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Test #3- Who am I? (HT, SI, BL, KD) Flashcards

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Actions:

  • Benefits the bones & joints
  • Expels pathogenic factors & Firms the exterior
  • Regulates Lung-Qi & Alleviates cough

Indications:

  • Disorders of the bones & joints (Rheumatic / arthritic diseases, osteoporosis)
  • Local pain (Rigidity of the nape of the neck or the spine, soreness & pain of the back and scapula)
  • Attack of exterior pathogenic wind-cold (Chills & fever, absence of sweating, headache, stiffness & pain of the neck & upper back; Cough, dyspnoea, fullness of the chest)

INFLUENCE ON NECK, BACK & UPPER RESPIRATORY

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BL11 ***

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Actions:

  • Clears damp-heat
  • Regulates the SP & ST

Indications:

  • Damp-heat (jaundice of Yang type)
  • Disharmony of the ST & SP (difficult digestion, vomiting; abdominal distention, diarrhea)
  • Local back pain

* BL channel point

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BL49 **

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Moves Qi & Unbinds the chest & lateral costal region
  • Benefits the breasts

Indications:

•Pain & swelling in the scapula, shoulder & arm •Pain/swelling/abscess of the breast, insufficient lactation

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SI11 ***

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Actions:

  • Nourishes KD Yin & Clears deficiency heat
  • Tonifies KD Yang
  • Anchors Qi & Benefits the LU
  • Strengthens lumbar spine

Indications:

  • KD Yin deficiency (dryness/malnourishment; empty heat; throat, ears, teeth, brain, lower back/knees, lower jiao (intestines, bladder, uterus, genitals); KD-LV, KD-HT, KD-LU)
  • KD Yang deficiency (impotence, seminal emission, sterility; frequent & copious urination, incontinence, diarrhea, edema; coldness of lower limbs)
  • Local pain in the heel
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KD3 ****

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Actions:

  • Unbinds the chest & Regulates Qi
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Disorders of the chest (cough, asthma, dyspnea, fullness of the chest with rebellious Qi)
  • Local pain (stiffness & pain of the back)

BL channel point….

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BL44 **

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Actions:

  • Clears heat & Benefits the sensory orifices
  • Revives consciousness
  • Promotes lactation & Benefits the breasts

Indications:

  • Breast disorders (insufficient lactation; swelling & abscess of the breasts (mastitis))
  • Excess heat in the head/face (red eyes, pterygium; tinnitus, deafness; nosebleed; throat painful obstruction; ulceration of tongue/mouth)
  • Loss of consciousness from windstroke
  • Febrile disease, malaria
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SI1 ***

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Actions:

  • Revives consciousness
  • Clears heat and Benefits the throat, tongue & eyes
  • Regulates HT-Qi and Calms the spirit

Indications:

  • Loss of consciousness windstroke, febrile diseases
  • Heat in the upper reaches of the channel (Painful obstruction & dryness of the throat; Swelling & pain of the tongue; Redness & pain of the eyes)
  • ‘Fullness below the Heart’ (Pain of the Heart, chest & lateral costal region)

JING-WELL, WOOD POINT

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HT9**

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Actions:

  • Clears HT & Transforms phlegm
  • Regulates Qi & Alleviates pain

Xi-Cleft pt. of Yin Wei Mai

Indications:

− phlegm-fire obstructing the Heart: mania-depression, madness, vomiting of foamy saliva, tongue thrusting

− shan disorder

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KD9 **

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Actions:

  • Regulates the ST & Descends rebellion
  • Harmonizes middle jiao

Indications:

  • All diseases of the ST Fu-organ (ST Qi stagnation: distention/fullness/pain of the epigastrium & abdomen; ST Qi rebellion: ST reflux, nausea, vomiting )
  • Disharmony of both the ST & SP (poor appetite, undigested food in the stool, borborygmus, diarrhea)
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BL21 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates Chong & Ren Mai
  • Regulates the lower jiao

Indications:

− GYN: amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, leukorrhea, infertility

− running piglet Qi, difficult urination, diarrhea

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KD13 **

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Actions:

  • Regulates the GV (benefits the occiput, neck & back; clears wind & heat, treats malaria; calms the spirit and treats epilepsy)
  • Clears heat & Benefits the sensory orifices
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Confluent pt. of GV

