Test #1- Who am I? Flashcards
Actions:
- Benefits the Tongue & Regulates Salivation
- Descends Qi & Alleviates Cough (seldom use)
Indications:
- Tongue disorders
- Salivation issues
LOCAL POINTS FOR TONGUE & SALIVATION
CV23 ***
Actions:
- Soothes the LV, Pacifies Wind & Relieves Spasm
- Calms the Spirit
‘SINEW CONTRACTION’
Level w/ BL18(back-shu of LV)
Particular function on wind related to muscles & tendons
Indications:
- LV-Wind
- ‘Anger injuring the LV’
GV8 **
Actions:
- Tonifies the HT & LU & Calms the Spirit
- Clears Heat & Pacifies Wind
- ‘SPIRIT PATHWAY’*
Level w/ BL15 (back-shu of HT)
Indications:
- Deficiency of Gathering Qi
- HT: fright palpitation, HT pain, insomnia, amnesia, muddled thinking, anxiety, stress
- LU: short of breath, sadness, cough, dyspnea
- Internal wind
- Epilepsy, clonic spasm, childhood fright wind, lockjaw
- Local pain of the upper back
* deficiency, sadness, anxiety, more to tonify
GV11 ***
Actions:
- Benefits urination
- Regulates the Lower Warmer
- Warms & invigorates KD
Indications:
- Genito-urinary
- Lower abdominal pain
CV2 **
Actions:
- Clears Heat & Detoxifies Poison
- Circulates LU-Qi & Alleviates Cough/Wheezing
Level w/ BL16 (back-shu of GV) // BLOOD-HEAT & TOXICITY
Indications:
- Empirical point for furuncles
- Lung disorders
- Local back pain/stiffness
GV10 **
Actions:
- Warms Yang & Rescues collapse
- Warms & Harmonizes the intestines
Indications:
- Collapse of Yang
- “Deficient cold abdomen” (SP-Yang def.)
- Extreme weakness or deficiency
- Adjunctive therapy - herbal plaster
CV8 ***
Actions:
- Benefits the Bladder, regulates Qi transformation, drains dampness/Damp-Heat
- Benefits the Uterus and regulates menstruation
- Dispels stagnation and benefits the Lower Warmer
- (Fortifies the Kidneys)
‘This point has a COOLING quality’ // ‘Favored for excess patterns’
Front-Mu pt of the BL
Indications:
- Urinary system
- Edema, diarrhea, jaundice
- Reproductive system
- Local stagnation or accumulation of cold/heat
* cooling quality, best for damp-heat conditions (UTIs)
CV3 ****
Actions:
- Regulates & Benefits Gathering Qi
- Descends Rebellious Qi of the LU & ST
- Benefits the Breasts & Promotes Lactation
Front-Mu pt of the PC
Hui-Meeting pt of QI
Point of the SEA of QI
Indications:
- Deficiency of Zong Qi
- Rebellion of Qi
- Breast disorders
CV17 ****
Actions:
- Descends Rebellious Qi & Alleviates Cough/Wheezing
- Benefits the Throat & Voice
- Point of the Window of Heaven*
Indications:
- Rebellious Lung-Qi (esp. w/ phlegm in throat)
- Throat disordersWindow of Heaven points: sudden onset of disorders
CV22 ***
Actions:
- Harmonizes the Middle Warmer and Descends Rebellion
- Tonifies the ST & SP
- Regulates Qi & Alleviates Pain
Front-Mu pt of the Stomach // Hui-Meeting pt of FU organs
Indications:
- All diseases of ST, deficiency/excess, cold/heat, exterior/interior
- Deficiency of SP
- All Phlegm disease, all types of Phlegm-Fluid
- Mental / neurological related problems
* acts on ANY ST issue, entire ST
CV12 ****
Actions:
- Regulates the Heart & Alleviates Pain
- Transforms Phlegm & Calms the Spirit
- Descends Lung-Qi & Unbinds the Chest
- Harmonizes Stomach & Descends Rebellion
Front-Mu of the Heart
Indications:
- Diseases of Heart Zang-organ
- Mental disorders (esp. Phlegm Misting the HT)
- Rebellious Qi of the LU or ST
* Descending property
* acts on any HT issue or spirit-related issue… deals with ST issues, but more geared to combined ST and emotional issues
CV14 ***
Actions:
- Expands the Chest & Diaphragm, Alleviates Cough (upper)
Level with ‘Diaphragm Shu’(BL17) (diaphragm)
- Fortifies the Spleen & Drains Dampness (middle)
- Treats Jaundice
‘REACHING YANG’
‘BOTTOM OF THE LUNG’: GV9/10
Indications:
- Middle Warmer
- Jaundice (yin/yang type, hepatitis, cholecystitis)
- Cold in ST/SP: epigastric pain, inability to eat, emaciation, heaviness of four limbs, general malaise
