Principles Of Treatment Based On Differentiation

Question 0

What points do u choose for interior pattern?

Answer 0

Select corresponding meridian organ, deeper insertion.
Interior cold: retain needle longer plus moxa( gua sha)
Interior heat: reducing method to clear heat or bleeding

Question 1

What points/meridians do u use for exterior pattern?

Answer 1

Exterior is taiyang: du meridian, lung meridian and bladder meridian plus gua sha
Requires shallow stimulation because it’s superficial pathogen
Wind cold: retain Plus Moxa
Wind heat: retain short or not at all

Question 2

What points do u use for cold disease?

Answer 2

Ren. Meridian, 3 yin meridians

Retain needle longer plus Moxa

Question 3

What points do u use for heat ?

Answer 3

Du meridian, 3 yang meridians

No retaining, or short retaining, bleeding technique

Question 4

What types of physiological heat can be found in the body?

Answer 4

Deficient heat from lung yin deficiency leading to kidney deficiency.
Excess heat from stomach fire and heart and liver fire.

Question 5

How do you diagnose ht fire?

Answer 5

Palpitations, insomnia, mouth sores, mania, mental symptoms, dys phoria with heat in chest, red tip tongue, internal heat signs, like nosebleed or vomit blood.

Question 6

What’s the pot? And what meridians to u choose?

Answer 6

Clear away fire. Points from heart and pericardium
Ht8, pc8 ying spring points and jingwells
Reducing method or bleeding(for excess heat)

Question 7

How do you diagnose liver fire flare up?

Answer 7

Headache, dizziness, anger, red eyes , tinnitus, flushed face, bitter taste in mouth, dry mouth, irritability , dream disturbed sleep, constipation , wiry rapid pulse, red tongue, yellow coating, burning pain in hypochondriac region..generally will affect areas where the liver meridian enters like head and hypochondriac region.

Question 8

What’s pot? Which meridians do u choose?

Answer 8

Clear fire from liv/GB. Points from liv, GB.
Ying spring points. Liv2 GB 43, GB 34to remove damp heat from GB
Liv3 for mixed patterns, like liver yang rising with yin deficiency normally.
Reducing method

Question 9

How do u Diagnose stomach heat?

Answer 9

Thirsty, halitosis, craves cold water, pain and gums bleeding , big appetite
Burning pain in epigastrium, acid regurgitation, heat signs, red tongue, yellow coating, smooth and rapid pulse.

Question 10

Pot and which meridians do u use?

Answer 10

Yangming meridians, st/li
St44 ying spring , li4, st 36(Hesea)
Reducing method

Question 11

How do u diagnose small intestine fire?

Answer 11

It usually has to do with heart heat shifting to small intestine.
Mouth sores, palpitations, urinary issues, deep yellow urine, burning pain in urethra, red tongue yellow coating

Question 12

What is the pot and and which meridian points do u choose?

Answer 12

Clear heat from heart and small intestine.
Choose heart meridian.low he sea and front mu points.
Ht8 ying spring. Ren 4 and st 39

Question 13

How do you diagnose damp heat in large intestine ?

Answer 13

Diarrhea with blood and mucus in stools, bad smell, abdominal pain, tenesmus, heat signs, red tongue with yellow sticky coating, slippery and rapid pulse.

Question 14

What’s the pot.which meridian do u choose?

Answer 14

Pot:purgation(reduce heat and eliminate dampness)
Yangming meridian. St/ li front mu and low he sea points,ying spring points
St44, li4, stomach 25(front mu) and st 37 low sea

Question 15

How do u diagnose damp heat in urinary bladder?

Answer 15

Connects with kidney(kidney sxs)
Low back pain, burning pain in urethra, frequent and urgent urination, deep yellow scanty urine, fever, red tongue, sticky coating rapid pulse. Low Back pain is the indicator here.

Question 16

What pot and which meridian points do. U choose?

Answer 16

Pot: clear damp heat from UB
Points from spleen meridian. Front mu points
Sp 9 and 6. Ren 3
Reducing method

Question 17

How do you diagnose deficient kidney yin with fire flare up?

