Fx of Back Shu Points

Question 1

Regulates LU qi
Supplements taxation and detriment (exhaustion & fatigue from over use)
Clears vacuity heat
Harmonizes construction and blood

Answer 1

UB 13 - Fei Shu

Indications: cough, asthma, chest pain, spitting of blood, afternoon fever, night sweating

Question 2

Frees the channels and quickens the connecting vessels

Soothes LV and rectifies the qi (helps relax liver so diaphragm can move freely)

Answer 2

UB 14 - Jue Yin Shu

Indications: cardiac pain, palpitation, stuffy chest, cough, vomiting

Question 3

Nourishes the HT and quiets the spirit (deficiency)
Clears heat and stabilizes the disposition
Loosens the chest and regulates qi

Answer 3

UB 15 - Xin Shu
Indications: cardiac pain, palpitation, loss of memory, mania, panic, epilepsy, nocturnal emission, cough, spitting of blood, night sweating

Question 4

Supplements construction blood
Disperses stasis and dispels hepatocystic damp heat
Stabilizes the spirit brightens the eyes

Answer 4

UB 18 - Gan Shu
Indications: jaundice, hypochondriac pain, redness of the eye, blurring vision, night blindness, mental disorders, epilepsy, spitting of blood, epistaxis, backache

Question 5

Clears GB fire, dispels damp heat
Harmonizes the ST
Loosens the diaphragm
Brightens the eyes

Answer 5

UB 19 - Dan Shu

Indications: jaundice, bitter taste, hypochondriac and chest pain, pulmonary tuberculosis

Question 6

Supports earth to dispel water damp (nourishes a vacuity)

Rectifies the SP to improve movement and transformation

Answer 6

UB 20 - Pi Shu
Indications: epigastric pain, abdominal distention, diarrhea, dysentery, bloody stool, vomiting, anorexia, jaundice, edema, profuse menstruation, backache

Question 7

Regulates the center and harmonizes the ST
Transforms damp and disperses stagnation
Supports center qi to eliminate vacuity

Answer 7

UB 21 - Wei Shu
Indications: epigastric pain, hypochondriac pain and chest pain, abdominal distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, anorexia

Question 8

Regulates qi and disinhibits water

Answer 8

UB 22 - San Jiao Shu
Indications: pain and stiffness of the lower back, borborygmus, abdominal distention, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, edema

Question 9

Supplements the KD and strengthens the transformative action of qi (tonifies/strengthens)
Dispels water-damp
Strengthens the lumbus and the spine
Boosts water and invigorates fire
Benefits the ears and the eyes

Answer 9

UB 23 - Shen Shu
Indications: nocturnal emissions, impotence, enuresis, leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, low back pain, weak knees, tinnitus, deafness, dizziness, blurring vision, edema, asthma and diarrhea

Question 10

Courses and regulates the large and small intestine

Rectifies qi and transforms stagnation

Answer 10

UB 25 - Da Chang Shu
Indications: abdominal distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, constipation, low back pain, muscular atrophy, pain, numbness and motor impairment of the lower extremities, sciatica

Question 11

Rectifies the small intestine
Transforms stagnation and accumulation
Promotes the separation of the clear and the turbid
Regulates urinary bladder (Tai Yang)

Answer 11

UB 27 - Xiao Chang Shu
Indications: lower back pain, sciatica, lower abdominal pain and distention, dysentery, nocturnal emissions, hematuria, morbid leukorrhea

Question 12

Regulates the urinary bladder
Perfuses the lower jiao
Disinhibits the lumbus, dispels wind damp (ext. pathogen that has moved lower and in lower back sacral iliac joint/back pain)
Supplements the lower origin

Answer 12

UB 28 - Pang Guang Shu
Indications: retention of urine, enuresis, frequent urination, diarrhea, constipation, stiffness and pain of the lower back