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Test #1- PC, TW, GB, LV Flashcards

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Actions:

  • Unbinds the chest* & Regulates Qi, Opens Yin Wei Mai
  • Harmonizes the ST* & Stops nausea/vomiting
  • Clears heat

Indications:

  • Disorders of the chest (#1 distal pt. for chest) (Pain & stuffiness of the chest, lateral costal region & hypochondrium (LV-Qi stagnation); Cough, asthma)
  • Disorders of the Heart & spirit (Heart pain, palpitations, irregular heart beat; Insomnia, epilepsy, mania, poor memory, sadness, …)
  • Disharmony of the Stomach & Spleen (+ SP4) (Nausea & vomiting of any etiology; Distention & pain of epigastrium and abdomen)
  • Channel disorder: pain /spasm in elbow & arm
  • Heat: fever, jaundice, malaria, red face w/ hot skin, …
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PC6 ****

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Actions:

•Benefits the ears
•Clears heat
•Clears the head & eyes
•Activates the channels & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Ear disorders of any kind (main distal pt.) (tinnitus & deafness (esp. d/t exterior wind & LV- Fire) or LV-Yang); earache, ear infection, ear blockage)
  • ‘heaviness of body & pain of joints’ (hands & fingers, lateral & posterior upper limb/shoulder, neck, upper back, one side of the head)
  • Heat in the upper reaches of the TW channel (head (one-sided temporal h/a, dizziness); eyes(redness, swelling, pain); throat(swelling, pain); fever(alternating chills & fever, fever accompanied by temporal h/a or ear problems)
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TW3 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits the eyes
  • Dispels wind-damp, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Principal distal point for eye disorders (itching, pain, redness, long/short sightedness, night blindness)
  • Channel disorders (lower limb: knee pain, pain/spasm/atrophy of leg; breast: distention & pain)

‘BRIGHT LIGHT’
LUO-CONNECTING pt.

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GB37 ***

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Actions:

  • Spreads the LV & Regulates Qi
  • Invigorates blood & Disperses masses
  • Harmonizes the LV & ST

* Middle & Upper jiao *

Indications:

•LV Qi stagnation or rebellion (pain, distention, fullness in chest/lateral costal area; pain, distention, masses of the breasts (esp. PMS); LV-LU: cough, sighing, dyspnea; LV-ST: epigastric distention/pain, acid regurgitation, vomiting, hiccup)

  • Blood stasis from prolonged/severe Qi stag. (hardness/masses with cutting pain in the chest, lateral costal region, abdomen or hypogastrium; cutting/stabbing pain of the HT)
  • ‘Heat entering the blood chamber’

FRONT-MU of the LIVER

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LV14 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates Qi, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Transforms & Lowers phlegm, Dissipates nodules
  • Benefits the breast and Expedites delivery

STRONG DESCENDING ACTION
Contraindicated in pregnancy

Indications:

  • Stiffness & pain of the neck & shoulders
  • Phlegm disorders (windstroke, hemiplegia, loss of speech after stroke; scrofula, goiter)
  • Breast disorders (pain, abscess, scanty breast milk)
  • Rebellion of Qi (cough/dyspnea, leg Qi ascending to attack the HT )
  • Difficult or prolonged labor
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GB21 ***

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Actions:

  • Clears GB channel heat
  • Harmonizes Shaoyang
  • Benefits sinews & bones
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

•Stagnation & heat on the entire course
−Head: one-sided headache
−Chest: swelling/pain of the axilla, scrofula; pain of the chest & lateral costal region w/ sighing
−Lower limb: pain & numbness on the lateral side
•Shaoyang syndrome
•Disorders of the sinews & bones (‘Yin within Yang’) (Wandering painful obstruction, contraction & pain of the sinews, pain of all the joints of the body)

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GB38 **

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Actions:
•Clears heat from the PC & Revives consciousness
•Clears the HT & Benefits the tongue
•Clears summer-heat

Indications:

  • Loss of consciousness (windstroke, febrile disease, summer-heat stroke)
  • Tongue issues (stroke, febrile diseases- heat & phlegm) (pain at root, stiffness, speech disorders (+ ?)
  • HT: pain, agitation, heat feeling
  • ST: vomiting & diarrhea, epigastric pain
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PC9 **

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Actions:

  • Benefits the ears*
  • Clears heat

Indications:

  • Ear problems- SI19, GB2
  • TMJ, upper jaw toothache
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TW21 ***

