Point Location 3 Quiz 1

Front 1

LU Jing Well Point

Back 1

LU-11

Front 2

LU Wood Point

Back 2

LU-11

Front 3

ACTIONS:
-Clears heat and benefits throat
-Expels internal and exterior
wind
-Opens orifices [relates more to
our spirits] and revives
consciousness.
-Opens the meridian

Back 3

LU-11

Front 4

INDICATIONS:
-Sore throat (important)
-Fever
-Asthma
-Cough
-Epistaxis
-Mania
-Loss of conciouness
-Childhood fright
-Local pain of the thumb [pain
anywhere along the channel]

Back 4

LU-11

Front 5

Ying Spring Point

Back 5

LU-10

Front 6

Fire Point

Back 6

LU-10

Front 7

ACTIONS:
-Clears LU heat and benefits
the throat
-Harmonizes HT and ST

Back 7

LU-10

[ LU 10 is all about clearing
heat]

Front 8

INDICATIONS:
-Sore throat(premier point)
-Cough
-Hemoptisis
-Loss of voice
-Fever
-Hot palms
-Empty heat symptoms
-Agitation
-Local pain of thumb and hand
**no indication for asthma

Back 8

LU-10

Front 9

LU-9 Name and Location

Back 9

TAIYUAN
At the radial end
of the transverse crease of
the wrist, in the depression
on the lateral side of the
radial artery.

Front 10

Yuan Source

Back 10

LU-9

Front 11

Influential Point of the Vessels

Back 11

LU-9

Front 12

INDICATIONS
-Asthma, Cough, Dyspnea
-SOB
-Weak breathing
-Weak pulse
-Fatigue
-Palpitations
-Hemoptysis
-Sore throat
-Pain for wrist, hands, arm,
shoulder, and chest.

Back 12

LU-9

Front 13

ACTIONS:
-Tonify LU qi and LU yin (and
Zhong qi)
-Promotes the LU descending
function
-Regulates the vessels
-Opens the channel and stops pain

Back 13

LU-9

Front 14

LI Jing Well Point

Back 14

LI-1

Front 15

LI Metal Point

Back 15

LI-1

Front 16

Actions:
-clears heat
-expels wind
-brightens the eyes
-benefits the throat
-calms shen
-revives consciousness

Back 16

LI-1

Front 17

Indication:
-sore throat
-toothache (lower jaw)
-febrile disease
-loss of consciousness
-local pain and numbness (finger
or channel)

Back 17

LI-1

Front 18

LI Ying Spring

Back 18

LI-2

Front 19

LI Water Point

Back 19

LI-2

Front 20

Actions:
-clears heat
-expels wind
-benefits the throat

Back 20

LI-2

Front 21

Indication:
-sore throat
-toothache
-febrile disease
-blurry vision
-epistaxis
-facial rash
-local pain/arthritis (finger)

Back 21

LI-2

Front 22

LI Shu-Stream Point Wood

Back 22

LI-3

Front 23

LI Point Wood

Back 23

LI-3

Front 24

Action:
-clears heat
-expels wind
-brightens the eyes
-benefits the throat
-dispels fullness and treats
diarrhea (deadman)

Back 24

LI-3

Front 25

Indications:
-sore throat
-toothache
-eye pain
-local pain and numbness
(finger/hand & channel)
-diarrhea (deadman)

Back 25

LI-3

Front 26

LI-4 Name and Location

Back 26

HEGU
On the dorsum of the
hand, between the 1st and 2nd
metacarpal bones, approximately in
the middle of the 2nd metacarpal
bone on the radial side.

Front 27

LI Yuan Source

Back 27

LI-4
A major point to clear general excess in the body

Front 28

LI Entry Point

Back 28

LI-4

Front 29

Actions:
-expels wind
-releases the exterior
(regulates sweating)
-clears heat
-regulates the face
-descends qi & restore qi &
yang (regulates ascending and
descending)
-opens channel & stops pain
-induces labor

Back 29

LI-4

Front 30

Indications:
-headache
-sore throat
-toothache
-sinus sxs
-epistaxis
-facial edema and pain
-deafness
-eye pain/redness
-any exterior sxs/condition
-pain and numbness (hand, arm,
neck, head, body)

Back 30

LI-4

Front 31

HT Jing-Well
Exit Point

Back 31

HT-9
Jing-Well
Wood
Exit Point

Front 32

HT Wood Point

Back 32

HT-9
Jing-Well
Wood
Exit Point

Front 33

Exit Point

Back 33

HT-9
Jing-Well
Wood
Exit Point

Front 34

Actions:
-clears heat
-calms shen
-opens orifices
-revives consciousness

Back 34

HT-9
Jing-Well
Wood
Exit Point

Front 35

Indications:
-rib, chest, or cardiac pain
-palpitation
-febrile disease
-agitation
-mania
-loss of consciousness
-aphasia
-pain and contraction of the
hand and arm

Back 35

HT-9
Jing-Well
Wood
Exit Point

Front 36

Best distal point on the
body to revive consciousness.