Indications:

  • Pain, stiffness & contraction along SI, BL & GV (occipital h/a, stiff neck, pain of the upper spine & scapula, acute lumbar sprain, pain & contraction of the arm, elbow and shoulder, contraction of fingers. This+BL62: inner canthus, ear, nape of neck, scapula)
  • Heat in the upper reaches of the SI channel (tinnitus & deafness; redness/pain/swelling of the eyes with lacrimation, pterygium; nosebleed)
  • Febrile diseases (malaria; chills & fever accompanied by severe pain of the neck & spine in exterior syndromes; nightsweats)
  • Mania-depression, epilepsy (+ BL62)
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SI3 ****

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Actions:

  • Benefits the eyes
  • Expels wind & Clears heat

Indications:

•Eye disorders of any kind (Redness, swelling & pain of the eyes, vision problems)

(acute & chronic conjunctivitis, excessive tearing in windy conditions, astigmatism, optic neuritis, pterygium, color blindness, night blindness, early stage cataracts, glaucoma)

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BL1 ***

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates Pain
  • Benefits the lumbar region

Indications:

•Disorders of the lower limb & lumbar spine (Pain/atrophy/paralysis of the lower limb; sciatica; Pain/rigidity of the lumbar spine)

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BL37 **

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Actions:

  • Tonifies & Nourishes the LU, HT, KD, SP & ST
  • Nourishes Yin & Clears heat
  • Calms the spirit
  • Fosters the original Qi •Resolves phlegm

(‘Shu of Gao & Huang’)

Indications:

•All kinds of deficiency, including 5 types of taxation, 7 injuries

− LU: consumption, coughing of blood, night sweating, steaming bone disorder, emaciation

− HT: poor memory, pounding of the Heart, insomnia, phlegm-fire mania

− KD: seminal emission, impotence

− ST/SP: undigested food in the stool, weariness of the four limbs;phlegm diseases

•Local pain of the back & shoulder

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BL43 ****

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV-Qi
  • Regulates & Nourishes LV blood
  • Pacifies wind
  • Cools fire & Clears damp-heat
  • Benefits the eyes & sinews

Indications:

  • All patterns of disharmony of the LIVER (LV-Qi stag., LV Fire/LV Yang rising, LV blood/Yin def., LV wind, damp-heat); hepatitis, cholecystitis, jaundice, liver cirrhosis …
  • Eye, sinews or mental disorders characterized by LV pathology (pain, itching, dryness, redness of eyes, blurred vision; stiffness, contraction, cramping or pain of the sinews; stress, irritability, depression, mood swings)
  • Local pain (tightness/pain in hypochondria, intercostal neuralgia)
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BL18 ****

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What are the actions of the Liao Points?

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  • Regulates the lower jiao and Facilitates urination & defecation
  • Regulates menstruation & Stops leukorrhea
  • Benefits the lumbar region & legs
  • Important points for inducing labor

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  • Urinary disorders: BL32, 33
  • Intestinal disorders: BL34
  • GYN/genital disorders: BL34
  • Pain in the lumbosacral area pain/atrophy of the legs: BL32, 33
  • Labor pain: BL32
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Actions:

•Benefits the lumbar region, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain •Regulates urination & Treats hemorrhoids

Indications:

  • Channel disorders (local pain of the lumbar region, sacrum & buttocks; pain/atrophy of the leg: sciatica, hemiplegia)
  • Urogenital disorders (difficult urination, retention of urine; seminal emission, turbid leukorrhea, genital pain)
  • Anal disorders (hemorrhoids, prolapse of rectum)
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BL54 ***

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
  • Clears heat & Reduces swelling
  • Clears damp-heat & Treats jaundice

Indications:

  • Disorders along the SI channel (contraction, stiffness & pain in the fingers, wrist, elbow, arm, shoulder, neck and back; swelling in the neck, cheek & submandibular region; tinnitus caused by pain of the submandibular region)
  • Jaundice, wasting & thirsting disorder
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SI4 **

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Actions:

  • Clears damp-heat from the lower burner
  • Benefits the KDs
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Damp-heat in the lower burner, esp. in the genito-urinary system (difficult/urgent urination, dark urine; genital itching, leukorrhea, uterine bleeding, impotence, infertility; pain d/t damp-heat: urination with pain radiating to the thigh, genital pain, hypogastric pain radiating to the genitals & inner thigh)
  • Local pain of the knee
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KD10 **

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What is the different between HT5, HT6, and HT7?

