KD Channel Flashcards

1
Q

Name this point:

  1. Opens the orifices, transforms phlegm
    - restores consciousness, subdues LV wind
  2. Tonifies the yin and subdues the yang
    - dizziness, nosebleed, mania, rage with desire to kill people
  3. Regulates and descends Qi
    - cough, vomiting and coughing blood, running piglet qi
  4. Tonifies the Yin
    - disorder of the throat and two lower yin, HT/KD yin def.
  5. Clears the brain
  6. Calms the mind (HT/KD yin def. heat, HT/KD miscom.)
    - HT pain, agitation, mental illness, severe anxiety
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KD 1 (Jing-well, Wood, Sedation Point)

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2
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Name this point:

  1. Main point to clear deficient heat from the KD
  2. Clears def. heat and cools blood
  3. Regulates the KD (KD Yin def.)
    - red cheek bones, coughing blood, night sweating
  4. Regulates the lower jiao
    - nocturnal emission, impotence, infertility
  5. Invigorates the Yin Qiao channel
    - Nourish Yin
  6. Activates channel and alleviates the pain
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KD 2 (Ying-Spring, Fire Point)

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3
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Name this point:

  1. Main point to treat KD organ disharmony - any patterns of KD deficiency
  2. Tonifies the KD
    (Yin, Yang, Essence, Qi, Knees, Lower back, Reproductive organs)
    - KD yin def. heat (deafness, tinnitus, h/a, dizziness, nose bleed, five center palm heat, sore throat, poor memory)
  3. Tonifies KD yang, benefits essence
    (impotence, irr. menses, sexual taxation)
  4. Regulates the uterus
  5. Strengthens the lower back
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KD 3 (Source point, Shu-Stream, Earth point)

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4
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Name this point:

  1. Regulates the relationship b/w KD and LU
  2. Strong effect on stabilizing the emotion
  3. Reinforces the KD (dementia, dry mouth)
  4. Strengthens Lower Back (connecting point -> UB channel runs on the back. Stiffness and pain in lumbar region, pain and swelling of the heel)
  5. Anchors the Qi and benefits the LU (coughing blood, asthma, cough, wheezing)
  6. Lifts the spirit (Strengthens the will and dispels fear, unhappiness, fright, fear, desire to close the door and remain at home)
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KD 4 ( Luo-connecting point)

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5
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Name this point:

  1. Benefits the urination, stops abdominal pain (for acute conditions of urinary system)
  2. Regulates the Red and Chong channels, regulates the uterus
  3. Benefits the menstruation
  4. Promotes blood circulation
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KD 5 (Xi-cleft point)

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6
Q

Name this point:

  1. Regulates the Yin Qiao and KD channels
  2. Nourishes the yin and clears def heat from the throat, HT, intestines, uterus and genitals (frequent urination, enuresis, dribbling urination)
  3. Regulates the LJ, promotes function of uterus
  4. Calms the mind, opens the chest
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KD 6 (Opening point of Yin Qiao Channel)

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7
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Name this point:

  1. Tonifies and benefits the KD
  2. Resolves dampness and clears damp-heat
    (dark urine, cystitis, difficult urination, diarrhea, hemorrhoid)
  3. Resolves dampness and eliminates edema (edema)
  4. Strengthens lower back (cold legs, lumbar pain d/t qi stagnation)
  5. KD Yin (constipation, nosebleed)
  6. Regulates sweating (spontaneous sweating, night sweating)
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KD 7 (Tonification point, Metal point, River point)

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8
Q

Name this point:

  1. Resolves obstructions from the channel
    - important for abdominal pain and removes masses
  2. Clears heat and drains damp from the LJ (swelling and pain in the testicles, itching of genitals, night sweating)
  3. Regulates Ren and Chong channels and adjusts menstruation
  4. Stops uterine bleeding - menstrual problems d/t blood stasis
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KD 8 (xi-cleft of Yin Qiao channel)

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9
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Name this point:

  1. Regulates the Yin Wei Channel -> has special action on the HT
  2. Tonifies KD-Yin and calms the mind
  3. Opens the chest
  4. Clears heat and transforms phlegm
  5. Clears the Yin Wei ( deep anxiety, pales, mania, tongue thrusting, epilepsy)
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KD 9 (Xi-cleft of Yin Wei Channel)

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10
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Name this point:

  1. Expels damp heat from the Lower Burner
  2. Tonifies KD Yin (KD 6 is more effective)
  3. Activates the channel and alleviates pain
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KD 10 (he-sea, Water point)

