Spleen Flash Flashcards
Spleen channel tonifes what?
Qi and blood
Spleen channel resolves what?
Blood stasis (esp uterus)
How does the spleen channel affect blood?
Cools it and alleviates stasis
What is the spleens function affecting blood?
Holds blood in the vessels
How does spleen affect qi?
raises it, treats prolapse
Which point is the confluent point of the ren mai?
4
Luo
4
Great Luo
21
How does the SP CH affect the tongue?
Stiffness and pain in root
How does the spleen channel affect the skin?
Jaundice
How does the channel affect the knee and thigh?
Swelling and coldness in the medial aspect
What does it govern?
T and T
What does it control?
Blood, muscles, and 4 limbs
Where does it open?
the mouth
Where does it manifest?
The lips
What does it control the raising of?
Qi
What does it house?
Thoughts
What disorders does it treat?
Intestines
What does it tonify?
qi and blood
What does it resolve?
blood stasis (esp uterus)
How does it effect the blood?
Stasis and cooling
What does it reinforce?
holding blood in the vessels
Treats disorders of the?
Genitals
What does it resolve in the chest?
dyspnea, fullness, distension
Which ren points does the SP channel go through?
3, 4, 10
Where does the spleen and liver CH cross?
8 cun up medial malleolus, LV 14
Where does the SP and GB channel cross?
Intercostal, GB 24
Where does the SP and Lu channel cross?
Lung 1
Divergent
Thigh up along stomach divergent Ch passes through ST SP Hrt esophagus up to throat where it emerges in the tongue
Branch 1
Starts diaphragm, goes to esophagus, then lower surface tongue
Branch 2
Stomach to diaphragm to heart
Luo
Sp 4 connects to ST channel, enters abdomen, and connects with intestines and stomach