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Actions:

•Benefits the eyes, Eliminates wind and Clears heat

Indications:
•Eye disorders, esp. d/t LV channel wind-heat (redness, swelling, pain, itching of the eyes, excessive lacrimation, decreased vision)
•Wind disorders in the face (facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, temporal h/a)

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GB1 **

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Actions:

  • Dispels wind-damp
  • Alleviates pain and Benefits the shoulder

Indications:

•Shoulder, esp. the posterior aspect (+LI15, ST38) (stiffness, pain, immobility, weakness of shoulder)

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TW14 ***

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Actions:

•Eliminates wind, Resolves phlegm & Treats epilepsy

‘Root of Spirit’

Indications:

  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Epilepsy
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GB13 **

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Actions:

•Eliminates wind, Benefits the head & Alleviates pain
•Calms the spirit

Indications:

  • Head & neck (headache(esp. with pain behind the ear); stiffness & pain of neck with inability to turn the head; toothache, swelling of cheek radiating to the ear, throat painful obstruction)
  • Disorders of spirit (epilepsy, insomnia, mania)
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GB12 **

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Actions:

  • Benefits the ears*
  • Eliminates wind
  • Clears heat
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Essential local point for all ear disorders (tinnitus, deafness, discharge, itching, redness, swelling & pain)
  • Exterior or interior wind (facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, facial spasm, lockjaw)
  • Other local disorders (Mumps, scrofula, toothache, swelling of the cheek, TMJ)
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TW17 ***

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Actions:

  • Dispels wind-damp, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Unbinds the chest & Regulates Qi

Indications:

  • Local stiffness, pain & spasm (- GB21) (shoulder, neck, supraclavicular fossa, scapula)
  • Chest (agitation, oppression, heat, fullness)
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TW15 **

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Actions:

  • Clears heat and Benefits the head, ears & eyes
  • Clears damp-heat from the GB channel and Reduces swelling

Indications:

•Heat or Damp-Heat in the GB channel
−h/a, dizziness
−tinnitus & deafness, ear pain
−redness & pain of outer canthus, itching of eyes
−pain & swelling of cheek & submandibular region
−breast abscess
−swelling/pain of the lateral aspect of the knee or dorsum of foot

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GB43 **

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Actions:

  • Clear HEAT* from the Qi, nutritive & blood levels
  • Harmonizes the ST & intestines, Stops vomiting/diarrhea
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • HEAT in the Qi, nutritive & blood levels (febrile disease: high fever, agitation with thirst; dry mouth & tongue; hemorrhage; sudden turmoil disorder, summer-heat stroke: + BL?; hot skin rashes(related to W-H or nutritive stage): + LI?, SP?)
  • Disorders of the HT & chest (HT pain, palps, agitation & fullness in chest, propensity to fright)
  • Disorders of the ST & intestines (epigastric pain, vomiting & diarrhea)
  • Channel disorders elbow pain/numbness, Parkinson’s
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PC3 ***

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the hip & leg
  • Dispels wind-damp

Indications:

  • Disorders of the hip & leg (Pain: sciatica*(# 1 point), painful obstruction; hemiplegia, numbness, stiffness, weakness, atrophy)
  • Urticaria, eczema
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GB30 ****

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Actions:

  • Clears Liver Fire
  • Pacifies Liver Wind
  • Spreads Liver Qi
  • Clears heat & Stops bleeding

•Benefits the lower jiao

Indications:

  • LV Fire blazing or LV Yang rising → LV Wind (h/a, dizziness, burning heat in the face, nosebleed, red & painful eyes, dry throat, bitter taste; epilepsy, childhood fright wind, wind stroke)
  • Emotional disorders (irritability, anger; sadness, fear & fright; HT: insomnia, palpitations, mania; LU: shortness of breath, sighing)
  • Heat/Damp Heat in the lower jiao (excessive/abnormal bleeding; genital itching, seminal emission, painful urination)
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LV2 ***

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind
  • Alleviates itching
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

‘wind market’

Indications:

  • Wind-Cold-Damp painful obstruction (wandering pain, cold, heavy sensation of the leg)
  • Hemiplegia following windstroke
  • Wind-Damp skin disorders anywhere in the body (bias towards the lower body) (urticaria, dermatitis, generalized itching)
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GB31 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits the ears, Eliminates wind and Clears heat
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Ear disorders (Alternate with TW21, SI19)
  • Other local problems (TMJ, toothache, mumps, deviation of mouth & eyes)
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GB2 ***

