Large Intestine Flashcards
Command Chart
1: Jing Well, metal
2: Ying Spring
3: Shu Stream
4: Yuan Source
5: Jing River
6: Luo
7: Xi Cleft
11: He-Sea
18: Window of Heaven
1**
- Clears Heat, reduces swelling, alleviates pain
- Revives Consciosuness
Jing Well
+Febrile diseases
+Swelling and pain at the opposite end of the channel esp d/t attack of WIND HEAT or accumulation of FIRE POISON
+Loss of consciousness
2**
- Expels WIND and clears HEAT
- Reduces swelling and alleviates pain
Ying Spring
+TOOTHACHE, d/t accumulated heat in yangming
+Sore throat, nosebleed accompanied by fever d/t attack of WIND HEAT to the lungs
3**
- Expels WIND and clears HEAT
- Benefits throat and teeth
- Dispels fullness and treats diarrhea
ShuStream
+TOOTHACHE, throat painful obstruction
+Stiffness/swelling/pain of the hang
+Acute stiff neck
4**
- Expels wind and releases the exterior
- Regulates defensive qi and adjusts sweating
- Regulates the face eyes nose mouth and ears
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Induces labor (CONTRA IN PREGNANCY)
- Restores yang
Yuan Source
+Cold and Flu d/t attack of exterior wind cold or wind heat (bias toward W-H)
+Sweating disorders (+KD7)
+All diseases of the head, face, ears, eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth, teeth, throat HEADACHE
+Pain esp in the head and fave (+LV3 - 4 gates; +LI11, LI-15 CHAIN AND LOCK)
+Prolonged/delayed labour, retention of dead fetus
+Collapse of yang
5**
- Clears heat and alleviates pain
- Clears yangming fire
- Calms spirit
- Benefits the wrist joint
Jing River
+HEAT in the upper reach of yang ming channel
+Urticaria from extreme heat +LI15
+Heat transmitted from yang mind to HT
+Local wrist injuries
6**
- Expels wind and clears heat
- Opens and regulates the water passages
Luo
+Wind-heat in the upper reach of yang mind channel esp the EARS
+Wind-Water
+Local pain of wrist elbow and forearm
7**
- Clears heat and detoxifies poison
- Moderates acute conditions
- Regulates and harmonizes the intestines and stomach
- Clears yangming fire and calms the spirit
Xi Cleft point
+Acute oral inflammations (mouth/tongue), clove sores
+Aching shoulder and arm
10***
-Regulates Qi and blood, activates teh channel and alleviates pain
-Harmonizes the intestines and stomach
(mirror pr of ST36)
Main pt for forearm pain
+Pain, immobility, numbness, atrophy of arm
+Abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea +ST36
11**
- Clears heat, cools blood, dispels wind, drains damp and alleviates itching
- Regulates qi and blood
- Activates teh channel and alleviates pain
HeSea - Ghost pt - Heavenly star point
+High fever, d/t excess heat (yangming stage)
+Heat in the upper reach of yangming channel
+Heat transmited from yangming to HT
+SKIN Disorders d/t wind, heat, and damp (EXCESS)
14**
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Regulates Qi and dissipates phlegm nodules
- Benefits the eyes
+Local pain in the arm and shoulder
+Scrofula, goiter
+Any eye disease
15***
- Dispels wind damp, alleviates pain and benefits the shoulder joint
- Eliminates wind and regulates qi and bleed
- Regulates Qi and dissipates phlegm nodules
Control pt for the shoulder
+Stiffness, pain, immobility, weakness of the shoulder or frozen shoulder +TW14
+Atrophy, pain or hemiplegia of the upper arm
+Urticaria d/t exterior wind-heat +LI5
+Scrofula, goiter
18**
- Benefits throat and voice
- Alleviates cough and wheezing
Window of Heaven
+Throat disorders
+Voice issues
+Scrofula
+Coughing/wheezing
20***
- Opens the nasal passages
- Expels wind and clears heat
+All disorders of the nose/sinus
+Facial swelling, pain, itching ro paralysis
