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Clinical Manifestations:
- Severe distending, headache in vertex & eyeballs (perhaps dizziness) - Flushed face - Red, swollen, painful eyes - Dry Mouth - Bitter taste in mouth - Hot temper - Sudden tinnitus or deafness - Swollen, painful ears - Perhaps pus in ears - Insomnia - Nightmares - Burning pain in hypochondrium - Vomiting w/ blood or nosebleed - Yellow urine, constipation T: Red C: Yellow P: Wiry & Rapid |
Liver Fire Flaring Up
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- Clear Liver FIre
- Calm Shen |
Liver Fire Flaring Up
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- GB-12: insomnia & headache
- GB-37: for eyes - GB-34: Clears heat from Liv & GB - Yin Tang: Calm Shen - Du-23: Calm Shen - Du-24: Calm Shen - Ear Shenmen: Calm Shen - LIV-2: Ying Spring - clears heat - LI-11: clears internal heat - GB-20: - LIV-3 + LI-4: 4 Gates - DU-20: local for head - reduce flaring |
Liver FIre Flaring Up
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Burning pain in hypochondrium - Bitter taste mouth - Vomiting sour & bitter fluids - Nausea - Abdominal Distention - Poor appetite - Concentrated, dark urine - irregular bowel movement (loose or constipation) - Perhaps alternating chills & fever - Perhaps Yang Jaundice - Yellow vaginal discharge w/ foul smell - Rash in genital area - Pain, swelling, & burning sensation of testicles T: Red C: Yellow & Greasy (esp sides & root) P: Wiry & Rapid or Slippery & Rapid |
Damp-Heat in Liver & Gall Bladder
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- LIV-13: Spleen Front Mu
- LIV-14: Liver Front Mu (damp-heat) - GB-24: GB Front Mu (damp-heat) - Du-9: jaundice - GB-34: GB He Sea (damp-heat) GB Fu disorders - Ren-3: promote urination - Dan Nang Xue: GB point - SP-9: dampness & jaundice - SP-6: - LIV-2: Clear Heat |
Damp-Heat in Liver & Gall Bladder
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- Clear heat
- Resolve damp from Liver & Gall Bladder |
Damp-Heat in Liver & Gall Bladder
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Pain & cold sensation in lower abdomen. - Swelling & pain in scrotum as if testicles were being pulled downward - Contractions & cold sensations of scrotum which are alleviated by warmth - Vertex headache (Not Common) - Dysmenorrhea, white or clear leuccorhea T: Normal or Pale C: white, thin (normal) P: Deep & Wiry or Deep & Tight |
Cold Stagnation in the Liver Channel
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- Warm Liver Channel
- Scatter Cold |
Cold Stagnation in the Liver Channel
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- Ashi Points
- LIV-3: open channel (reduce + moxa) - SP-6: Meeting point of the 3 Leg Yin (reduce + moxa) |
Cold Stagnation in the Liver Channel
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Clinical Manifestations:
- high fever - restlessness, irritability, delirium - contractures - convulsions - oculogyric crisis - opisthotonos - loss of consciousness T: Red or Deep Red C: Yellow or Yellow & Dry P: Wiry & Rapid |
Extreme Heat Generate Wind
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Treatment Principle
- Clear Heat - Calm Liver - Extinguish Wind |
Extreme Heat Generate Wind
Treatment Principle |
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Acupoints
- Bleed Jing Wells of 6 Hand Channels - DU-14: Reduce fever & clear brain - LI-11: Cools heat & Eliminates Wind - SJ-5: - LIV-3: Clear Heat - LIV-2: Ying Spring - clear heat - DU-16: Eliminate Wind - DU-26: clears senses, cools Heat, eliminates internal wind - GB-20: wind - DU-20: Eliminate wind & clear mind |
Extreme Heat Generate Wind
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Clinical Manifestations
- Dizziness & vertigo to the point of falling over - Headache - Head shaking - Stiff Neck - Numbness & tremors of limbs - Twitching & termor of hands & feet - Dysphasia - Unsteady Gait - Perhaps sudden loss of consciousness - Perhaps Tongue Stiffness w/ aphasia - Perhaps hemiplegia - Perhaps deviation of eyes or mouth - Perhaps phlegm gurgling in throat T: Red C: scanty, perhaps greasy P: thin & forceful |
Liver Yang Transforms Into Wind
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- Calm Liver Yang
- Extinguish Wind - Nourish Liver & Kidney |
Liver Yang Transforms Into Wind
Treatment Principle |
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Du-20: Liver Wind
GB-20: Eliminate Wind LIV-8: SP-6: LIV-2: Subdue Liver Yang GB-34: Subdue Liver Yang 4 Gates: LIV-3 + LI-4 KID-3: Nourish Yin of Kidney KI-1 & DU-26: if unconscious |
Liver Yang Transforms Into Wind
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Clinical Manifestations
- Joint Stiffness - Numbness of Limbs - Tremors spasms, or involuntary movements (chorea) - Tic or Tremor of hands & feet - Pale complexion - Pale lips - pale nail beds - Dizziness - blurred or failing vision - spots before eyes - dry eyes T: Pale C: Scanty P: Thin & Wiry |
Liver Blood Xu Generates Wind
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- Nourish Liver Blood
