Intro to Acupoint Flashcards
5 Shu Points
Located below the elbow and knee
- Jing-Well
- Ying - Spring
- Shu-Stream
- Jing-River
- He-Sea
Jing-Well
Wood/Liver
- Meridian Qi starts to bubble
Indication: Fullness in the chest
Mental disorder
Ying-Spring
Fire/Heart
- Febrile disease
- Clear heat (lung), fever, stomach heat
Shu-Stream
Earth/Spleen
- Heavy sensation of the body, painful joints
Jing-River
Metal/Lung
- Cough and Asthma due to pathogenic cold and heat
He-Sea
Water/Kidney
- Diarrhea due to perverse flow to Qi
- Rebellious Qi
Lower He-Sea Point
- 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
Lower He-Sea point function
Disorder of the 6 Fu organs
Yuan Source Point
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
Yuan Source Point function
Treatment of disorders of channels and Zang-Fu organs
Luo-Connecting Point
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
Luo- Connecting Point Function
Treat disorders involving 2 exterior-interiorly related channels and disorders in area dominated by the 2 channels
Xi-Cleft Point
- 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
Xi-Cleft point function
Acute disease of corresponding organ
i.e. headache, stomachache, bleeding, asthma, heavy sweating
Back-Shu Point
Points i back where Qi of Zang-Fu organ is infused
- named in accordance with corresponding Zang-Fu organ