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Hand Taiyin Flashcards

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What are the clinical uses of LU1?

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  • Lung Front Mu point - useful for all LU issues, especially of the Excess type (cough, wheezing, asthma)
  • LU disharmonies involving Phlegm/Heat excess arising from the ME - vomiting, difficult ingestion
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What TCM Patterns may LU1 be used to treat?

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  • Lung Qi Deficiency
  • Lung Dampness - Phlegm Heat
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What diseases or conditions might LU1 be used to treat?

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  • asthma
  • wheezing
  • cough
  • vomiting
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What are the clinical uses of LU2?

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  • Similar to LU1 but more often used for local shoulder problems
  • Cough, asthma, tension in chest
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What TCM patterns might LU2 be used to treat?

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  • Lung Qi Deficiency
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What conditions might LU2 be used to treat?

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  • asthma
  • cough
  • shoulder pain
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What are the clinical uses of LU3?

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  • Window of Sky point, regulates head/body Qi flow - goiters, swellings in neck
  • Lung related spirit disharmonies - stress induced asthma, poor memory, fuzzy/muddled thinking, depression
  • LV invading LU pathologies
  • Generally for heat related issues whether from excess or deficiency - nosebleed, coughing blood
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What TCM patterns is LU3 used to treat?

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  • Lung Dryness
  • Lung Wind-Invasion - Wind Heat
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What conditions is LU3 used to treat?

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  • nosebleed
  • coughing blood
  • goiter
  • asthma
  • depression
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What are the clinical uses of LU4?

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  • Local point.
  • May be used for cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, heart pain
  • Pain in the medial aspect of the upper arm
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What conditions are treated by LU4?

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  • arm pain
  • cough
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What are the clinical uses of LU5?

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  • He Sea point (Water, Sedation) - useful for counterflow Qi/diarrhea, hot skin conditions, phlegm-heat excess
  • Acute/Chronic or Exterior/Interior Conditions
  • Upper body edema, enuresis
  • Local point for elbow - tendonitis, tennis elbow
  • Classically noted for the 5 types of Lumbar Pain - upper body equivalent of UB40
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What TCM patterns is LU5 used to treat?

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  • Lung Dampness - Phlegm Heat
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What conditions does LU5 help to treat?

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  • Back pain
  • Skin problems (rash)
  • Edema
  • Tennis Elbow
  • Tendinitis
  • Diarrhea
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What are the clinical uses of LU6?

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  • Xi Cleft Point - for Acute attacks of EPF’s, usually wind-heat or wind-dry (cough, wheezing, asthma, sore throat)
  • Dry hacking cough, especially at night
  • Local poitn for pain along meridian, especially at joints
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What TCM patterns can LU6 be used to treat? These are the same two patterns as which other LU point?

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  • Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat
  • Lung Dryness

LU3

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What conditions are treated by LU6?

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  • Asthma
  • Cough
  • Wheezing (Dyspnea)
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What are the clinical uses of LU7?

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  • Exterior Wind - body aches, chills/fever, runny nose, scratchy throat, sneezing
  • Internal Wind - Bell’s Palsy, twitching, spasms, lockjaw
  • Master Point of CV, paired with KD6 of Yin Qiao Mai - treats genitourinary and gynecological issues, also Yin Xu sore throat
  • Command point of Head and Neck - useful for any conditions involving these areas
  • Luo Connecting point spreads over thenar eminence, so pain of thumb
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Attributes (hats) for LU7

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  • Heavenly Star Point
  • Exit point
  • Master Point of CV
  • Command point of Head and Posterior Neck
  • Luo Connecting Point
20
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What TCM patterns is LU7 useful in treating?

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  • Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat
  • Kidney Yin Xu
21
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What conditions is LU7 useful in treating?

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  • Common Cold
  • Sore throat
  • Neck pain
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Hand, Finger pain
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What are the clinical uses of LU8?

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  • Not as broad of an effect as LU7, still useful for expelling wind, tonifying Qi and Yin
  • Pain in the area of KD1 - Plantar fascitis
  • Wrist pain - carpal tunnel syndrome
23
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What are the attributes of LU8?

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Jing River

Metal point

24
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What TCM patterns is LU8 useful in treating? What other point is this the same as?

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  • Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat
  • Kidney Yin Xu

LU7

25
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What conditions does LU8 treat?

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  • Plantar Fascitis
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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What are the clinical uses of LU9?

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  • Influential point of Vessels - circulation issues, clarifying an indescernible pulse for diagnosis
  • Yuan Source point - Tonify LU Qi and Yin - cough, asthma, wheezing, SOB, chronic runny nose w/ watery discharge
  • Wrist pain, arm pain along meridian
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What are the LU9 associations?

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  • Influential point of vessels
  • Yuan source point
  • Shu stream
  • Earth point, Tonification
28
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What TCM patterns can LU9 help to treat?

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  • LU Qi Xu
  • LU Yin Xu
29
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What conditions does LU9 treat?

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  • Asthma
  • Cough
  • Wheezing
  • Palpitations
  • Wrist pain
30
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What are the clinical uses of LU10?

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  • Clear excess or Deficiency Heat from the LU channel and Organ
  • Sore throat with excess heat
  • Reckless bleeding from heat
31
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What are the attributes of LU10?

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  • Ying Spring
  • Fire point
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What TCM patterns is LU10 useful in treating?

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  • Lung Dryness
  • Lung Wind Invasion - Wind heat
  • Lung Dampness - Phlegm heat
33
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What lung conditions does LU10 help to treat?

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  • Sore throat
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What are the clinical uses of LU11?

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  • Extreme sore throat (may bleed point to reduce heat)
  • Revival point especially from wind-stroke
35
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What are the hats of LU11?

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  • Jing Well
  • Wood Point
  • Ghost point
36
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What patterns does LU11 help treat?

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  • Lung Wind Invasion - Wind heat
  • Liver Wind
37
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What conditions does LU11 treat?

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  • Sore throat
  • Stroke
38
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What points on the LU meridian are contraindicated for moxa?

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LU3, 5, 8, 11

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