Kidney channel Flashcards
What is KI1?
KID-1 YǑNGQUǍN
Gushing Spring 涌泉
Jing-Well and Wood point of the Kidney channel
What are the actions of KI1?
Descends excess from the head
Calms the spirit
Revives consciousness and rescues yang
What are the Indications of KI1?
Loss of consciousness, epilepsy, dizziness, vertex headache, throat painful obstruction, loss of voice, dry tongue
Agitation, insomnia, poor memory, propensity to fear, rage with desire to kill people.
Cough, dyspnoea, vomiting, coughing blood.
Constipation, difficult urination, pain in the lower abdomen, infertility, jaundice, diminished qi.
Lower limb paralysis, pain and swelling of the leg, cold sensation of the feet and shins.
What is KI2?
KID-2 RÁNGǓ
Blazing Valley 然谷
Ying-Spring and Fire point of the Kidney channel
What are the actions of KI2?
Clears deficiency heat
Regulates the Kidneys
Regulates the lower jiao
What are the indications of KI2?
Throat painful obstruction, inability to speak, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, asthma, coughing blood, itching of genitals, nocturnal emissions, impotence, infertility, uterine prolapse, irregular menstruation, difficult urination
What is KI3?
KID-3 TÀIXĪ
Supreme Stream 太谿
Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source and Earth point of the Kidney channel
What are the actions of KI3?
Nourishes Kidney yin and clears deficiency heat
Tonifies Kidney yang
Anchors the qi and benefits the Lung
Strengthens the lumbar spine
What are the indications of KI3?
deafness, tinnitus, headache and dizziness, toothache, nosebleed, sore throat, copious sweating
Cough, coughing blood, wheezing, asthma, chest pain
Insomnia, excessive dreaming, poor memory
Seminal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, irregular menstruation
Frequent and copious urination, abdominal distension
Lumbar pain, injury by cold with inversion counterflow of the hands and feet.
What is KI4?
KID-4 DÀZHŌNG
Great Bell 大鐘
Luo-Connecting point of the Kidney channel
What are the actions of KI4?
Reinforces the Kidneys
Anchors the qi and benefits the Lung
Strengthens the will and dispels fear
What are the indications of KI4?
Coughing blood, dyspnoea, asthma, wheezing, cough, SOB, distension and oppression of the chest and abdomen, vomiting.
Heat in the mouth, dry tongue, palpitations, agitation of the heart with fullness, vomiting, agitation, dementia.
Constipation with distension abdomen, difficult urination, dribbling, retention of urine, irregular menstruation,
Stiffness and pain of the lumbar region.
What is KI5?
KID-5 SHUǏQUÁN
Water Spring 水泉
Xi-Cleft point of the Kidney channel
What are the actions of KI5?
Regulates the Penetrating and Conception vessels and benefits menstruation
What are the indications of KI5?
Amenorrhoea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhoea, delayed menstruation with oppression and pain below the Heart on onset of menstruation, prolapse of the uterus.
Cloudy vision, short sightedness, abdominal pain, difficult urination, dribbling urination.