Back 36

HT-9
Jing-Well
Wood
Exit Point

Front 37

HT Ying-Spring Point

Back 37

HT-8
Ying Spring
Fire

Front 38

HT Fire Point

Back 38

HT-8
Ying Spring
Fire

Front 39

Actions:
-clears heart heat
-calms Shen
-opens channel
-stops pain

Back 39

HT-8
Ying Spring
Fire

Front 40

Indications:
-chest pain, palpitations
-agitation
-febrile disease
-palm heat
-dysurea, enuresis
-redness and itching of the
external genitalia
-pain and contraction of the hand
and Dr. Evil finger (would probably
work with the ring finger too)

Back 40

HT-8
Ying Spring
Fire

Front 41

Strongest point to clear
heart fire or heart heat
conditions (either full or empty
heat), also good for the Shen
for uncontrollable emotional
upset (blubbering).

Back 41

HT-8
Ying Spring
Fire

Front 42

HT-7 Name and Location

Back 42

SHENMEN
At the ulnar end
of the transverse crease of
the wrist, in the depression
on the radial side of the
tendon of m. flexor carpi

Front 43

HT Yuan-Source

Back 43

HT-7
Yuan-Source
Shu Stream
Earth

Front 44

HT Shu Stream

Back 44

HT-7
Yuan-Source
Shu Stream
Earth

Front 45

HT Earth

Back 45

HT-7
Yuan-Source
Shu Stream
Earth

Front 46

Actions:
-tonify heart
-calm shen
-tonifies heart yin
-clears heat

Back 46

HT-7
Yuan-Source
Shu Stream
Earth

Front 47

Indications:
-cardiac/chest pain, palpitations
-insomnia
-irritability, hysteria, mania
-amnesia, dementia
-epilepsy
-turrets syndrome
-virtually any other shen
disharmony you can think of
-sore throat
-hemoptosis
-yellow sclara
-5 palm heat

Back 47

HT-7
Yuan-Source
Shu Stream
Earth

Front 48

SI Jing Well Point

Back 48

SI-1
Jing Well
Entry Point
Metal

Front 49

SI Entry Point

Back 49

SI-1
Jing Well
Entry Point
Metal

Front 50

SI Metal

Back 50

SI-1
Jing Well
Entry Point
Metal

Front 51

Actions:
Clears heat
opens orifices
opens channel
revives consciousness
promotes lactation
benefits the breast

Back 51

SI-1
Jing Well
Entry Point
Metal

Front 52

Indications:
headache
sore throat
mouth ulcers
febrile disease
red eyes
epistaxis
loss of consciousness
insufficient lactation
breast abscess
neck and shoulder pain

Back 52

SI-1
Jing Well
Entry Point
Metal

Front 53

Has a strong moving and
heat clearing effect

Back 53

SI-1
Jing Well
Entry Point
Metal

Front 54

SI Ying Spring Point

Back 54

SI-2
Ying Spring Point
Water Point

Front 55

SI Water Point

Back 55

SI-2
Ying Spring Point
Water Point

Front 56

Actions:
clears heat
benefits ear and throat
opens channel
alleviates pain

Back 56

SI-2
Ying Spring Point
Water Point

Front 57

Indications:
headache
febrile disease
tinnitus
sore throat
ear infection
red eyes
hemoptysis
dark scanty urine
pain and numbness of the
finger, hand, and upper back

Back 57

SI-2
Ying Spring Point
Water Point

Front 58

SI-3 Name and Location

Back 58

HOUXI
On the ulnar border of
the hand, in the substantial
depression proximal to the head of
the fifth metacarpal bone.

Front 59

SI Shu-Stream Point

Back 59

SI-3
Shu-Stream
Wood
Master Point of Du Mai

Front 60

SI Wood Point

Back 60

SI-3
Shu-Stream
Wood
Master Point of Du Mai

Front 61

SI Master Point of Du Mai

Back 61

SI-3
Shu-Stream
Wood
Master Point of Du Mai

Front 62

Actions:
opens Du Mai (circulate the
wei qi)
clear wind heat
clears heat
calms shen
open channel
alleviates pain
benefits the occiput, neck
and upper back

Back 62

SI-3
Shu-Stream
Wood
Master Point of Du Mai

Front 63

Indications:
deafness, tinnitus, ear infection
red or painful eyes
sore throat, hoarse voice
epistaxis
febrile disease, chills and fever
night sweats, malaria
dark painful urination
lower back pain
epilepsy
agitation, mania
pain /stiffness of the neck & upper back
headache
contracture/pain of the hand & forearm

