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What do source points do?
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-In Yin meridians, tonify the yin organ.
-In yang meridians, dispel 6 Evils. -On the Yin meridians, same as shu stream |
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What do Luo Connecting points do?
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-connect yin/yang paired channels
-regulate problems affecting both channels -reinforce action of source points -regulate Qi between left and right sides of channel -regulate flow of Qi between organs related to midday-midnight law |
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What do Xi Cleft points do?
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-Treat acute symptoms related to meridian, especially acute pain
-eggbeater pt -- open channel that is stuck or stagnant -on yin channels they treat blood disorders by nourishing yin |
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What do Front Mu Points do?
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-Known as the alarm points
-Treat acute disharmonies and excess conditions -act primarily on the organ not the channel |
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What do the back shu points do?
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-Chronic disease
-treat associated organ directly or manifestations in the related sensory organ. -calming effect |
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What do the Ting Well points do?
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-Clear Heat
-Resuscitation from fainting. loss of consciousness, heat stroke, convulsions |
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What do the Ying Spring points do?
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-Treat febrile diseases
-clear heat - true and false heat |
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What do the Shu Stream points do?
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-Wei Qi gathers here
-treat sensation of heaviness, joint pain, intermittent disease, Bi syndrome -the points where exterior pathogens can be transported to the interior |
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What do the Jing River points do?
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-Treat cough, asthma, upper respiratory problems, hot and cold sensations
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What do the He Sea points do?
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-treat rebellious Qi
-Stomach and intestinal problems -skin problems -in yang channels, tonify yang organs |
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What are the 5 taxations?
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Excessive:
use of eyes lying down sitting standing walking |
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Ht 8 treats...
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As horary pt, fire resides here. Needling "stokes" fire--acesses what it left.
Can disperse heart fire, clear fire/heat from SI. |
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Ht 7 treats...
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Main pt to regulate Heart Fire
Main Pt to Calm Shen One of main pts to Nourish Heart Blood Treats Poor Memory Sedative Point |
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Indecisiveness is associated with what channel?
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gall bladder
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Sishencong used for...
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mental clarity
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Yintang used for...
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calm shen
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Ht 3 treats...
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Calms Shen--heart heat with mental restlessness
transforms phlegm and clears heat Drains heat from head--HA, gum disease |
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Lu 1 treats...
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-heat and phlegm in upper jiao
-Stimulates descending of lung Qi -acute swelling of face -abdominal distension -clears excess of all kinds from lungs |
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Lu 5 treats...
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-phlegm in lungs
-cough (esp w/blood or thick yellow mucus) -retention of urine -heat in lungs |
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Taiyang used for...
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wind heat
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Where are the front mu points located?
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all front mu pts are located on the chest or abdomen, close to their corresponding organ
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What do the lower he sea points do?
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lower he sea pts are directly connected to and strongly influence the Fx of their respective yang organs
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Which points make up the Sea or Nourishment?
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ST 30 and ST 36
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What points make up the Sea of Blood?
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UB 11, St 37, St 39
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What is the Command Point of the Abdomen?
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St 36
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What is the Command POint of the Back?
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UB40
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What is the Command Point of the Head and Neck?
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Lu 7
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What is the Command Point of the Face and Mouth?
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LI 4
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Bitong treats..
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nasal/sinus problems
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Lu 7 treats...
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-activates Wei Qi
-treats exterior conditions -Luo point |
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Anmian treats...
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insomnia
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Lu 9 treats...
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-interior conditions
-Influential point of blood vessels -Tonifies Lung Qi and Yin -deficiency and chronic type problems |
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Lu 10 treats...
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-Clears Lung Heat, channel or organ
-Sore Throat - Best point -fever |
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Dingchuan treats...
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coughing/wheezing
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Baxie treats...
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arthritis
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The 8 extras are primarily used as what?
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Reservoirs of Qi, can drain off excess Qi
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Liv 2 treats...
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main pt to clear liver fire and descend liver yang
Acts on Head, Emotions, Lower Jiao |
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Liv 3
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Has the widest range of action of all liver points
can treat excess or deficiency Liver yin or yang Part of 4 Gates |
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Liv 5 treats...
