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Functions and Point Combos Flashcards

0
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Host/Guest used for Wind-Cold in exterior with stiff neck and aversion to wind

A

LU7 + LI4

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Combo used for phlegm in lungs caused by SP Qi Def

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LU9 + SP3

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Four Gates. Used for moving Qi.

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LI4 + LV3

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Combo used to promote labor and contractions

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SP6 + LI4 + GB21

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Host/Guest combo used for Wind-Cold that has come into the lungs (cough)

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LI6 + LU9

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Inner Four Gates. Used to promote and strengthen digestion and to tonify Qi and Blood.

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LI10 + ST36

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master point of heat and fever. used for any kind of heat.

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LI11

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Classic point combo for fever.

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DU14 + LI11 + LI4

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8
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Point combo for high blood pressure.

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LI11 + ST9 + Er Jian (prick)

GB20 - added sometimes

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9
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major point for shoulder pain and motor impairment

A

LI15

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Combo used for gum inflammation with pain.

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ST5 + ST6 + LI4

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11
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point that promotes lactaion

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ST18

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12
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point combo used to move stagnation through stomach

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ST21 + Ren12

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13
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the major tonification point

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ST36

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14
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empirical point for frozen shoulder

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ST38

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15
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Host/Guest combo for Phlegm-Damp

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ST40 + SP3

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16
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best point for clearing heat from ST channel, especially from upper end of channel; mouth and gums

A

ST44

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17
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point that courses and discharges Yang Ming pathogenic heat

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ST45

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18
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used for excessive or irregular bleeding especially from Blood Stasis. Used for uterine bleeding.

A

SP1

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19
Q

point combo used for Yin Deficiency

A

KD6 + LU7
to access the Sea of Yin
KD6 = confluent of Yin Qiao
LU7 = Confluent of the Ren

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20
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Host/Guest combo to transform Phlegm-Damp anywere in the body

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SP3 + ST40

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21
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If phlegm is accumulating in the Lungs, what point would you add to the Host/Guest SP3 + ST40?

A

LU9

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22
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Which point is good for edema and moving fluid?

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SP5

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23
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Which point can move blood and is called the 3 Yin Meeting Point?

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SP6

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24
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Which point addresses almost any pathology of blood (Heat, Stasis, Vacuity) and is used like an unofficial Influential Point of Blood?

25
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Point combo used for Blood Heat

A

SP10 + LI11

26
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Point used for Aphasia and stiffness of the tonge

27
Q

Point combo used to stop Yin Deficiency night sweats

A

HT6 + KI7

HT6 = Xi Cleft, used for acute - night sweats are acute
KI7 = purifies water - moves fluid 'wherever, whenever' so used for all kinds of sweating
28
Q

Point combo used to address insomnia from Yin and Blood Deficiency

A

HT7 + KI6

KI6 = Confluent for Yin Qiao - so access the Yin
HT7 = tonifies blood
29
Q

What point that nourishes Yin and Blood can be added to HT7 + KI6 for Yin Def Insomnia?

30
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point that is used to clear full HT Fire

31
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empirical point to disinhibit breast milk

32
Q

point combo used to promote lactation

A

ST18 + GB21 + SI1

33
Q

point combo used to secure the exterior and stop sweating

A

KD7 + SI3
or
KD7 + LI4

or to promote sweating per in class discussion

34
Q

What point can be added to SI3 + KD7 (to secure the exterior and stop sweating) when the sweating is due to Yin Def?

35
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Host/Guest combo used to nourish HT Blood to settle the Shen

36
Q

point moxa’d to turn a breech fetus

38
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point combo for Yin Deficiency Constipation

39
Q

What are the three major tonification points on the Ren channel?

A

Ren4 - Gate of Origin; crossing pt w/SP, LV, KD
Ren6 - Sea of Qi
Ren8 - Mind Palace; moxa only

40
Q

Combo to move dampn acumulation in the Middle Jiao

A

Ren9 + KD7

moves spleen-earth and disinhibits water-damp + regulates fluids

41
Q

What are the three stomach points on the Ren channel?

A

Ren10- upper stomach; accumulations & stagnations
Ren12- center stomach
Ren13- lower stomach; trapped heat in stomach getting in the way of sleep

42
Q

point combo to open chest and move qi to assist breathing

A

Ren17 + PC6

influential point of Qi

43
Q

point combo to promote urination

A

KD10 + Ren3

disinhibits damp and frees urine, dampness in the interior + front Mu of UB

44
Q

Revives Inversion Patients -

loss of consciousness where Qi has reverted to center because KD Qi is so weak it cannot get to extremities.

45
Q

point combo for back pain from a fall

A

Ren 1 + Du 1

trauma/reset a person’s inner core

46
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point combo for prolapse of the rectum or hemorrhoids

A

Du 1 (for local swelling) + Du 20 (raises yang)

47
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point combo to strengthen back which revitalizes KD yang and banks the essence

can also be used to help overcome an addiction by strengthening one’s will

A

UB 4 + UB 23 + UB 52

48
Q

which points on the Du channel have functions involving the SP, ST, KD and lumbar region

49
Q

which point on the Du channel can be used for speech problems or when someone is dying and can bring out false vitality.

A

Du 15 (Mute’s Gate)

50
Q

which point on the Du dispels wind, evils and dissipates cold; clears the spirit mind; disinhibits joints, and drains fire

51
Q

which point on the Du arouses the spirit and opens the orifices, clears heat, and extinguishes wind

52
Q

which point on the Du harmonizes yin and yang, courses and regulates localized channel qi, rectifies intestinal qi and arrests diarrhea, disperses swelling and relieves pain

53
Q

which point on the Du rectifies qi and loosens the chest, clears heat and disinhibits dampness, frees the channels and quickens the network vessels

54
Q

which point on the Du banks the origin and supplements the kidney, secures the essence and stops vaginal discharge, soothes the sinews and harmonizes the blood, courses the channels and regulates qi

55
Q

which point on the Du courses exterior evils in the yang channels, frees yang qi of the whole body, clears the heart and quiets the spirit, clears lung heat and regulates qi

56
Q

which point on the Du courses and regulates localized channel qi, dispels wind and brightens the eyes, clears heat and staunches bleeding, dissipates evils and frees the orifices

57
Q

which point on the Du subdues liver yang and extinguishes liver wind, upbears yang and stems desertion.

58
Q

which point on the ren channel banks the kidney and secures the root, supplements qi and returns yang, warms and regulates the blood chamber, separates the clear and the turbid, safeguards health and prevents disease

59
Q

which point on the ren warms and frees original yang, opens the orifices and rouses the brain, moves gastrointestinal qi, transforms cold damp accumulating stagnations

60
Q

which point on the red assists movement and transformation in the stomach and intestines, disperses food accumulation and qi stagnation

61
Q

which point on the ren harmonizes the stomach and downbears counterflow, fortifies the spleen and disinhibits dampness

62
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which point on the ren rectifies the spleen and stomach, transforms phlegm turbidity, courses qi, and stabilizes the spirit mind

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