- Upper Warmer
- Fullness of chest & lateral costal region, cough, dyspnea
- Local pain/stiffness of spine
GV9 **
Actions:
- Eliminates Wind(INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR WIND)/Named ‘PALACE OF WIND’
- Nourishes the Sea of Marrow & Benefits the Head & Neck(POINT OF SEA OF MARROW, POINT OF WINDOW OF HEAVEN, MEETING OF GV & YANG-LINKING)
-Calms the Spirit (GHOST POINT)
Indications:
“All types of Wind disease”
- Exterior Wind: common cold(aversion to cold, cold
shivering with sweating); ‘wind painful obstruction’
- _Interior Wind_: h/a, head wind, dizziness, blurred vision,
upward staring eyes, windstroke, numbness, twitching,
tremors, seizures
- “the hundred diseases of the head” =
Exterior/interior, occipital/temporal/frontal, exc./def. - Stiffness/pain of the neck
- Mental disorders
GV16 ***
Actions:
- Tonifies & nourishes the KD; fortifies original Qi & benefits the Essence; fortifies KD-Yang(Fire of Gate of Life) & restores collapse of Yang
- Regulates the Lower Warmer: benefits the Bladder, Uterus, regulates Small Intestine Qi
- Warms & fortifies the SP
“THE ONLY POINT THAT TONIFIES QI, BLOOD, YIN & YANG”
Front-Mu pt of the Small Intestine
Indications:
- Strong tonification effect for any profound deficiency of Zang-Fu organs, Qi, blood, Yin or Yang
- Kidney deficiency(Yin, Yang, Qi, Essence)
- Urinary system
- Reproductive system(assisting conception)
* tonifies qi, blood, yin, and yang (builds theKD)… and best for deficient and cold conditions
CV4 ****
Actions:
- Harmonizes the ST & Regulates Qi
- Dispels Food Stagnation
Indications:
- Food stagnation
* “lower cavity”… acts on the lower ST, affects pyloric spincter
* scatters the qi
CV10 **
Actions:
- Tonifies Qi (Orinial Qi), moves Qi & regulates Qi
- Tonifies the Kidneys & fortifies Yang, rescues collapse of Yang
- Harmonizes blood*BUILDS QI & MOVES QI
*Strong QI &YANG restoring // Yuan-Source of ‘HUANG’
Indications:
- Qi disorders
- Deficiency(Original Qi, Qi of five Zang organs), sinking, collapse:
- Stagnation or rebellion:
- Urinary
- Reproductive
- Digestive
* tonifies qi and yang (builds the KD), activates original qi, builds qi and moves qi… more of a moving quality
CV6 ****
Actions:
- Regulates Yang
Subdues Yang & Pacifies Wind
Raises Yang & Counters Prolapse
* MEETING of GV with BL, GB, TW & LV, also named ‘3 Yang 5 Meetings’
- Benefits the Head, Brain, the Sea of Marrow, Sense Organs
- Calms the Spirit
POINT OF SEA OF MARROW
Indications:
- Interior Wind, uprising of excess Yang —bleeding
- Sinking of deficient Yang —Moxa
- Psycho-emotional disorders
- Nasal congestion/discharge/bleeding
GV20 ****
Actions:
- Harmonizes the ST & Regulates Qi
- Descends Rebellion & Alleviates Vomiting
- Regulates the HT
Indications:
- ST issues
- HT or mental disorders (secondary to CV14)
* “upper cavity”… acts on fundus of ST
* descends rebellion (of STqi)
CV13 **
Actions:
- Benefits the Brain & Calms the Spirit‘COURTYARD OF SPIRIT’
- Benefits the Head & Eliminates Wind
- Benefits the Nose/Eyes
Indications:
- Spirit issues
- Wind syndromes
- Interior Wind: upward staring eyes, dizziness (esp. accompanied by vomiting - GV+ ST, BL), epilepsy - Exterior Wind: headache with chills & fever and cold sensation of the head - Nasal/Eye disorders
GV24 ***
Actions:
- Treats hemorrhoids
- Benefits the 2 lower yin
- Activates the channel & alleviates pain
- Calms the spirit
* Luo-connecting point
Indications:
- Local disorders of the anus
- Genito-urinary disorder
- Spine problems
- Mental/neurological disorders
GV1 ***
Actions:
- Clears Heat & Treats Malaria
- Regulates the channel & Clears Wind
FEVER & MALARIA
Indications:
- Febrile diseases
- Chills & fever, malaria (considered a main point in malaria treatment ), steaming bone disorder
- Internal Wind
GV13 ***
Actions:
- Restores Consciousness & Calms the Spirit(GHOST Pt., 6 COMMAND Pt., named ‘MAN’S MIDDLE’)
