Fx of Luo Points Flashcards
Diffuses the LU and dispels Cold
Courses channels and frees connecting vessels
LU 7 (Indications: cough, asthma, sore throat, pain and weakness in wrist and thumb)
Clears Heat and eliminates vexation
Loosens the chest and rectifies Qi
Downbears counterflow and checks vomiting
PC 6 (Indications: Cardiac pain, palpitations, stuffy chest, pain in the hypochrondriac region, stomach ache nausea, vomiting, mental disorders, epilepsy, insomnia, febrile disease, irritability, malaria, contracture and pain of the elbow)
Quiets the spirit and regulates HT Qi
HT 5 (Indications: palpitations, dizziness, blurring of vision, aphasia, sore throat, sudden loss of voice, pain in wrist and elbow)
Regulates the waterways
Frees the connecting vessels
LI 6 (Indications: redness of the eye, tinnitus, deafness, epistaxis, aching of the hand and arm, sore throat, edema)
Dissipates wind and resolves exterior
Clears heat and resolves toxins
Frees the channels and quickens the connecting vessels
SJ 5 (Indications: febrile disease, headache, pain in the cheek, strained neck, deafness, tinnitus, pain in the hypochrondriac region, motor impairment of fingers, the elbow and the arm, pain in the fingers, hand tremor)
Clears the spirit-mind
Resolves exterior heat
Courses channel evils
SI 7 (Indications: neck rigidity, headache, dizziness, spasmodic pain in the elbow and febrile disease, mania)
Supports the SP and ST
Rectifies Qi
Regulates the Chong meridian
SP 4 (Indications: gastric pain, abdominal pain and distention, dysentery, vomiting, diarrhea, borborygmus)
Courses LV Qi
Disinhibits damp heat
LV 5 (Indications: retention of urine, enuresis, hernia, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, pruritis vulvae (itch of the vulva), weakness of the legs)
Regulates the KD and harmonizes the Blood
Supplements essense-spirit
KD 4 (Indications: heel pain, stiffness and pain in the lower back, spitting of blood, asthma, dysuria, blurring vision)
Harmonizes the ST
Transforms phlegm-damp
Clears the spirit disposition
ST 40 (Indications: muscular atrophy, motor impairment, swelling or impairment of lower limbs, cough, asthma, excessive sputum, chest pain, headache, dizziness, vertigo, mania, epilepsy, constipation)
Regulates the LV and brightens the eyes
Dispels wind and disinhibits damp
GB 37 (Indications: pain in the knee, muscular atrophy, motor impairment and pain of the lower extremities, blurring of vision, ophthalmalgia, night blindness, distending pain of the breast)
Dispels Tai Yang pathogens
Dissipates wind damp in the channels and connecting vessels
UB 58 (Indications: headache, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, blurring vision, back pain, weakness of leg, hemorrhoids)