HT - Channel Flashcards
Where does HT Luo Connecting Channel?
HT 5 - connects to SI - follows the HT Channel to Heart – root of TONGUE — EYE
PENETRATES INTERIOR (INTERIOR ISSUES)
What is a special part of HT channel?
Through LUO connecting channel it travels INTERIOR
Inability to speak due to ROOT OF TONGUE
Where is Divergent Channel?
Diverges at axilla
Enters chest to connect with Heart
Along THROAT, emerges on FACE
Converges with INNER CANTHUS
Unbinds the chest, Activates the channel & Benefits the arm
Disorders of the shoulder and arm −Shoulder pain, frozen shoulder; Paralysis, numbness, atrophy, cold and pain of the upper limb
Disorders of the Heart and chest−Heart pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, distention and fullness of the lateral costal region; Sadness, anxiety
HT 1 **
Activates the channel & Benefits the arm (numbness in arm, esp. elbow; hemiplegia and atrophy after stroke-Parkinson’s), Disorders of the chest (HT-Pain)
Clears heat, Transforms phlegm & Calms the spirit (Mania or excessive laughter)
HT 3 ***
He Sea and WATER point
Benefits the tongue, Speech disorders
Regulates heart rhythm(HT-Qi)
Calms the spirit, psychoemotional disorders
Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
HT 5 **
Luo Connecting
‘Penetrating Interior’
Clears deficient fire & Alleviates night sweating
Regulates HT-blood
Calms the spirit
Moderates acute conditions
HT 6 (Xi Cleft) ***
Calms the spirit (Insomnia, poor memory, absent mindedness, dementia, mad laughter)
Regulates & Tonifies the Heart (palpitations, heart pain - PC)
Heat in HT Channel (HT - SI - BL)
Most nourishing point on HT Channel
HT 7 **
SS, YUAN, EARTH (Child), EXCESS
PT? −Benefits the tongue & Regulates HT-Qi; MP for speech disorders d/t tongue stiffness(GV15, CV23), disorders of heart rhythm(PC6)
PT?−Regulates HT-blood; MP for night sweating(SI3)
PT?−Regulates & tonifies the Heart, any disorders of the Heart and spirit, excess/deficiency; Main point for insomnia(SP6), palpitations(PC6)
HT 5 LUO
HT 6 Xi-CLEFT
HT 7 YUAN
Clears heat from HT & S.I. (urogenital disorders: enuresis, diff. urination, genital itching-heat)
Regulates HT-Qi (stag./def.)
Calms the spirit
Activates the channel & Alleviates pain (spasm of little finger)
HT 8 ***
YS, FIRE
HT-SI-BL
Loss of consciousness windstroke, febrile diseases
Heat in the upper reaches of the channel
−Painful obstruction and dryness of the throat
−Swelling and pain of the tongue
−Redness and pain of the eyes
‘Fullness below the Heart’
−Pain of the Heart, chest and lateral costal region
HT 9
JW - WOOD
Where is Primary Pathway of HT?
HT - diaphragm - SI
HT - esoph - THROAT - face/cheek – EYE
HT - LU - axilla (HT1) - medial aspect of arm - medial side tip little finger (HT)
Which HT points are you tested on?
1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9