Week Four (Part Two)

Question 1

Shi Qi Zhui (Xia)
Below 17 Vertebrae

Location:

Answer 1

On the Du channel, below the spinous process of L-5.

Question 2

Shi Qi Zhui (Xia)
Below 17 Vertebrae

Function:

Answer 2

For lower back pain, menstrual cramps,etc.

Question 3

Yao Yan
Lower Back Eyes

Location:

Answer 3

3.5 to 4.0 cun lateral tot he midline, level with the lower border of the L-4 spinous process.

Question 4

Yao Yan
Lower Back Eyes

Function:

Answer 4

For lower back pain.

Question 5

Yao Qi
Lower Back Surprise

Location:

Answer 5

2 cun superior to DU-1, at about the level of S-5.

Question 6

Yao Qi
Lower Back Surprise

Function:

Answer 6

For seizures, either mild or severe, so it works on the brain. Used for headache, including migraine and occipital pain. Also used for hemorrhoids.

Question 7

Ba Xie
8 Pathogens

Location:

Answer 7

Make a fist to locate. 4 points on each hand: between webs of the fingers, in the junction of the red and white skin.

Note: the Ba Xie point between the 4th and 5th fingers is the same as SJ-2, but needled differently.

Question 8

Ba Xie
8 Pathogens

Function:

Answer 8

Clears heat and toxins, opens the orifices.

Used for conditions of the upper body and limbs.

Question 9

Ba Feng
8 Winds

Location:

Answer 9

4 points on each foot: between the webs of the toes, on the junction of the red and white skin.

Note: two of the points are the same as LIV-2 and ST-44, but needled differently.

Question 10

Ba Feng
8 Winds

Function:

Answer 10

Clears heat and toxins, opens the orifices.

Used for conditions of the lower body and limbs.

Question 11

Huan Zhong
Circle’s Center

Location:

Answer 11

Patient should be laying on one side, with one thigh flexed. It is midway between GB-30 (1/3 lateral and 2/3 medial on a line starting from the greater trochanter to DU-2) and DU-2

Question 12

Huan Zhong
Circle’s Center

Function:

Answer 12

Used for sciatica as well as pain in the sacrum, tailbone, lower back with pain radiating down the leg.

Question 13

Bai Chong Wo
100 Insects

Location:

Answer 13

1 cun above SP-10 (2 cun above the mediosuperior border of the patella)

Question 14

Bai Chong Wo
100 Insects

Function:

Answer 14

Used for itching of any type, excess or deficiency.

Question 15

Xi Yan
Knee Eyes

Location:

Answer 15

Flex knee to locate. Two points, on either side of the patella, in the depressions. Lateral Xi Yan is the same as ST-35.

Question 16

Xi Yan
Knee Eyes

Function:

Answer 16

For all types of knee problems (acute, chronic, deficiency, excess).