Point Categories Flashcards
Which point category is located at or distal to the elbow and knee joints?
Five Shu Points
Which category of points lie at roughly the same anatomical level as their related zang or fu?
Back-Shu
What are the 8 subdivisions of the Hui-Meeting points?
Zang, Fu, Qi, Blood, Sinews, Vessels, Bone, and Marrow
The 8 influential points are for what 8 things?
Zang, Fu, Qi, Blood, Blood, Sinew, Bone, Marrow, and Vessels
The Xi-cleft points of the ____ channels have an additional action of treating blood disorders
Yin
What is better to treat an internal organ in excess, Front Mu or Back Shu?
Front Mu
Shu-stream points can be used to treat disorder of Zang and of channels when combined with what other points?
Ying-spring
These points treat fullness under Heart, Shen disorders, loss of consciousness (5 Shu points)
Jing-well
What effective combination of point categories is known as “host and guest combination” ?
Yuan-source and Luo-connecting
Which points should primarily be selected in cases of deficiency and cold (yin), and for diseases of the zang (yin) rather than the fu?
Back-Shu
These points treat bi-syndrome, dampness, heaviness, joint pain, wind (5 Shu points)
Shu stream
The principal action of the ____ points along the yang channels is to dispel excess pathogenic factors and treat disorders along the pathway of their respective channels
Yuan-source
Beyond their general use, the ________ of the yin channels have an additional action of treating disorder of the blood
Xi-cleft
Name the 5 Shu Points in order
Jing-well, ying-spring, Shu-stream, Jing-river, he-sea
What are the best type of Shu points to clear heat?
Ying-spring
The _____ points of the yin channels are the primary points for tonifying and harmonizing their respective zang, and may therefore be considered as the single most important point of their respective channel.
Shu-stream
What is better to treat an internal organ with yin disease, Front Mu or Back Shu?
Back Shu
On the yin channels, the Jing-well point is ascribed as what element?
Wood
The Shu-stream points of the ____ channels are also the yuan-source point of their respective channel
Yin
On the yang channels, the Jing-well point is ascribed to what element?
Metal
What type of point along the yin channels are the primary points for tonifying and harmonizing their respective zang?
Shu-stream
What are some other names for the 8 influential points?
Gather points, Hui Meeting Point, Master Points
These points take the overflow from main channels, absorb the Qi and transfer it back to the primary channels when that Qi is needed
Confluent Points of the Extra Meridians
Which type of points are generally situated on the tips of the fingers or toes?
Jing-well