Single Points Flashcards
-4 cun below umbilicus
-Clear D-H + Stagnation (Qi)
Local Stagnation: amenorrhea d/t Blood Stasis
Ren 3 (Central Pole)
- Ren, Du, Chong crossing point
- benefits essence
Ren 1 (Meeting of Yin)
-Tonify Deficiency
-Tonify Yin
(Blood Xu, Body Fluid Xu) {any aspect of body fluids in body}
Ren 4 (Origin Pass)
Ren 3 vs. Ren 4
Ren 3 = Sedate Excess (also UB Xu Cold)
Ren 4 = Tonify Deficiency
- Tonify Qi and Yang
- Raise Yang Qi
- Regulate Qi: GI Tract
Ren 6 (Sea of Qi)
Ren 6 vs. Ren 17
Ren 6 = Move Qi in MJ, LJ
= Tonify Qi (whole body)
Ren 17 = Move Qi in UJ
- Moxa only
- Rescue Yang
- Strengthen Spleen
Ren 8 (Spirit Gate)
- Promotes transformation of fluids
- Controls the Water passages
- indication: Damp, edema, Tai-Yin, ascites
Ren 9 (Water Divide)
Water Metabolism points?
K7, SJ4, UB22, UB39, Sp9, Ren9, St28
- Pylorus (lower opening of St)
- Descends Qi
Ren 10
- Body (in stomach itself)
- Regulate Qi
- nausea, vomiting
- Food Stagnation
- Influential Point of Fu
- Front Mu of Stomach
Ren 12 (Central Venter)
- Fundus (Upper opening of Stomach)
- Descends Qi
- nausea, vomiting
- Food Stagnation
Ren 13
-palpitation, mental symptoms
(mania, hysteria, manic disorders)
-Front Mu point of Heart
Ren 14 (Great Tower Gate)
-itching of the abdominal skin
-Luo Connecting point of the Ren
-Calm the Mind
(emotional upset)
Ren 15 (Turtledove Tail)
-Regulate Zong Qi (circulation, respiration)
-Influential point of Qi
-Front Mu of Pericardium
-Local point: chest breast
(mastitis, poor milk supply)
Ren 17 (Chest Center)
Ren 17 and _____ point to regulate respiration.
Lung 9
Name the points level with the 4th Intercostal Space
Ren-17, K-23, St-17, Sp-18, P-1, GB-22/23
- Benefit the throat (itchy throat, esp. chronic sore throat)
- Soothe asthma
- Stop cough
- Hoarse voice, loss of voice
Ren 22 (Celestial Chimney)
Needling Technique Ren 22
- 2 cun perpendicular then…
0. 5-1 cun going down
- aphasia, slurred speech,dysphsia
- local point for tongue
Ren 23 (Ridge Spring)
Aphasia point combo
Ren 23 + Du 15
Ren 23 + H 5
- paralysis, bell’s palsy’s, windstroke
- local point for facial problem
Ren 24 (Sauce Receptacle)
- Regulate Du channel
- supporting point for rectal prolapse
Du 1(Long Strong)
- Basic point for lower backache
- any type of low back pain
Du 3 (Lumbar Yang Pass)
- Tonify Kidney Yang
- Warm Mingmen
*back pain d/t Yang Xu only…otherwise use Du 3 for back pain
Du 4 (Life Gate)
Du 4 vs. Ren 4
Du 4= only treats Yang
Ren 4= treats Yin or Yang
-Jaundice
-Resolve Damp Heat in Liver/Gallbladder (=yang jaundice)
~Cold-Damp in Spleen (=yin jaundice)
Du 9 (Extremity of Yang)
*Empirical Point for Boils
Du 10 (Spirit Tower)
- Eliminate Internal Wind: spasm, convulsion, termor, epilepsy
- Tonify Chronic Disease
Du 12 (Body Pillar)
- Clear Heat (Exterior & ShaoYang)
- Release Exterior Wind-Heat
- Warm Four Limbs (moxa)
- Heart Yang Xu or Heart Qi Xu (moxa)
- 6 Yang channel crossing
- YangMing Disorders (ShanHanLun)
Du 14 (Great Hummer)
- Stimulate Speech
- aphasia (+H 5)
Du 15 (Mute’s Gate)
Needling Technique Du 15
Perpendicular 0.5-0.8 cun
C: medulla oblangata (causing brain damage)
- Both Exterior and Interior Wind
- mainly W-C
Du 16 (Wind Mansion)
- Clear the Mind
- Lift the Spirit
- Ascend Spleen Yang (Xu above, Excess below)
- Promote resuscitation (uncosciousness)
- Eliminate Interior Wind
Du 20 (Hundred Convergence)
What way do you needle Du 20 to:
- Clear the Mind - Lift the Spirit - Ascend Spleen Yang
needle WITH the channel
What way do you needle Du 20 to:
-Eliminate Interior Wind
needle AGAINST the channel
-Open the nose
Du 23 (Upper Star)
When needling Du 23, Du 22 (possibly Du 19 & 21) what do you have to caution?
