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Heart 1
Clears Heart Yin Xu. Moves Qi & Blood in channel and chest. Tonifies Heart Yin.
Entry
Heart 3
Clears Heart Heat. Calms Shen. Removes obstruction from the channels
Water, He-Sea
Heart 4
Calms Shen. Invigorates the channel. Cools Heart Fire. Can reconnect on to their yuan shen, their true path if distracted in life from a shen disturbance.
Heart 5
Tonifies Heart Qi. Calms shen. Tonifies and regulates Heart Qi. Clears heat. Benefits bladder. Palpitations, calms spirit, apahasia with tongue stiffness, sudden loss of voice.
Luo
Heart 6
Moves one past old bitterness. Moves stagnation that inhibits the heart. Nourishes Heart Yin. Pain. Cardiac pain, hysteria, epistaxis, insomnia.
Xi-cleft
Heart 7
Tonifies Heart Blood. Tonifies Heart Yuan Qi. Insomnia. Calms Shen. Nourishes Shen. Opens the orifices-mental problems. Name: enters the chamber of the Heart. Irritability, palpitations, hysteria, schizophrenia, psychosis, insomnia, mania, dementia, epilepsy, amnesia, cardiac pain, yellowish sclera.
Yuan, Earth, Shu-stream, Sedation
Heart 8
Clears Heart fire XS or Xu. Heart phlegm, calms mind, vivid dreams, mental restlessness, pruritus of external genitalia. Calms shen. Clears Heat. Regulates Heart Qi. Strengthens and ignites the fire and passion of the heart. Palpitations, pain in chest, enuresis, dysuria
Fire, Ying-Spring, Horary
Heart 9
Excesses, febrile disease, discharges pathogenic heat, opens cardiac portals, wind stroke. Palpitations, cardiac pain, mania, loss of consciousness.
Wood, Jing-Well, Tonification, Exit
Small Intestine 5
Opens Chest; palpitations. Clears Heat. Calms Shen.
Jing-River, Fire, Horary
Small Intestine 6
Pain. Invigorates channels. Brightens eyes b/c Tai Yang pair. Improves hearing, moves qi and blood. Bi syndrome, low back pain, deafness, benefits elderly.
Xi-cleft
Small Intestine 7
Clears Heat in the Heart. Calms Shen. Invigorates the Channel. Mania, calms the mind, clears spirit-disposition, neck rigidity.
Luo-connecting
Small Intestine 8
Relates to BL 40.
Earth, He-Sea, Sedation
Small Intestine 9
Local point used for diagnosing (divining)
Small Intestine 10
Local pain. Frozen shoulder.
Yang Wei & Yang Qiao cross here.
Small Intestine 11
Local pain in scapular region. Affects Chest b/c opposite. Point is lateral to Ht Back Shu, influences Ht.
Small Intestine 12
Wind. Tai Yang conditions. Shao Yang conditions. Confusion/shao yang, can release latent heat.
GB, LI, SJ meet there
Small Intestine 13
Benefits shoulder and scapula.
Small Intestine 14
Shoulder pain.
Small Intestine 15
Descends Lung Qi. Activates channel, alleviates pain.
Small Intestine 16
Upper body point. Used by Taoists to open to celestial guidance.
Window of the Sky
Small Intestine 17
Benefits neck, throat, ears. Disperses swelling. Descends rebellious qi.
Window of the Sky
Small Intestine 18
Leg tendon problems. Facial paralysis. Expels wind. Relieves local pain. Twitching of eyelids. Trigeminal neuralgia.
Mtg 3-Yang, Tendo-Muscular Channels of the Leg
Small Intestine 19
Deafness, tinnitus, otorrhea, toothache. Relieves pain. Boosts visual & hearing acuity, esp. when problems are due to deficiency.
Mtg SJ, UB
Small Intestine 1
Opens orifices. Clears obstructions from channel, neck pain & stiffness (end of channel tx beginning). Expels Wind (WH, Int/Ext). Insufficient lactation, obstruction & coagulation of milk caused by Lv Qi Stag. Acute tonsillitis.