Back 63

SI-3
Shu-Stream
Wood
Master Point of Du Mai

Front 64

SI Yuan Source Point

Back 64

SI-4

Front 65

Actions:
clears damp heat
stops swelling
open channel
alleviates pain

Back 65

SI-4
Yuan Source

Front 66

Indications:
headache
neck pain/stiffness
jaw pain
febrile disease
jaundice
contracture of the fingers
pain of the hand and wrist
arthritis

Back 66

SI-4
Yuan Source

Front 67

SI Jing River Point

Back 67

SI-5
Jing River
Fire

Front 68

SI Fire Point

Back 68

SI-5
Jing River
Fire

Front 69

Actions:
clear heat
calms shen
opens channel
reduces inflammation

Back 69

SI-5
Jing River
Fire

Front 70

Indications:
swelling of the neck and submandibular
region
lock-jaw
febrile disease
red and painful eyes
mania
pain and motion restriction of
the wrist and hand

Back 70

SI-5
Jing River
Fire

Front 71

PC Jing Well Point

Back 71

PC-9
Jing Well
Wood

Front 72

PC Wood Point

Back 72

PC-9
Jing Well
Wood

Front 73

Actions:
clears heat
revives conciousness
calms wind (internal)

Back 73

PC-9
Jing Well
Wood

Front 74

Indications:
cardiac pain
palpitations
loss of consciousness
aphasia
heat stroke
wind stroke
vomiting
hot palms

Back 74

PC-9
Jing Well
Wood

Front 75

Important point to clear
heat in the body (upper jiao).

Back 75

PC-9
Jing Well
Wood

Front 76

PC Ying Spring

Back 76

PC-8
Ying Spring
Fire
Exit Point

Front 77

PC Fire

Back 77

PC-8
Ying Spring
Fire
Exit Point

Front 78

PC Exit Point

Back 78

PC-8
Ying Spring
Fire
Exit Point

Front 79

Actions:
clears heat
cools Xue
calms Shen
harmonizes Stomach

Back 79

PC-8
Ying Spring
Fire
Exit Point

Front 80

Indications:
epistaxis
eczema
fungal infection on hand or foot
febrile disease
wind stroke
hypertension
epilepsy
mania, mental disorders
cardiac pain
mouth ulcers, foul breath
gastritis, nausea/vomiting
hemoptosis

Back 80

PC-8
Ying Spring
Fire
Exit Point

Front 81

PC-7 Name and Location

Back 81

DALING
At the wrist,
between the tendons of
palmaris longus and flexor
carpi radialis, level with
Shenmen HE-7.

Front 82

PC Yuan Source Point

Back 82

PC-7
Yuan Source
Shu-Stream
Earth

Front 83

PC Shu-Stream Point

Back 83

PC-7
Yuan Source
Shu-Stream
Earth

Front 84

PC Earth Point

Back 84

PC-7
Yuan Source
Shu-Stream
Earth

Front 85

Actions:
clears heat
calms Shen
opens chest
harmonizes Stomach

Back 85

PC-7
Yuan Source
Shu-Stream
Earth

Front 86

Indications:
mental disorders
epilepsy, convulsions
foul breath
pain of hand, wrist and forearm
cardiac pain, palpitations
chest congestion, hypochondriac pain
stomach ache, nausea/vomiting
hemoptosis
febrile disease
eczema
irritability
insomnia

Back 86

PC-7
Yuan Source
Shu-Stream
Earth

Front 87

SJ Jing Well Point

Back 87

SJ-1
Jing Well
Metal
Entry Point

Front 88

SI Metal Point

Back 88

SJ-1
Jing Well
Metal
Entry Point

Front 89

SI Entry Point

Back 89

SJ-1
Jing Well
Metal
Entry Point

Front 90

Actions:
clears heat
dispels wind
revives consciousness
opens channel
alleviates pain

Back 90

SJ-1
Jing Well
Metal
Entry Point

Front 91

Indications:
headache
febrile disease
red eyes
sore throat
irritability
deafness
tinnitus
stiffness of tongue
pain/stiffness of elbow & arm

Back 91

SJ-1
Jing Well
Metal
Entry Point

Front 92

Ying Spring Point

Back 92

SJ-2
Ying Spring
Water

Front 93

Water Point

Back 93

SJ-2
Ying Spring
Water

Front 94

Actions:
clears heat
expels wind
benefits the ear
opens channel
alleviates pain
calms Shen

Back 94

SJ-2
Ying Spring
Water

Front 95

Indications:
headache
febrile disease
red eyes
sore throat
deafness/tinnitus
malaria
mania
arm pain

Back 95

SJ-2
Ying Spring
Water

Front 96

Shu Stream Point

Back 96

SJ-3
Shu Stream
Wood

Front 97

Wood Point

Back 97

SJ-3
Shu Stream
Wood

Front 98

Actions:
clears heat
expels wind
benefits the ear
opens channel
alleviates pain

Back 98

SJ-3
Shu Stream
Wood

Front 99

Indications:
headache
febrile disease
red eyes
sore throat
deafness/tinnitus
dizziness
elbow/arm pain
pain/motor impairment of hand
& fingers

Back 99

SJ-3
Shu Stream
Wood

Front 100

SJ-4 Name and Location

Back 100

YANGCHI
On the dorsum of
the wrist, at the level of the
wrist joint, in the depression
between the tendons of
extensor digitorum communis
and extensor digiti minimi.