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Actions:

  • Transforms phlegm & Dissipates nodules
  • Regulates Qi and Descends rebellion
  • Calms the spirit
  • Clears heat from channel
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Phlegm (scrofula* (lymphatic swellings on the side of neck or in the axilla); coughing of phlegm(LU), psycho-emotional(HT))
  • ‘counterflow Qi’ (coughing/vomiting of pus & blood, coughing phlegm)
  • Heat in the three Jiao (upper(head, neck, LU, HT); middle; lower)
  • Pain @ elbow, arm, shoulder, neck, upper back
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TW10 **

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Actions:

  • Regulates the Dai Mai
  • Regulates the lower jiao & Transforms stagnation

Indications:

•GYN disorders (uterine prolapse)
*POINT LIES OVER THE BROAD UTERINE LIGAMENT*
—HELPS TO MAINTAIN UTERINE POSITION
−leukorrhea, irregular menstruation
•Local problem (pain of the back & ilium, lower abdominal pain, shan disorder)

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GB28 **

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Actions:

  • Regulates Dai Mai & Drains dampness
  • Regulates menstruation & Stops leukorrhea
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Leukorrhea (any pattern)
  • Major damp-heat GYN point (+ SP9) (irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, infertility, uterine prolapse)
  • Local problem (distention & pain of the lower abdomen in women, pain of the lateral costal region, lumbar pain)
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GB26 ***

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Actions:

  • Clears damp-heat from the lower jiao
  • Benefits the genitals
  • Invigorates blood and Benefits the uterus
  • Nourishes blood & Yin

Indications:

  • Damp-heat in the genital region (genital itching/swelling/pain; seminal emission, impotence)
  • GYN w/ underlying damp-heat & blood stasis (infertility, abdominal masses, amenorrhea)
  • LV blood & KD Yin deficiency (visual dizziness, blurred vision, menstrual disorders)
  • Local disorders in the knee
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LV8 ***

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Actions:

  • Clears heat & Benefits the head
  • Benefits the chest & lateral costal region
  • Calms the spirit

Indications:

  • Heat disturbing the head (acute & severe h/a, dizziness; sudden deafness/ tinnitus (ears-KD); redness/swelling/pain of eyes (-LV); stiffness of tongue, curled tongue w/ dry mouth or inability to speak (-HT, SP))
  • ‘fullness below the Heart’ (fullness, distention, pain of the chest & lateral costal region)
  • Insomnia & nightmares

‘Yin Portals of the Foot’

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GB44 **

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Actions:

•Clear heat* from the HT & Calms the spirit
•Clears the nutritive level & Cools blood
•Harmonizes the Stomach & intestines
•Unbinds the chest
COOLING POINT
Child point — Excess heat

Indications:

  • Spiritual disorders, esp. d/t HEAT disturbing the Heart (mania, epilepsy, palpitation, insomnia w/ irritability, ceaseless laughter, deep sadness)
  • Stomach-Qi rebellion, esp. d/t excess HEAT or FIRE (foul breath, epigastric pain, vomiting or vomiting blood; sudden turmoil disorder)
  • Heat at the nutritive & blood levels (febrile disease: fever w/ agitation, restlessness, dryness; eczema, wind rash, carbuncles, furuncles)
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome* (Main Point)
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PC7 ***

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the hip joint

Indications:

  • Hip disorders
  • Weakness & paralysis of the leg, sciatica
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GB29 ***

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV-Qi, Clears GB heat/damp-heat
  • Activates the channel, Alleviates pain, Benefits the joints
  • Regulates Shaoyang

Indications:

  • Heat & stagnant Qi in the GB channel (distention & pain of the chest & lateral costal region with sighing & inability to catch the breath; swelling/pain of head, eyes, neck, throat, axilla)
  • Disorders of the lower limb (hip pain, sciatica, cramping & pain of leg, hemiplegia; ankle*: drop foot, flaccidity or swelling of the ankle)
  • Shaoyang syndrome
  • Disorders of the GB Fu or Wood attacking Earth (cholecystitis, vomiting & acid regurgitation)
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GB40 ***

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Actions:

  • Disperses upper jiao heat & Benefits the ears
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:
•Heat in the upper reaches of the TW channel (ears (tinnitus, deafness, earache); eyes (redness, dryness, lacrimation); throat (swelling & pain); gums & teeth (pain & bleeding))
•Heat disturbing the Heart & spirit (palpitations, fright, mania, epilepsy)
•Local disorders (wrist, hand, fingers)

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TW2 **

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Actions:

  • Benefits the sinews & joints
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Spreads LV Qi and Benefits the lateral costal region
  • Clears LV & GB damp-heat
  • Harmonizes Shaoyang

Indications:

  • Disorders of the sinews & muscles esp. of the leg (pain, cramping, contraction, stiffness, sprain, numbness, atrophy, paralysis)
  • Disorders of the lateral costal region (intercostal neuralgia, fullness in the chest & rib)
  • Disharmony of the GB (damp-heat: bitter taste, nausea&vomiting, jaundice (cholecystitis, hepatitis, cholelithiasis); constipation from Qi stag. or heat: + TW6; Shaoyang syndrome; GB-ST(Wood attacking Earth): sour belching, indigestion; GB-HT(Qi def.): susceptibility to fright, timidity )
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GB34 ****

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind, Benefits the head & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the eyes

Indications:

  • Pain of the forehead (Yangming channel(+ infraorbital region); Shaoyang channel(+ temporal/parietal regions, eye))
  • Eye disorders (lacrimation, redness, pain & itching; ptosis, twitching of eyelids)
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GB14 ***

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Actions:

• Regulates Qi in the lower jiao & Benefits the genitals
− treats Shan disorder
− adjusts urination
− stops menstrual bleeding
•Revives consciousness & Calms the spirit

Indications:

•Lower jiao
−Any kind of Shan disorder, esp. acute & sudden pain
−Urinary: bias towards excess pattern (Qi stag./heat)
−GYN: heavy/prolonged bleeding d/t blood heat
•Loss of consciousness, disorders of spirit (Collapse, epilepsy; Mania-depression, fear & fright, worry, oppression)

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LV1 ***

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV Qi
  • Benefits the chest, lateral costal region & breasts
  • Clears the head and Benefits the eyes
  • Transforms phlegm & Dissipates nodules

Indications:

•LV Qi stagnation along the course of GB channel
−distention & pain in the chest & lateral costal region with inability to catch the breath
−Head: one-sided h/a, dizziness, tinnitus
−Eyes: lacrimation or dry eyes, redness/swelling/pain
−Breasts: premenstrual distention & pain, abscess
−Qi+Phlegm: swelling&nodules in neck, breast, axilla
•GYN disorders (irregular menstruation assoc. w/ LV Qi stagnation, PMS, leukorrhea)
•Disorders of the lower limbs, esp. the feet

Confluent pt. of Dai Mai
+TW5: outer canthus, ear, cheek, neck, shoulder

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GB41 ****

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind and Benefits the ears
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

•Local point for ears, eyes, face, teeth, jaw, lips and head

‘above the joint’ vs. ‘below the joint’ (ST7)

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GB3 **

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV Qi and Regulates the lower jiao
  • Clears LV channel stagnant heat

Indications:

  • Lower jiao primarily d/t stagnant Qi/heat (Genitals: Shan disorder, seminal emission; Urinary disorders: painful/difficult urination; Region around & below the umbilicus: pain/swelling)
  • Local pain/swelling in the ankle
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LV4 **

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Actions:

•Eliminates wind, Benefits the head & Alleviates pain
•Harmonizes the diaphragm & Stomach, Alleviates vomiting
•Treats alcohol intoxication

Indications:

•Head (one-sided headache, esp. when accompanied by vomiting; dizziness; acute & chronic childhood fright wind, deviation of mouth & eye; deafness & tinnitus)
•‘cold & phlegm in the diaphragm & Stomach’
−headache & vomiting induced by alcohol

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GB8 **

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Actions:

  • Benefits sinews & bones
  • Benefits the neck
  • Dispels wind-damp
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Clears GB Fire

Indications:

  • Disorders of the bone marrow, sinews & bones (weakness, flaccidity, contraction, pain of the limbs, esp. chronic painful obstruction & atrophy; main distal point for acute/chronic stiffness & pain of the neck; fractures, leukemia; dizziness, headache, tinnitus)
  • GB Fire (distention of chest, lateral costal region & abdomen, anxiety, agitation, mania, poor appetite, nosebleed )
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GB39 ****

