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Lungs Flashcards

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What are the functions of the Lung?

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  1. Governs qi and respiration
  2. Dominates dispersing, controls skin, manifest in body hair
  3. Dominates descending, regulates water passages
  4. Opens into the nose
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What are important acupoints for the Lung?

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Front Mu - LU 1
Back Shu - BL 13
Yuan - LU 9
Luo - LU 7
Xi Cleft - LU 6
Mother - LU 9
Son - LU 5
5 Shu: LU 5/8/9/10/11

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Describe the importance of LU 1.

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Front Mu point.
Regulates the normal dispersing and descending of LU Qi. Can also D&D body fluids which help regulate water passages

  • Clear heat / use LU 5 (water) or LU 10 (ying spring)
  • Transform phlegm / use ST 40 (phlegm) or LU 5 (water pt good for water accumulation)
  • Descend LU Qi / use LU 7
  • Disseminate LU Qi
  • Regulate water passages
    > for acute edema use LI 4 (command pt) or LI 6 (regulate water passages)
    > for urinary dysfunction use ST 28, REN 3 & REN 4, BL 28/34
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Describe the importance of LU 7.

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Luo point.
Used for excess and deficiency conditions

  • Alleviates channel
  • Promote descending fx of the Lung
  • Luo pt to expel wind
  • Confluent pt to open and regulate Ren Mai
    > for urinary/uterus dysfx use REN 3 & 4 or SP 6 (distal)
  • Command pt to benefit head and nape
    > for headache (Bai Lao), stiff neck (LI 4), deviation of mouth and eyes (SJ 17)
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Describe the importance of LU 11.

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Jing Well Point:
- Clears heat and removes obstruction
- Fullness below the HT
- Revives consciousness / use DU 26, HT, 1, Shixuan, Qiduan

  • Benefits the throat / use LI 4 or LU 10
  • Sore/swollen throat / use REN 22 or SI 17
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Describe the importance of LU 10.

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Ying Spring Point.

  1. Clears heat from the uppermost reaches of the channel
    - Benefits the throat
    > Pain, swelling, congestion in the throat or voice loss
  2. Clears heat from the organ
    - Clear LU heat
    > rebellious qi = cough / use REN 22 or LU 7
  • Bleeding
    > cough/vomit blood, blood in urine
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Describe the importance of LU 9.

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Yuan Source, Mother, Shu Stream point.
Used for deficiency conditions. To restore or tonify LU Qi.

  • Nourish LU Yin
  • Promote descending fx of the LU
  • Activate channel, relieve wrist pain
  • Influential pt to regulate and harmonize the 100 vessels
  • Yuan/Mother/Shu Stream pt to tonify LU Qi and transform phlegm
    > cough with watery phlegm, dyspnea, wheezing, asthma
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Describe the importance of LU 8.

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Jing River & Metal point.
Good at descending LU Qi. Helps with cough and wheezing.

Local pt = wrist pain
Jing-River and Metal pt = cough, wheezing, dyspnea

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Describe the importance of LU 5.

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Son, He-Sea, Shu Stream point.

  • Activate the channel, relieve pain
    > arm pain, restricted motion

Water Point:
Regulate water passage
- phlegm/urinary retention
- acute edema
- enuresis or frequent urination

Clear heat from the LU, descend rebellious LU Qi
- heat tends to rise up
> cough, wheezing, shortness of breath
- heat condenses fluid
> brown, yellow, green phlegm
- heat ruptures blood vessels
> nosebleed, cough blood

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Describe the importance of LU 6.

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Xi-Cleft point.

Acute
> Invasion of LU by external pathogen
- acute cough, swelling and pain in the throat

Excess
> clear heat from the LU = LU 5/10/11
> disseminate and descend LU Qi = REN 17 (local), LU 6 (chest pain), PC 6 (move qi in the chest)

Bleeding
> cough up or vomit blood

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Points that descend LU Qi located at the neck/chest.

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REN: REN 17, REN 22
ST: ST 12/13/14
KD: KD 25/27, combo with lower abdomen - KD 3
LU: LU 1/2
SP: SP 19/20

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Which points regulate the LU function?