Metal, Jing-Well, Entry
Small Intestine 2
Clears wind heat and reduces swelling. Benefits eyes, ears & throat. Activates channel & relieves pain.
Water, Ying-Spring
Small Intestine 3
Acute spine pain. Relaxes muscles related to Du Mai, also Tai Yang. Benefits local sinews/muscles. Pain along Du Mai channel, including Headache. Stimulates Du Mai, incl. Brain; clears Mind. DH in SI. Jaundice. Distant pt. for channel. Tx Heat due to Master pt. Du Mai (Sea of Yang). Tinnitus, deafness, sore throat, mania, malaria, acute lumbar sprain, occipital and vertex headache.
Wood, Shu-Stream, Tonification, Master/Du Mai
Urinary Bladder 1
Expels wind. Clears heat. Brightens the eyes. Stops pain. Stop itching. Lacrimation, night & color blindness, blurred vision.
Mtg SI, ST, GB, SJ, Du, Yang & Yin Qiao
Urinary Bladder 2
Local headache. Expels wind. Sometimes used instead of BL 1
Urinary Bladder 3
Expels wind, clears the head, alleviates pain. Benefits eyes & nose. Headache, vertex HA, dizziness, nasal congestion.
Urinary Bladder 4
Expels wind, clears the head, alleviates pain. Benefits eyes & nose. Headache, vertex HA, dizziness, nasal congestion.
Urinary Bladder 5
Subdues internal wind. Restores consciousness. Epilepsy convulsions, rigid spine in children, sudden attack of wind.
Urinary Bladder 6
Eliminates wind, clears heat. Clears the head, benefits eyes & nose. Headache, vertex HA, dizziness.
Urinary Bladder 7
Subdues wind. Opens orifices. Stops convulsions. Headache, nasal obstructions, rhinitis, influences the face.
Urinary Bladder 8
Benefits the sense organs. Pacifies wind, transforms phlegm & calms the spirit.
Urinary Bladder 9
Expels wind and cold and alleviates pain. Benefits the nose and eyes.
Level with Du 17
Urinary Bladder 10 Level w Du 15
Relieves pain. Soothes sinews. Invigorates the lower back. Clears the brain. Dissipates cold. Expels wind. Pain in shoulder and back, headache, nasal obstruction. BL 10 & BL 40 join upper/lower back. Divergent channels link ‘em together.
4 Seas/Qi, Window of the Sky
Urinary Bladder 11 Level with Du 13
Strengthens bones. Regulates bones and joints. Can be used with stream points for Bi syndrome. Nourishes Blood.
4-Seas/Blood, Influential/Bone, Mtg SI, SJ, GB, Du
Urinary Bladder 12
Expel wind. Release the exterior. Regulate nutritive & defensive Qi. Common cold, cough, fever, headache, neck rigidity. TA: Wind means change, ability to deal with change Prevents wind from entering body. Regulates Ying and Wei.
Mtg Du (Du is Yang: heat, wind)
Urinary Bladder 13 Level w Du 12
Cough. Any Lung disharmony. Regulates Lung Qi. Tonifies nutritive & defensive Qi. Tonifies Lung Qi & Yin. Clears Lung heat. Stimulates Lung’s dispersing & descending function. Lung Yin Xu night sweats. Releases Wind, esp. wind-cold. Asthma, common cold, cough, chest pain, hemoptysis.
Lung Back Shu
Urinary Bladder 14 Level with T4
Calms Shen & Heart. Regulates Heart. Cardiac pain, palpitations, vomit. Pc Back Shu
Pc Back Shu
Urinary Bladder 15 Level with Du 11
Calms mind. Clears Heart heat. Stimulates brain. Nourishes Heart & quiets spirit (esp. Ht Yin / Ht Blood Xu). Invigorates Blood. Cardiac pain, loss of memory, palpitation, cough, spitting of blood, night sweats, mania. Ht Back Shu.
