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What do the 6 Channel Pairs translate to?

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  1. TAIYIN = supreme yin
  2. YANGMING = greatest yang, yang brightness
  3. SHAOYIN = lesser (little) yin
  4. TAIYANG = supreme yang
  5. JEUYIN = absolute yin
  6. SHAOYANG = lesser yang
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What are the times the zang/fu associate with on the circadian clock?

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​2HRS each zang/fu - starts with 3-5AM with LU

  • LU = 3-5AM
  • LI = 5-7AM
  • ST = 7-9AM
  • SP = 9-11AM
  • HT = 11-1PM
  • SI = 1-3PM
  • BL = 3-5PM
  • KD = 5-7PM
  • PC = 7-9PM
  • SJ = 9-11PM
  • GB = 11-1AM
  • LV = 1-3AM
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What are the CONFLUENT POINTS of the 8 Extraordinary Vessels?

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  • E.V. don’t have points of their own so borrow from Primary Channel
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What are the 5 Shu Points of LU?

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Lung

JingWell Wood = LU11

YingSpring Fire = LU10

Shu Stream Earth = LU9

JingRiver Metal = LU8

Hea Sea Water = LU5

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Which points treat cold/flu?

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  • LI4, LU7, UB11-13, SI7, SJ5
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What are the 3 Xi Cleft points on the Kidney Channel?

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Xi Cleft for KD = KD5

XI Cleft for Yin Motility = KD8

Xi Cleft for Yin Linking = KD9

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What are the HUI MEETING POINTS?

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  • 8 influential points that are specific to tissue/aspect of the body that needs treatment
  1. zang = LV13
  2. fu = CV12
  3. qi = CV17
  4. blood = UB17
  5. sinews = GB34
  6. vessels = LU9
  7. bones = UB11
  8. marrow = GB39
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What are the needle angles?

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  • perpendicular = 90 deg
  • perpendicular oblique = 70 deg
  • oblique = 45 deg
  • transverse oblique = 20 deg
  • transverse = level with skin
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What are the 5 Shu Points of SJ?

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San Jiao

JingWell Metal = SJ1

YingSpring Water = SJ2

Shu Stream Wood = SJ3

JingRiver Fire = SJ6

Hea Sea Earth = SJ10

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What are the 5 Shu Points of SI?

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Small Intestine

JingWell Metal = SI1

YingSpring Water = SI2

Shu Stream Wood = SI3

JingRiver Fire = SI5

Hea Sea Earth = SI8

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What is a Jing Well Point used for?

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  • 1st or last point of channel
  • clear heat & restore consciousness
  • fullness of chest
  • disorders of spirit
  • treat upper portion of channel
  • yin channels = wood | yang channels = metal
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What are the 4 SEA POINTS?

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  • abundance of energy
  1. sea of qi/energy = CV17, UB10, ST9
  2. sea of blood = UB11, ST37, ST39
  3. sea of water & grain (nourishment) = ST30, ST36
  4. sea of marrow (bone) = DU15, DU16, DU19, DU20
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What are the 6 Channel Pairs?

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  1. LU (hand) + SP (foot) Taiyin (supreme yin)
  2. LI (hand) + ST (foot) Yangming (yin brightness)
  3. HT (hand) + KD (foot) Shaoyin (lesser yin)
  4. SI (hand) + BL (foot) Taiyang (supreme yang)
  5. PC (hand) + LV (foot) Jueyin (absolute yin)
  6. SJ (hand) + GB (foot) Shaoyang (lesser yang)
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What are the 4 + 6 COMMAND POINTS?

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  • command attention to specific area
  1. abdomen = ST 36
  2. lumbar region + back (upper & lower) = UB40
  3. head & nape of neck = LU7
  4. face & mouth = LI4
  5. chest & lateral costal region
  6. fainting & collapse
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List the jingluo from superficial to deep.

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  • MOST SUPERFICIAL
  • cutaneous regions
  • minute collaterals
  • sinew channels
  • luo-connecting channels
  • PRIMARY CHANNELS
  • divergent channgels
  • extraordinary channels
  • deep pathways of the primary and divergent channels
  • DEEPEST (organs = zang/fu)
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What are the 5 Shu Points of ST?

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Stomach

JingWell Metal = ST45

YingSpring Water = ST44

Shu Stream Wood = ST43

JingRiver Fire = ST41

Hea Sea Earth = ST36

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What are the 5 Shu Points of KD?

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Kidney

JingWell Wood = KD1

YingSpring Fire = KD2

Shu Stream Earth = KD3

JingRiver Metal = KD7

Hea Sea Water = KD10

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What are the 5 Shu Points of UB?

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Urinary Bladder

JingWell Metal = UB67

YingSpring Water = UB66

Shu Stream Wood = UB65

JingRiver Fire = UB60

Hea Sea Earth = UB40

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What are the 5 Shu Points of LI?

