LI - SI - TB Flashcards
The best LI point to regulate waterways would be?
LI-6
What sx/diseases would you be treating, in regulating waterways?
- upper body edema
- painful urination
- incontinence/retention
How would you explain LI-6 regulating waterways theoretically?
- LI - 6 is Luo point, Lung is clock pair of urinary bladder
- Key function of BL is to open & regulate waterways
What two LI points would make a good prescription for nasal congestion?
LI-4 + LI-20
Name four prominent LI points for skin disorders
LI-5, 11, 15, 20
What CCM diagnosis is typical for the types of skin problems LI points are most useful for?
Excess wind (sudden onset) & heat (dry & red)
Yang Ming -> Shi heat
Skin -> Metal (Lu)
What is the point of choice on the LI channel for loss of voice, and why?
18 because it’s level with the laryngeal prominence (and also a celestial window).
A variety of eye problems art treatable with LI points. Mostly these problems are of what nature?
an acute/shi & inflammatory (Yang Ming) nature
What LI point has more general usefulness for improving eyesight?
LI-14
List three disorders that require the function of softening hardness & dissipating nodules.
- lympadenopathy
- mumps
- goiter
- scrofula (cervical TB)
- lipomas/cysts
- acne
What LI point has a special affinity for the breast region?
LI-10
List 4 LI points that should be helpful for sudden loss of hearing or tinnitus.
LI-6, 5, 4, 1
A key point for toothache is?
Because?
LI-4
It is the Ruler of the face & mouth
Points that disinhibit the throat might be chosen for what primary symptomology?
Sore throat/dysphagia or Voice Chnages/hoarseness
What LI point is useful to help induce labor?
LI-4
List the most appropriate LI points for lung disorders,
As well as four typical symptoms that they treat
LI-18, 16, 11, 4, 6 Dyspnea (SOB) Cough/wheeze Hemoptysis Loss of voice (hoarse)
What LI point would be helpful for someone trying to stop smoking & why?
LI-5 because it’s a Jing River Fire point, it will help clear lung heat
What two opposite sx/problems can both be caused by heat in the LI?
Diarrhea (damp heat) & Constipation (Heat dryness)
What LI points would be useful for Diarrhea & Constipation?
LI-2, 11 (3,4,6,9)
What LI point would best transform blood stasis in the chest?
What symptom would you be treating?
LI-16
Chest pain, ulcers, hemoptysis, hematemesis
What LI point restores consciousness?
What LI point restores Yang?
LI-1 (Jing/Well - nail point)
LI-4 (9N to Rescue Yang)
What LI point is indicated for low back pain?
LI-2
Why would treating the LI help low back problems?
The Large Intestine is a clock pair with the Kidney
Colon is in Lower Jiao
Bladder is Phase pair with Kidney, it goes up back
GV-3 - YaoYangGuan
Appropriate LI points for Atopic dermatitis:
LI-4, 5, 11, 15
Appropriate LI points for Rosacea:
LI-20
Appropriate LI points for Cystitis:
LI-6, 8
Appropriate LI points for Hernia:
LI-8, 9
Appropriate LI points for Glossitis:
LI-7, 17, 18
Appropriate LI points for Strep throat:
LI-2, 4, 11, 18
Appropriate LI points for Dysentery:
LI-4, 11 (2)
Appropriate LI points for Dysphagia:
LI-17, 18
Appropriate LI points for Brachial neuralgia:
LI-16, 17
Appropriate LI points for Lateral epicondylitis:
LI-12
Appropriate LI points for Herpes zoster:
LI-11
Appropriate LI points for Mastitis:
LI-8, 10
Appropriate LI points for Hematuria:
LI-8
Appropriate LI points for Gastric Ulcer:
LI-10