Points and Location

Question 1

Clear Heat Along Cubital Crease

Answer 1

LI11 (lateral crease, skin issues,heat in general), Ht3(medial crease), LU5 (lateral)
Not as popular PC3, SI8, SJ10

Question 2

Drain Damp Along Knee

Answer 2

Sp9 (most common point for draining dampness), St36, GB34 (primarily genital symptoms, LV8 (also tonifies LV blood), KD10 (dampness primarily urinary symptoms)
NO UB40!!!

Question 3

Function & location of UB40

Answer 3

Cools blood and treats back pain. Command pt of back. Must do for back pain. Transverse crease of knee (between biceps femoris and semitendinosis)

Question 4

Additional points that clear heat (not on knee)

Answer 4

Jing-Well (finger and toe tips) & Ying Spring (2nd point in from the tips of finger and toes)

Question 5

Typical Source Points Location

Answer 5

Wrists and Ankles

Question 6

What do Yin source points typically do?

Answer 6

Nourish and tonify DEFICIENCY of the corresponding organ. Regulate the corresponding organs core function

Question 7

LU9

Answer 7

Source point of LU. Wheezing, asthma. Tonify LU (Deficiency, ie fatigue or chronic cough)

Question 8

What points are Source Pts comonly paired with during treatments?

Answer 8

Luo Connecting Points

Question 9

Where are source points located?

Answer 9

3rd point in from fingers and toes on Yin
4th point on yang w/exception of GB which is 5th

Question 10

What are Front Mu points?

Answer 10

Place where Qi gathers for the corresponding organ

Question 11

When are Front Mu points used?

Answer 11

Excess, deficiency, acute & chronic problems for corresponding organ

Question 12

What is Front Mu of SI?

Answer 12

CV/Ren 4

Question 13

Function & location of CV/Ren 4

Answer 13

Tonifies big 4: Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang
Front Mu points with least relation to its corresponding organ.2 cun above CV 2 (pubic symphysis).

Question 14

What do command points do?

Answer 14

Govern certain areas of the body

Question 15

Command point for post, head and neck?

Answer 15

LU7, 1.5 cun above the wrist crease, superior to the styloid process of the radius (not on theLU 5-LU 9line inTCM)

Question 16

Command point for face & mouth?

Answer 16

LI4, middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.

Question 17

Command point for abdomen?

Answer 17

ST36, 3 cun below ST 35, one finger width lateral from the anterior border of the tibia.

Question 18

Command point for the back?

Answer 18

UB40, Midpoint of the transverse crease of the popliteal fossa, between the tendons of biceps femoris and semitendinosis.

Question 19

Command point for the epigas. and chest (ie anxiety, nausea)?

Answer 19

PC6, 2 cun above the wrist crease between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.

Question 20

Command point for faint and collapse?

Answer 20

GV26, At the junction of the upper and middle third of the philtrum.

Question 21

What is considered the headache point?

Answer 21

LI4

Question 22

Where are Back Shu points located?

Answer 22

On GB channel, 1.5 cun lateral to midline of back, level with the lower border of the spinous processes

Question 23

Back Shu point of LU

Answer 23

UB13

Question 24

Back Shu point of PC

Answer 24

UB14

Question 25

Back Shu point of HT

Answer 25

UB15

Question 26

Back Shu point of LV

Answer 26

UB18

Question 27

Back Shu point of GB

Answer 27

UB19

Question 28

Back Shu point of SP

Answer 28

UB20

Question 29

Back Shu point of ST

Answer 29

UB21

Question 30

Back Shu point of SJ

Answer 30

UB22

Question 31

Back Shu point of KD

Answer 31

UB23

Question 32

Back Shu point of LI

Answer 32

UB25

Question 33

Back Shu point of SI

Answer 33

UB27

Question 34

Back Shu point of UB

Answer 34

UB28