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Large Intestine

JingWell Metal = LI1

YingSpring Water = LI2

Shu Stream Wood = LI3

JingRiver Fire = LI5

Hea Sea Earth = LI11

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What are the 5 Shu Points of SP?

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Spleen

JingWell Wood = SP1

YingSpring Fire = SP2

Shu Stream Earth = SP3

JingRiver Metal = SP5

Hea Sea Water = SP9

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What is the Trauma Treatment?

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KD6, KD16, KD27

  • use for emotional trauma, PTSD, sudden loss, shock
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What are the 3 yin channels of the foot?

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SP, KD, LV

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What are the BACK SHU POINTS?

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  • corresponds to each of the 12 zangfu that lie along bladder channel on the back
  • lie roughly at the level of zangfu
  • good for yin diseases of deficiency and cold + yin zang organs
  • will become tender in response to disharmony = great for diagnostics

LU = UB13

LI = UB25

ST = UB21

SP = UB20

HT = UB15

SI = UB27

UB = UB28

KD = UB23

PC = UB14

SJ = UB22

GB = UB19

LV = UB18

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What are the 5 SHU POINTS?

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  • they are the transporting points
  • all located distal to elbow or knees
  • describes qi moving along these points
  1. Jing Well
  2. Ying Spring
  3. Shu Stream
  4. Jing River
  5. He Sea = close to elbow or knee, counterflow qi (affect the center or body ie ST/intestines), disease of fu or skin
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What are the 3 yin channels of the hand?
LU, HT, PC
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What are the FRONT MU POINTS?
* where qi of zangfu gather on the front of the body * ALARM point = affect organ direclty, not channel * will become tender in response to disharmony = great for diagnostics LU = LU1 LI = ST25 ST = CV12 SP = LV13 HT = CV14 SI = CV4 UB = CV3 KD = GB25 PC = CV17 SJ = CV5 GB = GB24 LV = LV14
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What are Ying Spring Points used for?
* 2nd point proximal to Jing Well * heat in the body (mostly from upper portion of channel) * febrile disease * complexion changes * treat disease of whole channel
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What are the DIVERGENT CHANNELS?
* strengthen yin/yang relationship between int/ext paired channels * distribute blood & qi to head & face * integrate areas of the body not supplied by primary channels * explain clinical action of some commonly used accu. points
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What are the Lower He Sea Points?
Stomach = ST36 Large Intestine = ST37 Small Intestine = ST39 Gall Bladder = GB34 Urinary Bladder = UB40 San Jiao = UB39
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What are the 5 Shu Points of GB?
Gall Bladder JingWell Metal = GB44 YingSpring Water = GB43 Shu Stream Wood = GB41 JingRiver Fire = GB38 Hea Sea Earth = GB34
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What are He Sea Points used for?
* close to elbow or knee * rebellious qi * affect the center or body (ie ST/intestines) * disease of fu * skin * diarrhea
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What are the LUO CONNECTNG CHANNELS?
* 15 channels: 1 for each primary, 1 for Ren (Conception) & Du (Govering) + Great Luo Connecting of the SP * more superficial than primary * connects internal & external paired organs * access luo connecting point to address issues boiling over into next organ on qi pathway
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How many points are on each of the Primary Channels, Conception + Governing Vessels?
Lung = 11 (Ant shoulder to radial thumb) Large Intestine = 20 (radial pointer finger to side of nose) Stomach = 45 (below eye to lateral 2nd toe) Spleen = 21 (medial big toe to lateral ribcage) Heart = 9 (axilla to radial pinky) Small Intestine = 19 (ulnar pinky to tragus) Urinary Bladder = 67 (inner canthus to lateral pinky toe) Kidney = 27 (sole of foot to below collarbone) Pericardium = 9 (lateral nipple to tip of middle finger) San Jiao = 23 (ulnar ring finger to lateral eyebrow) Gall Bladder = 44 (temple to lateral 4th toe) Liver = 14 (lateral big toe to under breast) Conception = 24 (perineum to lower lip) Governing = 28 (posterior to anus to frenulum)
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What are the YUAN SOURCE POINTS?
* each of the 12 channels has one * wehre origional qi surfaces * mostly for yin channels - not much with yang * nurturing, tonify, mothering - used for stasis of deficiency * LU9, LI4, ST42, SP3, HT7, SI4, BL64, KD3, PC6, SJ4, GB40, LIV3
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What are the 8 EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS?