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV Qi, Subdues LV Yang, Eliminates LV Wind
  • Nourishes LV blood & Yin
  • Clears the head & eyes
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Regulates the lower jiao

Indications:

  • Excess & deficiency patterns of the Liver (Stagnation of LV Qi: distention & pain(LI?), emotion; LV Yang/LV Wind: h/a, dizziness, epilepsy; LV blood/Yin def.: eyes, sinews, uterus)
  • Eye disorders (blurred vision, redness/swollen/pain, twitching)
  • Headache(esp. vertex) & dizziness
  • Lower jiao (GYN, genito-urinary disorders, constipation)
  • Disharmony involving the Liver & other organs (LV-LU, LV-HT, LV-SP, LV-ST, LV-GB, LV-KD)
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LV3 ****

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind
  • Benefits the head & eyes
  • Clears the sense organs
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

‘WIND POOL’
Meeting of Foot & Hand Shaoyang, Yang Qiao & Yang Wei

Indications:

  • Exterior or interior wind (wind-cold or wind-heat: chills & fever + h/a, eye …; hypertension, hemiplegia, epilepsy)
  • Head (headache, dizziness; eyes, nose, ears; sequelae of windstroke: loss of speech/memory)
  • Channel disorders (neck, shoulders & upper back)
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GB20 ****

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Actions:

  • Regulates Qi & Clears heat in the three jiao
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

•#1 TW pt. for moving Qi and clearing heat in the three jiao
(upper jiao: ear, eye, cheek, throat, neck; LU, HT; middle jiao: pain of the ribs & lateral costal region*; distention & bloating; lower jiao: constipation*, GYN (Qi stag.))
•Channel disorders in upper limb & shoulder (+ GB39: wandering painful obstruction)
•Sudden loss of voice d/t Wind-Heat

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TW6 ***

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Actions:

  • Invigorates blood and Dispels stasis
  • Cools blood and Stops bleeding
  • Calms the spirit
  • Moderates acute conditions

Indications:

  • Acute conditions (Acute Heart pain d/t blood stasis; Nosebleed, coughing/vomiting blood d/t blood heat)
  • Mental/emotional disorders (agitation, insomnia, melancholy, fear&fright of people)
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PC4 ***

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Actions:

  • Tonifies the KDs & Regulates water passages
  • Fortifies the SP & Regulates the intestines
  • Strengthens the lumbar region

Indications:

  • Disorders of the KDs (lumbar pain, weakness of the spine; difficult urination, retention of urine; kidney stones)
  • Disharmony b/t the KDs & SP (cold or damp diarrhea)
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GB25 **

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV Qi & Benefits the genitals
  • Clears dampness & heat from the lower jiao
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Treats plumstone Qi

Indications:

  • Genital disorders d/t damp-heat (itching, swelling & pain of the genitals or testicles; incessant erection)
  • Other disorders of the lower jiao (GYN: leukorrhea, irregular menstruation; difficult urination, retention of urine)
  • Psycho-emotional disorders (plumstone Qi, depression, fear & fright)
  • Channel disorders (lumbar pain & inflexibility, pain of lower leg & foot)
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LV5 ***

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Actions:

•Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
•Clears heat and
Detoxifies poison

Indications:

  • Pain along the course of the GB channel (neck pain & stiffness, chest & rib fullness/distention, painful obstruction of the lower limb, pain of skin)
  • Rabies with chills & fever

Xiclect

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GB36 **

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Actions:

  • Benefits the GB & Spreads LV Qi
  • Lowers rebellious Qi & Harmonizes the middle jiao
  • Resolves damp-heat

Indications:

•Disorders of the Gall Bladder
−_Stagnation of LV-Q_i: distention, fullness & pain of the lateral costal region, sighing
−GB-Qi invades the ST: vomiting, acid regurgitation, hiccup, epigastric pain
−Damp-heat in the LV&GB: jaundice, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, hepatitis
−indeciveness, timidity, sighing w/ tendency to sadness
•Local problems (rib & chest pain, mastitis)

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GB24 **

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Actions:

•Harmonizes the LV & SP
− fortifies the SP
− spreads the LV
•Regulates the middle & lower jiao

Indications:

  • Disharmony b/t the LV & SP (propensity to anger, abdominal distention & pain, borborygmus, diarrhea, loss of appetite; hepatitis, jaundice, enlargement of liver & spleen)
  • Local pain in the flank, chest or back (lumbar pain w/ inability to turn & bend the waist, inability to raise the arm & shoulder; running piglet Qi)

