Gall Bladder Flashcards

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Command Chart

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44 - JingWell, Metal
43 - YingSpring, Water (mother)
41 - ShuStream, Wood, Confluent pt of Dai Mai
40 - Yuan Source
39 - Hui Meeting pt of Marrow
38 - JingRiver, Fire (Child)
37 - Luo
36 - XiCleft
35 - XiCleft of Yang Linking Vessel (Yang Wei)
34 - (Lower) HeSea, Earth, Hui meeting of sinews
25 - Front Mu of KD
24 - Front Mu of GB
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GB-20**

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  • Eliminates WIND
  • Benefits the HEAD AND EYES
  • Clears the sense organs
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain

“Wind Pool”
Meeting of foot and hand shaoyang, Yang Qiao and Yang Wei

+Exterior or interior wind
+Head (headache, dizziness, eyes, nose, ears, loss of speech/memory)
+Channel Disorders (neck, shoulders, and upper back)

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GB-1**

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-Benefits the EYES, eliminates wind and clears heat

+Eye disorders, esp d/t LV channel wind-heat
+Wind disorders in the face

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GB-2***

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  • Benefits the ears, eliminates wind and clears heat
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain

+Ear disorders (alternate with TW-21, SI-19
+Other local problems (TMJ, toothache, mumps, deviation of mouth and eyes

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GB-3**

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  • Eliminates wind and benefits the ears
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain

“Above the joint” vs “Below the joint” (ST7)

+Local point for ears, eyes, face, teeth, jaw, lips and head

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GB-8**

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  • Eliminates wind, benefits the head and alleviates pain
  • Harmonizes the diaphragm and stomach, alleviates vomiting
  • Treats alcohol intoxication

+Head
–ONE SIDED HEADACHE esp when accompanied by vomiting
–Dizziness
–Acute and chronic childhood fright wind, deviation of mouth and eye
–Deafness and tinnitus
+Cold and phlegm in the diaphragm and stomach
–Headache and vomiting induced by alcohol

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GB-12**

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  • Eliminates wind, benefits the head and alleviates pain
  • Calms the spirit

+Head and neck
–Headache (esp with pain behind the ear)
–stiffness and pain of neck with inability to turn the head
–Toothache, swelling of cheek radiating to the ear, throat painful obstruction
+Disorders of spirit
–Epilepsy, insomnia, mania

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GB-13**

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-Eliminates wind, resolves phlegm and treats epilepsy

“Root of Spirit”

+Headaches
+Dizziness
+Epilepsy

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GB-14***

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  • Eliminates wind, benefits the head, and alleviates pain
  • Benefits the eyes

+Pain of the forehead
–Yangming channel (+infraorbital region)
–Shaoyang channel (+Temporal/parietal regions, eye)
+Eye disorders
–Lacrimation, redness, pain and itching
–Ptosis, twitching of eyelids

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GB-21***

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  • Regulates QI, activates the channel and alleviates pain
  • Transforms and lowers PHLEGM, dissipates nodules
  • Benefits the BREAST and expedites delivery

STRONG DESCENDING ACTION
Contraindicated in pregnancy

\+Stiffness and pain of the neck and shoulders
\+Phlegm disorders
\+Breast disorders
\+Rebellion of Qi
\+Difficult of prolonged labor
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GB-24**

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  • Benefits the GB and spreads LV Qi
  • Lowers rebellious Qi and harmonizes the middle jiao
  • Resolves damp heat

FRONT MU of the GB

+Disorders of the GB
–Stagnation of LV-Qi
–GB-Qi invades the ST (vomiting, acid regurgitation, hiccup, epigastric pain
–Damp-heat in the LV and GB
–Indecisiveness, timidity, sighing w/ tendency to sadness
+Local Problems (rib and chest pain, mastitis

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GB-25**

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  • Tonifies the KDs and regulates water passages
  • Fortifies the SP and regulates the intestines
  • Strengthens the lumbar region

FRONT MU of the KD

+Disorders of the KDs
+Disharmony d/t the KDs and SP
–Cold or damp diarrhea

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GB-26***

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  • Regulates Dai Mai and drains dampness
  • Regulates menstruation and stops leukorrhea
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain

“Girdling Vessel”

+Leukorrhea
+Major damp heat GYN point (+SP9)
+Local Problems (distention and pain of the lower abdomen in women, pain of the lateral costal region, lumbar pain

