Special points from the bubble chart Flashcards
What are the five shu-transportation points?
Powerful distal acupuncture points located around and distal to the elbow or knee
What is the order of the five shu-transportation points?
- Jing-well points
- Ying-spring points
- Shu-stream points
- Jing-river points
- He-sea point
Where are Jing-well points located?
At the digits
Where are the He-sea points located?
Around the elbow/knee
What element do the Yin five shu-transportation points start on?
Wood
Wood (Jing well) –> Fire (Ying-spring) –> Earth (Stu-stream) –> Metal (Jing-river) –> Water (He-sea)
What element do the Yang five shu-transportation points start on?
Metal
Metal (Jing-river) –> Water (He-sea) –> Wood (Jing well) –> Fire (Ying-spring) –> Earth (Stu-stream)
What disorders do Jing-well points treat?
Mental illness
Anxiety
Shen disturbances
What disorders do Ying-spring points treat?
Inflammatory conditions
SMOTHERS HEAT
What disorders do Shu-stream points treat?
PAIN
Stagnation
What disorders do Jing-river points treat?
Cough, asthma (many lung conditions)
Dominates dryness conditions
What disorders do He-sea Yin points treat?
Kidney collapse
Kidney deficiency
CRF
What disorders do He-sea Yang points treat?
GI disorders
ST Qi deficiency
Gastric ulcers
Constipation/diarrhea
Do you use the mother or child point for deficiency?
Mother point
Nourish - tonify
Do you use the mother or child point for excess?
Child
Sedate
What are the indications for Yuan Source Points?
Zang-fu disorders (deficiency or excess)
Where are the Yuan Source Points located on the Yin channels?
Always at the Stu-stream point - 3rd level
Where are the Yuan Source Points located on the Yang channels?
One point behind the Stu-stream point
4th point from the distal point
What are the indications of Back-Shu association points and Front-Mu alarm points?
Diagnosis and treatment of internal Zang Fu organs
Why are the Lower He Sea points helpful?
Helps descending channels with Qi and promotion of that organ
What is the Loo-connecting point?
The place where the wife-husband channels meet and connect
can use alone or with yuan source point
What is the Major Luo connecting point helps connect the whole body?
SP-21
What are Xi-cleft points used for?
Acute conditions!
Excess patterns!
Where are the eight confluent points located?
Around the carpal or hock areas
