GV

Question 1

Specific Points on GV

Answer 1

GV1- Luo
GV14- Meeting point of GV with 6 Yang channels, Sea of Qi
GV15- Sea of Qi
GV16- Sea of Marrow, Window of Heaven
GV20- Sea of Marrow
GV26- 6 command points, loss of consciousness

Question 2

GV1 location

Answer 2

Midway between the anus and the coccyx

Question 3

GV1 actions

Answer 3

hemorrhoids, calms the spirit, coccyx/spine problems, prolapse

Question 4

GV3 location

Answer 4

BSP of L4

Question 5

GV3 actions

Answer 5

main point for low back and leg pain, cold/damp in the lower warmer

Question 6

GV4 location

Answer 6

BSP of L2

Question 7

GV4 actions

Answer 7

Tonifies KD Yang, builds fire of gate of life, KD Yang deficiency, cold-esp. feet, lumbar pain-worse with cold or old age, fatigue, fear and fright, dizziness 
-genito-urinary 
-digestive 
-reproductive 
-immune 
opsthotonos 
-splitting HA 
-epilepsy

Question 8

GV3 vs. GV4

Answer 8

GV3 is dispersive, local point for back pain

GV4 is tonifying/building, tonifies KD Yang, supports the fire of the gate of life

Question 9

GV8 location

Answer 9

BSP of T9, level with Liver back she

Question 10

GV8 actions

Answer 10

“sinew contraction”

LV wind, stiffness, contraction, spasms of sinews, anger injuring the liver

Question 11

GV9 location

Answer 11

BSP of T7-level with the diaphragm back shu

Question 12

GV 9 actions

Answer 12

fortifies the SP, drains dampness
treats jaundice-yin and yang type
expands the chest and the diaphragm

Question 13

Yin Type Jaundice

Answer 13

Dull yellow or gray coloring of skin and sclera, loos stools, pale tongue, white coating, d/t damp cold

Question 14

Yang Type Jaundice

Answer 14

Bright yellow to orange tone in color of skin and sclera, constipation, dark urine, red tongue, yellow tongue coat, d/t damp heat

Question 15

GV10 location

Answer 15

BSP of T6

Question 16

GV10 actions

Answer 16

Clears heat, detoxifies poison, blood, heat, and toxicity, empirical point for furuncles, lung disorders, local back pain and stiffness

Question 17

GV 11 location

Answer 17

level with BSP of T5- Back Shu of the Heart

Question 18

GV11 actions

Answer 18

Tonifies the HT and the LU
Deficiency of gathering Qi: HT= palpitations, HT pain, insomnia, amnesia, muddled thinking, anxiety, stress
LU= SOB, sadness, cough, dyspnea
Internal Wind: childhood fright

Question 19

GV12 location

Answer 19

Level with BSP of T3- back shu of the LU

Question 20

GV12 actions

Answer 20

“good at clearing heat from the chest”
Clears heat from the LU and the HT
Internal Wind

Question 21

GV11 vs. GV12

Answer 21

GV11: tonifies the HT, spirit, LU, deficiency patterns of HT and LU, sadness and anxiety
GV12: Clears heat, treats the Heart and the spirit, excess patterns of HT and LU heat in the chest

Question 22

GV13 location

Answer 22

BSP of T1

Question 23

GV13 actions

Answer 23

Clears heat, treats malaria (main point), regulates channels, clears wind, internal wind

Question 24

GV14 location

Answer 24

BSP of C7

Question 25

GV14 actions

Answer 25

Clears heat, treats malaria, expels exterior wind,firms exterior, pacifies interior wind, acute febrile diseases (clears heat from all three levels), common cold, flu, summer heat stroke, wind heat, sweating disorders, nosebleed

Question 26

GV15 location

Answer 26

In the depression 0.5 fun inferior to GV16, below the sp of C1

Question 27

GV15 actions

Answer 27

Benefits the tongue, treats muteness, "muteness door" voice issues d/t stiff tongue, sea of Qi, inability to speak, loss of voice

Question 28

GV16 location

Answer 28

In the depression, immediately below the EOP

Question 29

GV16 actions

Answer 29

Sea of Marrow, Window of Heaven, Meeting point of GV and Yang linking vessel, palace of wind All types of wind disease: internal or external calms the spirit mental disorders

Question 30

GV20 location

Answer 30

At the vertex, 5 cun posterior to the AHL, 7 cun superior to the PHL

Question 31

GV20 actions

Answer 31

Regulates the Yang, subdues or raises, meeting point of GV, BL, GB, TW, LV (3 yang, 5 meeting) Benefits the head, brain, sea of marrow, interior wind, uprising of yang, sinking of deficient yang, nasal congestion, discharge, bleeding

Question 32

GV23 location

Answer 32

1 cun posterior to AHL

Question 33

GV23 actions

Answer 33

Main point for nose issues, eliminates wind, benefits the head and the face, calms the spirit, eye disorders

Question 34

GV24 location

Answer 34

0.5 cun posterior to AHL

Question 35

GV24 actions

Answer 35

Benefits the brain, calms the spirit, benefits the head, eliminates wind, interior wind with vomiting

Question 36

GV26 location

Answer 36

on the upper lip 1/3 of philtrum

Question 37

GV26 actions

Answer 37

revives consciousness, acute lumbar sprain