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GB-28**

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  • Regulates the Dai Mai
  • Regulates the lower jiao and transforms stagnation

+GYN disorders
–Uterine prolapse
POINT LIES OVER THE BROAD UTERINE LIGAMENT - HELPS TO MAINTAIN UTERINE POSITION–Leukorrhea, irregular menstruation
+Local Problem
–Pain of the back and ilium lower abdomen pain, shan disorder

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GB-29***

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  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
  • Benefits the hip joint

+Hip disorders
+Weakness and paralysis of the leg, sciatica

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GB-30**

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  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
  • Benefits the hip and leg
  • Dispels wind-damp

+Disorders of the hip and leg
–Pain: Sciatica #1***, painful obstruction
–Hemiplegia, numbness, stiffness, weakness, atrophy
+Urticaria, eczema

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GB-31***

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  • Eliminates wind
  • Alleviates itching
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain

“Wind Market”

+Wind cold damp painful obstruction
+Hemiplegia following windstroke
+Wind-damp skin disorders anywhere in the body (bias towards the lower body)

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GB-34**

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  • Benefits the sinews and joints
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
  • Spreads LV-Qi and benefits the lateral costal region
  • Clears LV and GB damp-heat
  • Harmonizes Shaoyang

(lower) HeSea, earth, Hui meeting pt of the sinews

\+Disorders of the sinews and muscles
\+Disorders of the lateral costal region
\+Disharmony of the GB
--Constipation from Qi stag or heat: +TW6
--Shaoyang syndrome
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GB-36**

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  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
  • Clears heat and detoxifies poison

XiCleft

+Pain along the course of the GB channel
+Rabies with chills and fever

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GB-37***

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  • Benefits the EYES
  • Dispels wind-damp, activates the channel and alleviates pain

“Bright Light”
Luo

+Principal distal point for eye disorders
+Channel disorders

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GB-38**

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  • Clears GB channel heat
  • Harmonizes Shaoyang
  • Benefits the sinews and bones
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain

JingRiver, Fire, Child

+Stagnation and heat on the entire course
–Head: one sided headache
–Chest: swelling/pain of the axilla, scrofula; pain of the chest and lateral costal region w/ sighing
–Lower limb:pain and numbness on the lateral side
+Shaoyang Syndrome
+Disorders of the sinews and bones (“yin within yang”)
–Wandering painful obstruction, contraction and pain of the sinews, pain of all the joints of the body

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GB-39**

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  • Benefits sinews and bones
  • Benefits the neck
  • Dispels Wind-damp
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
  • Clears GB fire

Hui meeting for Marrow

+Disorders of the bone marrow, sinews and bones
–Weakness, flaccidity, contraction, pain of the limbs
–Main distal pt for acute/chronic stiffness and pain of the neck
–Fractures, leukemia
–Dizziness, headache, tinnitus
+GB Fire
–Distention of chest, lateral costal region and abdomen, anxiety, agitation, mania, poor appetite, nosebleed

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GB-40***

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  • Spreads LV-Qi, Clears GB heat/damp-heat
  • Activates the channel, alleviates pain
  • Benefits the joints
  • Regulates Shaoyang

Yuan Source

+Heat and stagnatn Qi in the GB channel
+Disorders of the GB Fu or Wood attacking earth
+Disorders of the lower limb
–Ankle**: drop foot, flaccidity or swelling of the ankle

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GB-41**

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  • Spreads LV Qi
  • Benefits teh chest, lateral costal region and breasts
  • Clears the head and benefits the eyes
  • Transforms phlegm and dissipates nodules

ShuStream, wood
Confluent pt of Dai Mai
+TW5: outer canthus, ear, cheek, neck, shoulder

+LV Qi stagnation along the course of GB Channel
–QI+Phlegm: swelling and nodules in neck, breast, axilla
+GYN disorders
+Disorders of the lower limbs, esp the feet

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GB-43**

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  • Clears heat and benefits the head, ears and eyes
  • Clears damp-heat from the GB channel and reduces swelling

YingSpring, Water

+Heat or damp heat in the GB channel

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GB-44**

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  • Clears heat and benefits the head
  • Benefits the chest and lateral costal region
  • Calms the spirit

JingWell, Metal
“Yin portals of the foot”

+Heat disturbing the head
+Fullness below the heart
+Insomnia and nightmares