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•HT5 Luo-connecting

Benefits the tongue & Regulates HT-Qi; MP for speech disorders d/t tongue stiffness(GV15, CV23), disorders of heart rhythm(PC6)

•HT6 Xi-cleft

Regulates HT-blood; MP for night sweating(SI3)

•HT7 Yuan-source

Regulates & tonifies the Heart, any disorders of the Heart and spirit, excess/deficiency; Main point for insomnia(SP6), palpitations(PC6)

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Actions:

  • Spreads LV-Qi & Unbinds the chest
  • Regulates the HT
  • Regulates & Descends Qi

Indications:

  • Chest & heart disorders d/t LV Qi stagnation (pain/oppression of the Heart, chest & diaphragm, restlessness, agitation and oppression)
  • Heart dysfunction (heart pain, palpitations, anxiety, stress (+ BL15)
  • LU/ST Qi rebellion (cough, vomiting)
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BL14 ***

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Actions:

  • Regulates Ren Mai & Chong Mai, Adjusts menstruation, Stops uterine bleeding
  • Clears heat & Drains dampness from the lower jiao

Xi-Cleft pt. of Yin Qiao Mai

Indications:

− irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, ‘flooding & trickling’(KD def., blood stasis, blood heat…)

− damp-heat in the lower burner: genital itching/pain /sweating, painful urinary dysfunction, diarrhea…

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KD8 **

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Actions:

  • Invigorates blood & Dispels stasis
  • Cools blood heat & Stops bleeding
  • Nourishes & Harmonizes blood

•Harmonizes the diaphragm & Descends rebellious Qi

Hui Meeting Point of Blood

Indications:

  • All blood diseases, esp. in the upper & middle jiao (blood stasis: pain, fever, psycho-emotional disorders, hemorrhage; blood heat: hemorrhage, fever, psycho-emotional; blood deficiency: night sweating, steaming bone disorders; taxation consumption disorder(+ BL19 ) )
  • Painful obstruction, skin disorders
  • LU/ST Qi rebellion (cough, dyspnea; belching, hiccup, vomiting, ST reflux, esophageal constriction)
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BL17 ****

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Actions:

  • Clears deficient fire & Alleviates night sweating
  • Regulates HT-blood
  • Calms the spirit
  • Moderates acute conditions

Indications:

  • Night sweating, steaming bone disorder (+ SI3)
  • Acute conditions (Heart pain d/t blood stasis: PC4 favored; Nosebleed, vomiting blood d/t blood heat; Acute fright with or without palpitations)

XI-CLEFT POINT

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HT6***

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Actions:

•Regulates the Yin Motility Vessel

  • Nourishes the KDs & Clears deficiency heat
  • Benefits the throat
  • Calms the spirit
  • Regulates the lower jiao

Indications:

  • Throat disorders, esp. d/t Yin deficiency heat (swelling/pain/dryness of throat, plumstone Qi (LU7))
  • Eye disorders (redness/pain of eyes originating at the inner canthus, vision disturbed by seeing spots & stars)
  • Spirit disorders (**insomnia, somnolence; night-time epilepsy ** (BL62); sadness, fright, nightmares)

•Disorders of the lower burner (uterus: irregular menstruation, infertility;
genitals: genital itching, leukorrhea
− urethra/anus: dribbling urination, constipation)

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KD6 ****

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Actions

  • Activates the channel & Benefits the arm
  • Clears heat, Transforms phlegm & Calms the spirit

Indications:

  • Disorders of the HT channel in the upper limb (Numbness, trembling, pain of the arm and hand, esp. the elbow (main point for medial epicondylitis); Hemiplegia & atrophy after windstroke, Parkinson’s)
  • Disorders of the chest (HT pain, palpitations; chest pain, intercostal neuralgia)
  • Heat or Phlegm (Mania & excessive laughter, epilepsy, tongue thrusting; Scrofula esp. under the armpit; Redness of the eyes, erosion & swelling of the gums, toothache accompanied by chills & fever)