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Front Mu - LU 1
Back-Shu - BL 13
Lung Channel

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Points that opens the chest.

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Local = REN 17
Distal = PC 6/7
Others = LU 1, ST 40 (LU is container of phlegm), SP 4

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Points that resolve phlegm.

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Resolve phlegm = ST 40

Source of phlegm from SP:
SP 3 - yuan source
SP 4 - resolve phlegm
SP 6 - restore T&T, promote urination, drain damp
SP 9

Storage of phlegm from LU:
LU 5, add LU 7 to D&D Qi

Move qi:
LU 7
PC 6 & REN 17

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15
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Points that regulate water passages.

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Upper Jiao = LU 7
> facial edema:
Distal - LI 4, LI 6, ST 41/43
Local - DU 23/26

Lower Jiao = REN 3/4/5/9, ST 28
> bowel = ST 28
> bladder = REN 3/4
> edema = SP 6/9, KD 7/10, LR 8/10

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Points that benefit the nose.

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Local = LI 20, Bi Tong
Distal = LI 4
Adjacent = Yin Tang, DU 23, BL 7

17
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Points that expel wind.

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GB 20 (Wind-Cold)
DU 16 (Wind Palace)
BL 12 (Ext Wind)
BL 62 (Int/Ext Wind)
SJ 5, LI 4, SI 3

18
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Points that release the exterior.

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LU 7 + LI 4
DU 14 (Meeting pt of Yang)
SJ 5 (Ext Syndrome)
BL 11
BL 12 (Wind Gate)
BL 13 (Back Shu)

19
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Points that adjust sweating.

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LI 4 & KD 7

20
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Point Prescription for Wind-Cold

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LU 7 - release exterior
BL 12 - expel wind
LU 7 & LI 4 - release exterior, expel wind
DU 16 - occipital headache

21
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Pont Prescription for Wind-Heat

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LI 4 & DU 14 - release exterior, expel wind
LI 4, DU 14, LI 11 - clear heat and reduce fever
LU 11 - prick to bleed for sore, swollen throat

22
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Point Prescription for Wind-Water

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LU 7 & LI 6 - for D&D and regulate water passage
LI 4 - release exterior
REN 9 - accumulation of fluid in upper body, bring fluids down
BL 12 - expel wind
DU 23 - descend fluid, reduce swelling

23
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Point Prescription for Lung Dryness

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LU 9 - mother point to nourish LU & LU Yin
REN 4 & KD 6 - nourish KD & KD Yin
SP 6 - nourish blood
REN 12 - origin of fluids
BL 13 - nourish LU
REN 17 - dry cough
REN 22 - sore throat

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Point Prescription for Lung Heat

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LU 5 (He Sea) & LU 10 (Ying Spring) - clear heat
LU 1 (Front Mu) & BL 13 (Back Shu) - clear LU hea t
LI 11 - clear heat in general
LU 7 - regulate D&D of LU Qi
REN 22 - cough
REN 17 - chest ache

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Point Prescription for Phlegm-Cold in the LU

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LU 5 & ST 40 - clear phlegm in LU
REN 12 - restore MJ & SP fx
REN 9 - regulate water passage
BL 20 - resolve dampness
BL 23 - back shu of KD, use only for cold
LU 7, LU 1, BL 13 - D&D of LU Qi
REN 17 & PC 6 - chest oppression
REN 22 - cough

26
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Point Prescription for Phlegm-Heat in the LU

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LU 5 & ST 40 - clear phlegm in the LU
REN 12 - restore MJ & SP fx
LU 1, BL 13, LU 17 - D&D of LU Qi
LU 10 - clear heat in the LU
LI 11 - clear heat

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Point Prescription for Damp Phlegm in the LU

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LU 5 & ST 40 - clear phlegm in the LU
BL 20 - resolve dampness
REN 9 - regulate water passage
REN 12 - restore MJ and SP fx
LU 1, LU 7, BL 13 - D&D of LU Qi
SP 6, SP 9 - regulate SP and damp in the body
REN 17 & PC 6 - chest oppression
REN 22 - cough

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