Front 101

SJ Yuan Source Point

Back 101

SJ-4
Yuan Source

Front 102

Actions:
clears heat
transforms fluids
opens channel
alleviates pain
harmonizes Ren & Chong (Giovanni)

Back 102

SJ-4
Yuan Source

Front 103

Indications:
thirst
malaria
febrile disease
deafness
pain of shoulder, arm and wrist
Note: Important wrist point

Back 103

SJ-4
Yuan Source

Front 104

SHIXUAN Location

Back 104

On the tips of
the fingers, approximately
0.1 cun from the fingernail.
(ALTERNATE LOCATIONS
FOR JINGWELL POINTS)
Prick to bleed.
Moxa is applicable.

Front 105

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS:
opens the portals & revives consciousness,
drains heat & pacifies wind

Back 105

SHIXUAN

Front 106

emergency revival; coma; sunstroke; high fever
•acute heat - heat causing emergency conditions
•mental diseases- epilepsy; mania
•similar to jing-well points

Back 106

SHIXUAN

Front 107

BAXIE Location

Back 107

When the
hand is made into a fist, six
of these point lie in the
depressions between the
metacarpal heads, proximal
to the web margins. the
remaining two points lie
equidistant between the
thumb and index
metacarpals, proximal to
the web margins.
METHOD: Puncture
Obliquely 0.3-0.5, or prick
to bleed. Moxa is
applicable.

Front 108

ACTIONS:
clears heat and dissiaptes swelling

Back 108

BAXIE

Front 109

INDICATIONS:
•redness, swelling & pain of the dorsum of hand
•contracture, spasm and pain of the fingers
•arthritis in hands and knuckles
~ Arthritis that’s worse in the winter--> needle deeply;

Back 109

BAXIE

Front 110

SIFENG Location

Back 110

On the
palmar surface of the hand,
at the midpoints of the
transverse creases of the
proximal interphalangeal
joints of the index, middle,
ring and little fingers.
METHOD: Prick to cause
bleeding or squeeze out a
small amount of yellowish
viscous fluid locally.

Front 111

ACTIONS:
fortifies the spleen and dissipates accumulation

Back 111

SIFENG

Front 112

INDICATIONS:
•indigestion
•infantile malnutrition
•GI tract disturbances in children.

Back 112

SIFENG

Front 113

LUOZHEN Location

Back 113

On the dorsum
of the hand, between the
second and third metacarpal
bones, in the depression just
proximal (0.5 cun posterior)
to the second and third
metacarpophalangeal joints.
--makes approximatly an
equalateral triangle with the
2nd and 3rd knuckles.
Puncture
perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.

Front 114

ACTIONS:
invigorates qi and blood in the neck region

Back 114

LUOZHEN

Front 115

INDICATIONS:
•acute neck pain; acute stiff neck (torticolis).
~Move neck slowly through range of motion that hurts while
stimulating needles to move stagnation out quicker
~Needle both sides.

Back 115

LUOZHEN

Front 116

YAOTONGXUE Location:

Back 116

On the
Dorsum of the hand, two
points located between the
second and third and the
fourth and fifth metacarpal
bones, midway between the
transverse wrist crease and
the metacarpophalngeal
joints.
METHOD:
Puncture obliquely 0.5-1.0
inch toward the center of
metacarpus from both
sides. (CAM)
Puncture perpendicular 0.5-
1.0 inch. (Deadmen)

Front 117

ACTIONS:
invigorates qi and blood in the lumbar region

Back 117

YAOTONGXUE

Front 118

INDICATIONS:
•acute lumbar sprain/strain; (for acute more than chronic)
~stimulate needle while patient moves low back around; very
effective~ when it works.
~easiest is needled while standing
~have patient move pelvis & lumbar area to move out trauma stasis
~Use with SI6 -Whit
note: needle both hands

Back 118

YAOTONGXUE

Front 119

LINGGU Location:

Back 119

In the depression, just distal to the junction of the first and second metacarpal bones. Approximately 0.5 cun proximal to LI-4, on the Yang Ming Line
Perp. 0.5 - 0.9 cun

Front 120

Indications:
Sciatica
Shooting-type pains throughout the body
Pain in the elbow joint
Headache, head area symptoms
Painful and frequent urination

Back 120

LINGGU