Points Categories - Five Shu Points Flashcards
Jing - Well (most/mania) specific functions
- Clear heat, restore consciousness, rescue collapse
- Treat uppermost section of the channel
- Fullness below the heart
- Disorders of the spirit
Jing - Well (most/mania) associated points
Lu 11, LI 1
Lu 11 Jing - Well
Jing – Well and Wood Point (yin channel)
* Revives consciousness
* Clears heat and benefits the throat
LI 1 Jing - Well
Jing – Well and Metal Point (yang channel)
* Clears heat, reduces swelling and alleviates pain (e.g., tooth pain, throat painful obstruction)
* Revives Consciousness 7
Ying – Spring (families/fever/febrile) specific functions
- Heat in the body
- Excess pathogenic factors and stagnation on the channel
Ying – Spring (families/fever/febrile) associated points
LI 2, ST 44
LI 2 Ying - Spring
- Expel wind, clears heat and reduces swelling * Alleviates pain
ST 44 Ying - Spring
- Clears heat from the ST channel and alleviates pain
- Harmonizes the intestines and clears
damp-heat - Calms the spirit 7
Shu – Stream (Are/arthritis) specific functions
- Heaviness of the body and joint pain
- Diseases that attack intermittently
Shu – Stream (Are/arthritis) points
ST 43, Lu 9
ST 43 Shu – Stream
- Regulates Spleen and dispels edema
- Regulates and harmonizes the Stomach and Intestines
Lu 9 Shu – Stream
(source point for yin channel/ 3 points in) - Stream, Source, Earth and Meeting Point
* Tonifies the Lung and transforms phlegm
* Promotes the descending function of the Lung * Regulates and harmonizes the 100 vessels
* Activates the channel and alleviates pain 7
Jing – River (against/asthma) specific functions
- Cough and dyspnea, chills and fever
- Diseases manifesting in how a patient sounds
- Diseases of sinews and bones (yin channels)
Jing – River (against/asthma) points
Sp 5, LI 5
Sp5 Jing – River
- Fortifies the Spleen and resolves dampness
- Benefits the sinews and bones
- Calms the spirit