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11
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Name this point:

  1. Benefits the LJ
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KD 11 (crossing point of Chong)

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12
Q

Name this point:

  1. Tonifies the KD and estranges essence
    - strong effect on the seminal emission and leucorrhea
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KD 12 (crossing point of Chong)

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13
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Name this point:

  1. Tonifies KD and essence (powerful tonification point of the KD and KD essence, leuchorrhea and fertility)
  2. Regulates the Chong and Red channels (amenorrhea, irr. menses, uterine bleeding, running piglet qi)
  3. Removes obstructions from the channel (abdominal masses and fullness)
  4. Regulates the LJ (difficult urination)
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KD 13 (crossing point of Chong)

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14
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Name this point:

  1. A point for the 4 kinds of stagnation
    - Qi
    -Blood
    -Water
    -Food
  2. Benefits the LJ and alleviates pain
    (regulates qi and moves blood stasis, lower abdominal pain, KD pain, infertility)
  3. Regulates the water passage and promotes urination
    (UTI, diarrhea, constipation, water in LI, edema)
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KD 14 (crossing point of Chong)

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15
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Name this point:

  1. Regulates the LJ
  2. Local pint for the LJ (constipation, dry stools, diarrhea)
  3. Regulates the menstruation (irr. menstruation)
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KD 15 (crossing point of Chong)

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16
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Name this point:

  1. Removes obstructions from the channels and alleviates pain (pain in epigastrium, distention and pain in abdomen, cold in epigastrium)
  2. Tonifies the KD and benefits the HT
  3. Regulates and warms the intestines ( constipation, dry stools, diarrhea)
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KD 16 (crossing point of Chong)

17
Q

Name this point:

  1. Dispels accumulation and alleviates pain (abdominal masses with periodic cutting pain, vomiting, colic, stomach ache, diarrhea, constipation)
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KD 17 (crossing point of Chong)

18
Q

Name this point:

  1. Regulates the LJ and alleviates pain
  2. Regulates qi and moves blood stasis
    (post-partum abdominal pain, infertility, constipation, dark urine)
  3. Helps infertility
  4. Harmonizes the ST
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KD 18 (crossing point of Chong)

19
Q

Name this point:

  1. Regulates qi and harmonizes the ST
    (n/v, epigastric pain, infertility)
  2. Lowers rebellion and alleviates cough and wheezing
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KD 19 (crossing point of Chong)

20
Q

Name this point:

  1. Harmonizes the MJ (nausea, diarrhea, abd distention)
  2. Unbinds the chest and transforms phlegm (fullness of the chest, HT pain, coughing, seizures)
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KD 20 (crossing point of Chong)

21
Q

Name this point:

Best point for LV Qi stagnation

  1. Fortifies the SP, harmonizes the ST, and lowers rebellion
  2. Spreads LV Qi, benefits the chest and breasts, and alleviates pain
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KD 21 (crossing point of Chong)

22
Q

Name this point:

  1. Unbinds the chest
  2. Lowers rebellious LU and St qi
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KD 22 (5th intercostal space)

23
Q

Name this point:

  1. Tonify the KD and Calms the mind
  2. Unbinds the chest
  3. Benefits the breasts
  4. Lowers rebellious LU and ST qi
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KD 23 (4th intercostal space)

24
Q

Name this point:

  1. Tonify the KD and calms the mind
  2. Unbinds the chest
  3. Lowers rebellious LU and ST qi
  4. Benefits the breasts
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KD 24 (3rd intercostal space)

25
Q

Name this point:

  1. Important local point to treat asthma (when KD cannot receive Qi)!
  2. Tonify the KD and calms the mind
  3. Unbinds the chest
  4. Lowers rebellious LU and ST qi
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KD 25 ( 2nd intercostal space)

26
Q

Name this point:

  1. Unbinds the chest and benefits the breasts
  2. Transforms phlegm and lowers rebellious LU and ST qi
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KD 26 (1st intercostal space)

27
Q

Name this point:

  1. Important local point to treat asthma due to KD deficiency !
  2. Stimulates the KD function of reception of Qi
  3. Subdues rebellious QI, stops cough, calms asthma, and resolve phlegm
  4. Harmonizes ST
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KD 27 (below the clavicle)

28
Q

Which 2 points can balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves?

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KD 26 and KD 27 (harmonizes the whole body by adjusting hypothalamus)