GV Flashcards

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Specific Points on GV

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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

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GV1 location

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Midway between the anus and the coccyx

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GV1 actions

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

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4
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GV3 location

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BSP of L4

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5
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GV3 actions

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

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GV4 location

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BSP of L2

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GV4 actions

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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
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GV3 vs. GV4

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GV3 is dispersive, local point for back pain

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

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GV8 location

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BSP of T9, level with Liver back she

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GV8 actions

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“sinew contraction”

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

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GV9 location

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BSP of T7-level with the diaphragm back shu

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12
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GV 9 actions

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

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Yin Type Jaundice

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

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Yang Type Jaundice

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

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15
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GV10 location

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BSP of T6

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GV10 actions

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

17
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GV 11 location

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level with BSP of T5- Back Shu of the Heart

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GV11 actions

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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

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GV12 location

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Level with BSP of T3- back shu of the LU

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GV12 actions

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

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GV11 vs. GV12

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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

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GV13 location

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BSP of T1

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GV13 actions

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

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GV14 location

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BSP of C7

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GV14 actions

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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

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GV15 location

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

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GV15 actions

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

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GV16 location

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In the depression, immediately below the EOP

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GV16 actions

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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

30
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GV20 location

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

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GV20 actions

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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

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GV23 location

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1 cun posterior to AHL

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GV23 actions

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

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GV24 location

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0.5 cun posterior to AHL

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GV24 actions

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

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GV26 location

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on the upper lip 1/3 of philtrum

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GV26 actions

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revives consciousness, acute lumbar sprain