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Uro-genital problems
UTI STD |
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SI 3 treats...
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Internal & External Wind
Back problems b/c Master Pt of DU Benefit tendons, ligaments, muscles, spine Clarity of Mind & judgment to make decisions |
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Liv 8 treats...
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Knee problems
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Liv 13 treats...
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Front Mu of Spleen
Influential Point of Zang Organs Harmonize Liver/Spleen Regulate middle and lower jiao |
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Yangming is full of...
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Qi and Blood
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LI 11 treats...
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-Skin DIsorders
-Heat & Damp Heat -Any Inflammation -Dispel Exterior Wind -Cool Blood |
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GB 8 treats...
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Headache, esp related to alcohol intoxication
Meeting point of GB/UB |
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GB 20 is meeting point of...
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Gall Bladder, San Jiao, Yang Wei, Yang Qiao
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GB 20 treats...
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ANY Variety of Headache
Wind and Heat Opens Head/ Treats Sense organs Benefits Vision & Hearing Pacifies interior wind |
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LI 5 treats...
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-wrist and hand pain
-Yangming heat disrupting heart -fire in the channel |
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LI 4 treats...
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-command point of FACE and HEAD
-benefit sinuses -stimulate bowels -Any EYE problems -Any Infection |
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What caution is taken with GB 21...
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Forbidden in pregnancy because of strong descend Qi action
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GB 21 meeting point of...
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Gall Bladder, San Jiao, Stomach, Yang Qiao
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GB 21 treats...
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Insufficient Lactation
Difficult Labor Neck and Shoulder Pain |
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Four Gates -- which points and what does it do?
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LI 4 and Liv 3
-Dispels interior or exterior wind from the head -Calms Mind -Strengthen Wei Qi -Move Qi and Blood, helps clear yang to ascend and turbid qi to descend -harmonize upper and lower body energy |
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What does LI 15 treat?
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excessive sweating, wind damp in the shoulder
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What does LI 20 treat?
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Benefits the nose, dispels exterior wind heat or cold affecting the nose, upper toothache
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GB 26 treats...
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Menstrual problems
Leuckorrhea damp cold in uterus Linkks with Dai Mai |
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SI 6 treats...
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inflammation of small intestines (ex from food allergies)
dim vision acute deafness stiff neck |
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GB 30 treats...
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Lumbar and hip pain
Wind Damp in channel sciatic pain fibromyalgia |
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SI 11 treats
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Induce Sleep
Lactation |
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GB 34 treats...
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Shaoyang Syndrome
Benefits Sinew & joints Spread Liver Qi Damp Heat in liver/GB |
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GB 41 treats...
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Smooth flow of Liver Qi
Tight Trapezius Menstrual Disorders Swelling/Nodules in neck, breasts, axilla |
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UB 1 treats..
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Exterior pathogenic factors affecting the eyes
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Excessive use of eyes injures
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blood
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What does St 6 treat?
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TMJ, facial paralysis, any jaw problem --grinding, clenching
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What does St 8 treat?
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Dizziness due to damp obstructing clear yang from rising to the head, frontal headache, internal and external wind
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St 8 is meeting point of..
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stomach, gall bladder, and yang linking vessel
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Excessive lying down injures?
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Qi
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Excessive sitting injures?
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flesh
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What does St 25 treat?
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Front Mu of Large Intestines
All abdominal problems--diarhea, constipation, bloating, edema Conveys energy and Jin Ye to the YangMing then to Spleen |
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What does St 30 treat?
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Disperses Qi and blood stagnation from lower abdomen and genitals.
Preserves Kidney essence--located on Chong Mai and Sea of Nourishment, links pre-heaven and post-heaven qi |
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What does St 35 treat?
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main point for knee problems used with extra poit Xi Yan
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What does St 36 treat?
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Command Point of the Abdomen
Grounding-calms the spirit Major point to tonify blood and Qi Strengthens Wei Qi Treats ALL digestive problems |
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What does St 37 treat?
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lower he sea of Large Intestines therefore treats
Intestinal problems - food stagnation of LI & St, damp heat in LI & St, food poisoning |
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What does St 38 treat?