Ht Back Shu
Urinary Bladder 16 Level with Du 10
Regulates Heart.
Back shu of the Du Mai
Urinary Bladder 17 Level to Du 9
Nourishes blood. Invigorates blood. Clears blood heat. Regulates the diaphragm. Hiccup, belching, vomiting, hemoptysis, night sweats, clears heat, calms shen.
Influential/Blood
Diaphragm back shu
Urinary Bladder 18 Level to Du 8
Hypochondriac pain. Redness of eyes. Emotional conditions, anger, irritability, no smooth flow in life. Resolves Damp Heat. Benefits Liver and Gall Bladder. Moves stagnant Qi. Eliminates Wind. Disperses blood stasis. Benefits eyes. Influences Liver Yin & Blood. Jaundice, blurring vision, night blindness, epilepsy.
Liver back shu
Urinary Bladder 19 Level to Du 7
Chest & hypochondriac pain. Resolves Damp Heat in Liver & GB. Clears Gall Bladder fire. Dispels Damp Heat. Harmonizes the Stomach. Decision-making. Bitter taste in mouth. Jaundice, cholecystitis, tuberculosis.
GB back shu
Urinary Bladder 20 Level to Du 6
Tonifies Spleen & Stomach. Resolves damp. Nourishes blood. Assists transportation and transformation. Fatigue. Loose or bloody stool. Chronic illnesses. Depletion of Qi & Blood. Profuse menses. Harmonizes blood & Ying Qi. Tonifies post heaven Qi and vital substances. Bleeding, not holding Blood in vessels. Epigastric pain, jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, bloody stools, edema, anorexia, Stomach or Uterine prolapse.
Sp back shu
Urinary Bladder 21 Level to Du 5
Eliminates food stagnation. Abdominal distention. Regulates & tonifies Stomach Qi. Resolves Damp. Anorexia, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, hiccup, belching, borborygmus.
St back shu
Urinary Bladder 22
Resolves damp. Opens water passages. Regulates transformation and transportation of fluids in Lower Burner. Regulates Qi & disinhibits water. Stimulates T & T of substances. Edema, urinary retention.
San Jiao back shu
Urinary Bladder 23 Level with Du 4 @ L2
Tonfies and nourishes Kidneys. Nourishes blood and essence. Benefits bone & marrow. Invigorates ming men fire. Strengthens Kidneys function of receiving Qi. Low back pain. Benefits ears. Calm mind. Weak or painful knees. Brightens eyes. Strengthen will power. Nourishes & moistens eyes. Benefits blood marrow. Nocturnal emissions, impotence, enuresis, irregular menses, leucorrhea, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, edema, asthma, diarrhea.
Kidney back shu
Urinary Bladder 24
Regulates. Tonifies Qi. Low back pain. Point is opposite Ren 6 (Qi Hai)
Urinary Bladder 25
Low back pain. Abdominal distention. Promotes function of Large Intestine. Regulates Stomach & Large Intestine. Diarrhea, constipation, borborygmus.
LI back shu
Urinary Bladder 26
Point is opposite Ren 4 (Guan Yuan)
Urinary Bladder 27
Regulates Lower Jiao. Damp in Lower Jiao. Lower abdominal pain & distention. Transforms stagnation & accumulation. Promotes separation of clear and turbid. Borborygmus, mucus in stool, dysentery.
SI back shu
Urinary Bladder 28
Bladder disharmony, resolves damp. Clears heat. Eliminates stagnation. Opens water passages in Lower Jiao. Regulates Bladder. Retention of urine, enuresis, frequent urination, painful urination, diarrhea.
BL back shu
Urinary Bladder 29
Benefits lumbar region. Dispels cold and stops diarrhea.
Urinary Bladder 30
Benefits lumbar region and legs. Regulates menstruation. Stops leucorrhea & seminal emission.
Urinary Bladder 31
Irregular menses, morbid leucorrhea, prolapse of uterus.
