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