HT, SI, BD 1-30

Question 1

Hand Tai Yang (SI) point for:
BREAST DISORDERS of any etiology, insufficient lactation, mastitis, breast abscess, cysts.
JING WELL POINT, clear heat from the opposite end of the channel, for eye redness, earache, tinnitus, sore throat, stiff tongue.
Headache, dizziness, loss of consciousness.
Local point for problems of the little finger and the course of the channel - pain and/or weakness of the arm and/or shoulder.

Answer 1

SI1

Question 2

Hand Tai Yang (SI) acupoint for:
Local point for pain, swelling, numbness of the fingers. As the water point it will remove heat - febrile disease, hot palms, darker urine.
Clear heat from the opposite end of the channel, tinnitus, headache, sore throat, neck, ear and/or eye pain and/or swelling.

Answer 2

SI2

Question 3

Hand Tai Yang (SI) point for:
The Master Point of the GV, effects entire pathway.
Pain in the scapula, arm a/or hand combine with local points.
Stiff neck, cervical strain/sprain, pain of the back or neck.
OCCIPITAL HEADACHES, combine with local points.
NIGHT SWEATS, combine with HT 6.
Clears heat and excess from the head, ears and eyes, eye redness, inflammation, visual dizziness, earache, tinnitus, sore throat.
CALMS THE SPIRIT, anxiety, manic depression.

Answer 3

SI3.

Question 4

Hand Tai Yang (SI) point for:
Local point for shoulder, arm, hand and wrist problems particularly along the course of the meridian.
Useful point to treat problems with all fingers - contracture, pain, swelling, stiffness.
Headache, neck pain.
Jaundice.

Answer 4

SI4

Question 5

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for the hand and wrist.
Neck and shoulder pain and/or swelling.
Toothache, lockjaw.
Clears heat from the hearts - calms the spirit, manic behavior.

Answer 5

SI5

Question 6

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
ACUTE AND SEVERE PAIN, in the neck, shoulder a/or arms.
Useful point for treating elderly patients, deafness, tinnitus, failing vision, upper body/limb stiffness.
Overwork a/or overstrain, fatigue in the extremities.

Answer 6

SI6

Question 7

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for pain and/or strength/control issues in the elbow, arm, and fingers. May be helpful for weakness of all the limbs as well.
Stiff neck, headaches, vision issues - blurry, obstructed.
Useful with onset of exterior wind-heat conditions such as colds/flus that start with neck and/or back pain.
Calms the spirit - manic behavior, anxiety, panic attacks, fear.

Answer 7

SI7

Question 8

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
ELBOW PROBLEMS, swelling, trembling, pain, numbness, weakness - channel issues with excess wind a/or heat.
SUBMANDIBULAR REGION SWELLING or pain, toothache, gums, cheek, neck, scapula, axilla.
Epilepsy

Answer 8

SI8

Question 9

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for shoulder and arm pain and/or movement/control issues. Motor control issues of the hand.
Wind-heat invasion - chills and fever from the common cold.
Tinnitus, deafness.

Answer 9

SI9

Question 10

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for shoulder and upper arm pain, swelling and/or weakness.
Wind-heat, wind-cold - chills and fever.

Answer 10

SI10

Question 11

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
BREAST PROBLEMS, mastitis, insufficient lactation, breast pain.
Emotional issues, anxiety that presents with asthma, expands and relaxes the chest, asthma generally.
Local point for channel pain within the shoulder, scapula region, elbow, arm, face and jaw.

Answer 11

SI11

Question 12

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for shoulder, scapula and/or arm pain, numbness, weakness along the course of the channel.

Answer 12

SI12

Question 13

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for shoulder and/or scapular region pain, weakness and/or stiffness. Useful for chronic shoulder problems.

Answer 13

SI13

Question 14

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for shoulder and scapular region pain.
Neck pain and/or rotation issues, and pain of the upper back.

Answer 14

SI14

Question 15

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Asthma, cough, coughing up of blood (hemoptysis).
Local point for shoulder, neck and/or upper back pain.

Answer 15

SI15

Question 16

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Both SI 16 & SI 17 are WINDOW OF SKY POINTS and are useful for throat distention, swelling, goiters, lumps in neck a/or throat, voice issues.
Ear issues - tinnitus, deafness, pain.
Local point for neck and/or shoulder problems.
Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Used to effect the circulation within the vertebral artery and the occipital artery. Useful for occipital headache, alzheimer’s, brain tumors, dyslexia, MS, and many brain issues related to circulation. Often used with Tian Dong as a starting point.
Falls into the category of Window of the Sky points within the Tam Healing system.

