Point Perscription Therory Flashcards

1
Q

When to use a well point

A

 clear heat; clear respective channel concerns; restore consciousness; fulness below the heart; spirit disorders and mental illnesses

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2
Q

When to use a spring point

A

Clear heat; clear respective channel concerns (with stream)

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3
Q

When to use a stream point

A

Zong organ disorders; heaviness of the body and pain in the joints; malaria

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4
Q

 When to use a River point

A

Cough, shortness of breath; throat, voice; sinew and bone disease

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5
Q

When to use a Sea point

A

Counterflow qi; fu organ disorders; skin diseases

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6
Q

3 needle technique deficiency steps

A
  1. Tonify the mother point on the effected channel
  2. Tonify the horrary point on the mother channel
  3. Tonify the mother point on the interior exterior related channel
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7
Q

3 needle technique for excess

A
  1. Sedate the son point on the effected channel
  2. Sedate the horrary point on the son channel
  3. Sedate the son point on the exterior interior related channel
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8
Q

4 needle technique for deficiency

A
  1. Tonify the mother point on the effected channel
  2. Tonify the horrary point on the mother channel
  3. Sedate the grandparent point on the effected channel
  4. Sedate the horrary point on the grandparent channel
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9
Q

4 needle technique for excess

A
  1. Sedate the son point on the effected channel
  2. Sedate the horrary point on the son channel
  3. Tonify the grandparent point on the effected channel
  4. Tonify the horrary point on the grandparent channel
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10
Q

Lower he sea of Li

A

St 37

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11
Q

Lower he sea of si

A

St39

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12
Q

Lower he sea of te

A

Bl39

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13
Q

Host point=

A

Yuan source point of effected channel or organ

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14
Q

Guest point =

A

Luo connecting point of interior exterior related channel pair

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15
Q

How to find source point of a yin channel

A

It’s the shu stream point

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16
Q

How to find source point on a yang channel

A

Shu stream + 1 on the upper limbs

And shu stream - 1 on the lower limbs

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17
Q

What are yin cleft points good for

A

Acute/ sudden bleeding

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18
Q

What are yang cleft points good for

A

Acute/sudden pain

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19
Q

What cleft points are good for diseases of the throat chest and lung

A

Lu7 and ki6

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20
Q

What confluent points are good for diseases in the inner canthus, neck, shoulders and back

A

Si3 and ub62

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21
Q

What confluent points is good for diseases in the heart chest and stomach

A

Pc6 and sp4

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22
Q

What confluent points are good for diseases in the outer canthus cheek and retriauricle

A

Te5 and gb41

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23
Q

Influential point of zang

A

Lr13

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24
Q

Influential point of fu

A

Cv12

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25
Q

Influential point of qi

A

Cv17

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26
Q

Influential point of blood

A

Ub17

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27
Q

Influential point of tendons

A

Gb34

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28
Q

Influential point of vessels

A

Lu9

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29
Q

Influential point of bone

A

Ub11

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30
Q

Influential point of marrow

A

Gb39

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31
Q

Lr entry and exit points

A

Lr1 and lr14

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32
Q

Entry and exit points of lung

A

Lu1 and Lu7

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33
Q

Entry and exit points of Li

A

Li4 and Li20

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34
Q

Entry and exit points of St

A

St1 and st42

35
Q

Entry and exit points of sp

A

Sp1 and sp21

36
Q

Entry and exit points of ht

A

Ht1 and ht9

37
Q

Entry and exit points of si

A

Si1 and si19

38
Q

Entry and exit points of bl

A

Bl1 and bl67

39
Q

Entry and exit points of Ki

A

Ki1 and ki22

40
Q

Entry and exit points of pc

A

Pc1 and pc8

41
Q

Entry and exit points of Te

A

Te1 and te22

42
Q

Entry and exit points of gb

A

Gb1 and gb41

43
Q

What channels cross si12

A

Si, Li, Te, gb

44
Q

What channels cross st12

A

All regular yang channels EXCEPT bl

45
Q

What channels cross cv4

A

Cv, sp, Lr, Ki

46
Q

What channels cross Gv14

A

Gv + all regular yang meridians

47
Q

What channels cross gb20

A

Gv, te, yang qiao, yang wei

48
Q

What channels cross sp6

A

Sp, Lr, Ki (3 yin)

49
Q

What channels cross st30

A

St, Chong

50
Q

What channels cross cv1

A

Cv, gv, Chong

51
Q

What channels cross st1

A

St, yang qiao, cv

52
Q

Points good for forehead

A

Gb14, gv20, li4, st44

53
Q

Points good for temporal

A

Gb8, tai yang, gb20, te5,gb41

54
Q

Points good for nape

A

Bl10, gv14, si3, bl60

55
Q

Points good for eye

A

Bl1, gb16, si6, lr3

56
Q

Points good for nose

A

Li20, gv23, lu7, st25

57
Q

Points good for mouth

A

St4, st6, si18, li4, st41

58
Q

Points good for ear

A

Gb2, te17, gb20, te3, gb43

59
Q

Points good for throat

A

Cv23, si17,bl10, lu10,ki6

60
Q

Points good for chest

A

Cv17,lu1, pc6, st40

61
Q

Points good for hypochondrium

A

Lr14, lr13, te6, gb34

62
Q

Points good for upper abdomen

A

Cv12, st21, pc6, lr8

63
Q

Points good for lower abdomen

A

Cv4, st25, sp6, lr8

64
Q

Points good for low back

A

Bl23, bl25, bl32, bl40, si3

65
Q

Points good for rectum

A

Gv1, bl30, bl57, gv20

66
Q

Points good for fever

A

Gv14,Li11, li4

67
Q

Points good for coma

A

Gv26, gv20

68
Q

Points good for night sweats

A

Si3 ht6

69
Q

Points good for tmj

A

St6 st7 li4

70
Q

Points good for cough and asthma

A

Cv22 dingchuan

71
Q

Points good for suffocated chest

A

Cv17 pc6

72
Q

Points good for cardiac pain

A

Pc6 pc4

73
Q

Points good for hypochondriac pain

A

Te6 gb34

74
Q

Points good for abdominal distension

A

Cv6 st36

75
Q

Points good for constipation

A

Te6 ki6

76
Q

Points good for convulsions

A

Li4 lr3

77
Q

Points good for epistaxis

A

Gb23 li4

78
Q

What does command point li4 do

A
  • 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
79
Q

What does command point lu7 do

A
  • 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
80
Q

What does command point st36 do

A
  • 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
81
Q

What does bl40 command point do

A
  • 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
82
Q

What does command point pc6 do

A
  • 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
83
Q

What does command point gv26 do

A
  • 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