Metopism (fontanels on infants not closed)
- Promote resuscitation
- used for ACUTE lower backache
- used only if trauma, surgery, etc.
- Facial Edema: Yang Edema (like wind-water)
Du 26 (Water Through Mansion)
What Yangming channels pass through Du 26?
Large Intestine & Stomach
->Yangming channels has the most Qi & Blood
Lu 1 vs. UB 13
Lung 1= Excess
UB 13= Better for deficiency
- Cough d/t yin xu
- better for sedation
Lu 1
- Phlegm in the Lungs
- Phlegm Heat or Phlegm
- Visible Phlegm
Lu 5 (Cubit March)
Lu 10 vs. Lu 5
Lu 5= Phlegm Heat
Lu 10= Heat
(NO phlegm)
Lu 5 vs. St 40
Lu 5= Phlegm in the Lungs (visible)
St 40= Phlegm anywhere (invisible or visible phlegm)
- Stop Hemoptysis (+UB17)
- Treat Bleeding hemorrhoid (moxa)
Lu 6 (Collection Hole)
- Ren Confluent Point (+K6)
- Disperse W-C (+LI4, UB12)
- Open water passages for yang edema
- command point for head and neck
Lu 7 (Broken Sequence)
- Tonify Lung, Benefit the Heart
- Yuan source of Lung
- Vessel influential point
- strengthens Zong Qi
Lu 9 (Great Abyss)
Lu 7 vs. Lu 9
Lu 7= exterior, interior / excess, deficiency / water (yang edema)
Lu 9= interior / deficiency / phlegm
- Clear Lung Heat
- Ying spring point
Lu 10 (Fish Border)
Whats the difference fro Lu 5 and Lu 10
Lu 5= Phlegm Heat
Lu 10= Lung Heat
-Mental problem: manic disorder
-Bleeding point for sore throat
(excess heat to clear excess heat)
Lu 11 (Lesser Metal)
LI 4 vs. Liv 3
LI 4= located at Yin to Yang transition
Liv 3= located at Yang to Yin transition
- Promote delivery during labor
- Disperse Exterior Wind (eplipsey, w-d, wind d/t blood xu, yang xu)
- Treat Internal Wind
- Stop Pain
- Command point of Face (Bell Palsy, Trigeminial Neurigal)
LI 4 (Union Valley)
- open the Lu Water passage
- Yang edema (+ Lu 7)
LI 6 (Slanting Passage)
Yang Edema vs. Yin Edema?
