Final Review- Important Palpation Points Flashcards
DU2
Lumbar Shu
Location: On the midline in the sacro-coccygeal hiatus
Actions: dispels wind-damp
Indications: pain of the sacrum
DU3
Lumbar Yang Gate
Location: Lower border of L4 (In line with BL25- LI Shu)
Location note: this point is located one intervertebral space below he line connecting the highest points of the two iliac crests (level with lower border of L3)
Actions: Dispels wind damp
Indications: contraction of the sinews; disorders of menstruation
DU4
Gate of Life
Location: Lower Border of L2 (In line with BL23- KD Shu; BL 52)
Action: Clears Heat; Tonifies the Kidneys
Indications: Heat in the body like fire; absence of sweating; shan disorder
DU9
Location: Lower Border of T7 (Level with BL17- Blood; BL 47)
Location Note: this point is located 7 intervertebral spaces below C7
Action: Drains Dampness; Treats jaundice
Indication: heaviness and pain of the 4 limbs; 5 types of jaundice
DU 14
Point of Sea of Qi
Location: Lower Border of C7
Actions: Expels wind and firms exterior; clears heat
Indications: chills and fever; deficiency sweating; headaches
DU20
Point of Sea of Marrow
Location: At the vertex on the midline
Actions: Pacifies wind; nourishes marrow; and subdues yang
Indications: prolapse of the rectum/uterus; windstroke; head wind
DU21
Location: At the top of the head 1.5 cun anterior to DU20
Actions: Eliminates wind and treats convulsions
Indications: head wind; visual dizziness; pain and swelling of the vertex
DU26
Sun Si- Miao Ghost Point
Location: upper third of the upper lip
Actions: restores consciousness; expels wind
Indications: sudden loss of consciousness; hypertension; ceaseless nosebleed
SJ5
Lou Connecting Point of SJ; Confluent Point of Yang Linking
Location: 2cun proximal to SJ4 (Wrist joint) in between the radius and ulna on the radial side (on the other side of PC6)
Actions: expels wind and releases the exterior; clears heat
Indications: chills and fever; febrile disease
SJ14
Location: when the shoulder is abducted, in a depression posterior and inferior to the lateral part of the acromion
Usually coupled with LI15 for any shoulder issues
Actions; Dispels wind damp (in the joints)
Indications: bursitis; numbness
SJ15
Location: on the back midway between GB21 and SI13
Actions: dispels wind-damp
Indications: tension of the neck at the top of the trapezius muscle
SJ21
Ear Gate
Location: in the depression anterior to the supratragic notch (locate with jaw open)
Actions: clears heat; benefits the ears
Indication: tinnitus, deafness, TMJ
BL10
Location: lateral aspect of the trapezius, 1.3 cun from DU15
Actions: regulates qi and pacifies wind
Indications: dizziness, pain and heaviness of the head
BL11
Hui Meeting Point of the Bones; Point of Sea of Blood
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the Lower border of T1
Actions: benefits the bones and joints; firms exterior
Indications: bone diseases, fever, cold shivering
BL13
Back Shu of the Lung
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of T3 (DU12)
Actions: Tonifies Lung Qi and nourishes lung yin
Indications: cough, lung atrophy, asthma
BL14
Back Shu of the PC
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of T4
Action: spreads liver qi and unbinds the chest; regulates the heart
Indications: heart pain; oppression of the chest
BL 15
Back Shu of the Heart
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of T5 (DU11)
Action: tonifies and nourishes the heart; resolves blood stasis
Indications: heart pain, oppression of the chest; poor memory; anxiety
BL16
Governor Shu
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of T6 (DU10)
Actions: regulates qi in the chest and abdomen
Indications: heart pain, epigastric pain
BL17
Diaphragm Shu; Hui Meeting Point of the Blood
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of T7 (DU9)
Actions: invigorates blood and dispels stasis
Indications: oppression of the chest; stabbing pain of the heart; blood disorders
BL18
Back Shu of the Liver
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to T9 (DU8)
Actions: spreads liver qi; nourishes liver blood; cools fire and clears damp heat
Indications: anger; abdominal masses; blurred vision
BL19
Back Shu of the GB
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to T10
