Point Perscription Therory Flashcards
When to use a well point
 clear heat; clear respective channel concerns; restore consciousness; fulness below the heart; spirit disorders and mental illnesses
When to use a spring point
Clear heat; clear respective channel concerns (with stream)
When to use a stream point
Zong organ disorders; heaviness of the body and pain in the joints; malaria
 When to use a River point
Cough, shortness of breath; throat, voice; sinew and bone disease
When to use a Sea point
Counterflow qi; fu organ disorders; skin diseases
3 needle technique deficiency steps
- Tonify the mother point on the effected channel
- Tonify the horrary point on the mother channel
- Tonify the mother point on the interior exterior related channel
3 needle technique for excess
- Sedate the son point on the effected channel
- Sedate the horrary point on the son channel
- Sedate the son point on the exterior interior related channel
4 needle technique for deficiency
- Tonify the mother point on the effected channel
- Tonify the horrary point on the mother channel
- Sedate the grandparent point on the effected channel
- Sedate the horrary point on the grandparent channel
4 needle technique for excess
- Sedate the son point on the effected channel
- Sedate the horrary point on the son channel
- Tonify the grandparent point on the effected channel
- Tonify the horrary point on the grandparent channel
Lower he sea of Li
St 37
Lower he sea of si
St39
Lower he sea of te
Bl39
Host point=
Yuan source point of effected channel or organ
Guest point =
Luo connecting point of interior exterior related channel pair
How to find source point of a yin channel
It’s the shu stream point
How to find source point on a yang channel
Shu stream + 1 on the upper limbs
And shu stream - 1 on the lower limbs
What are yin cleft points good for
Acute/ sudden bleeding
What are yang cleft points good for
Acute/sudden pain
What cleft points are good for diseases of the throat chest and lung
Lu7 and ki6
What confluent points are good for diseases in the inner canthus, neck, shoulders and back
Si3 and ub62
What confluent points is good for diseases in the heart chest and stomach
Pc6 and sp4
What confluent points are good for diseases in the outer canthus cheek and retriauricle
Te5 and gb41
Influential point of zang
Lr13
Influential point of fu
Cv12
Influential point of qi
Cv17
Influential point of blood
Ub17
Influential point of tendons
Gb34
Influential point of vessels
Lu9
Influential point of bone
Ub11
Influential point of marrow
Gb39
Lr entry and exit points
Lr1 and lr14
Entry and exit points of lung
Lu1 and Lu7
Entry and exit points of Li
Li4 and Li20
Entry and exit points of St
St1 and st42
Entry and exit points of sp
Sp1 and sp21
Entry and exit points of ht
Ht1 and ht9
Entry and exit points of si
Si1 and si19
Entry and exit points of bl
Bl1 and bl67
Entry and exit points of Ki
Ki1 and ki22
Entry and exit points of pc
Pc1 and pc8
Entry and exit points of Te
Te1 and te22
Entry and exit points of gb
Gb1 and gb41
What channels cross si12
Si, Li, Te, gb
What channels cross st12
All regular yang channels EXCEPT bl
What channels cross cv4
Cv, sp, Lr, Ki
What channels cross Gv14
Gv + all regular yang meridians
What channels cross gb20
Gv, te, yang qiao, yang wei
What channels cross sp6
Sp, Lr, Ki (3 yin)
What channels cross st30
St, Chong
What channels cross cv1
Cv, gv, Chong
What channels cross st1
St, yang qiao, cv
Points good for forehead
Gb14, gv20, li4, st44
Points good for temporal
Gb8, tai yang, gb20, te5,gb41
Points good for nape
Bl10, gv14, si3, bl60
Points good for eye
Bl1, gb16, si6, lr3
Points good for nose
Li20, gv23, lu7, st25
Points good for mouth
St4, st6, si18, li4, st41
Points good for ear
Gb2, te17, gb20, te3, gb43
Points good for throat
Cv23, si17,bl10, lu10,ki6
Points good for chest
Cv17,lu1, pc6, st40
Points good for hypochondrium
Lr14, lr13, te6, gb34
Points good for upper abdomen
Cv12, st21, pc6, lr8
Points good for lower abdomen
Cv4, st25, sp6, lr8
Points good for low back
Bl23, bl25, bl32, bl40, si3
Points good for rectum
Gv1, bl30, bl57, gv20
Points good for fever
Gv14,Li11, li4
Points good for coma
Gv26, gv20
Points good for night sweats
Si3 ht6
Points good for tmj
St6 st7 li4
Points good for cough and asthma
Cv22 dingchuan
Points good for suffocated chest
Cv17 pc6
Points good for cardiac pain
Pc6 pc4
Points good for hypochondriac pain
Te6 gb34
Points good for abdominal distension
Cv6 st36
Points good for constipation
Te6 ki6
Points good for convulsions
Li4 lr3
Points good for epistaxis
Gb23 li4
What does command point li4 do
- for head and face region
- the hand mirrors the face
- using a hand yang ming acupoints to treat a foot yang Ming channel
- hand channel treats foot channel
What does command point lu7 do
- for head and neck region
- the wrist mirror the neck
- using a hand tai yin to treat a foot tai yang
- hand yin treats foot yang
What does command point st36 do
- for the abdomen region
- the knee mirrors the middle of the trunk
- using a foot yangming to treat a foot taiyin channel (due to the fact it is said to not only tonify st but sp as well)
- exterior treats interior channel pair
What does bl40 command point do
- for the back region
- the knee mirrors the middle of the trunk
- using a foot tai yang to treat foot tai yang
- treats it’s own channel
What does command point pc6 do
- for the chest and hypochondriac regions
- the pericardiums primary channel originates from the chest, divergent channel enters the chest, sinew channel disperses over the chest and hypochondriac region
What does command point gv26 do
- for resuscitation from sudden loss of consciousness
- acupoint translation: mans middle
- when yin and yang separate a patient loses consciousness (from a simple to fainting to as serious as coma and death)
- according to Chinese cosmology man lies between earth (yin) and heaven (yang) and gv26 establishes that connection between heaven and earth