FRONT-MU of the SPLEEN

HUI-MEETING of the ZANG

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LV13 ***

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Actions:

  • Eliminates wind & Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the eyes*

Indications:

  • Eye disorders (redness, swelling, pain, itching of eyes; twitching of eyelids; blurred vision)
  • Exterior or interior wind (deviation of the face & eye; headache, dizziness, epilepsy)
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TW23 **

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Actions:

  • Relaxes the sinews & Alleviates pain
  • Clears heat

Indications:

  • Pain of local area & along the channel (**wrist **(LI5, SI5), arm, shoulder, neck)
  • Heat (upper reaches of channel: deafness, throat pain; febrile disease, malaria)
  • Wasting & thirsting disorder
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TW4 **

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Actions:

  • Transforms phlegm*, Settles & Calms the spirit
  • Descends rebellious Qi & Regulates the ST
  • Regulates menstruation

Indications:

•PHLEGM**
Ø Spiritual disorders (Ghost Point ‘Guilu’)
−Mild: agitation, apprehension, restlessness, being easily startled/frightened, confusion, disorientation
−Severe: mania, manic raving, epilepsy
Ø Others
−drooling following stroke, vomiting of foam,
goiter, scrofula, plumstone Qi
•Middle Jiao (esp. associated w/ retention of phlegm) (Epigastric pain, nausea, retching, vomiting)
•Lower Jiao (GYN, painful urinary dysfunction)

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PC5 ***

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Actions:
•Benefits the head and sense organs
•Regulates & Descends Qi

Indications:

  • Inversion Qi rushing to the head (eyes & ears (‘sudden deafness with excess of Qi, dimness of vision and hearing’))
  • Scrofula (cervical lymph node swelling)
  • Local pain/stiffness in the neck with inability to turn the head
A

TW16 **

51
Q

Actions:

  • Opens the Yang Wei Mai (expels wind and releases the exterior; clears heat; benefits the head & ears)
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Exterior syndrome (bias toward Wind-Heat) (chills & fever, sweating w/ heat on the exterior, temporal h/a, earache, lacrimation, swelling of glands; Shaoyang stage)
  • Headache (one-sided temporal* (LV-GB), frontal, occipital, vertex)
  • Ear disorders
  • Heat in the upper reaches of the channel (swelling/pain of cheek, toothache, nosebleed, mouth, ulceration, cracked lips, scrofula, mumps)

•Channel disorders of upper limb

A

TW5 ****

52
Q

Actions:

  • Clears heat from the PC & Revives consciousness
  • Clears heat from the HT & Calms the spirit
  • Clears heat from the middle jiao
  • Clears the nutritive level & Cools blood

Indications:

  • Febrile heat in the Pericardium (fever, coma, loss of consciousness)
  • Spiritual disorders d/t HT fire (mania-depression, epilepsy, ceaseless laughter)
  • Ulceration/erosion of the mouth & tongue**
  • Stomach Qi rebellion d/t ST fire (foul breath, vomiting, difficult digestion)
  • Heat @ blood level (hemorrhage: vomiting blood, nosebleed, blood in stool; skin disorder in palm: eczema, tinea, scaling of skin)
  • Hand disorders: (tremor, sweating, pain)
A

PC8 ***

53
Q

Actions:

  • Benefits the ears
  • Benefits the teeth, gums & lips
  • Clears heat

Indications:

•Local point for disorders d/t heat*
−Ears*: tinnitus, deafness, discharge, redness, swelling
−Eyes: redness, swelling, pain
−Teeth: toothache, swelling & pain of gums
−Mumps*
−Headache

A

TW20 **

54
Q

Actions:
•Unbinds the chest, Transforms phlegm & Descends rebellion
•Regulates Qi and Dissipates nodules
•Benefits the breasts

WINDOW OF HEAVEN
Excess patterns d/t stagnation of Qi & phlegm

Indictions:
*Primarily local point for chest & breast disorders of excess nature. *
•Chest (cough w/ copious phlegm, fullness of chest, agitation of chest & diaphragm, shortness of breath)
•Breast (breast abscess, insufficient lactation)
•Axilla (swelling & pain, scrofula)
•Inversion Qi h/a, blurred vision, cough

A

PC1 **

A&E II from Alexis (7 decks)

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