Points 5 - Point Combinations For Common Symptoms

Front 1

fever

Back 1

DU 14
LI 11
LI 4

Hint 1

Patient sitting with arms on table to have DU 14 needled. Heat leaves DU 14 and travels down the arms thru LI 11 and LI 4.

Front 2

night sweats

Back 2

SI 3
Ht 6

Hint 2

fire pair
SI 3 Clears heat

Ht 6 Nourishes Ht yin, clears heat, stops sweating, calms mind.

Front 3

insomnia

Back 3

Ht 7
Sp 6
Ki 3
(Pc 6)

Hint 3

All yin channels
Ht 7 Foremost point to calm, regulate spirit

Sp 6 Meeting of Sp, Lv & Ki. Fortifies SP, nourishes LV & Kd yin, spreads Lv qi, tonifies qi & blood, harmonizes digestion.

Ki 3 Bolsters Ki to support Ki-Ht communication. Ki yin-> restrain Ht fire. Ht yang -> warm Ki

Pc 6 A main point to regulates Ht spirit, also d/o of Ht rhythm.

Front 4

TMJ

Back 4

St 7
St 6
LI 4
(SJ 5)

Hint 4

St 6 & 7 Local disorders of jaw.

LI 4 Master point of face, ability to stop pain

SJ 5 Clear channel, yang wei linking (clear all yang of head)

Front 5

cough & asthma

Back 5

R 22
dingchuan
Lu 7

Hint 5

R 22 Strongly descends qi

dingchuan Asthma, cough

Lu 7 Important point in the tx of wind disorders, ext or int

Front 6

dysphagia

Back 6

R 22
P 6

Hint 6

R 22 Descends qi

P 6 Unbinds chest, downbears rebellion

Front 7

suffocated chest

Back 7

R 17
P 6

Hint 7

More unbinding of Lu

Front 8

fullness of chest

Back 8

R 12
P 6

Hint 8

More unbinding of St, moves food out.

Front 9

hypochondriac pain

Back 9

SJ 6
GB 34

Hint 9

SJ 6 Essential point for lateral costal pain of qi stagnation or any etiology. Regulates qi (and CH) in 3 jiaos.

GB 34 Clears qi stagnation in GB path, spreads Lv qi, clears Lv/GB DH.

Front 10

nausea & vomiting

Back 10

P 6
St 36

Hint 10

P 6 Pre-eminent point for N&V or any etiology (pregnancy, chemo, radiation)

St 36 Harmonizes St, he-sea

Front 11

hiccup

Back 11

UB 17
P 6
P 8

Hint 11

UB 17 Diaphragm shu

P 6 Regulates qi, unbinds chest

P 8 Strong action on MJ, esp. when fire disrupts descent of St qi. Downbears counterflow.

Front 12

constipation

Back 12

SJ 6
Ki 6
St 25

Hint 12

"Route 66"

SJ 6 Major point for moving qi of INTS and contipation of any etiology.

Ki 6 Nourishes Ki, clears xu heat. Tx of constipation d/t yin xu or fluid damage from prolonged heat.

St 25 Regulates qi, eliminates stagnation in LJ

Front 13

epistaxis

Back 13

Du 23
LI 4

Hint 13

Du 23 Regulates the widest range of nasal d/o. A "spigot on top of the head that turns of the blood."

LI 4 Master point of face

Front 14

pruritis

Back 14

LI 11
Sp 10
Sp 6

Hint 14

"Severe itching, often of undamaged skin."

LI 11 Important point for skin d/o (with UB 40). Expels wind, resolves damp, clears heat, fire and fire toxin.

Sp 10 Cools blood, nourishes blood, dispels stasis, treats wind in skin.

Sp 6 Harmonizes, cools and invigorates blood.