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Intro to Acupoint Flashcards

1
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5 Shu Points

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Located below the elbow and knee

  • Jing-Well
  • Ying - Spring
  • Shu-Stream
  • Jing-River
  • He-Sea
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Jing-Well

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Wood/Liver
- Meridian Qi starts to bubble
Indication: Fullness in the chest
Mental disorder

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Ying-Spring

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Fire/Heart

  • Febrile disease
  • Clear heat (lung), fever, stomach heat
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Shu-Stream

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Earth/Spleen

- Heavy sensation of the body, painful joints

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Jing-River

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Metal/Lung

- Cough and Asthma due to pathogenic cold and heat

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He-Sea

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Water/Kidney

  • Diarrhea due to perverse flow to Qi
  • Rebellious Qi
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Lower He-Sea Point

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  • Most around knee joints
  • 6 Fu organs have another He-Sea point in the 3 Yang meridians of the foot
  • NO YIN have Lower He-Sea points
3 Yang meridian of the foot = He Sea point
ST = ST 36
GB = GB 34
UB = UB 40
3 Yang of the hand = located in 3 Yang meridian of foot
LI = ST 37
SJ = UB 39
SI = ST 39
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Lower He-Sea point function

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Disorder of the 6 Fu organs

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Yuan Source Point

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Points where primary Qi of Zang-Fu is retained

  • located in nearby wrist and ankle
  • In Yin meridians = Overlap with Shu-Stream
  • In Yang meridians = other than Shu-Stream points
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Yuan Source Point function

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Treatment of disorders of channels and Zang-Fu organs

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Luo-Connecting Point

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Situated at the place where the meridians are distributed and the cross of 2 exteriorly-interiorly related meridians

On limbs = each of the 12 meridians connecting with its respective interior/exterior related merdian

On Trunk = Luo-connectiing points of Ren, Du, and Major Luo-connecting point of the spleen

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Luo- Connecting Point Function

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Treat disorders involving 2 exterior-interiorly related channels and disorders in area dominated by the 2 channels

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Xi-Cleft Point

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  • Located at sites where Qi and Blood in meridians converge and accumulate
  • Each 12 regular meridians has 12 Xi-cleft
  • 4 extra meridians (YinQiao, YangQiao, YinWei, YangWei) have 4 Xi-cleft meridians
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Xi-Cleft point function

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Acute disease of corresponding organ

i.e. headache, stomachache, bleeding, asthma, heavy sweating

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Back-Shu Point

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Points i back where Qi of Zang-Fu organ is infused

- named in accordance with corresponding Zang-Fu organ

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16
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Back-Shu point function

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Disease of corresponding Yang Fu, either diagnosis or treatment (NOT meridian treatment) - more Dx than Tx
- Irregular heart beat

17
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Front - Mu Point

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Located at chest and abdomen where the Qi of Zang-Fu organs is infused

  • Tx more than Dx
  • Situated closed to respective Zang-Fu
18
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Front - Mu point function

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Diagnosis and treatment of the disorder of their corresponding Zang-Fu organ

19
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

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refer to specific points which have particular effect in treatment of disorders of the: 
Zang Fu organs, 
Qi, 
Blood, 
Tendon, 
Pulse, 
Vessels, 
Bone 
Marrow
20
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Zang

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Liver 13 - Effect all Yin Organs

21
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Fu

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(Ren) CV 12 - Effects all the Yang Organs

22
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Qi

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(Ren) CV 17 - Tonifies Qi and moves the Qi in chest due to emotional problems

23
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Blood

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UB 17 - Tonify or move the blood

Blood deficiency , heat, stagnation

24
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Tendon

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GB 34 - Weakness of stiffness in ligaments and tendons of whole body

25
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Vessel (Pulse)

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LU 9 - Stimulate circulation in the vessels that contain blood, circulation problems, arrhythmia

26
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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Bone

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UB 11 - Arthritic conditions, bone disease, osteporosis

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8 Influential points of the 8 tissues

Marrow

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GB 39 - Nourish the marrow in the bone, brain and spinal cord
(stroke)

28
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8 Confluent Point of 8 Extras

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refer to the 8 points where the 8 extra channels communicate with the 12 regular channels
- distributed superior and inferior to wrist and ankle joints

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