HE-SEA, WATER point

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HT3***

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Actions:

  • Descends excess from the head
  • Calms the spirit
  • Revives consciousness & Rescues Yang

Indications:

  • “Excess above & deficiency below” (LV-KD: h/a, dizziness, cloudy vision; nosebleed; epilepsy, windstroke; running piglet Qi; HT-KD: insomnia, excessive dreams, agitation, palps; LU-KD: asthma, cough, dyspnea; dry cough, blood-streaked phlegm; Empty heat above: swelling, pain, dryness of throat; dry tongue, loss of voice; mouth ulceration; hot flushes)
  • Loss of consciousness (windstroke, epilepsy, Yang collapse)
  • Other (constipation, difficult urination; cold leg & foot)
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KD1 ***

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Actions:

  • Harmonizes the upper & lower
  • Expels wind from Taiyang Channel
  • Treats hemorrhoids
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Lower limb problems (lower limb pain/numbness/atrophy; RLS; sciatic pain located along either BL or GB channel)
  • “Excess above + deficiency below” (‘Flying Yang’) (h/a, dizziness, pain of the neck & occiput, nosebleed; lumbar pain, coldness of the lower part of the body, inability to stand, weakness of legs)
  • Mania & epilepsy, hemorrhoids
  • Exterior syndrome in Taiyang stage (chills & fever, absence of sweating, pain of the neck & occiput, nasal congestion/watery discharge)
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BL58 ***

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Actions:

  • Strengthens the lumbar region
  • Regulates the Lower Burner

Indications:

  • All cases of lumbar pain
  • Disorders of the lower burner with underlying KD deficiency − wasting & thirsting disorders, diarrhea, enuresis, difficult urination, frequent urination
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BL26 **

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Actions:

  • Benefits the tongue
  • Regulates heart rhythm(HT-Qi)
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Speech disorders d/t tongue stiffness (post-stroke speech difficulty, sudden loss of voice, stuttering)
  • Disorders of **heart rhythm **(Palpitations, irregular heart beat, tachycardia, bradycardia)
  • Psycho-emotional disorders (Fright, agitation, anxiety, fear, sadness, depression)
  • Channel disorders (Throat: soreness & swelling; Eye: dizziness or headache + redness/pain of the eyes; Arm: pain or spasm of forearm, wrist, fingers)

‘Penetrating the Interior’

Luo-Connecting point

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HT5****

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Actions:

  • Reinforces the KDs
  • Anchors Qi & Benefits the LU
  • Strengthens the will & Dispels fear

Indications:

  • Excess above & deficiency below caused by LU-KD disharmony (asthma, cough, dyspnea; wheezing, coughing of blood, dry & sore throat)
  • Psycho-emotional disorders when KD spirit is down (susceptibility to fear, lack of confidence, somnolence)
  • Heel pain, low back pain & stiffness worse w/fatigue

“In case of Qi rebellion, there is agitation of the heart with fullness; in excess, there is retention of urine; in deficiency, there is lumbar pain”

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KD4 **

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Actions:

  • Eliminates Wind & Alleviates Pain
  • Clears heat & Reduces swelling

Local wind point

Indications:

•Facial disorders d/t exterior or interior wind (Facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, twitching of the eyelids, toothache of upper jaw)

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SI18 **

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Actions

  • Unbinds the chest
  • Activates the channel & Benefits the arm

Indications:

  • Disorders of the shoulder & arm (Shoulder pain, frozen shoulder; Paralysis, numbness, atrophy, cold & pain of the upper limb)
  • Disorders of the Heart & chest (Heart pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, distention & fullness of the lateral costal region (helps to relax ribcage); Sadness, anxiety)
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HT1**

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Actions:

  • Separates the pure from the turbid
  • Regulates the intestines and Bladder
  • Drains turbid dampness & Clears damp-heat
  • Regulates Small Intestine Qi

Indications:

  • Intestinal disorders, esp. d/t damp-heat (diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, blood & mucus in stools; constipation, hemorrhoids)
  • Urinary disorders d/t damp-heat (dark yellow urine, enuresis, retention of urine, difficult/painful urination, blood in the urine)
  • Genital disorders d/t damp-heat (seminal emission, leukorrhea)
  • Others: (Small Intestine Qi pain, wasting & thirsting disorder − local pain)
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BL27 ***

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Actions:

  • Tonifies KD-Qi, KD-Yang, KD-Yin & KD-Essence
  • Regulates the water passages & Benefits urination
  • Benefits & Warms the uterus
  • Benefits the eyes & ears
  • Strengthens lumbar region

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the KIDNEY

(KD Qi def., KD Yang def., KD Yin def., KD Essence def.)