Yang Edema= Acute, on face, wind-water invasion
Yin Edema= Lower Body, Abdomen, d/t yang xu of spleen & Kidney
- Powerful Qi + Blood Tonic
- Boost Wei Qi (prevent cough & colds)
St 36 + LI 10
- both are yangming - both are located at elbow/knee
*Clear Heat
-organ level
-Wind Heat, Blood Heat, Toxic Heat, Damp Heat
!!Tongue: Red
!!Pulse: Rapid
{must have this tongue and pulse to use this point}
-Fire Engine Point
LI 11 (Crooked Pond)
- Benefits sinews
- Promotes circulation of Qi in the Channels
- Stop Pain
- Expel Wind
LI 15 (Shoulder Transporting Point)
-Open nasal orifice (+Lu 7 +LI4 +Du23)
LI 20
-Facial Paralysis: Bell’s Palsy, Trigeminal Neuraliga, Stroke (+ LI4)
St 4 (Earth Granary)
Needling Technique ST 4
thread subcuntaneously ST 4 -> ST 6
- major local point: Dizziness d/t Damp/Phlegm
- Yangming Headache (+LI 4 +ST4)
ST 8 (Head Support)
Label the points in order that are level with St-8
Du-24, UB-3, UB-4, GB-15, GB-13
-cupping point for chronic cough
-Local point for breast problems
(mastistis, pre-menstrual swelling, lump)
-regulate lactation
ST 18 (Breast Root)
- supports Ren 12
- excess and deficiency conditions for Stomach issues
- St prolapse local point (CAM)
St 21 (Beam Door)
- Acute/Chronic constipation
- Acute diarrhea
- Abdominal Distension
St 25 (Heavenly Pillar)
Point combination for Constipation
SJ-6 + K-6
Basic point for Diarrhea: St 36
- Acute: \_\_\_\_\_ - Chronic: \_\_\_\_\_
Diarrhea= ST-36
- Acute: +ST 25 - Chronic: +UB20
- Qi Stagnation
- LI Abscess
- Intense stuck Qi in LJ
St 27
ST-27, ST-28, ST-29
ST-27: QI
ST-28: Water
ST-29: Blood
- open the water passage
- water metabolism point
St 28 (Water Passage)
- Excess case of gynecological disease (blood stasis)
- remove blood stasis & regulate menses
- amenorrhea d/t blood stasis
St 29 (Returns)
-xi cleft: Stop Pain
(pain d/t heat, cold, food stagnation)
St 34 (Beam Mound)
- organ prolapse
- slightly warming
- treats cold in LJ
- regulate abdomen (command point)
- major point to tonify Qi and Blood
- Any etiology: excess/deficiency, heat/cold
St 36 (Foot 3 Mile)
ST 36 + Ren-12
Abdomen
ST-36 + Ren-12 + P6
Epigastrium
ST-36 + SP-3
Tonify Middle Jiao
ST-36 + LI-10
Boost up immune system
ST-36 + GB-39(moxa)
Prevent stroke (internal wind)
ST-36 + UB-12(moxa)
Prevent Cold (external wind)
-Regulate LI (Damp-Heat, Heat)
Lower He Sea: Stomach 37
-Regulate SI (SI Qi Pain, SI Qi Tied, SI Xu Cold)
St 39 Lower He Sea
-Regulate SJ (water metabolism)
UB 39 Lower He Sea
-Empirical distal point for shoulder pain
St 38 (Narrow Opening)
- Any phlegm (visible/invisible/channel)
- drains excess from Stomach
- calms mind
St 40 (Abundant Buldge)
-St heat: bleeding gums, bad breath, intense thirst, etc. (+LI 11)
-Distal point:
facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, yangming headache (+LI 4)
St 44 (Inner Courtyard)
- located on opposite side of ST 44
- food stagnation
Inner-Neiting
Moxa for Uterine bleeding d/t Cold, Heat, phlegm, etc.
Gui Pi Tang (spleen not holding blood)
Gu Jing Wan
Wen Jin Tang
Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
Sp 1 (Hidden Whites)
Remove Stagnation of Blood, Cold, Food, Damp
(does NOT clear Heart from middle Jiao)
Luo Connecting
Chong Confluent
Sp 4 (Ancestor and Descendent)
Local point for Foot Edema (+GB41)
-yin/yang edema local point
Sp 5 (Metal Mound)