Answer 16

SI16

Question 17

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Both SI 16 & SI 17 are WINDOW OF SKY POINTS and are useful for throat distention, swelling, goiters, lumps in neck a/or throat.
Chest oppression, wheezing, cough, asthma.
Ear issues - tinnitus, deafness.
Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Used to effect the circulation to the brain, and the facial nerves. Useful for facial issues such as TMJ, gum problems, etc. Also used with headaches, hearing issues, dizziness and/or high blood pressure.
Falls into the category of Window of the Sky points within the Tam Healing system.

Answer 17

SI17

Question 18

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
Local point for facial disorders, Bell’s palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, spasm, twitching of the eyelids, facial muscles, etc..
Upper jaw tootache.
Yellowing of the sclera.

Answer 18

SI18

Question 19

Hand Tai Yang (SI) points for:
EAR PROBLEMS of any etiology, inflammation, deafness, tinnitus, hearing loss.
TMJ, toothache.
Calms the spirit - manic behavior, epilepsy, sensation of pressure below the heart.

Answer 19

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Question 20

Regulate Qi flow from the torso to the arm and vice versa - cold, numbness, pain in shoulder a/or arm.
Pain in the cardiac region - heart pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, anxiety, palpitations.
Frozen shoulder.
Pain a/or distention of the upper thoracic area.

Answer 20

HT1

Question 21

Local point - in many classics needling this point is contraindicated. Moxabustion, however, is applicable.
Pain in the shoulder or arm.
Pain in the lateral chest and/or hypochondriac regions.

Answer 21

HT2

Question 22

Pain, numbness, tremors, etc. of the lower arms a/or hands - Parkinson’s, stroke.
Good local point to move the Qi and Blood.
Spirit disorders from phlegm a/or heat etiologies - epilepsy, depression, anxiety, nervousness, poor memory, fuzzy thinking.
Water Point - redness of the eyes, mouth ulcerations.

Answer 22

HT3

Question 23

Sudden loss of voice.
Restless Zang Disorder (fluctuating emotions, mania, depression, anxiety, insomnia), various emotional disturbances.
Chest pain that perhaps worsens with emotional distress.
Local point for pain in the elbow and/or arm.

Answer 23

HT4

Question 24

Speech a/or vocal disorders - aphasia (post-stroke), stiff tongue, stuttering, sudden loss of voice, sore throat.
Spirit disorders and related physical manifestations, anxiety w/palpitations, arrhythmia, nervousness, depression - although the point is generally not used for emotional disorders involving sleep such as insomnia, HT 7 is used more often for these more “physical” manifestations.
Excessive bleeding w/ menstruation from heat in the Blood.
Heat effecting the SI and leading to urinary symptoms - incontinence, enuresis.
Local point for wrist, elbow and/or hand pain - perhaps more so for weakness than simple pain.

Answer 24

HT5

Question 25

Night sweats, Steaming Bone Disorders, tonify Yin and Blood. Often used with SI 3 for nightsweats.
Acute chest and/or heart pain from Blood stasis. Palpitations, although HT 5 may be better.
Acute emotional disturbances - mania, anxiety, shock, sudden loss of voice.
Counterflow qi - panic attacks, vomiting blood, nosebleeds.

Answer 25

HT6

Question 26

Tonify deficiencies of the HT Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang.
Emotional issues, especially those with related sleep or thinking manifestations - insomnia, muddled thinking.
Heart and Phlegm fire leading to insomnia, anxiety, mania.
Physical responses to emotional stimuli - anxiety w/palpitations, nausea w/panic a/or fear.
Heart palpitations from any etiology as well as irregular heart beat, pounding heart, angina.
Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Emotional/Psychological issues, w/PC 7 for sweat problems (too much or too little).

Answer 26

HT7

Question 27

HT Fire effecting the SI effecting the UB, heat descending to the lower jiao - incontinence, difficult urination, fungal infections, genital itching.
Channel issues, sore throat, tongue stiffness, pain along the ulnar aspect of the arms.
Heart Qi Deficiency - palpitations, fear, hot palms.
Emotional disorders - although PC 8 may be a better choice.
HT Fire effecting the mouth - ulcers, canker sores, etc. - although PC 7 or PC 8 may be a better choice.
Local point for arm pain, elbow pain, and/or pain in the pinky finger.

Answer 27

HT8