Acupuncture Points Flashcards
LUNG Channel
11 pts, Tai Yin, 3-5 am, chest to P1 on medial side
LUNG 1 (Zhong Fu)
Greater tubercle, move medial into SF pec at level of ICS 1 (when standing).
LUNG 1 Indications
Front Mu Alarm pt for Lung
Resp - lung heat, cough, dyspnea
Immune regulation
LUNG 5 (Chi Ze)
flex elbow, find biceps tendon at medial elbow, move just lateral.
LUNG 5 Indications
He Sea Pt (water)
Water Point
Sedation Point for LUNG
Resp - lung heat, fever, cough, asthma
LUNG 7 (Lie que)
1.5 cun proximal to radiocarpal joint just proximal to the styloid process of the radius. Top of ski slope
LUNG 7 Indications
Master point head and neck.
Luo connecting point for LU/LI
Confluent point for CV
LUNG 9 (Tai yuan)
Level of HT 7, medial radiocarpal joint just cranial to radial artery. (bottom of ski slope)
Needle from dorsal aspect of limb.
LUNG 9 Indications
Shu Stream Point (earth)
Mother point for deficiency
Yuan source point
Influential point for blood vessels
Resp - Lung def, cough, asthma, dyspnea.
LI 4
btw MC 2 and 3 at midpoint of MC3 on medial side (dogs)
cats midpoint of MC2
at the level of the dewclaw
LI 4 Indications
Yuan source point
Master point face and mouth
Dental pain
Facial paralysis
Nasal d/c and congestion
LI 10 (front 3 mile)
2 cun below LI 11 btw extensor carpi radialis and common digital extensor.
1/6 distance between elbow and carpus
LI 10 Indications
Diarrhea
General tonic
Immune regulation
Wind heat
elbow pain, thoracic limb and pelvic limb weakness
LI 11
flex elbow 1/2 way btw biceps tendon and lateral epicondyle of humerus
LI 11 Indications
Diarrhea or Constipation
He Sea Point (earth)
Mother Point for Deficiency
Wind Heat
Elbow Pain
LI 15 (fish lips)
Acromion move cranial in the margin btw acromion and deltoid muscle (opp TH 14)
LI 15 Indications
Shoulder pain
Cervical stiffness
LI 20
widest part of nostril, move lateral 0.1 cun below the haired, non haired margin. Treats opposite side
LI 20 Indications
Nasal d/c, sinusitus
LI channel
Yang, 20 pts, 5-7 am, yang ming, from medial P3 to the nose.
ST channel
Yang channel, 45 pts, 7-9 am, yang ming, from eyeball to pelvic limb P3 lateral side.
ST 1
center of pupil move down to infraorbital ridge retropulse globe dorsally just over infraorbital ridge.
ST 1 Indications
Conjunctivitis, uveitis
Liver heat
ST 2
Infraorbital foramen