Actions: clears damp heat; clears pathogenic factors from shaoyang
Indications: jaundice, yellow eyes, bitter taste in the mouth
BL20
Back Shu of the SP
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to T11 (DU6)
Actions: raises spleen qi and holds the blood
Indications: blood in the stools, edema
BL21
Back Shu of the ST
Location: 1.5 lateral to T12
Actions: regulates stomach and descends rebellious
Indications: vomiting; hiccups; epigastric pain
BL22
Back Shu of the SJ
Location: 1.5 lateral to lower border of L1 (DU5)
Actions: Regulates water passages and promotes urination
Indications: difficult urination; undigested food in the stool
BL23
Back Shu of the KD
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to L2 (DU4)
Actions: benefits essence; nourishes kidney yin
Indications: edema; irregular menstruation; difficult urination
BL25
Back Shu of LI
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to L4 (DU3)
Actions: Regulates the intestines; transforms stagnation
Indications: intestinal abscess, hypogastric pain; borborygmus
BL27
Back Shu of the SI
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to midline, level with first posterior sacral foramen
Actions: seperates the pure from the turbid
Indications: diarrhea, dark yellow urine, wasting and thirsting disorder
BL28
Back Shu of the Bladder
1.5 cun lateral to midline level with the second posterior sacral foramen
BL31
Location: over the first posterior sacral foramen
Action:regulates menstruation and stops leucorrhea
Indications: difficult urination; irregular menstruation
BL32
Location: over the second posterior sacral foramen
Action: regulates menstruation and stops leucorrhea
Indication: painful urinary dysfunction
BL 36
Location: just below the buttock, on a line directly superior to BL 40
Actions: relaxes sinews; treats hemorrhoids
Indications: lumbar pain, difficult defection, hemorrhoids
BL39
Lower He Sea of the SJ
Location: back of the knee, on the popliteal crease on the lateral end
Actions: harmonizes the SJ and regulates urination
Indications: retention of urine
BL40
He-Sea and Earth Point of the BL
Location: back of knee on popliteal crease
Actions: benefits the lumbar region and knees
Indication: pain and stiffness of the lumbar spine
BL57
On lower leg in the depression formed below the bellies of the gastroc muscle; approx 8 cun below BL 40
Actions: treats hemorrhoids; relaxes sinews
Indications: all types of hemorrhoids; contraction of the sinews
BL58
Lou Connecting
Location: 1 cun lateral and inferior to BL 57
BL60
Jing River & Fire point
Location: behind the ankle joint, in depression between the prominence of the lateral malleolus and the achilles
Actions: clears heat and lowers yang; pacifies wind
Indications: epilepsy; stiff neck, visual dizziness, heat in the head
BL 67
Jing well and Metal Point
Location: dorsal aspect of pinky toe on lateral side of nail
Action: expels wind and clears head and eyes; turns fetus and facilitates labour
Indications: vertex headache; malposition of the fetus; delayed labour
KD2
Ying Spring and Fire Point
Location: on the medial side of the foot, in the depression distal and inferior to the navicular tuberosity
Actions: clears deficiency heat
Indications: itching of the genitals
KD6
Confluent point of yin motility
Location: 1 cun below the medial malleolus
Actions: nourishes kidney and clears deficiency heat
Indications: dry throat; night sweats; red and pain of the eyes
Can be coupled with PC6 to open the chest to circulate qi in chest
KD7
Jing River & Metal Point
Location: medial aspect of lower leg; 2 cun above KD 3 on anterior border of achilles
Actions: Treats KD yang deficiency; drains dampness of the genitals
Indications: edema, spontaneous sweating; painful urinary dysfunction
KD8
Xi Cleft of the Yin Motility Vessel
Actions: regulates the REN & Chong vessels and adjusts menstruation
Indications: uterine bleeding; irregular menstruation
KD10
He Sea and Water Point
Location: medial end of popliteal crease, between the SM and ST tendons
Actions: clears damp heat from lower jiao
Indications: difficult urination; uterine bleeding; pain of the genitals; local pain
KD 16
Location: .5 cun lateral to the midline level with the umbilicus
Actions: regulates and warms intestines
Indications: constipation; dry stools
*Used in trauma treatment paired with KD 6,16,27