- Benefits the Face & Nose, Expels Wind(MEETING Pt. of GV with LI, ST)
- Benefits the Spine & Treats acute midline lumbar sprain
Indications:
- Sudden loss of consciousness
- Spirit issues
- Mania-depression, epilepsy, unexpected/ inappropriate laughter and crying
- Face/Nose disorders
- Acute midline lumbar sprain
GV26 ***
Actions:
- Tonifies Kidney Yang & Builds Fire of Gate of Life
- Regulates GV
- Benefits lumbar spine
- (Clears heat)
‘GATE OF LIFE’ // Level w/ BL23 (back-shu of KD)
STRONGEST POINT FOR TONIFYING KD-YANG
Indications:
- Kidney-Yang deficiency
- Cold (esp. feet), lumbar pain
- Genito-urinary:
- Digestive: 5AM diarrhea
- Respiratory: asthma, allergies
- Immune: HIV, cancer
- GV: opisthotonos, splitting h/a, epilepsy
* more building, tonifies KD yang, supports Fire of Gate of Life
GV4 ****
Actions:
- Clears Heat & Treats Malaria
MEETING OF GV & 6 YANG CHANNELS
- Expels (Exterior) Wind & Firms the Exterior
- Pacifies (Interior) Wind
- Tonifies (Qi & Yang) Deficiency
POINT OF SEA OF QI: +ST9, CV17, GV15
Also named ‘HUNDERD TAXATIONS’
Indications:
- Acute febrile diseases(unique ability to clear pathogens from all the three stages) common cold, flu
- Malaria: main pt. to treat the root and manifestation
- Summer-heat stroke
- Wind-Heat skin conditions: itchy rashes, hives
- Sweating disorders:
- Deficiency & Exhaustion
- Local pain & stiffness
- Interior wind
- Nosebleed that does not stop
GV14 ****
Actions:
- Regulates the anterior & posterior Yin Orifices
- Drains Damp-Heat
- Calms the spirit (Ghost pt.)
- Revives from drowning
Indications:
- Urogenital/anal regions
- Other
CV1 **
Actions:
- Dispels cold-damp
- Benefits the lumbar region and legs
- Regulates the Lower Warmer
‘LUMBAR YANG GATE’ // MAIN POINT FOR LOW BACK AND LEG PAIN
Indications:
- Cold-Damp in Lower Warmer
* more dispersive, more of a local point for backache
GV3 ***
Actions:
- Clears Heat from LU&HT
- Calms the Spirit - Pacifies Wind Level w/ BL13 (back-shu of LU)
GOOD AT CLEARING HEAT FROM CHEST
Indications:
- Heat in the chest LU: cough, dyspnea, fever (pneumonia, bronchitis) HT: spiritual disturbance of excess patterns
- Internal wind – Childhood fright epilepsy, clonic spasm, opisthotonos * excess, more to clear heat
GV12 ***
Actions:
- Benefits the Tongue & Treats Muteness
*‘MUTENESS DOOR’ //VOICE ISSUES d/t ‘STIFF TONGUE’
- Eliminates Wind
- Benefits the Neck & Spine
POINT OF SEA OF QI
Indications:
- Inability to speak, loss of voice
Stiffness or flaccidity of tongue, ‘lotus flower tongue’ - Interior/exterior wind
Loss of consciousness from windstroke, head wind,heaviness of head, epilepsy, clonic spasm
- Stiffness/pain of the neck or spine
GV15 ***
Actions:
- Benefits the Nose & Eyes (MAIN POINT FOR NOSE ISSUES)
- Eliminates Wind, Benefits the Head/Face, Dispels Swelling
- Calms the Spirit(GHOST POINT)
Indications:
- Nasal disorders
- Eye disorders (‘Mingtang’-Hall of Brightness)
- Spirit issues
- Swelling in the upper region
GV23 ***
Actions:
- Regulates the Heart & Calms the Spirit
- Descends Lung-Qi & Unbinds the Chest
- Luo-Connecting point of CV // Yuan-Source point of ‘GAO’*
Indications:
- Mental or neurological disorders
- Heart problems
- Rebellion of LU-Qi
- Skin conditions(related to Luo pathway)
CV15 **
Actions:
- Regulates the water passages & treats edema
- Harmonizes the intestines and dispels accumulation
‘WATER SEPARATION’ // PROMOTES CIRCULATION OF FLUIDS IN THE ABDOMEN
Indications:
- Water diseases, edema, ascites
- Severe stagnation & rebellion of Qi d/t dysfunction of intestines
CV9 **
Actions:
- Extinguishes wind & benefits the face
- Regulates the CV
Meeting point of CV, GV, LI & ST
Indications:
- Facial disorders
- Excessive salivation with drooling
- Others:
- Stiffness & pain of the nape of neck
- CV: Shan disorder(M), abdominal masses(F)
- Ghost point: epilepsy, mania-depression
CV24 **
