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Extraordinary Points Flashcards

1
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Head and neck:

Shangming

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. Directly above pupil immediately inferior to the supra orbital margin.
  2. Eye disorders.
  3. Perpendicular 0.5–1.5 cun
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Head and neck:

Yiming

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 1cun posterior to TE 17
  2. Eye disorders
  3. Oblique 0.3 - 0.5 cun
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Head and neck:

Jiachengjiang

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 1 cun lateral to CV 24
  2. Deviation of mouth, toothache
  3. Perpendicular - oblique 0.3-0.5 cun
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Head and neck:

Jingbi

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 1/3 of the distance between the medial end of the clavicle, to the lateral end, up 1 cun, at the posterior margin of the SCM.
  2. Numbness and paralysis of the arm
  3. Perpendicular 0.5-0.8 cun

caution avoid pointing the needle downward, may cause pneumothorax.

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Head and neck:

Qianzheng

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 0.5-1 cun anterior to the auricular lobe
  2. Facial paralysis, deviation of eye or mouth, jaw tension
  3. Oblique 0.5 - 1cun
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Back and waist:

Jiehexue

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 3.5 cun lateral to C7 / GV14
  2. Pulmonary TB
  3. Perpendicular 0.5 - 0.8 cun
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Back and waist:

Huanmen

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 1.5cun lateral to the prominence of the spinous process of T5
  2. Nourishes yin, clears heat, Tonifies Qi
  3. Oblique towards the spine 0.5 - 1cun

Transverse- oblique 1- 1.5 cun

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Back and waist:

Weiguanxiasgu

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 1.5 cun lateral to lower boarder of T8
  2. Clears heat, generates fluids, diabetes point
  3. Oblique towards the spine 0.5-1 cun Transverse oblique 1 - 1.5cun
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Back and Waist

Pigen

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. 3.5 cun lateral to the lower boarder of T1
  2. Spleen disorder, lumbar pain
  3. Perpendicular 0.8-1.2 cun
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Back and waist:

Shiqizhuixia

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. On midline of low back, in depression below L5
  2. Tonify KD, promote urination
  3. Perpendicular 0.5-1cun
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Upper Extremity:

Zhongkui

Location? Indication? Needling?

A
  1. Dorsum of hand, at mid point of the proximal interphalangeal joint of middle finger
  2. Vomiting, anorexia, hiccups
  3. Moxibustion
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12
Q

Zhoujian

what does it do?

Where is it located?

A
  • transforms phlegm, dissipates swelling
  • located on the tip of the Olecranon process
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13
Q

HuaTuoJiaji

T1 - T4

A

T1 - T4 (LUNG and Upper Limb)

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HuaTuoJiaji

T4 - T7

A

Heart

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15
Q

HuaTuoJiaji

T7 - T10

A

T7 - T10
Liver and Gallbladder

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HuaTuoJiaji

T10 - T12

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SP / ST

17
Q

HuaTuoJiaji

L1 - L2

A

Kidney

18
Q

HuaTuoJiaji

L3 - L5

A

BL
LI
SI
Uterus
Lower Limbs

19
Q

HuaTuoJiaji

What two things do they all treat?

A

Pain/ Stiffness of local area
Zosters (Herpes) Virus

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