Functions Of Back Shu Points

Question 0

UB14

Answer 0

JUE YIN SHU (pericardium)

• Frees the channels and quickens the connecting vessels
• Soothes the liver and rectifies the Qi

Indications: cardiac pain, palpitation, stuffy chest, cough, vomiting

Question 1

UB13

Answer 1

FEI SHU (lung)

• Regulates Lung Qi
• Supplements taxation and detriment
• Clears vacuity heat
• Harmonizes construction and blood

Indications: cougn, asthma, chest pain, spitting of blood, afternoon fever, night sweating

Question 2

UB15

Answer 2

XIN SHU (heart)

• Nourishes the heart and quiets the spirit
• Clears heat and stabilizes the disposition
• Loosens the chest and regulates Qi.

Indications: cardiac pain, palpitation, loss of memory, mania, panic, epilepsy, nocturnal emmission, cough, spitting of blood, night sweating

Question 3

UB18

Answer 3

GAN SHU (liver)

• Supplements construction blood
• disperses stasis and dispels hepatocystic (pertaining to LR/GB) damp heat
• Stabilizes the spirit and brightens the eyes

Indications: jaundice, hypochondriac pain, redness of the eye, blurring vision, night blindness, mental disorders, epilepsy, spitting of blood, epistaxis (nosebleed), backache

Question 4

UB19

Answer 4

DAN SHU (gallbladder)

• Clears GB fire, dispels damp heat
• Harmonizes the ST
• Loosens the diaphragm
• Brightens the eyes

Indications: jaundice, bitter taste, hypochondriac pain and chest pain, pulmonary tuberculosis

Question 5

UB20

Answer 5

PI SHU (spleen)

• supports earth to dispel water-damp
• rectifies the spleen to improve movement and transformation

Indications: epigastric pain, abdominal distention, diarrhea, dysentary, bloody stool, vomiting, anorexia, jaundice, edema,profuse menstruation, backache

Question 6

UB21

Answer 6

WEI SHU (stomach)

• Regulates the center and harmonizes the stomach
• Transforms damp and disperses stagnation
• supports center Qi to eliminate vacuity

Question 7

UB22

Answer 7

SAN JIAO SHU (san jiao)
-regulates Qi and disinhibits water

Indications: pain and stiffness of the lower back, borborygmus, abdominal distention, indegestion, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, edema

Question 8

UB23

Answer 8

SHEN SHU (kidneys)

• Supplements the KD and strengthens transformative action of Qi
• Dispels water-damp
• Strengthens the lumbus and spine
• Boosts water and invigorates fire
• Benefits the ears and eyes

Indications: nocturnal emission, impotence, enuresis, leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, low back pian, weak knees, tinnitus, deafness, dizziness, blurring vision, edema, asthma, diarrhea

Question 9

UB25

Answer 9

DA CHANG SHU (large intestine)

• Courses and regulates the large and small intestine
• Rectifies Qi and transforms stagnation

Indications: abdominal distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, constipation, low back pain, muscular atrophy, pain, numbness and motor impairment of the lower extremities

Question 10

UB27

Answer 10

XIAO CHANG SHU (small intestine)

• transforms stagnation and accumulation
• promotes the separation of the clear and the turbid
• regulates the urinary bladder

Indications: lower back pain, sciatica, lower abdominal pain and distention, dysentary, nocturnal emission, hematuria, morbid leukorrhea

Question 11

UB28

Answer 11

PANG GUANG SHU (bladder)

• regulates the urinary bladder
• perfuses the lower jiao
• disinhibits the lumbus, dispels wind damp
• supplements the lower origin

Indications: retention of urine, enuresis, frequent urination, diarrhea, constipation, stiffness and pain of the lower back