Needle Practicum 1 Final Flashcards
ST 36
Location:
3 cun inferior to ST 35, 1 finger-breadth lateral to anterior crest of tibia
Needling:
Perp. 1- 1.5 cun
Actions:
Harmonizes ST
Fortifies SP, resolves dampness
Supports the correct Qi, fosters original Qi
Tonifies Qi and nourishes blood/yin
Clears fire, calms the spirit
Activates channel, alleviates pain
Revives yang and restores consciousness
ST 37
Location: on lower leg, 3 cub below ST 36, one finger breadth lateral to anterior crest of tibia.
Needling: perp. Or oblique 1 - 1.5 cun
Actions:
-regulates intestines, transforms stagnation
-clears damp heat, alleviates diarrhea and dysenteric disorder
-regulates SP and ST
-activates channel and alleviates pain
Features:
-Lower He Sea of LI
-Point of the sea of blood
ST 38
Location: on lower leg, midway between tibio-femoral joint line (level w poplit crease) and prominence of lat malleolus, one finger-breadth lateral to anterior crest of tibia.
Needling: perp or oblique 1-1.5cun
Actions:
-expels wind-damp and alleviates pain
-Benefits the shoulder
ST 39
Location: on lower leg, 3 cun inferior to ST 37, one finger breadth lateral to anterior crest of tibia
Needling: perp or oblique 1-1.5 cun
Actions:
- moves SI qi and transforms stagnation
- regulates and harmonizes intestines and clears damp heat
-activates channel, alleviates pain
Features:
Lower he sea of SI
Point of sea of blood
ST 40
Location: lower leg, midway between tibia-femoral joint (pop crease) and lat. malleolus, 2 fingerbreadths lateral to anterior crest of the tibia.
Needling: perp or oblique 1-1.5 cun
Actions:
- transforms phlegm and dampness
- benefits chest
- clears phlegm from lung, alleviates cough and wheezing
- clears phlegm from heart, calms the spirit
-activates the channel, alleviates pain
SP 6
Location: on the lower leg, 3 cun proximal to prominence of medial malleolus, in depression close to medial crest of tibia Needling
Needling: perp. Or oblique 1-1.5 cun
CONTRAINDICATION: Contraindicated in pregnancy
Actions:
- Tonifies SP and ST
- Resolves Dampness
- harmonizes LV and tonifies KD
- regulates menstruation, induces labor
- calms the spirit
- invigorates blood
- activates channel, alleviates pain
Features:
Mtg point of SP LV and KD channels
SP 7
Location: medial side of lower leg, 3 cun superior to SP 6, in depression just posterior to medial crest of tibia Needling
Needling: perp or oblique 1-1.5 cun
**may be contraindicated to moxa
Actions:
- fortifies SP, resolves Dampness
- promotes urination, disperses swelling
SP 8
Location: medial side lower leg, 3 cun inferior to SP 9, just posterior to the medial crest of the tibia
Needling: perp or oblique 1-1.5
Actions:
- regulates menstruation, invigorates blood
- harmonizes SP, resolves dampness
- moderates acute conditions
Features:
- xi-cleft of SP channel
SP 8
Location: medial side lower leg, 3 cun inferior to SP 9, just posterior to the medial crest of the tibia
Needling: perp or oblique 1-1.5
Actions:
- regulates menstruation, invigorates blood
- harmonizes SP, resolves dampness
- moderates acute conditions
Features:
- xi-cleft of SP channel
SP 9
Location: medial side lower leg, in depression formed by the angle formed by medial epicondyle of tibia and posterior border of the tibia
Needling: perp 1-1.5
Actions:
- regulates SP, resolves Dampness
- opens and moves water passages
- benefits lower jiao
Features:
- he sea and water point of SP channel
SP 10
Location: 2 cun superior to border of patella, in the tender depression of the bulge of vastus Medialis, directly above SP 9
Needling: perp or oblique 1-1.5 cun
Actions:
- invigorates blood and dispels stasis
- cools blood
- harmonizes menstruation
- benefits the skin
UB 57
Lower leg, in depression below the bellies of gastroc. 8 fun distal to popliteal crease, midway between UB 40 & UB 60
Needling: Perp or Oblique prox/dist 1-1.5 cun
UB 58
1 cun inferior and lateral to UB 57. 7 cun directly superior to UB 60.
Needling: Perp. or oblique, prox/dist 1-1.5
UB 40
On the popliteal crease midway between tendons biceps femoris and semitendonosis
Needling: perp 1-1.5 or prick to bleed.
Caution: tibial nerve, popliteal artery/vein
GB 34
Below lateral aspect of the knee, in depression 1 cun anterior and inferior to the head of fibula
Needling: perp or slight oblique-posterior 1-1.5 cun. Can be thru-needled to SP 9.
KD 1
Bottom of foot 1/3 of the distance between the base of the 2nd toe and heel, between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones.
Needling: perp .5-1cun
KD 2
Medial side of the foot, distal and inferior to medial malleolus in depression distal and inferior to navicular tuberosity.
Needling: perp .5-1cun
KD 3
In depression between Achilles tendon and medial malleolus, level with prominence of medial malleolus.
Needling: Perp .5-1cun or thread to UB 60
GB 43
Between 4th and 5th toe, .5 cun proximal to margin of the web.
Needling: perp .3-.5 cun OR oblique proximal .5-1 cun
GB 42
Between 4th and 5th metatarsal bones in depression proximal to metatarsal heads on the medial side of tendon m. Extensor digitorum longus.
Needling: perp .5-.8 cun
GB 41
In depression distal to junction of 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on the lateral side of tendon m. Extensor digitorum longus.
Needling: perp .5-1 cun anterior
SP 2
Medial side of big toe in depression distal and inferior to the first metatarsal-phalangeal joint
Needling: oblique inferior .3-.5 cun anterior
SP 3
Medial side of foot in depression proximal and inferior to the head of the first metatarsal bone.
Needling: perp .5-1 cun
SP 4
Medial side of the foot in depression distal and inferior to first metatarsal bone.
Needling: perp .5-1 cun
SP 5
Medial side of ankle in depression that lies at the junction of straight lines drawn along anterior and inferior borders of medial malleolus.
Needling: perp .2-.3 cun, OR transverse beneath the tendon towards ST 41