* in between organs & divergent pathways * reservoirs of qi + blood (storage) - absorb what is extra * storehouses for Preheaven Qi and Wei * link the 12 primary channels together 1. Governing Vessel (Du) = "Sea of Yang" -links all yang channels at DU14 2. Conception Vessels (Ren) = "Sea of Yin" -links all yin channels 3. Penetrating (Chong) - "Sea of Blood" - GYN 4. Girdling (Dai) - horizontal channel, dampness 5. Yin Motility (Yin Qiao) - governs quietness - has similar action to Ren 6. Yang Motility (Yang Qiao) - governs activity - has similar action to Du 7. Yin Linking (Yin Wei) - governs interior - has similar action to Chong 8. Yang Linking (Yang Wei) - governs exterior - has similar action to Dai
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What are the 3 yang channels of the foot?
ST, BL, GB
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What are the LUO CONNECTING POINTS?
* treats disorders of int/ext paired organs * treats disorders in region of luo connecitng channel * treats emotional disorders * LU7, LI6, ST40, SP4, HE5, SI7, BL58, KD4, PC6, SJ5, GB37, LV5
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What are the int/ext paired channels?
​LU/LI - ST/SP - HT/SI - BL/KD - PC/SJ - GB/LV * LU = antieror portion of inside arm * LI = anterior portion of outside arm * ST = anterior portion of outside leg * SP = antieror portion of inside leg * HT = poserior portion of inside arm * SI = poserior portion of outside arm * BL = posterior portion of outside leg * KD = posterior portion of inside leg * PC = middle portion of inside arm * SJ = middle portion of outside arm * GB = middle portion of outside leg * LV = middle portion of inside leg
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What are the WINDOWS OF HEAVEN POINTS?
* windows or sky points * dreams, astral, headaches, emotional disorders * qi or blood rebelling upward * usually located on head or neck * regulates blood & qi going to and from head * UB10, ST9, SJ16, LI18, LU3, PC1, CV22, DU16, SI16, SI17
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What are the XI CLEFT POINTS?
* 12 on primary, 4 on extraordinary (yin/yang linking & motility) * treatment of accute conditions and & pain * on yin channels have aditional action of treating blood stasis * LU6, LI7, ST34, SP8, HT6, SI6, BL63, KD5, PC4, SJ7, GB36, LV6 * Yang Motility = BL59, Yang Linking = GB35, Yin Motility = KD8, Yin Linking = KD9
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What are the 5 Shu Points of HT?
Heart JingWell Wood = HT9 YingSpring Fire = HT8 Shu Stream Earth = HT7 JingRiver Metal = HT4 Hea Sea Water = HT3
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What are the points and locations near to the tragus of ear?
above = SJ21 middle = SI19 below = GB2
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What are the fucntions of the jingluo?
* Jing = "channel" * Luo = "to attach" or "net" Functions of the Channels: 1. Transport blood and qi through out the body 2. Protect the body from evils (wind, cold, damp, heat, fire, dryness) 3. Respond to dysfunction in the body 4. Transmit qi to diseased area
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What are the 5 Shu Points of LV?
Liver JingWell Wood = LV1 YingSpring Fire = LV2 Shu Stream Earth = LV3 JingRiver Metal = LV4 Hea Sea Water = LV8
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What does it mean that every point is an ASHI point?
Every point will treat local pain. Where there is pain, there is a point.
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What are the 5 Shu Points of PC?
Pericardium JingWell Wood = PC9 YingSpring Fire = PC8 Shu Stream Earth = PC7 JingRiver Metal = PC5 Hea Sea Water = PC3
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What is the Buddhist Triangle and what is it used for?
PC6, HT7, LU 9 * Sedating effect * Calms Shen * Anxiety, Depression
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What are Jing River Points used for?
* cough, SOB, dyspnea, asthma * chills + fever * diseases of sinews & bones (on yin channels) * changes of voice * throat
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What is a Horary Point?
Point which corresponds to the same element as the channel's element LU = Jing River Metal LU8 LI = Jing Well Metal LI1 ST = He Sea Earth ST36 SP = Shu Stream Earth SP3 HT = Ying Spring Fire HT8 SI = Jing River Fire SI5 UB = Ying Spring Water UB66 KD = He Sea Water KD10 PC = Ying Spring Fire PC8 SJ = Jing River Fire SJ6 GB = Shu Stream Wood GB41 LV = Jing Well Wood LV1
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What are the SINEW CHANNELS?
* circulate the periphery of the body * do not penetrate zang fu * follow the lines of major muscles & groups * can reflect disturbances of primary channel * no specific points
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What are the 3 yang channels of the hand?
LI, SI, SJ
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What are Shu Stream Points used for?
* point proximal to Ying Spring * Bi Syndrome * heaviness of body * joint pain * dampness * wind * on yin channels same as yuan source for tonification
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What are important points for Cold/Flu?
LI4, LU7, SJ5, BL11-13, Du14, SI7, UB62
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What is the circuit created by Du + Ren called?
microcosmic orbit
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What are the points used for Hemorrhoids?
SP12, UB24, UB35, UB36, UB54, UB57, UB58, Ren1, Du1, Du4
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What points are contraindicated for pregnancy?
LI4, GB21, SP6, ST12, GB60, GB67

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