- Extinguish Wind |
Liver Blood Xu Generates Wind
Treatment Principle |
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Nourish Blood:
- UB-18: Liver - UB-20: Spleen - UB-17: Blood point - SP-6: Yin/Blood - ST-36: Tonify Qi & Blood - LIV-8: Blood - REN-4: Blood point - LIV-3: Blood Subdue Wind: - GB-20 - DU-16 - DU-20 |
Liver Blood Xu Generates Wind
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Blurred or failing vision - Spots before eyes - Dry eyes - Pale complexion - Pale lips - Pale nail beds - Insomnia w/ much dreaming - Dizziness - Light menses or amenorrhea - Numbness of limbs - stiff joints - tremor - muscle twitch T: Pale C: Scanty, Thin P: Thin, Wiry |
Liver Blood Xu
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Nourish Liver & Tonify Blood
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Liver Blood Xu
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UB-18: Liver back shu
LIV-3: Liver yuan source UB-17: meeting point for blood LIV-8: Liver he sea (tonify Liver & Blood) SP-6: benefits SP, LIV, & KI REN-4: Major point for reinforcing ST-36: Reinforces SP/ST GB-37: Eyes Herbs + acupuncture is more effective for this. |
Liver Blood Xu
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Blurred vision - Impaired vision - Dry eyes - Night blindness - Dizziness - 5 palm heat - Night sweats - Dry Throat - Thirst - Muscle twitching - Involuntary movement of hands & feet - Perhaps mild burning pain in hypochondria - irregular menstruation T: Red, smaller C: Scanty P: Thin, Wiry, & Rapid |
Liver Yin Xu
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Nourish Liver Yin & Clear False Heat
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Liver Yin Xu
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LIV-14: Liver front mu
REN-4: Yin, Qi, & Blood SP-6: Nourish Blood & Yin LIV-3: Liver yuan source LIV-8: Liver he sea (Nourish Liver Blood) KI-6: Yin Point |
Liver Yin Xu
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Throbbing headache (distending / maybe vertex) - Dizziness - Flushed face - Red, dry eyes with feeling of grit in eye - distending eye pain - tinnitus - insomnia - irascibility - easily angered, depression - weakness or soreness in lower back or knees (deficiency below - noodle legs) T: Red C: Scanty P: Wiry or Wiry, Thin, & Rapid |
Liver Yang Rising
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Calm Liver Yang & Nourish Liver & Kidney Yin
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Liver Yang Rising
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Calm Liver Yang:
- GB-20 - DU-20 - LIV-2 - GB-34 - Four Gates: LIV-3 + LI-4 - SP-6: promote liver function - LI-11: clear internal heat - LIV-3: Liver yuan source - UB-18: Liver back shu - UB-23: KI back shu - KI-3: KI yuan source |
Liver Yang Rising
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Lumbago: low back feels cold (maybe), weak, & aching - Weakness, pain, maybe cold in knees - Feeling chilled - Aversion to cold (especially lower body) - Cold limbs (especially lower) - Pale face - Lassitude, Fatigue - Dizziness, Blurry Vision - Urinary frequency with abundant, clear urine (especially at night) - Impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation (maybe) - low libido (maybe) - maybe Infertility, Excessive leukorhea (clear & watery) - maybe chronic diarrhea or "cock crow" diarrhea T: Pale, Swollen, Delicate C: Thin, White, Slippery P: Weak, Slow - |
Kidney Yang Xu
Clinical Manifestations "Most Severe Yang Xu" |
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- Warm & Tonify Kidney Yang Qi
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Kidney Yang Xu
Treatment Principle |
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- UB-23: Kidney back shu (tonify + moxa)
- DU-4: Mingmen: Nourish Yuan Qi & benefit Kidney - REN-6: tonifies qi & yang - REN-4: nourish & stabilizes KI, restores yang - ST-36: - Tonify Qi, blood, essence + moxa especially for cold in lower limbs - KI-3: Kidney yuan source - REN-8: warms & stabilizes yang |
Kidney Yang Xu
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Clinical Manifestations:
* Must Be Chronic * Must See Leakage - Low back & knees aching & weak - Fatigue & Lassitude - Hearing deficit - Frequent night urination - Frequent, clear, abundant urination - Dribbling after urination - Incontinence of urine (laugh, cough, scared) - Spermatorrhea - Premature ejaculation - Vaginal discharge - Infertility (miscarriage) - Prolonged menstrual bleeding (must be at least 3 times in a row) - Beng Luo T: Pale C: Thin, White P: Weak |
Kidney Qi Not Consolidated
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- Tonify Kidney Yang Qi
- Consolidate Kidney |
Kidney Qi Not Consolidated
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- UB-23: Kidney back shu
- KI-3: Kidney yuan src - REN-4: tonify yuan qi (esp for female) - SP-6: 3 leg yin meeting (esp for female) - REN-6: Regulate Qi: benefits Kidney - KI-12: Local Point - Jing Gong - UB-32 - UB-52: outer Kidney shu - for essence |
Kidney Qi Not Consolidated
