Small Intestine

Question 1

SI Command Chart

Answer 1

SI-1: Jing-Well, Metal
SI-2: Ying-Spring, Water
SI-3: Shu-Stream, Wood, Mother point
        Confluent point of the GV (Du Mai)
SI-4: Yuan-Source
SI-5: Jing-River, Fire
SI-6: Xi- Cleft
SI-7: Luo-Connecting
SI-8: He-Sea, Earth, Child point
SI-16,17: Window of Heaven

Question 2

SI-1***

Answer 2

Actions:

• Clears heat and benefits the sensory orifices
• Revives consciousness
• Promotes lactation and benefits the breasts

Jing-Well Point

Indications:
\+Breast Disorders
-->Insufficient lactation
\+Excess heat in the head/face
\+Loss of Consciousness from windstroke
\+Febrile disease, malaria

Question 3

SI-3**

Answer 3

Confluent pt of the GV (Du Mai)

Actions:

• Regulates the GV
• Clears heat and benefits the sensory orifices
• Activates the channel and alleviates pain

Shu-Stream Point

Indications:
+Pain, Stiffness, contraction along SI,BL, and GV
–>Occipital h/a, stiff neck, acute lumbar strain
–>SI-3+BL-62: inner canthus, ear, nape of neck, scapula
+Heat in the upper reaches of the SI channel
+Febrile disease
–>Chills and fever
+Mania-Depression, epilepsy (+BL62)

Question 4

SI-4**

Answer 4

Actions:

• Activates the Channel and alleviates pain
• Clears heat and reduces swelling
• Clears damp-heat and treats jaundice

Yuan Source Point

Indications:
+Disorders along the SI channel
–>Tinnitus caused by pain of the submandibular region
+Jaundice

Question 5

SI-6***

Answer 5

Actions:

• Activates the channel and alleviates pain, benefits the shoulder/arm
• Moderates acute conditions
• Benefits the eye

“Support the aged”
Xi-cleft point

Indications:
+Pain Conditions (frozen shoulder, stiff neck, acute lumbar sprain)
+Blurred vision, dimness of vission, eye diseases

Question 6

SI-7**

Answer 6

Actions:

• Clears heat and releases the exterior
• Calms the Spirit
• Activates the channel and alleviates pain; benefits the finger joints

Luo-connecting point

Indications
+Febrile disease with neck/back pain at the onset
+Psycho-emotional disorders
+Disorders along the channel

Question 7

SI-11***

Answer 7

Actions:

• Activates the channel and alleviates pain
• Moves qi and unbinds the chest and lateral costal region
• Benefits the breast

Important PT for shoulder and upper back pain

Indications:
+Pain and swelling in the scapula, shoulder, and arm
+Pain/swelling/abscess of the breast, insufficient lactation

Question 8

SI-18**

Answer 8

Actions:

• Eliminates wind and alleviates pain
• Clears heat and reduces swelling

local wind point

Indications:
+Facial disorders d/t exterior or interior wind

Question 9

SI-19***

Answer 9

Actions:

• Benefits the ears
• Calms the spirit

Indications:
+Ear disorders of any kind
+TMJ pain and inflammation
+Emotional disorders