LU LI ST SP Acupuncture Flashcards
LU Back Shu Vs. Front Mu
BL13: LU Deficiency
LU1: LU Excess
LU Window of Sky
LU3
Visible Phlegm in LU
LU5 + LU1, ST40
Categories of LU7 (4)
Luo Connecting
Ren Confluent
Command of Head and Neck
Exit Point
Guest Host for LU *Wind Cold, Open Nasal Orifice
LU7 + LI4
Confluent Pairs LU7 + KD6 (Channels & Indications)
LU7 : Ren, KD6: Yin Qiao
Throat, Lung Dryness
“Sheng Mai San” Pt Combination
LU9 + BL13 (Yuan Source + Back Shu)
LU Ying Spring
LU10
Bleed ___ for Sore Throat
LU11
LU___ with BL17 for Hemoptysis
LU6 (Xi Cleft). BL17 *Influential of Blood
Jing Well of LI
LI1
What Pt Categories are on the Index finger?
LI2 (Ying Spring), LI3 (Shu Stream)
What are the Indications for LI4?
1) 4 Gates for Internal Wind/Dysmennorhea, Syncope. 2) Wind 3) Command of Face (Bell’s Palsy, Toothache) 4) Easy Labor (+SP6, BL67)
LI Pt Prescription for Yang Edema
LI6 + LU7, LI4, BL39
SHOU SAN LI
LI10
“Fire Engine” Point
LI11
LI__ (Anterior Shoulder), SJ __ (Posterior)
LI15, SJ14
Caution for LI18
Jugular Vein (Vs. ST9 Carotid)
LI Window of Sky
LI18
Pt Rx to Open Nose
LI20, LI4, BI TONG, DU23 *congestion=toward nose, runny nose=away, BL7
Crossing Pt of ST, Ren, & Yang Qiao
ST1
3 Leg Yang Muscle Meridian Mtg Pt
ST3, SI18
ST4 to ST6 + LI4
Bell’s Palsy
Distal Points of Face
LI4 + ST44
“Above The Joint” Vs “Below The Joint” GB__ vs ST ___
GB3, ST7.
Joint: Zygomatic Arch
Distance Btwn ST8 AND DU24
4.5 cun
ST8, GB13, GB15, BL4, BL3, DU24
ST8 + ST40
Headache with Phlegm, Dizziness. “Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Tang”
“Man’s Welcome” Ren Ying
ST9
Caution for ST9
Carotid Artery
Caution for ST12
Brachial Plexus
ST Window of Sky
ST9 *Excess Above, Deficiency Below
Mtg of All Yang Channels on Supraclavicular Fossa (Except ___ )
ST12 Area
LI, ST, SI, SJ, GB. Except UB
*All Yang Chanels Cross DU14
*All Channels Cross Diaphragm (Except UB)
ST Pts location to SCM
Anterior: ST9, ST10
Btwn: ST11
ST Pt @ 4th ICS
ST17
Avoid Needling
ST17 @ Nipple
Mastitis, Insufficient Lactation
ST18 + SI1, R17
Local Breast Points
R17, ST18, PC1, SP18
ST__ level with R12
ST21 *Flip 21 to 12
“Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang”
Stomach Prolapse
Front Mu of Large Intestine
ST25
ST25 Indications
Constipation, Acute Diarrhea
Constipation Point Rx
SJ6, KD6 + ST25, BL25
Pt for Acute Diarrhea (Vs Chronic)
Acute: ST25
Chronic: BL20
Basic: ST36
Four Door Tx
R12, ST25, R6
ST27 - 29
ST27 (Qi), ST28 (Water), ST29 (Blood)
Water Metabolism
ST28 + RN9
“Water Passage” + “Water Separation”
Eliminate Blood Stasis * Major Gynecological Point to Move Blood
ST29 Gui Lai = Return
+ R3 (KD12, ST29, Zi Gong Xue)
+ BL32
Compare to Dang Gui “Must Return”. Dang Gui moves AND tonifies.
ST Pt of Chong Mai
ST30 Qi Chong
Chong Mai origin in Lower Abdomen.