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Shoulder -- treats pain at LI 15
Empirical point for shoulder problems |
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What does St 39 treat?
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Lower He Sea point of Small Intestines
Clears damp heat from Small Intestines |
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Excessive standing injures
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bones
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What does St 44 treat?
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Heat in Stomach channel -- bleeding gums, upper toothache, deviation of mouth, nosebleed, sinus infection
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excessive walking injures
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sinews
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Ren 4 treats
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Any profound deficiency of zang fu--qi, blood, yin, yang, or essence
Nourishes Kidneys Front Mu of Small Intestines |
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Ren 6 treats
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Activates and mobilizes PreHeaven Qi
Nourishes Kidneys Builds up and Fortifies Original Qi Located on Sea of Qi |
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What does St 40 treat?
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empirical point for phlegm.
calm spirit. |
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What does St 29 treat?
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Warms lower jiao
Regulates menstruation Genital Problems Infertility Often used with GB 26 |
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SI 19 treats...
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trigeminal neuralgia
benefits ears |
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Ren 12 treats
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Front Mu of Stomach
Food Stagnation Vomiting Tonifies Stomach & fortifies Spleen |
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Ren 14 treats
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Front Mu of Heat
Congestive Heart Failure (with Ren 15 to open chest) Palpitations |
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Ren 17 treats
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Front Mu of PC
Breathing disorders assoc with mental condition has strong effect on gathering Qi (with Kid 1) Located on Sea of Qi |
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What point would you combine with PC 5 for Phlegm Misting the Heart?
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ST 40
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Du 14 treats
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Exterior Wind Invasion
Fever Meeting point of all 6 yang sea of qi Firms Wei Qi sweating assoc with ascending yang |
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Du 16 treats
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Exterior & Interior Wind
Re-occuring bad dreams sea of marrow Wind of sky point |
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Du 20 treats
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Benefits brain
calms spirit liver yang ascending raises yang counter prolapse sea of marrow |
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What does Sp 21 treat?
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Connects all Yin and Yang of the body, Moves blood in blood connecting channels, Asthma
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What does Sp 10 treat?
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Most important point to treat blood problems -- any blood problem -- cools blood, moves blood, regulates menses
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SJ 3 treats...
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ear problems, esp with ascending yang
tinnitus move liver qi |
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SJ 5 treats
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headaches -- all types
emotional component of liver qi stagnation in chest |
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What does Sp 3 treat?
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Main pt to Tonify Spleen
Promotes spleen's transporting function, Stimulates brain--promotes memory and mental clarity, stengthens the spine. |
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What does Sp 4 treat?
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Spleen/stomach excess with damp retention in epigastrium, treats cervix/uterine problems because master point of Chong
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SJ 6 treats
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move qi intestines
constipation |
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What does Sp 6 treat?
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Spleen, Liver, and Kidney all cross at this point.
One of main pts to nourish Yin Tonify Middle Jiao Sp Qi def, Liv Qi stasis, Kid Yin Def |
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Which san jiao points treat shoulder problems
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SJ 14 and SJ 15
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What does Sp 9 treat?
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one of main points to dispel damp.
good for edema and water retention promotes urination |
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Where do all 6 yang meridians meet?
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At Du 14 (C7)
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What points do you use for ascending yang?
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Ying Spring
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Divergent channels of yang meridians return to...
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yang
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Divergent channels of yin merdians return to...
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yang in the head
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What Kidney points tonify Lung yin?
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Kid 3 and Kid 6
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Where does the lung sinew channel bind?
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Lu 5 and Lu 10
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What points treat excess sweating (esp palms of hands)?
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Lu 7, LI 4, KID 6
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What points would you use to treat phlegm in lungs?
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Lu 1 and Lu5
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What point would you use for heat in lungs?
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Lu 10
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What LI pt treats skin disorders?
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LI 11
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What are the functions of Divergent channels?
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-stengthen yin/yang rel. of paired organs
-distribute qi and blood to head and face -contain wei qi -supply areas of the body not connected by main channels |
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What are entry and exit points used for?
