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wk3 - LU fxns & indications Flashcards

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LU 1 functions

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(Front Mu of Lung)

  • clears + diffuses upper burner
  • courses lung qi
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LU 1 indications

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(Front Mu of Lung)

  • cough, asthma
  • pain in chest, shoulder, back
  • fullness of chest
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LU 2 functions

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same as LU 1:

  • clears + diffuses upper burner
  • courses lung qi
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LU 2 indications

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same as LU 1:

  • cough, asthma
  • pain in chest, shoulder, back
  • fullness in chest
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LU 3 functions

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  • clears lung heat

- regulates lung qi

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LU 3 indications

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  • asthma
  • epistaxis (nosebleed)
  • pain in medial aspect of arm
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LU 4 functions

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  • regulates qi + blood

- relieves pain

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LU 4 indications

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  • cough
  • fullness in chest
  • pain in medial aspect of upper arm
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LU 5 functions + indications

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(He Sea)

  • discharges lung fire: hemoptysis, sore throat (bc water point, which sedates + cools the upper jiao)
  • downbears counterflow qi: cough, asthma
  • clears upper burner heat: afternoon fever, mastitis (bc water point, which sedates + cools the upper jiao)
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LU 6 functions

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(Xi Cleft)

  • stops bleeding
  • regulates lung qi (breathing)
  • causes lung qi to descend (helps with acute asthma attack)
  • clears heat
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LU 6 indications

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(Xi Cleft)

  • hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
  • cough
  • asthma
  • sore throat
  • pain in chest
  • spasmodic pain of elbow + arm
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LU 7 functions + indications

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(Luo / Command of Head + Neck / Confluent of Ren)

  • diffuses lung + dispels cold (helps lung to move wei qi outward to exterior): cough, asthma, sore throat
  • courses channels + frees connecting vessels (bc Luo connecting point): pain + weakness of wrist
  • also treats headache, migraine, neck rigidity, facial paralysis, toothache
  • mostly treats wind cold, but can also be used to treat wind heat
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LU 8 functions

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(Jing River / Horary)

  • diffuses the lung + downbears qi
  • courses wind + resolves the exterior

(not used much in TCM, but used a lot on 5 Elements bc it’s the Horary)

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LU 8 indications

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(Jing River)

  • cough
  • sore throat
  • asthma
  • fever
  • pain in chest
  • pain in wrist
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LU 9 functions

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(Shu Stream / Yuan Source / Influential of Vessels)

  • dispels wind + transforms phlegm (bc LU 9 is a Yuan Source point, it is often used with SP 3, another Yuan Source point, when phlegm accumulation in lung is due to Spleen Qi Xu)
  • rectifies the lung and suppresses cough
  • clears + depurates upper burner + lung qi
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LU 9 indications

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(Shu Stream / Yuan Source / Influential of Vessels)

  • cough
  • hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
  • asthma
  • sore throat
  • palpitation
  • pain in chest, wrist, arm
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LU 10 functions

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(Ying Spring)

  • courses the lung + harmonizes the stomach
  • disinhibits the throat (clears heat from throat)
  • clears blood heat
  • abates fever
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LU 10 indications

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(Ying Spring)

  • cough
  • hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
  • sore throat
  • loss of voice
  • fever
  • feverish sensation in the palm
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LU 11 functions

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(Jing Well)

  • frees channel qi
  • revives inversion, resuscitates
  • clears lung counterflow
  • disinhibits throat (good to bleed LU 11 at the onset of sore throat, along with LI 1)
  • courses + discharges surging counterflow qi fire in the 12 channels
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LU 11 indications

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(Jing Well)

  • sore throat
  • cough
  • asthma
  • epistaxis (nose bleed)
  • fever
  • loss of consciousness
  • mania
  • spasmodic pain of the thumb
21
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what point do is used for a wind cold attack?

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LU 7

bc it’s the Command of Head + Neck, and wind cold initially enters / attacks the neck

22
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what point is used at the sudden onset of a sore throat?

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LU 11

23
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what point is used one day after the onset of a sore throat?
or used to treat a sore throat that feels hot, dry, scratchy?

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LU 10

24
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what point is used for a cough that contains blood?

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LU 6 (Xi Cleft)

Spring 2013 / Points 1 (36 decks)

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