Final Point Energetics

Question 1

What is the mirror point of CV-8?

Answer 1

Ming Men Du-4

Question 2

What are the actions (3) of Du-4?

Answer 2

1. Dispels wind-damp and benefits the lumbar region and legs
2. Regulates menstruation and eliminates dampness
3. Tonifies the Kidneys

Question 3

What are the actions and indications of Du-4?

Answer 3

1. Dispels wind-damp and benefits the lumbar region and legs:
   a. pain of the sacrum
   b. atrophy and painful obstructive syndrome of the lower legs
2. Regulates menstruation and eliminates dampness:
   a. irregular menstruation
   b. Leucorrhea
3. Tonifies the Kidneys
   a. seminal emission
   b. Impotence
   Diarrhea

Question 4

What is the important indication to use Du-9?

Answer 4

Jaundice (excessive or deficient)

Question 5

What are the actions (3) of Du-9?

Answer 5

1. Soothes Liver and treats Jaundice
2. Unbinds the chest and regulates qi
3. Benefits the spine

Question 6

What are the actions and indications for Du-?

Answer 6

1. Soothes the Liver and treats Jaundice:
   a. jaundice
   b. fullness and the chest and lateral costal region
2. Unbinds the chest and regulates qi:
   a. cough
   b. breathlessness
3. Benefits the Spine:
   a. stiffness and contraction of the spine
   b. back pain

Question 7

What point is the meeting point of the governing vessel with the six yang channels of the hand and foot?

Answer 7

Du-14

Question 8

What are the actions (4) of Du-14?

Answer 8

1. Expels wind and firms the exterior
2. Clears Heat
3. Dispels wind-damp
4. Pacifies wind and alleviates sinew spasm

Question 9

What are the actions and indications of Du-14?

Answer 9

1. Expels wind and firms the exterior:
   a. fever and chills due to wond invasion;
   b. febrile diseases;
   c. throat painful obstruction;
   d. wind rashes
   e. cough;
   f. Breathlessness
   g. Malaria
2. Clears Heat:
   a. Fever
   b. Night Sweats
   c. Steaming bone disorder
3. Dispels wind-damp:
   a. Headache
   b. Stiffness of the nape and neck
   c. pain of the hundred joints
4. Pacifies wind and alleviates sinew spasms:
   a. epilepsy
   b. Chronic and Acute childhood wind fright

Question 10

What are the actions (3) of Du-16?

Answer 10

1. Eliminates wind
2. Nourishes sea of marrow and benefits the head and neck
3. Calms the spirit

Question 11

What are the actions and indications for Du-16?

Answer 11

1. Eliminates wind:
   a. HEaviness of the body with aversion to cold
   b. swelling and pain of the throat
   c. loss of voice
   d. windstroke
2. Nourishes the sea of marrow and benefits the head and neck:
   a. Headache
   b. stiffness of the neck
   c. dizziness
3. Calms the spirit:
   mania

Question 12

What point is the sea of marrow?

Answer 12

Du-20

Question 13

What are the actions (3) of Du-20?

Answer 13

1. Pacifies wind and subdues yang
2. Tonifies the qi and raises yang
3. Benefits the brain and calm the spirit

Question 14

What are the actions and indications of Du-20?

Answer 14

1. Pacifies wind and subdues yang:
   a. heaviness of the head
   b. Dizziness
   c. Hypertension
   d. Hypotension
2. Tonifies qi and raises yang:
   a. Prolapse of the rectum
   b. Prolapse of the uterus
3. Benefits the brain and calm the spirit:
   a. mania
   b. Aphasia from windstroke
   c. Insomnia
   d. epilepsy
   e. poor memory