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to open the channel
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At what point does the Great Luo Connecting channel of the Spleen diverge from the main channel?
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Sp 21
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What do the Large Intestine and Small Intestine channels treat?
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heat and channels disorders. They do not treat organ disorders.
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What do lower He Sea points treat?
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their corresponding yang organ
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Which LI pt is related to immune function?
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LI 4 regulates Wei Qi -- releases exterior, regulates sweating
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Lactation points...
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St 18, SI 1, SI 11
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What is the function of the great luo?
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Sp 21 has the pwer of supervising all the blood in the body. Connects all other luos.
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What point combination can treat morning sickness?
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Sp 4 and PC 6
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What point combination treats food retention?
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Sp 9 and St 40
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THe lung primary channel connects with what organs?
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Lung, stomach, Large intestines
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What is the principal point to release exterior WH or WC condition?
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LU 7
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Where does St divergent channel branch from and where does it end?
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middle of anterior thigh to eye
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Which spleen points treat menstrual problems?
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Sp 8 and Sp 10
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Excess wood overaveracting on middle jiao represents...
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Overcontrolling
Sedate Liv/Gb Tonify ST/Sp |
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What are the main precautions of needling?
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location, depth, anatomy
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What are the fx of yin and yang xi cleft pts?
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yin-acute pain & blood disorders
yang-chronic problem, move qi and blood |
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Given that all channels are interconnected, how do you explain use of distal points?
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1 path follows disease of Zang Fu origin
2 treating distal points opens whole channel 3 Qi follows path of least resistance |
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What are the best points for visible phlegm (no heat or cold)?
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St 40, Sp 9, Lu 1
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What 4 points can treat either constipation or diarrhea?
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Ren 12, St 37, St 39, St 25
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LI 6 can treat ear problems because...
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luo connecting with ear
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Sj 21 treats
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ear problems
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What are entry exit points used for?
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when stagnation in one channel causes a depletion in the next
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Ren point to treat stagnation in middle jiao
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Ren 12
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What Ren point controls lung and heart function?
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Ren 17
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two UB points to treat heat in blood
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UB 15 and UB17
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which meridians treat ear and tinnitus problems?
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San Jiao, Gall Bladder, Liver, and Kidney
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what is the foremost distal point on UB channel to treat occipital headache?
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UB 60
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What point would you combine with UB 60 to treat neck and spine problems?
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SI 3
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Which of the liao points has the widest range of actions?
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UB 32
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What are the 4 stagnations that Kidney 14 can treat?
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Qi, Blood, Water and food
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Kid 3 is the foremost point to treat what kind of deficiency?
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yin deficiency affecting areas reached by the channel or dominated by kidneys
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PC 4 is an important point to treat acute stasis of (?) and (?)
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Blood and Heat because it is a xi cleft point
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PC 6 is the singlemost important distal point and command point for ...
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disorders of the chest and lateral costal regions
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Best point to expel wind and release the exterior via needling, gua sha, or cupping?
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UB 12
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Kidney 6 nourishes (?) and clears (?)
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yin
deficient heat |
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heart meridian treats what type of disorders?
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heart and chest pain, heart rhythm disorders, tongue and speech, shen
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PC meridian treats what type of disorders?
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heart organ disorders
shen upper and middle jiao |
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Ht 7 is foremost point to
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calm and regulate shen
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UB 40 is command point of (?) and able to clear (?)
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back
heat |
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which points on UB channel are forbidden points?
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UB 60 and UB 67
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Kidney 7 is foremost point to ...
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Control Sweating
Strengthen kidney function of controlling body fluids and urination |
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San Jiao channel is mainly used to treat...
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febrile disease and upper jiao lung patterns
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SJ 5 treats...
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Excess Headaches
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SJ 10 treats...
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phlegm
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Kid 1 is primarily used to
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anchor lung qi
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UB 10 is used to
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pacify interior wind and regulate qi
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what would you use the UB sinew channel for?
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palpate diagnostically
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Define INfluential point
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AKA Gathering points,
Have therapeutic effect on certain tissues, organs, qi or blood |
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UB 11 is the influential point of what
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Bones
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UB 17 is influential point of
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blood
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