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The best LI point to regulate waterways would be?

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LI-6

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What sx/diseases would you be treating, in regulating waterways?

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    • upper body edema
    • painful urination
    • incontinence/retention
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How would you explain LI-6 regulating waterways theoretically?

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    • LI - 6 is Luo point, Lung is clock pair of urinary bladder
    • Key function of BL is to open & regulate waterways
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What two LI points would make a good prescription for nasal congestion?

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LI-4 + LI-20

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Name four prominent LI points for skin disorders

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LI-5, 11, 15, 20

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What CCM diagnosis is typical for the types of skin problems LI points are most useful for?

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Excess wind (sudden onset) & heat (dry & red)
Yang Ming -> Shi heat
Skin -> Metal (Lu)

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What is the point of choice on the LI channel for loss of voice, and why?

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18 because it’s level with the laryngeal prominence (and also a celestial window).

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A variety of eye problems art treatable with LI points. Mostly these problems are of what nature?

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an acute/shi & inflammatory (Yang Ming) nature

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What LI point has more general usefulness for improving eyesight?

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LI-14

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List three disorders that require the function of softening hardness & dissipating nodules.

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    • lympadenopathy
    • mumps
    • goiter
    • scrofula (cervical TB)
    • lipomas/cysts
    • acne
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What LI point has a special affinity for the breast region?

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LI-10

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List 4 LI points that should be helpful for sudden loss of hearing or tinnitus.

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LI-6, 5, 4, 1

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A key point for toothache is?

Because?

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LI-4

It is the Ruler of the face & mouth

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Points that disinhibit the throat might be chosen for what primary symptomology?

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Sore throat/dysphagia or Voice Chnages/hoarseness

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What LI point is useful to help induce labor?

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LI-4

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List the most appropriate LI points for lung disorders,

As well as four typical symptoms that they treat

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LI-18, 16, 11, 4, 6
Dyspnea (SOB)
Cough/wheeze
Hemoptysis
Loss of voice (hoarse)
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What LI point would be helpful for someone trying to stop smoking & why?

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LI-5 because it’s a Jing River Fire point, it will help clear lung heat

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What two opposite sx/problems can both be caused by heat in the LI?

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Diarrhea (damp heat) & Constipation (Heat dryness)

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What LI points would be useful for Diarrhea & Constipation?

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LI-2, 11 (3,4,6,9)

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What LI point would best transform blood stasis in the chest?
What symptom would you be treating?

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LI-16

Chest pain, ulcers, hemoptysis, hematemesis

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What LI point restores consciousness?

What LI point restores Yang?

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LI-1 (Jing/Well - nail point)

LI-4 (9N to Rescue Yang)

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22
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What LI point is indicated for low back pain?

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LI-2

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Why would treating the LI help low back problems?

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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

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Appropriate LI points for Atopic dermatitis:

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LI-4, 5, 11, 15

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Appropriate LI points for Rosacea:
LI-20
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Appropriate LI points for Cystitis:
LI-6, 8
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Appropriate LI points for Hernia:
LI-8, 9
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Appropriate LI points for Glossitis:
LI-7, 17, 18
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Appropriate LI points for Strep throat:
LI-2, 4, 11, 18
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Appropriate LI points for Dysentery:
LI-4, 11 (2)
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Appropriate LI points for Dysphagia:
LI-17, 18
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Appropriate LI points for Brachial neuralgia:
LI-16, 17
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Appropriate LI points for Lateral epicondylitis:
LI-12
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Appropriate LI points for Herpes zoster:
LI-11
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Appropriate LI points for Mastitis:
LI-8, 10
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Appropriate LI points for Hematuria:
LI-8
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Appropriate LI points for Gastric Ulcer:
LI-10
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Appropriate LI points for Abscessed tooth:
LI-4, 10
39
The general action/function of most Small Intestine points is to?
Clear Heat
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What two SI points are especially indicated for both malaria & jaundice?
SI-3 & 4
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What two SI points are best to facilitate lactation?
SI-1 & 11
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What SI point is noted for treatment of an infant’s inability to nurse?
SI-5
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What SI point releases wind caught in the upper shoulder area? What kind of sx's would be present?
SI-14, 15, 12 | Pain & stiffness (Can’t lift shoulder)
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``` Pain & stiffness in the upper shoulder corresponds to what Chinese disease/syndrome? Which corresponds to what western class of diseases? ```
Bi Syndrome | Rheumatism
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SI-17 primarily benefits what?
Ear & Throat
46
The primary indications of SI-17 are?
Sore throat, Tinnitus, Deafness, Laryngitis,
47
SI-8 shares what particular symptomatic indication with Ht-3 & Pc-3? What enables SI-8 to carry out this function?
tremors/chorea | Dispels (internal) wind
48
How would you explain the fact that some SI points possess Spirit Calming functions?
The Small Intestine is a phase pair with the Heart | Heart houses Shen (spirit/consciousness)
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Which SI points in particular would you expect to help Calm Spirit?
SI-7, 5, 3
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What SI point is used to treat a variety of geriatric problems? Of particular import is its ability to benefit what?
SI-6 | Hearing, Vision, senility, memory loss
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What SI point would you use for insomnia & night sweats?
SI-3
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What SI point is indicated for an acute asthma attack?
SI-17, 15
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In general SI points are useful for problems affecting what two sense organs?
Ears & Eyes
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How would you explain the ability of the SI channel to affect eyes and ears?
Location – SI-19 connects to BL-1
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What SI point is appropriate for spasms of the paravertebral muscles (erectors)? What point would be especially apropos to combine with it?
SI-3 | BL-62: Master of Yang Qiao Mai (Yang motility vessel)
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Which two phase- element points are most likely to be used for clearing heat? Both can be what category?
SI-2 (fire) and SI-5 (water) | Ying Spring – on Yin channels they are fire points; on Yang channels they are water points.
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What SI point is suitable for inflammation of the gums or tongue?
SI-5 | sores, ulcers, gingivitis, glossitis
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What SI point is most appropriate for hematuria?
SI-2 (also 7 & 6)
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What three SI points should you consider for the treatment of epilepsy?
SI-3 (Master GV-CNS), SI-5 (Fire), SI-8 (Earth)
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What SI point benefits the shoulder, helps the lungs & brightens the eyes?
SI-15 (liver clock pair)
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What three primary channels intersect at SI-12?
LI, TB & GB
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What SI point is shared by both the Yang Qiao & Yang Wei mai?
SI-10
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What two SI points are specific for frozen shoulder? | What other SI point is indicated for severe shoulder pain?
SI-9, 10 | SI-6 (xi-cleft -- nourish elder)
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What distal SI points are best for a painful, stiff neck & headache?
SI-3, 7
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Good nearby SI points to consider for stiff neck are?
SI-14, 15
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A good local SI point to consider for stiff neck, esp. SCM spasm?
SI-16
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What non-local SI point is noted for its ability to treat the hand & fingers?
SI-7 (arthritis/bi/rheumatism - clear heat - hot bi)
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The SI point for sudden LOV is?
SI-16
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A local & distal SI point combination for toothache is?
SI-5 & 18
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A good combination of SI points for sore throat is?
SI-2 & 17
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A good combination of SI points for ear problems is?
SI-19 & 3 (6 or 4)
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What TB points would be best for tonifying purposes? And why?
TB-4 (Yuan source) | TB-3 (Wood, tonifier)
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What TB points generate fluids and what regions do they influence?
TB-2 (mouth -- saliva) TB-3 (eyes -- wood/liver) TB-4 (mouth – thirst) TB-6 (intestines -- skin)
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What TB point most strongly relieves/resolves the exterior? | What action does it initiate to accomplish this?
``` TB-5 (LI-4) Induces sweating (wind heat) ```
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TB points generally affect the ear. What two points (distal/local) would act to remedy a wide variety of ear problems?
TB-5 & 17 (3 & 21)
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What TB point would you use to stop excessive sweating? | How does it accomplish this?
TB-10 | It harmonizes Ying & Wei Qi
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What TB point would you use to treat skin lesions? | Especially if your dx determined they were due to what?
TB-6 | Wind heat/dryness
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What TB point’s name suggests its action of helping problems associated with aging?
TB-7 | ancestral gathering
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What TB point’s name suggests its ability to affect epilepsy & convulsions?
TB-18 | Spasm Vessel
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What TB point would be good for a UTI? | Its name?
TB-9 | “Four Rivers/Four Annoyances”
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What TB point invigorates the yang & stimulates all 3 yang channels? What type of problem might this prove useful for?
TB-8 - San Yang Luo | Stroke/paralysis
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What TB point is the point of choice for side pain?
TB-6
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What TB points would be useful for menstrual problems?
TB-4 (6, 12)
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What are the best distal TB points for unilateral/migraine headaches?
TB-3 & 5
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What distal TB point would you select for acute ear pain & why?
TB-7 because it’s a xi cleft point.
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What TB point would you choose for alternating chills & fever? This suggests what diagnostic pattern that approximates what western disorder?
TB-5 | Shao Yang Dz – Malaria
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What TB point would you use to help a curled tongue? This sx most likely results from? And usually involves what CM pathogens?
TB-1 Stroke Internal wind & phlegm
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What major TB point would help the ears and also be useful for mumps, facial paralysis, arthritis of the TMJ and vertigo?
TB-17
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What local TB point would you select for stiff neck and shoulder?
TB-15
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What TB points would you pick for a client suffering from depression? This condition most likely reflects what organ pattern?
TB-3 (wood/tonifier point) TB-10 (earth/dispersal point) Liver qi stagnation leading to heart disturbance.
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What TB point opens the chest to affect either heart or lungs?
TB-6 (Fire)
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What TB point would you add for cough with copious sputum?
TB-10 (He sea, transforms dampness)
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TB-13 clears heat and eliminates phlegm. What condition might require both of these functions to be effectively treated?
Goiter (Hyperthyroidism)

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