KD27
Location: in depression on lower border of clavicle, 2 cun lateral to the midline
Action: unbinds the chest; transforms phlegm and alleviates cough and wheezing
Indications: chronic cough with vomiting; asthma with phlegm
GB 14
Location: on forehead 1 cun superior to the middle of the eyebrow (when eyes are looking forward)
Action: eliminates wind
Indications: pain of the forehead, headwind
GB20
Location: on back of neck in hollow between the trapezius muscle and the sternomastoid
Actions: eliminates wind; clears the sense organs
Indications: headache, stiffness and pain of the neck
GB21
Location: midway between DU14 and the tip of the acromion, at the top of the traps
*Contraindicated in pregnancy
Actions: transforms and lowers phlegm and dissipates nodules
Indications: scofula, difficult labour, stifness of the neck and shoulder
GB24
Front Mu of the GB
Location: in the 7th intercostal space; directly below the nipple, 4 cun lateral to the midline
Actions: lowers rebellious qi; resolves damp heat
Indications: gallstones, jaundice
GB25
Front MU of the KD
Location: anterior and inferior to the free end of the 12th rib
Actions: tonifies kidneys and regulates water passages
Indications: cold or damp diarrhea, difficult urination, swelling of the face
GB30
Location: with patient lying on their side- it is 1/3 the distance from the greater trochanter and the sacro-coccygeal hiatus
Actions: dispels wind-damp; benefits the hip joint and leg
Indications: sciatica, pain of the buttocks/hips
GB34
He Sea & Earth Point
Hui Meeting Point of the Sinews
Location: 1 cun anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula
Actions: Benefits the sinews and joints
Indications: stiffness in the joints, contraction of sinews
GB37
Lou Connecting
Location: on the lateral aspect of lower leg 5 cun superior to the lateral malleolus
Actions: dispels wind-damp
Indications: night blindness, febrile disease with absence of sweating
GB39
Hui Meeting Point for the Marrow
Location: above the ankle joint, 3 cun superior to the lateral malleolus (equivalent to SP6)
Actions: benefits sinews and bones, benefits essence and nourishes marrow
Indications: contracted sinews and pain of the bones, migraines
PC 3
He Sea and Water Point
Location: on the cubital crease int he depression on the ulnar side of the bicep brachii muscle
Actions: clears heat from qi,nutritive, and blood levels
Indications: febrile disease, agitation and restlessness
PC6
Lou Connecting
Location: on the forearm, 2cun proximal to PC (wrist) in between the two tendons
Actions: clears heat and calms the spirit
Indications: anxiety, insomnia, febrile disease
PC7
Shu Stream & Yuan Source & Earth Point
Location: At the wrist joint level with HT7, in between the two tendons
Actions: clears the nutritive level and cools the blood
Indications: palpitations, manic raving, rashes/breakouts
LV3
Shu Stream, Yuan Source and Earth Point
Location: on dorsum of foot in the hollow distal to the junction of the first and second metatarsals
Actions: spreads liver qi; nourishes liver blood
Indications: headache, numbness of the head, cracked lips, blurred vision
*couple with LI4 to open gates of Qi
LV4
Jing River and Metal Point
Location: when foot is dorsiflexed, in the depression just medial to the tendon of the tibialis anterior (ankle snuff box)
Actions: clears liver channel stagnant heat
Indications: pain of the genitals, pain and swelling of lower abdomen, jaundice
LV5
Lou Connecting
Location: 5 cun above the medial malleolus, immediately posterior to the medial crest of the tibia
Actions: treats plumstone qi, spreads liver qi
Indications: plumstone qi, itching, swelling and pain of the genitals
LV8
He Sea and Water Point
Location: just superior to medial end of the popliteal crease, in the depression anterior to the m. ST and m. SM, about 1 cun anterior to KD10
Actions: clears damp heat from lower jiao; nourishes blood and yin
Indications: swelling and itching of genitals; difficult urination; knee pain
LV14
Front MU of the LV
(LV 13 is front MU of the SP- free end of the 11th rib)
Location: on the mamillary line, in the 6th intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to midline
Action: invigorates blood and disperses masses
Indications: distention and pain of the breast, masses in the lateral costal region