− frequent urination, incontinence, enuresis; cockcrow diarrhea; seminal emission, premature ejaculation, sterility; irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, infertility; edema with difficult urination; tinnitus, deafness, chronic ear infections

  • Dual disharmony of the KD & SP, HT, LV or LU
  • Chronic deficiency, esp. in the elderly
  • Local pain in the lumbar region
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BL23 ****

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Actions:

  • Clears damp-heat & Regulates the lower jiao
  • Benefits the coccyx & Treats hemorrhoids

Indication:

  • Anal disorders (chronic hemorrhoids, prolapse of rectum )
  • Local pain of the coccyx or lumbar region
  • Damp-heat in the lower jiao (diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, leukorrhea, genital itching/sweating)
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BL35 **

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Actions:

  • Benefits lower back & knees, Activates the channel & Alleviates pain •Cools blood
  • Cools summer-heat and Stops vomiting & diarrhea
  • Benefits the bladder

Indications:

  • Disorders of the lumbar region & lower limbs (acute/chronic lumbar pain, sciatic pain, atrophy/ pain/hemiplegia of the lower limb, knee disorders)
  • Heat in the blood level (febrile diseases, skin diseases(excess type), nosebleed)
  • ‘counterflow Qi and diarrhea’ (summer-heat stroke, sudden turmoil disorder)
  • Urinary disorders (enuresis, difficult urination, dark urination)
  • Hemorrhoids
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BL40 ****

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Actions:

  • Regulates the intestines
  • Transforms stagnation & Alleviates pain
  • Strengthens the lumbar region & legs

Indications:

  • Intestinal disorders (constipation; diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, borborygmus; prolapse of the rectum, intestinal abscess)
  • Local back pain or pain/atrophy of the leg
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BL25 ****

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Actions:

  • Pacifies interior wind & Expels exterior wind
  • Calms spirit & Treats epilepsy
  • Benefits the head & eyes
  • Opens & Regulates Yang Qiao
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Wind disorders (Exterior wind: chills & fever, aversion to wind, h/a; Interior wind: lockjaw, opisthotonos, up staring eyes, deviation of mouth & eyes, windstroke & hemiplegia)
  • Mental disorders (daytime epilepsy, mania, insomnia, palpitations)
  • Heat in the head (h/a, dizziness, nosebleed, deafness & tinnitus, redness/swelling/pain of the eyes)
  • Pain of both the lumbar region and hip
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BL62 ****

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Actions:

  • Calms the spirit
  • Regulates & Tonifies the Heart

Indications:

  • All disorders of the spirit (Insomnia, poor memory, absent-mindedness, disorientation, restlessness; Dementia, mania, mad laughter, epilepsy)
  • All disorders of the Heart (Palpitations, heart pain(PC) )
  • Heat in the HT channel (Swelling, dryness, pain of the throat, red face, yellow eyes, heat in the palms; spitting/vomiting blood; Enuresis d/t heat in the bladder (HT- SI - BL))

SHU-STREAM = YUAN-SOURCE

MOST NOURISHING Pt. on HT CHANNEL

EARTH, CHILD point — EXCESS

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HT7****

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Actions:

  • Moves & Regulates the TW
  • Regulates the SP&ST and Resolves dampness
  • Regulates the water passages & Promotes urination
  • Resolves masses

Indications:

  • Water metabolism disorders (edema with difficult urination, white turbidity; abdominal distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, undigested food in the stool)
  • Abdominal masses
  • Shaoyang syndrome
  • Local pain of the lower back
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BL22 **

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Actions:

  • Regulates the Bladder
  • Clears damp-heat from the lower burner
  • Dispels stagnation & Resolves masses
  • Benefits the lumbar region and legs

Indications:

  • All kinds of urinary disorders, esp. d/t damp-heat (painful/difficult/hesitant/frequent urination with scanty, dark flow)
  • Damp-heat in the intestinal/genital region (diarrhea; genital itching/swelling/pain/ulceration, seminal emission, leukorrhea)
  • Stiffness/pain of the lumbar region, sacrum, buttocks, coccyx and lower limbs
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BL28 ***

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Actions:

  • Benefits & Regulates the nose
  • Clears the head

Indications:

  • Nose disorders of any kind (+ GV23) (nasal congestion & discharge, rhinitis, nosebleed, nasal sores, loss of sense of smell)
  • Vertex headache (+ GV20)
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BL7 **

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Actions:

  • Expels wind & Releases the exterior
  • Strengthens defensive Qi & Firms the exterior
  • Disseminates & Descends LU-Qi
  • Benefits the nose

Indications:

  • Exterior pathogenic wind attacks (Colds/Flu) (exterior excess: chills & fever, absence of sweating, rigidity & pain of the head and neck, P: floating-tight; exterior deficiency: fever & chills unrelieved by sweating, aversion to wind, P: floating-weak; susceptible to catching cold easily; wind attacking the lung: cough w/ chest pain, dyspnea; wind attacking the skin: wind rashes, urticaria)
  • Nose disorders of all kinds (nasal stuffiness & discharge, nosebleed, sneezing, sensitivity to dust and pollen)
  • Stiff neck

‘WIND GATE’

(bias towards exterior wind)

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BL12 ****

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Actions:

  • Unbinds the chest
  • Transforms phlegm and Alleviates cough & wheezing
  • Harmonizes the Stomach & Lowers rebellious Qi

Indications:

  • Rebellion of LU-Qi (chronic cough w/ vomiting of phlegm, wheezing, chronic dyspnea w/ oppression of chest, chest pain)
  • Rebellion of ST-Qi (nausea, vomiting, inability to eat & drink)
  • Neck tension & pain (good point for massage)
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KD27 **

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Actions:

  • Tonifies SP-Qi & SP-Yang
  • Resolves dampness
  • Raises SP-Qi & Holds blood
  • Regulates & Harmonizes the Qi of the middle jiao

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the SPLEEN

− SP Qi/Yang def. + dampness, prolapse from Qi sinking, hemorrhage d/t Qi not holding blood

− stagnation in the middle burner d/t SP Qi def., LV-SP disharmony or dampness: fullness, distention or pain in the abdomen or lateral costal region

•Local back pain (worse w/ cold & damp)

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BL20 ****

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Actions:

  • Activates the channel, Relaxes the sinews & Alleviates pain •Regulates the lower jiao & Alleviates pain
  • Treats hemorrhoids

Indications:

•Disorders of the lower limb (Pain/atrophy/paralysis of the lower limb; sciatica)

MAIN POINT for UPPER HAMSTRING INJURY

•Hemorrhoids

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BL36 ***

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Actions:

  • Harmonizes the Triple Burner & Regulates urination
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Urinary disorders (difficult urination, retention of urine, edema; enuresis)
  • Local pain of the leg/foot

Lower HeSea of the Triple Warmer

A

BL39 ***

47
Q

Actions:

  • Benefits the ears
  • Calms the spirit

Indications:

  • Ear disorders of any kind (tinnitus, deafness, pain/itching/discharge of the ears)
  • TMJ pain & inflammation
  • Emotional disorders (depression, mania, epilepsy)
A

SI19 ***

49
Q

Actions:

  • Regulates Qi & Alleviates pain
  • Regulates & Warms intestines

Indications:

− constipation d/t KD Yang def., painful urinary dysfunction from chronic accumulation

A

KD16 **

50
Q

Actions:

  • Tonifies KD & Benefits essence
  • Regulates urination
  • Strengthens lumbar region

Indications:

  • Male sexual dysfunction (impotence, premature ejaculation, seminal emission, swelling & pain of the genitals)
  • Urinary disorders (difficult or dribbling urination w/ Yin edema)
  • Local pain in the lumbar region