Emerges at R1, ST30, KD11-KD21
Links Post Heaven + Pre Heaven
ST Xi Cleft
ST34
Da Jian Zhong Tang
Excess Abdominal Pain (Worse with Touch)
ST34 (Xi Cleft)
+R12
Lateral Xi Yan
ST35
@ Knee Joint
Indications of ST36
1) Major Tonification of Qi and Blood 2) Command of Abdomen
Organ Prolapse
ST36, R6, DU20
SP3 + ST36
Combination of Horary of Earth for Strengthening SP/ST
7 stroke points
Head: DU20
Yang Ming: LI11, ST36
Shao Yang: GB7, GB21, GB31, GB39
“Jade Wind Screen Formula” Pt Rx
Moxa ST36 + BL12 (Wind Gate)
Lower He Sea of LI
ST37
Lower He Sea of SI
ST39
Chron’s Disease
ST39 + ST37
Ulcerative Collitis
ST37 (Large Intestine)
Empirical Distal Pt for Shoulder Joint
ST38
Contralateral
*** Pain on LI Channel
ST40 + Visible Phlegm Pt Rx
ST40 + LU5, LU1
ST40 + Invisible Phlegm Pt Rx
HT9
“Yuan Zhi” Pt Analogy
ST40
For Visible & Invisble Phlegm.
ST Jing River
ST41
ST Yuan Source
ST42
ST44 Indications
1) Ying Spring, Clear Heat +LI11 2) Food Retention 3) Distal of Face for Facial Paralysis or Toothache
Moxa for uterine bleeding
SP1
Jing Well Pt Review
Bleed: LU11 for Sore Throat
Needle: BL67 for labor, vertex HA, SI1 for breast abscess or lactation, HT9 to open HT orifice, LI2 for children’s fever, ST45 for insomnia d/t food retention, KD1 for LYR, consciousness, PC9 for mental acuity. Moxa: SP1 for uterine bleeding, LV1 for cold in LV vhannel, BL67 for breech fetus.
Yuan Source of SP
SP3
SP Qi Xu, Overall Tonify MJ
SP3 + ST36 + BL20
Horary Pt of Earth
SP Luo Pt
SP4
What are the 4 Luo Connecting Points that are all Confluent Pts
LU7 (REN)
SP4 (CHONG)
PC6 (YIN WEI)
SJ5 (YANG WEI)
SP4 + PC6
Irregular Menses, Infertility *Chong Mai
Foot Edema
SP5 + GB41
(Yin and Yang)
Crossing Pt of LV KD SP
SP6
R3, R4
Amenorrhea
SP6 +
ST29 (Xue Stasis)
BL32 (Dysmenorrhea)
ST36, R4 (Xue Xu)
Insomnia Pt Rx
SP6 (Nourish Yin/Blood)
AN MIAN, HT7 (Calm Shne)
SP6 + GB20
Liver Yang Rising (d/t KD/LV Yin)
Compare SP6, KD6
Both Nourish Yin. KD for specific for KD yin. SP6 can nourish whole body yin.
SP Xi Cleft
SP8
Dysmenorrhea
SP8 (Xi Cleft) +
LI4, LV3 for Dysmenorrhea
BL32, R3 for Blood Stasis
SP9 Point Combinations
+LI11 for Damp Heat
+GB34 for DH in LV/GB
+37 DH in Large Intestine.
Major Pt for Damp
SP9
“Sea of Blood”
SP10
Point Equivalent of Mu Dan Pi, Chi Shao, Dan Shen
SP10
Moves and Cools Blood
SP10 +LI11 + BL40
Skin Disorders
SP12 Needling Cautions
Medial: Femoral Artery
Lateral: Femoral Nerve
What is the SP point aligned with R8?
SP15
R8, KD16, ST25, SP15, GB26
Great Luo of SP
SP21
Used for Pain the whole body?
SP21
Invigorates blood in all Connecting Channels
*Great for Fibromyalgia
SP Pt @ 4th ICS
SP18
SP Pt @2nd ICD
SP20