Mtg GB
Urinary Bladder 32
Important Gynecological point. Genital conditions. Urinary disorders. Nourishes kidney. Tonifies Kidney essence. Prolapse of uterus and anus, regulates the Lower Jiao. Low back pain. Infertility in women, impotence. Regulate menses, vaginal discharge, prostatitis, orchitis, leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, nocturnal emissions.
Urinary Bladder 33
Genital disorders, nourishes Kidney, Bladder problems, lower back pain. Constipation, diarrhea, dysuria, irregular menses, morbid leucorrhea.
Mtg GB
Urinary Bladder 34
Genital disorders, nourishes Kidney.
Mtg GB
Urinary Bladder 35
Bladder & Du channels meet at this point. Raises Yang Qi, good for prolapse, hemorrhoids, bloody stools, impotence.
Urinary Bladder 36
Activates the channel, relaxes sinews, alleviates pain. Regulates LJ. Treats hemorrhoids, difficult defacation and/or urination, genital pain.
Urinary Bladder 37
Activates the channel, alleviates pain. Benefits lumbar spine. Sciatica. Watery diarrhea.
Urinary Bladder 38
Relaxes sinews and alleviates pain. Clears heat and soothes contraction.
Urinary Bladder 39
Regulates water pathways. Opens waterways in lower burner. Stimulates transformation and elimination of fluids in lower burner. Benefits the Bladder. Ankle edema. Edema, dysuria, cramping of leg and foot.
SJ Lower He-Sea
Urinary Bladder 40
Back pain. Cools blood. Hemorrhoids. Bladder conditions-Lower He-Sea. Heat in Blood causing skin disease, bleed it. Motor impairment of lower limb. Resolves damp-heat in Lower jiao. Regulates urination. Removes channel obstructions. Muscular atrophy, back pain, numbness, hemiplegia, erysipelas, vomiting.
Earth, He-Sea, Command/back, BL Lower He-Sea
Urinary Bladder 41
Alleviates the channel and alleviates pain. Expels wind and cold.
Meeting point of UB & SI channels.
Urinary Bladder 42 T3 / Du 12
Regulates Qi. Stimulates descending of Lung Qi. Sadness. Grief. Depression. Clears heat. Allows one to live in the moment, deep mourning, can’t detach. Spiritual aspect of the Lung. Nourishes Qi to disperse Lungs. Cough, pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma.
Level with Lung shu BL 13
Urinary Bladder 43 Fatty Vital Hollow Space between Heart & Diaphragm is where all chronic diseases collect.
Chronic & incurable diseases. Cough. Night sweats. Nocturnal emission. Tonifies Qi. Nourishes essence. Nourishes Lung Yin. Invigorates the mind by promoting essence. Cough, pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma, hemoptysis.
Level with Pc shu BL 14 and T4/Du
BL 15 and Du 11
Calms the mind. Shen disturbance. Cardiac pain, palpitations, insomnia, depression, anxiety.
UB 45 and Du 10
Xi means sighing, laughing sound. Ancient texts palpating this point generates a “yi xi” sound. Psychological disorders, laughing for no reasons.
Level with Du shu BL 16
Urinary Bladder 46
Blood conditions, cough up blood. Rebellious Qi.
Level with Diaphragm shu BL 17 and Du 9
Urinary Bladder 47
Level with Lv shu BL 18
UB 47 and Du 8
Roots ethereal soul. Planning life and direction. Anger. Resentment. Long-term frustration. Regulates Liver Qi. Some believe the Hun enters and exits the body at this point. Collective consciousness memory. Lack assertiveness, creativity, caught in the past. Eating disorders.
Urinary Bladder 48
Level with GB shu BL 19
UB 48 and Du 7
Regulates the GB and clears DH. Harmonizes MJ.
Urinary Bladder 49
Stimulates memory and concentration. Capacity to study. Worry. Tonifies Spleen. Yi emotions. Diabetes, obsessive behavior, compulsive, self-destructive.
Level with Sp shu BL 20
and Du 6
Urinary Bladder 50
Harmonizes the MJ.