* BL channel point

A

BL52 ***

51
Q

Actions:

  • Benefits the KDs
  • Regulates the water passages & Treats edema
  • Regulates sweating
  • Drains damp / damp-heat
  • Strengthens the lumbar region

Indications:

  • Primary point for water passage & water metabolism disorders (edema; urinary dysfunction)
  • Important point for sweating disorders (spontaneous sweating, nightsweats, fever with absence of sweating)
  • Damp-heat in the lower burner (diarrhea, dysenteric disorder, bleeding hemorrhoids; blood in the urine/stool, menorrhagia, leukorrhea)
  • Lumbar pain
A

KD7 ***

52
Q

Actions:

  • Tonifies LU-Qi & Nourishes LU-Yin
  • Descends & Disseminates LU-Qi
  • Clears heat from the LU
  • Releases the exterior

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the LUNG

− All deficiency LU patterns

 LU-Qi def.: weak cough worsened by exertion, SOB with no desire to speak
 LU-Yin def.: dry sputum, dry mouth/throat/tongue

− All excess LU patterns

Interior excess: fullness/pain of the chest, LU abscess, coughing of phlegm

− Exterior pathogenic factors affecting the LU: aversion to cold, chills & fever with cough
•Disorders of the throat, nose, skin, sweating

Backshu of the LU

A

BL13 ****

53
Q

Actions:

  • Regulates Qi & Pacifies wind
  • Benefits the head & sensory orifices
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Main point for occipital h/a, stiff neck & shoulders
  • Disorders of the sensory orifices (nasal congestion, loss of sense of smell; swelling, redness & pain of the eyes, poor vision; swelling of the throat with difficulty to speak)
  • Interior wind − dizziness, epilepsy, head wind
  • Point of Window of Heaven*
  • ‘Sudden contraction, epilepsy and dizziness with inability of the legs to support the body, select XX’ — Spiritual Pivot*
A

BL10 ****

54
Q

Actions:

  • Tonifies & nourishes the LU
  • Soothes dyspnea & cough
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

(‘Door of the Corporeal Soul’)

Indications:

  • LU disorders (asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, pulmonary TB, pulmonary-type indications, grief)
  • Local pain (stiff neck, pain of the upper back, shoulder, scapula, chest & back)
A

BL42 **

55
Q

Actions:

•Clears heat & Lowers Yang

  • Pacifies wind & Leads down the excess
  • Activates the entire channel & Alleviates pain
  • Relaxes the sinews & Strengthens the lumbar spine
  • Promotes labor

Indications:

  • Heat, excess Yang or wind in the head (h/a, heat in the head, redness/swelling/pain of eyes, nosebleed, toothache; epilepsy, lockjaw)
  • Pain & contraction anywhere along the channel (occipital h/a, stiff neck, pain of the back & spine (SI3); Heart pain radiating from the chest to the back; pain of the lower limbs, heel & ankle)
  • Prolonged labor
A

BL60 ***

56
Q

Actions:

  • Clears deficiency heat
  • Regulates the KDs
  • Regulates the lower jiao

Indications:

  • Deficiency heat (throat painful obstruction, dry throat; night sweating; dyspnea & coughing blood; wasting & thirsting disorder, hot & restless feet; irregular menstruation, infertility; seminal emission, nocturnal emissions, sterility; genital itching)
  • KD-Yang deficiency (cold diarrhea, edema, impotence, spontaneous sweating; one foot hot and one foot cold)
A

KD2 ***

57
Q

Actions:

  • Clears heat from HT & S.I.
  • Regulates HT-Qi (stag./def.)
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Heat in the lower burner transmitted via the HT—S.I.—BL connection (Urogenital disorders: difficult urination, enuresis, itching or pain of the genitals, accompanied by HT-Fire: insomnia, mouth & tongue ulcers, thirst, agitation)
  • Stagnation of Qi in the Heart & chest region (Oppression/pain of the chest, accompanied by excessive sighing, fear, plumstone Qi)
  • Emotional disorders d/t deficiency of HT-Qi (Fright palpitations, sadness & worry)
  • Channel disorders: spasm of little finger, heat in palms

YING-SPRING, FIRE POINT

MAIN POINT FOR HT—SI—BL

A

HT8***

58
Q

Actions:

