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
HT9
Jing well
Clears extreme heat, revives consciousness, opens orifices for phlegm misting the mind
Si1
Distal for breast issues, increase milk flow, mastitis, reduce abscesses
Si2
Spring
Clears heat
Above knuckle
Si3
Confluent of DU
Opens Du to treat back pain and vertex headaches
Si5
Fire pt on fire channel
Clears heat
Si6
XiC
Geriatric eye disease
Si7
LC
Neck pain diff rotating neck (torticolis)
Si 19
Xing of SJ and GB
Deafness, tinnitus
UB1
Xing pt of St, Si, UB, yin and Yang linking
Benefits eyes, insomnia and somnolence
UB10
Occipital region headache, torticolis bc can’t flex or extend, paralysis of upper limbs in infants
UB11
Influential bones
Strengthens bones, treats bone bi
T1, 1.5 cun out
UB12
Xing of DU
Releases wind, treats cough, builds immunity
UB13
BS LU
Tonifies LU, cough, asthma, wheezing
UB17
BS of diaphragm, influential xue
Tonifies, cools and regulates xue, reg diaphragm
T7
UB20
BS of SP
builds qi and xue, phlegm
T11
UB32
Regulates LJ, damp heat
2nd posterior sacral foramen
UB39
Lower HS SJ
Yang edema, reg water and improves water metabolism
UB40
He Sea
Cools heat in xue, lower back pain, fainting point
UB42
Po
Outer shu of LU
Nourishes PO and LU
long standing sadness, grief, depression
UB43
Outer shu of PC
Chronic disease, TB, asthma, pain in shoulder
UB44
Outer shu of HT
Nourishes Shen, memory, sleep, emotional issues
Unbinds chest and regulates qi
UB47
Outer shu of LV
Nourishes Hun, ethereal soul, provides movement to plan, project, dreams, ideas, intuition rather than rational
GB qi xu, spreads LV qi
1.5 cun from UB18
UB48
Outer shu of GB
Damp cold in spleen presents as yin jaundice which is grey or pale yellow, clears damp heat, reg GB
UB49
Outer shu of SP, Yi
Nourishes Yi thinking, memory, concentrating
Reg SP and ST, clears damp heat
UB52
Outer shu of KD
Nourishes Zhi willpower and survival
Infertility, lumbar
UB57
Heavenly star for hemorrhoids
Gastrocnemius muscle
UB58
Lows Connecting of UB
Distal for lower back pain, weak legs
Expels wind from taiyang
UB60
Nape of neck, upper back pain, taiyang headaches
Behind ankle
UB62
Confluent of yang motility
Benefits brain, somnolence and insomnia, daytime epilepsy
Under ankle
Distal for upper back pain, taiyang headache
UB 63
XiC
Clears heat in UB, stops pain
Fifth metatarsal
UB67
Jing well
Breach babies, prolonged labour, jueyin (vertex) headaches
KD1
Jing well
Excess above xu below, LYR, LVF
consciousness
KD2
Spring
Clears heat
Kd3
Primary
Tonifies KD essence, yin, yang and qi
Behind ankle
Kd5
XiC
Clears heat, strengthens yin
KD6
Confluent of yin motility
Heart and KD connection used with HT6 to control HT fire
KD yin, whole body yin
Chronic sore throat
Under ankle 1 cun
KD7
River
Tonifies KD yang, night sweats, spontaneous sweat
2 cun up fm KD3
KD9
Supports KD6, tonifies yin
KD10
He Sea
KD yin, supports KD6
Damp heat from LJ
KD12
Tonifies lower gate, leukorrhea, spermatorrhea
KD13
Tonifies KD essence, irregular menses, helps grasp qi
3 cun below bb
KD14
LV xue in lower jiao for menstrual issues caused by stag
KD21
Support for REN 12
Descends ST qi
KD25
Xue stag in chest
2nd intercostal 2 cun fm midline
PC4
XiC
Heat in xue, xue disorders
Distal for boils and chest pain
Cardiac pain, palpitations
PC5
Insubstantial phlegm
Phlegm misting mind
PC6
Confluent yin linking, LC, Heavenly star
Qi in chest, moves LV qi, hypochondria and epigastrium not abdo
Rebellious qi in chest belch, hiccup, nausea
SOB, palp, calms spirit
PC7
Primary
Calms spirit, same as HT 7 but stronger, panic attack
Warm febrile diseases
Local carpal tunnel
PC 8
Yin spring
Clears heat
PC9
Clears fire, pc heat and summer heat
Opens orifices, revives consciousness
SJ4
Primary
Water passages and metabolism
UTI, urine retention, edema
SJ3
Ear disorders
Distal for ear
SJ5
Confluent of yang linking
Wind heat, LYR, Xu type ear disorders infection, deafness, tinnitus
SJ6
River
Clears heat in 3 jiao, moves LV qi in MJ hypochondriac distension, rib pain, constipation
GB1
Xing for GB, ST, Si
Taiyang headache and migraines, incomplete closure of eye
Outer Canrhus
GB6
Migraines, temporal headache
GB8
Migraine and temporal headaches
1 cun above ear apex
GB9
Migraine and temporal headaches
0.5 cun above and behind apex of ear. 0.5 cun back from GB8
GB13
Headaches, mental disorders like schizophrenia and manic depression, calms mind
GB17
Opens orifaces
GB20
Wind internal or external
Anchors yang, subdue LYR
Eyes, headache
Eyes in back of head, occipital area behind lower border of ear
GB21
Descends qi strongly
Not in pregnancy
Breast abscess, retained placenta
GB24
Damp heat in GB, smooths LV qi
7th intercostal below nipple, 4 cun lateral fm midline