 GB-30
B 4 “Pigen”
Indications
Needling
I= enlarged Sp/Liv, lower back pain
N= P- 0.5-0.8
B-7 “Yaoyan”
Indications
Needling
I= lumbar pain, overworked (exhaustion)
N= P- 1.0-1.5
B-8 “Shiqizhui”
Indications
Needling
I= urination, abnormal menstruation, pregnancy (fetus on bladder), chronic lower back pain, pain, paralysis in lower limbs
N= P- 0.5-1.0
MBW- 34 “Huanzhong”
Indications
Needling
I= sciatica pain, lower back pain
N= P-1.5-2.0
B-9 “Yaoqi”
Indications
Needling
I= epilepsy, headache, insomnia, constipation
N= T-1.0-2.0 toward head
CA-1 “Zigong”
Indications
Needling
I= prolapsed uterus, uterine bleeding, gyno disorders, infertility, menstrual disorders
N= P-0.8-1.2
CA-4 “Tituo”
Indications
Needling
I= prolapsed uterus, bloating, abdominal distention, menstrual disorders
N= P-0.8-1.2
CA- 23 “sanjiaojiu”
Indications
Needling
I= persistent diarrhea, hernia pain, menstrual pain
N= *MOXA ONLY (can use ginger, crushed garlic) (moxa opposite side)
LE-2 “Heding”
Indications
Needling
I= beriberi, weak knees, paralysis
N= P-0.3-0.5
LE-3 “Baichongwo”
Indications
Needling
I= pain lower limb, skin disorders, eczema, rubella, gastro-intestinal parasites
N= P-1.0-1.2
LE-4 “lateral Xiyan” 5”medial Xiyan”
Indications
Needling
I= arthritis, weakness, numbness, paralysis in lower limb, swelling, beriberi
N= P- 0.5-.1.0 toward BL-40 *must flex knee
LE-6 “Dannagxue”
Indications
Needling
I= chronic/acute gall stone attack, worm in bile duct, numb/atrophy in lower limb, flatulance
N= P- 0.8-1.2 *right leg only
*NO MOXA
LE-7 “Lanweixue”
Indications
Needling
I= acute/chronic appendicitis, indigestion, local pain, paralysis lower limb, dropped foot
N= P- 1.0-1.2 *right leg only
*NO MOXA
4 point combination for appendicitis?
LE-7 “Lanweixue”
ST-37
ST-25
LI-11
LE-10 “Bafeng”
Indications
Needling
I= beriberi, pain/swelling in foot, headache (head-wind), abnormal menstruation
N= O-0.5-0.8 toward body