  • Activates the channel & Alleviates pain, Benefits the shoulder/arm
  • Moderates acute conditions

•Benefits the eyes

‘SUPPORT THE AGED’

Indications:

  • Pain conditions (SI channel: severe pain of the shoulder, scapula & arm (frozen shoulder), stiff neck, pain of the wrist; BL channel: acute lumbar sprain, contraction of the sinews of the foot with inability to extend & flex)
  • Blurred vision, dimness of vision, eye diseases
A

SI6 ***

59
Q

Actions:

  • Relaxes the sinews, Activates the channel & Alleviates Pain
  • Benefits the calf & heel
  • Treats Hemorrhoids

Indications:

  • Primary distal pt. for all kinds of hemorrhoids
  • Main point for calf cramps
  • Important point for heel pain
  • Sciatica pain radiating to the calf region
A

BL57 ****

60
Q

Actions:

  • Spreads LV-Qi & Relaxes the sinews
  • Harmonizes the middle jiao

Indications:

  • Local pain (fullness/distention/pain of the chest and lateral costal region)
  • Contraction of the sinews
  • Disorders of the SP/ST (difficult digestion, vomiting, diarrhea)

* BL channel point

A

BL47 **

61
Q

Actions:

  • Drains damp-heat from the LV & GB
  • Clears pathogenic factors from Shaoyang
  • Tonifies & Regulates GB Qi
  • Tonifies deficiency

Indications:

  • Damp-heat in the GB & LV (jaundice, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting, distention of the lateral costal region)
  • Shaoyang syndrome (bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, blurred vision; fullness/distention of the chest & lateral costal region; nausea & vomiting)
  • Deficiency of the Qi of the HT & GB (fright palpitations w/ restless sleep, insomnia)
  • Steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation

‘Four flowers’ (BL17 + BL19)

A

BL19 ***

62
Q

Actions:

•Benefits the lower jiao & Alleviates pain

  • Regulates Qi & Moves blood stasis
  • Regulates water passages & Promotes urination

Indications:

−stagnation/accumulation of Qi, blood, food, water: abdominal distention/edema, diarrhea/constipation, GYN disorders(‘malign blood’)

A

KD14 **

64
Q

Actions:

  • Expels wind & Clears the head & eyes
  • Turns the fetus & Facilitates labor

Indications:

  • Fullness & heat in the head (vertex/occipital headache, acute disorders of the neck, eyes, nose & ears)
  • Malposition of the fetus
  • Delayed/prolonged labor, retention of placenta
A

BL67 **

65
Q

Actions:

  • Eliminates wind & Clears heat
  • Benefits the eyes
  • Clears the head & Alleviates pain

Indications:

  • Eye disorders (acute conjunctivitis, blurred vision, lacrimation on exposure to wind; twitching of eyelid, ptosis)
  • Frontal headache, esp. in the eyebrow region (sinusitis, one-sided or generalized head wind)
  • Facial paralysis
  • Pain of hemorrhoids
A

BL2 ***

66
Q

Actions:

  • Clears heat & Releases the exterior
  • Calms the spirit

•Activates the channel & Alleviates pain; Benefits the finger joints

Indicaiton:

  • Febrile disease with neck/back pain at the onset
  • Psycho-emotional disorders (Mania-depression, fear & fright, sadness & anxiety)
  • Disorders along the channel (Stiffness of the neck, contraction of the elbow, severe pain of all the fingers, h/a, dizziness)
  • ‘In deficiency, there are warts’
A

SI7 **

67
Q

Actions:

  • Tonifies & Nourishes the HT
  • Regulates HT-Qi
  • Calms the spirit
  • Unbinds the chest & Resolves blood stasis
  • Clears HT fire

Indications:

•All patterns of disharmony of the HEART (def. of Qi, Blood, Yin or Yang; HT fire, blood stasis, obstruction of phlegm)

− Heart: oppression of the chest, HT pain, palpitations or irregular heart beat

− Spirit: insomnia, poor memory, excessive dreaming; epilepsy, dementia, mania-depression(‘happy point’)

•Disorders of the eyes, tongue, sweating

A

BL15 ****

A&E from Alexis (4 decks)

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