Answer 17

Low back pain, knee joints pain, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, night sweats, 5 palm heat, loose teeth ,atrophied gums, malar flush, yellow urine, constipation, red tongue with little fluid, thready and rapid pulse.

Question 18

Pot for kidney yin deficiency? And which meridians do u choose.

Answer 18

Nourish yin, tonify kidney.
Points from shaoyin meridians. Ht and kidney.
Ki6nourish yin, 1, ht8,7 good points for sleep. Lu11jingwell. Alleviates fullness of the heart.clears heat.

Question 19

How do u diagnose stomach yin deficiency?

Answer 19

Hunger but no desire to eat, dull pain in epigastrium, dry mouth and throat, constipation , fullness in epigastrium,hiccups, red tongue, little coating, thready, rapid pulse.

Question 20

What is stomach yin deficiency pot? Which points do u choose?

Answer 20

Nourish stomach yin.
Points from Yangming and spleen meridian.
St36, sp6,3.

Question 21

How do u diagnose lung yin deficiency?

Answer 21

Cough without sputum, or small sticky sputum or blood. Dryness of mouth, throat, hoarseness, emaciation, 5 palm heat, night sweating.red tongue with little moisture, thready and rapid pulse.

Question 22

What’s lung deficiency pot? Which meridians do u choose?

Answer 22

Nourish the lung yin.
Choose lung/kidney. Mother soon relationship.and back shu points.
Kid 6, Lu 9, bl 13

Question 23

What causes damp conditions?

Answer 23

Exterior pathogens, like from camping or interior factors like spleen deficiency and kidney deficiency.

Question 24

What can external damp lead to? 2 conditions

Answer 24

Cold damp, wind cold. Both can lead to Bi syndrome.

Question 25

What is pot for external damp?

Answer 25

Dispel damp, warm cold, circulate collaterals.
Sp/st as primary points
St36, li10 a good combo for spleen/st dampness.
For arthritis combine local points.
Use reducing method and Moxa.

Question 26

What is pot for Damp heat?

Answer 26

Clear damp heat.
Choose Yangming as primary.
Li11, 4, st36, sp9 .

Question 27

Pot of treatment for internal damp?

Answer 27

Spleen,stomach as primary.
Sp9, st 36, ren 12, liv13, UB 20
Use even method or tonify.

Question 28

How do u diagnose phlegm misting heart?

Answer 28

Social disturbed behaviour, bipolar, non violent, mental confusion, fullness in epigastrium. Slurred speech, depression, dullness, phlegm signs no heat,slippery pulse.

Question 29

Points for phlegm misting heart? Point of t?

Answer 29

Reduce phlegm.

Du 26, pc 5, ghost points(mental issues).

Question 30

Signs of phlegm fire disturbing heart?pot?

Answer 30

Clear away fire to resolve phlegm
Schizophrenia, violent behaviour.heat signs, fever, red. Face and eyes. Delirium red tongue, yellow and sticky coating. Slippery and rapid pulse.

Question 31

What points do u use for phlegm fire disturbing heart.

Answer 31

Ht8

Question 32

How does the location of points determine their indications ?

Answer 32

1. Point in trunk , above elbow and knees are used more locally and have fewer indications.
2. Points below elbow and below knee joint treat local and distal and have more indications.
3. Points on head (local, face, head) treat the 5 sense organs.points on trunk are local , except for a few which treat whole body. Ren4,6,du 14, 4

Question 33

How are the points on the trunk divided in jiaos?landmarks, organs included.

Answer 33

Upper jiao: above t7. Includes ht, Lu, PC, chest, upper back, trachea, throat ,esophagus.
Middle jiao:T7-L2 diaphragm- to umbilicus. Sp/st,liv/GB,upper abdomen, middle back, lumbar region.
Lower jiao:below L2 from umbilicus. L.I./S.I,
Ki/U.B,low abdomen, lumbosacral.
Du20,14. Du4,ren 4,6: these points also have general indications in the body and also tonify qi/yang.