GV Flashcards
Specific Points on GV
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
GV1 location
Midway between the anus and the coccyx
GV1 actions
hemorrhoids, calms the spirit, coccyx/spine problems, prolapse
GV3 location
BSP of L4
GV3 actions
main point for low back and leg pain, cold/damp in the lower warmer
GV4 location
BSP of L2
GV4 actions
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
GV3 vs. GV4
GV3 is dispersive, local point for back pain
GV4 is tonifying/building, tonifies KD Yang, supports the fire of the gate of life
GV8 location
BSP of T9, level with Liver back she
GV8 actions
“sinew contraction”
LV wind, stiffness, contraction, spasms of sinews, anger injuring the liver
GV9 location
BSP of T7-level with the diaphragm back shu
GV 9 actions
fortifies the SP, drains dampness
treats jaundice-yin and yang type
expands the chest and the diaphragm
Yin Type Jaundice
Dull yellow or gray coloring of skin and sclera, loos stools, pale tongue, white coating, d/t damp cold
Yang Type Jaundice
Bright yellow to orange tone in color of skin and sclera, constipation, dark urine, red tongue, yellow tongue coat, d/t damp heat
GV10 location
BSP of T6
GV10 actions
Clears heat, detoxifies poison, blood, heat, and toxicity, empirical point for furuncles, lung disorders, local back pain and stiffness
GV 11 location
level with BSP of T5- Back Shu of the Heart
GV11 actions
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
GV12 location
Level with BSP of T3- back shu of the LU
GV12 actions
“good at clearing heat from the chest”
Clears heat from the LU and the HT
Internal Wind
GV11 vs. GV12
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
GV13 location
BSP of T1
GV13 actions
Clears heat, treats malaria (main point), regulates channels, clears wind, internal wind
GV14 location
BSP of C7
GV14 actions
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
GV15 location
In the depression 0.5 fun inferior to GV16, below the sp of C1
GV15 actions
Benefits the tongue, treats muteness, “muteness door” voice issues d/t stiff tongue, sea of Qi, inability to speak, loss of voice
GV16 location
In the depression, immediately below the EOP
GV16 actions
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
GV20 location
At the vertex, 5 cun posterior to the AHL, 7 cun superior to the PHL
GV20 actions
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
GV23 location
1 cun posterior to AHL
GV23 actions
Main point for nose issues, eliminates wind, benefits the head and the face, calms the spirit, eye disorders
GV24 location
0.5 cun posterior to AHL
GV24 actions
Benefits the brain, calms the spirit, benefits the head, eliminates wind, interior wind with vomiting
GV26 location
on the upper lip 1/3 of philtrum
GV26 actions
revives consciousness, acute lumbar sprain
