Hand Taiyin Flashcards
What are the clinical uses of LU1?
- Lung Front Mu point - useful for all LU issues, especially of the Excess type (cough, wheezing, asthma)
- LU disharmonies involving Phlegm/Heat excess arising from the ME - vomiting, difficult ingestion
What TCM Patterns may LU1 be used to treat?
- Lung Qi Deficiency
- Lung Dampness - Phlegm Heat
What diseases or conditions might LU1 be used to treat?
- asthma
- wheezing
- cough
- vomiting
What are the clinical uses of LU2?
- Similar to LU1 but more often used for local shoulder problems
- Cough, asthma, tension in chest
What TCM patterns might LU2 be used to treat?
- Lung Qi Deficiency
What conditions might LU2 be used to treat?
- asthma
- cough
- shoulder pain
What are the clinical uses of LU3?
- Window of Sky point, regulates head/body Qi flow - goiters, swellings in neck
- Lung related spirit disharmonies - stress induced asthma, poor memory, fuzzy/muddled thinking, depression
- LV invading LU pathologies
- Generally for heat related issues whether from excess or deficiency - nosebleed, coughing blood
What TCM patterns is LU3 used to treat?
- Lung Dryness
- Lung Wind-Invasion - Wind Heat
What conditions is LU3 used to treat?
- nosebleed
- coughing blood
- goiter
- asthma
- depression
What are the clinical uses of LU4?
- Local point.
- May be used for cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, heart pain
- Pain in the medial aspect of the upper arm
What conditions are treated by LU4?
- arm pain
- cough
What are the clinical uses of LU5?
- He Sea point (Water, Sedation) - useful for counterflow Qi/diarrhea, hot skin conditions, phlegm-heat excess
- Acute/Chronic or Exterior/Interior Conditions
- Upper body edema, enuresis
- Local point for elbow - tendonitis, tennis elbow
- Classically noted for the 5 types of Lumbar Pain - upper body equivalent of UB40
What TCM patterns is LU5 used to treat?
- Lung Dampness - Phlegm Heat
What conditions does LU5 help to treat?
- Back pain
- Skin problems (rash)
- Edema
- Tennis Elbow
- Tendinitis
- Diarrhea
What are the clinical uses of LU6?
- Xi Cleft Point - for Acute attacks of EPF’s, usually wind-heat or wind-dry (cough, wheezing, asthma, sore throat)
- Dry hacking cough, especially at night
- Local poitn for pain along meridian, especially at joints
What TCM patterns can LU6 be used to treat? These are the same two patterns as which other LU point?
- Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat
- Lung Dryness
LU3
What conditions are treated by LU6?
- Asthma
- Cough
- Wheezing (Dyspnea)
What are the clinical uses of LU7?
- Exterior Wind - body aches, chills/fever, runny nose, scratchy throat, sneezing
- Internal Wind - Bell’s Palsy, twitching, spasms, lockjaw
- Master Point of CV, paired with KD6 of Yin Qiao Mai - treats genitourinary and gynecological issues, also Yin Xu sore throat
- Command point of Head and Neck - useful for any conditions involving these areas
- Luo Connecting point spreads over thenar eminence, so pain of thumb
Attributes (hats) for LU7
- Heavenly Star Point
- Exit point
- Master Point of CV
- Command point of Head and Posterior Neck
- Luo Connecting Point
What TCM patterns is LU7 useful in treating?
- Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat
- Kidney Yin Xu
What conditions is LU7 useful in treating?
- Common Cold
- Sore throat
- Neck pain
- Bell’s Palsy
- Hand, Finger pain
What are the clinical uses of LU8?
- Not as broad of an effect as LU7, still useful for expelling wind, tonifying Qi and Yin
- Pain in the area of KD1 - Plantar fascitis
- Wrist pain - carpal tunnel syndrome
What are the attributes of LU8?
Jing River
Metal point
What TCM patterns is LU8 useful in treating? What other point is this the same as?
- Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat
- Kidney Yin Xu
LU7
What conditions does LU8 treat?
- Plantar Fascitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
What are the clinical uses of LU9?
- Influential point of Vessels - circulation issues, clarifying an indescernible pulse for diagnosis
- Yuan Source point - Tonify LU Qi and Yin - cough, asthma, wheezing, SOB, chronic runny nose w/ watery discharge
- Wrist pain, arm pain along meridian
What are the LU9 associations?
- Influential point of vessels
- Yuan source point
- Shu stream
- Earth point, Tonification
What TCM patterns can LU9 help to treat?
- LU Qi Xu
- LU Yin Xu
What conditions does LU9 treat?
- Asthma
- Cough
- Wheezing
- Palpitations
- Wrist pain
What are the clinical uses of LU10?
- Clear excess or Deficiency Heat from the LU channel and Organ
- Sore throat with excess heat
- Reckless bleeding from heat
What are the attributes of LU10?
- Ying Spring
- Fire point
What TCM patterns is LU10 useful in treating?
- Lung Dryness
- Lung Wind Invasion - Wind heat
- Lung Dampness - Phlegm heat
What lung conditions does LU10 help to treat?
- Sore throat
What are the clinical uses of LU11?
- Extreme sore throat (may bleed point to reduce heat)
- Revival point especially from wind-stroke
What are the hats of LU11?
- Jing Well
- Wood Point
- Ghost point
What patterns does LU11 help treat?
- Lung Wind Invasion - Wind heat
- Liver Wind
What conditions does LU11 treat?
- Sore throat
- Stroke
What points on the LU meridian are contraindicated for moxa?
LU3, 5, 8, 11
