Points Flashcards
Lu1
FM of LU
Phlegm, LUqi for coughing, excess in LU, stops pain
1st intercostal
LU5
He Sea
Substantial phlegm, phlegm heat, hemoptisis, wei syndrome
Cubital crease, radial
LU6
XiC
Coughing xue, clears heat
LU7
LC, Command for head and neck, Sea of yin, confluent REN, imperial point for headaches
Wind cold, yang edema, LU yin xu, yin xu, moves qi in chest
1.5 cun from LU9
LU 9
Primary, influential vessels
Xu only, LU qi and yin xu, chronic cough
Tonifies vessels
LU10
Spring
Clears heat
LU 11
Jing Well
Clears fire
Wind heat, heat in LU, asthma, sore throat, loss of voice, mental disorders
LI4
Primary, command of face
Wind, external and internal
Contra for pregnancy
Stops pain, clears nose, spon sweat, toothaches
LI 6
LC
Yang edema, wind water invasion, regulates water passages
LI 11
HS
Fire engine
wind, organ, channel, blood, toxic or xu heat
LI 20
Opens nasal
ST 4
Deviated mouth, gums and cheeks
ST 6
Deviated mouth, gums, cheek
ST 8
Damp phlegm headache, dizzy
Wet towel wrapped around head
ST 18
Breast issues, swelling, lumps, mastitis, lactation
Directly below nipple, 5th intercostal
ST 19
Reg and descends ST qi, supports REN12
6 cun above bb 2 cub out
ST 21
Supports REN 12, descends and reg ST qi, abdo prolapse
4 cun up fm bb and 2 cun out
ST22
Moves fluid and damp in middle jiao
3 cun up from bb 2 cun out
ST25
FM of Li
Excess or xu of Li including pain, distended, obstruction, diarrhea or constipation
ST 27
Regulates qi in lower jiao for qi stag issues, stops pain, expels cold
2 cun below bb, 2 cun out
ST 28
Regulates fluid in lower jiao, urine retention, menstrual disorders
3 cun below bb and 2 cun out
ST 29
Local point to lift UT, regulates xue in lower jiao, amenorrhea, masses in abdomen, moves Si qi
4 cun below bb 2 cun out
ST 34
Moves ST qi to eliminate pain, acute conditions like accumulation, qi stag or xue stag
2 cun superior to border of patella
ST 36
He Sea, Command Fu
Tonifies qi and xue, lifts qi, single pt for nausea, reg middle jiao
ST 37
Lower He Sea of Li
Regulates Li qi for excess like diarrhea and distension
3 cun under ST36
ST 39
Lower He Sea of Si
Excess and xu, xu cold, hernia, appendicitis, damp heat
ST 40
All types of phlegm, descends ST qi
Half way bt knee and ankle
ST44
Spring
Heat in yangming, tmj, facial paralysis, toothache
Second and third toe webbing
SP 1
Moca only. Regulates xue, calms mind for xue xu sleep disorders, irregular menses, can’t hold xue, pale xue
Stops bleeding.
If bleeding due to heat, prick to bleed. If because SP is xu, use moxa to help SP hold the xue in vessels
SP3
Primary, earth on earth
Tonifies t&t of SP
SP 4
LC, confluent of Chong
Removes excess from MJ
Regulates four stags in mj including cold, food, xue and qi
Opens Chong to stop bleeding
SP5
Edema on foot b\c KD yang xu
SP6
Xing of LV, KD and SP
Yin in body, LV qi, SP damp, returns menses
SP 8
Menstrual pain due to xue stag
3 cun below SP9
SP9
He Sea
Resolves damp, reg water for edema, urine retention
SP10
Xue disorders xue xu, xue stasis, xue heat, bleeding
Moves and cools xue
SP15
Moves qi in Li, constipation, abdo distension, LV overacting on SP
Outer border of bb
SP21
Great Luo
Pain all over no cause
7th intercostal, mid axilary line
HT5
LC
Tonifies qi, speech issues, aphasia, Si heat
Travels to tongue 1 cun below HT7
HT6
XC
Tonifies heart yin, treats night sweats
0.5 cun from HT7
HT7
Primary
Tonifies HT xue, insomnia, palpitations, calm spirit
HT8
Spring
Clears HT heat