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Star Points DU Part 1 Flashcards

1
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DU 1 Name

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Long Strong

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DU 1 Location and Needling

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Location: midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus
Needling: 0.5-1 inch perpendicular

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DU 1 Action

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Treats hemorrhoids (damp heat)
Benefits the 2 lower yin (urethra and anus)
Activates the channels and alleviates pain
Calms the spirit

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DU 1 Indication

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Hemorrhoids
Prolapse of rectum
Manic depression
Opisthotonos, epilepsy

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DU 3 Name

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Lumbar Yang Gate

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DU 3 Location and Needling

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Location: Below L4 SP at level of iliac crest
Needling: Perpendicular 0.5-1 inch

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DU 3 Action

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Dispels wind damp
Benefits the lumbar region and legs
Tonifies yang?
Regulates the lower jiao

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Du 3 Indication

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Lower back pain
sciatica
leukorreah

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DU 4 Name

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Gate of Life
(Palace of essence, gate of destiny)

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DU 4 Location and Needling

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Location: L2
Needling: Perp 0.5-1in

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DU 4 Action

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Clears heat
Regulates the governing vessel
Tonifies the kidneys
Benefits the lumbar spine
Boosts Yang qi/ Kidney Essence
Tonify lower dantian

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DU 4 Indication

A

Headache
Epilepsy
Opisthotonos

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DU 8 Name

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Sinew Contraction

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Du 8 Location and Needling

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Level of Liver back shu
Location: T9
Needling: Perp 0.5-1in

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DU 8 Action

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Soothes the liver, pacifies wind, relieves spasms
Calms the spirit (w/ liver qi stag or heat)
(Sedate to relax)

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DU 8 Indication

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Shaking, spasms
Opisthotonos
Epilepsy

17
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DU 9 Name

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Reaching Yang

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DU 9 Location and Needling

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Location: T7 (level of diaphragm)
Needling: Perp 0.5-1in

19
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DU 9 Action

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(Tonifies) Fortifies the Spleen, drain dampness, and regulates middle jiao
Treats jaundice (dampness liver GB)
Unbinds the chest

20
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DU 9 Indication

A

Jaundice
Chest fullness

21
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DU 11 Name

A

Spirit Pathway

22
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DU 11 Location and Needling

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Level of heart shu point
Location: T5
Needling: Obliquely upward 0.5-1in

23
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DU 11 Action

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Tonifies the Heart and Lung and calms spirit
Boosts Zong qi (H+L)
Clears heat, pacifies wind

24
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DU 11 Indication

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Indications:
Deficient lung and heart conditions
Sadness with loss (Lungs) without (Heart)
Anxiety
Poor memory
Epilepsy
Spirit disorders- palpitation, anxiety, memory

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Du 14 Name

A

Great Vertebra

26
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DU 14 Location and Needling

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Classification: Sea of Qi
Location: C7
Needling: Obliquely upward 0.5-1in

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DU 14 Classification

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DU 14 Action

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Expels wind and firms exterior
Pacifies wind (internal/external)
Clears heat (excess yang heat)
Treats malaria (shaoyang)
Tonifies deficiency
Meeting of the 6 yang channels

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DU 14 Indication

A

Allergies, parasites, fever
Wind heat

30
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Du 1 Classification

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Luo Connecting

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