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Clinical Manifestations
- Chronic coughing or wheezing - Dyspnea - worse on exertion - Difficult inhalation - Shortness of breath (shallow breathing) - weak lower back &/or knees - incontinence of urine upon cough Yang Xu Etiology - fatigue, lassitude - cold limbs, aversion to cold - maybe frequent urination w/ copious urine T: Pale, swollen C: white or slippery P: Weak & Slow Yang Xu Etiology - False Heat Signs - Chronic dry or sore throat - Restlessness T: Red C: scanty P: Thin & Rapid |
Kidney Not Grasping Qi
Clinical Manifestations More like Lung & Kidney Xu |
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- Tonify Kidney to Grasp Qi
- Strengthen Lungs |
Kidney Not Grasping Qi
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UB-23: KI back shu
Ding Chuan: Lung point REN-17: Qi Point KID-3: Kidney yuan src KID-6: for Yin Xu DU-4: Mingmen: reinforce KI QI & Yang REN-6: Meeting point of Qi UB-13: back shu of lungs UB-43: Vitals shu LU-9: Lung yuan source ST-36: reinforce postnatal qi |
Kidney Not Grasping Qi
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Clinical Manifestations:
- edema - whole body edema (particularly at or below the waist - pitting edema - low back pain, aching, & heaviness (knees) - Cold limbs, aversion to cold - Abdominal distention with full sensations (spleen loathes damp) - scanty urination - Dark circles around eyes - face gray and congested or pale (withered color - darker) - ears withered - Heart palpitations & shortness of breath - Cough w/ much mucous T: Pale & Swollen C: slippery P: Deep Slow, no strength - perhaps slippery |
Kidney Xu with Water Flooding
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- Tonify Kidney Yang Qi
- Promote Steaming Function - Eliminate Fluid |
Kidney Xu with Water Flooding
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- REN-3: diuretic
- REN-9: moxa - UB-22: SJ back shu (regulates water passages) - ST-28: diuretic point DU-4: UB-23: KI back shu (moxa) KI-6: local for edema KI-7: local for edema SP-6: eliminates dampness REN-6: dispels dampness ST-36: strengthens SP/ST to eliminate dampness UB-20: SP back shu (moxa) |
Kidney Xu with Water Flooding
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Aching, soreness or weakness of low back & knees - dizziness - tinnitus & deafness - poor memory (maybe easy to forget) - dry mouth, thirst - insomnia w/ many dreams - thin, skinny, w/ dry wrinkles skin - night sweats, dry throat (recurrent sore throat) - 5 palm heat, malar flush - steaming bone disorder - Urine scanty and yellow - Heightened libido - spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation - scanty menses, amenorrhea, irregular menses - Beng Luo (excessive menstrual bleeding) T: Red C: Scanty P: Thin & Rapid |
Kidney Yin Xu
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- Tonify Kidney Yin
- Clear False Heat |
Kidney Yin Xu
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- KI-3: KI yuan source
- UB-23: KI back shu - KI-6: chronic sore throat & insomnia - KI-7: - SP-6: benefits kidney (3 yin leg meeting) - REN-4: KI and Yuan Qi (3 leg yin meeting) |
Kidney Yin Xu
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Clinical Manifestations:
- Retardation in mental &/or physical development - Late or incomplete closing of fontanel - Poor bone development, brittle bones - Slow tooth development - Hair loss - graying or whitening of hair - Weak sexual function - Loose or brittle teeth - Atrophy & weakness of feet with difficulty walking - tinnitus, deafness - Poor memory, slow reaction - Lower back pain - Infertility, low sperm count or deformed sperm - Infertility, ovulation problems, amenorrhea T: Pale to Normal C: Thin P: Deep & Thin |
Kidney Essence Xu
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- Tonify Kidney Yin & Essence
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Kidney Yin Xu
Treatment Principle |
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- KI-3: KI yuan source
- UB-23: KI back shu - REN-4: 3 leg yin channels - ST-36: - SP-6: - GB-39: meeting point for marrow - UB-11: meeting point for bone - UB-52: KI outer shu - benefits essence & bone |
Kidney Yin Xu
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Clinical Manifestations:
-- Must Be Seen Together -- - Urinary frequency - Urinary urgency - painful urination - burning pain on urination - yellow scanty urine ---- - Turbid urine - pus or blood in urine - sand & stones in urine - maybe fever - maybe lower back pain - maybe lower abdominal pain T: Red C: Yellow, Thick, Greasy P: Slippery & Rapid |
Urinary Bladder Damp-Heat
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- Clear Heat
- Drain Damp |
Urinary Bladder Damp-Heat
Treatment Principle |
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- UB-28: UB back shu
- REN-3: UB front mu - SP-9 + SP-6: transforms dampness - SP-10: blood in urine - ST-28: diuretic - LIV-2: clears heat, relieves pain in genitals |
Urinary Bladder Damp-Heat
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