Level with St Shu
Urinary Bladder 51
Dispels stagnation and benefits breasts.
Level with SJ Shu
Urinary Bladder 52 Palace of Essence
Tonifies Kidneys. Consolidates essence. Ability to put your heart into what you do. Strengthens the back. Reinforces the Zhi. Will power, lack of mental strength, fears.
Urinary Bladder 53
Benefits lumbar region. Regulates LJ and benefits urination.
Level with UB Shu
Urinary Bladder 54
Local lumbosacral pain. Muscular atrophy. Courses channels & connecting vessels. Hemorrhoids. Controls lower orifices.
Urinary Bladder 55
Lumbar pain, genital pain. Stops uterine bleeding.
Urinary Bladder 56
Relaxes sinews, activates channel & alleviates pain. Benefits foot and heel.
Urinary Bladder 57
Hemorrhoids. Low back pain, especially in the spine. Cools the blood. Invigorates the blood. Spasm of gastrocnemius muscle.
Urinary Bladder 58
Channel pathology: Chills and fever, stiff neck, pain in the lumbar region, nasal congestion, diseases of the eye, pain along the neck, back of leg and foot. Blood conditions, emotions. Supports Kidneys. Clears heat. Brings yang to head. Clears channels. Luo to Water/Kidney/Zhi
Luo
Urinary Bladder 60
More for chronic back pain of the Xu type. Distal point for channel: headache, occipital, neck. Bladder conditions, heat. Tai Yang pathogens, wind, heat. Clears stagnations in the channel. Bi Syndrome. Clears Heat. Fire point in the Water. C/I, Caution with pregnancy; BL 60 has powerful downward influence.
Fire, Jing-River
Urinary Bladder 61
Relaxes the sinews, activates the channel, and alleviates pain. HA, lumbar pain, mania, heel pain.
Mtg point of UB w/ Yang Motility vessel
Urinary Bladder 62
Controls the lateral flanks of the body, especially movement and agility, mobility. Relaxes the sinews of flanks. Removes obstructions from the channel. Back pain. Opens Yang Qiao Channel. Powerful distal point for the channel. Benefits eyes. Calms shen, clears the mind. Internal Wind. Extending into the world, finding a purpose. Epilepsy, mania, headache, dizziness, insomnia, backache.
Master/Yang Qiao Mai, Ghost
Urinary Bladder 63
Begin point of the Yang Wei Channel.
Xi-cleft
Urinary Bladder 64
Heat in the Bladder, burning urination, benefits the back. Clears Heat. Eliminates Wind. Clears Brain. Strengthens Back.
Yuan-Source
Urinary Bladder 65
Excess headache, stiff neck. Back pain. Bi-syndrome. Removes obstructions from the channel. Distal point for Bladder disharmonies. Clears heat in Bladder. Dispels pathogens. Resolves toxins. Clears heat in the channel. Five phase sedation point. Mania, headache, backache.
Wood, Shu-stream, Sedation
Urinary Bladder 66
Clears the head. Descends Lung and Stomach Qi.
Water, Ying-spring
Urinary Bladder 67
Kidney is extreme Yin, this point connects to Kd 1. Eliminates wind, removes obstructions from channels, moves Blood, clears eyes, clears Brain. Malpostion of fetus, headache, difficult labor, Opthalmalgia. Use Moxa to turn baby.
Metal, Ting-well, Tonification, Exit
Kidney 1
Dizziness due to Kd Xu; Subdues wind by nourishing Yin. Resuscitation, Loss of consciousness. Tonifies Yin. Clears heat. Calms mind. Reduces Kidney or Heart XS. Clears empty heat. Clears the brain (bottom Tx top). Feverish sensation in sole. Distal point for head. Headache, blurred vision, dizziness, sore throat, dysuria, infantile convulsions, epilepsy.
Wood, Ting-Well, Sedation, Entry
Kidney 2
Clears Kd Yin or Yin Xu heat. Red cheeks. Mental restlessness. Cools blood. TA: Ignites Kd Yang, reduces heat, balances Yang. Hot flashes, thirst, pruritis vulvae, uterus prolapse, irregular menses, nocturnal emissions, hemoptysis.
Fire, Ying-Spring, on Yin Qiao Mai
Kidney 3
Tonifies Kd Yin. Tonifies Kd Qi. Tonifies Yin of entire body. Regulates Uterus. Clears false heat. Benefits all related areas of Kidneys. Hearing difficulties. Frequency of urination. Lower back pain. Tonifies Kidneys. Benefits essence. Strengthens low back and knees. Invigorates Original Yang. Abates vacuity heat. Rectifies the womb. Tinnitus, impotence, sore throat, deafness, asthma, thirst, irregular menses, insomnia, nocturnal emission.
Yuan Source, Earth, Shu-Stream
Kidney 4
Helps provide the Qi for the Bladder to hold fluids. Channel Pathology: Pain along the lower vertebrae, low back pain, coldness in the feet, pain in the sole of the foot, or the lower leg or thigh.
Luo
Kidney 5
As Xi Cleft point, it is located where the Kidney Water Qi collects. Pain, acute pain, pain with bleeding, pain anywhere on the channel, emotional pain.
Xi-Cleft
Kidney 6
Clears Kidney Yin deficiency heat. Promotes body fluids. Urine retention. Nourishes yin and benefits eyes. Calms mind. Dysfunction of medial lower leg. Cools the blood. Frees the channels. Nourished Yin. Clears false heat. Regulates inner lower limb. Insomnia. Kidney is Yin and the self, this point helps one look at themselves, see their own reflection. Constipation, irregular menses, morbid leucorrhea, prolapse of the uterus, pruritus vulvae, asthma, epilepsy, sore throat (dryness), insomnia.
Master/Yin Qiao Mai
Kidney 7
Regulates Fluids. Regulates sweating. Febrile disease without sweating. Tonifies Kidney (5 elements). Tonfies Kidney Yang. Resolves damp of lower limb. Water regulation. Strengthens the lower back. Edema, diarrhea, borborygmus, muscular atrophy of the leg.
Metal, Jing-River, Tonification
Aka Exchange Trust
Removes obstructions from the channels. Abdominal pain. Regulates menses-especially blood stagnation. Possible influence on allowing on to trust oneself and then to trust others.
Kidney 9
Calm Mind-especially from Kidney Yin Xu. Tonifies Kidney Yin. Opens the chest. Palpitation. Heart and Kidney disharmony. Regulates Yin Wei.
Xi-Cleft of Yin Wei
Kidney 10
Pain in the knee & popliteal fossa. Expels dampness from lower jiao. Tonifies Kidneys. Painful urination. Frequent urination.
Water, He-Sea, Horary
Kidney 11
On Chong Mai
Kidney 12
On Chong Mai
Kidney 13
Tonify Kidney essence; remove obstructions from the channel, especially menstrual.
Kidney 14
On Chong Mai
Kidney 16
Kidney and Heart disharmony, Kidney not nourishing Heart. Removes obstructions from channel. Tonifies Kidney. Benefits Heart. Descends Lung Qi to Kidney. On Chong Mai.
Mtg Chong Mai
Kidney 17
On Chong Mai
Kidney 18
On Chong Mai
Kidney 19
On Chong Mai
Kidney 20
On Chong Mai
Kidney 21
On Chong Mai
Kidney 22
Taoist Acupuncture: Water/Kidney Front Shu, relates to BL-23
Kidney 23
TA: Earth/Spleen Front Shu, relates to BL-20
Kidney 24
TA: Wood/Liver Front Shu, relates to BL-18
Kidney 25
TA: Fire/Heart Front Shu, relates to BL-15
Kidney 26
TA: Metal/Lung Front Shu, relates to BL-13
Kidney 27
Kidney Qi not grasping Qi. Subdues rebellious Qi. Cough, asthma. Master point for all Shu points.
Master point for all Shu points.