EMPIRICAL POINTS Flashcards
Empirical Point for DAMP
SP 9
Empirical Point for GOITER & SCROFULA (remember scrofula is swelling in the glands goiter is swelling in the thyroid)
SJ 3, LU 3, LI 14
JAUNDICE
DU 9 & SI 4
SHOULDER PAIN
ST 38
UTERINE BLEEDING (unexplained bleeding outside of the menses; or menses that doesnt stop)
SP 1 (MOXA TO MAKE IT STOP)
BREAST ISSUES
SI 1 (mastitis; poor lactation; youd use ST17)
APHASIA
HT 5
BREECH BABY (OR MALPOSITIONED BABY)
UB 67
HEADACHES (OF ANY KIND)
LU 7
ONE SIDED (TEMPORAL HEADACHE)
GB 41
PERIOD HEADACHE (BEFORE, DURING, AFTER)
SJ 5 (will help flow of blood & anchor; yang thats causing trouble)
BOILS
DU 10
RABIES
GB 36
PHLEGM (ALL)
ST 40
SUBSTANTIAL (visible phlegm; ex LU phlegm)
LU 5
NON-SUBSTANTIAL PHLEGM (Phlegm IN the body; ex. GB & KD Stones & Phlegm misting the mind)
PC 5
DIZZINESS due to PHLEGM (Ex. Mienieres, vertigo or intense dizziness)
ST 8 (remember this phlegm effects the LU & the HT and then can go up and get u dizzy)
FOOD STAGNATION
INNER NEITING (where the hell is this point)
SCIATICA
GB 30 (it’s the crossing point of UB & GB)
HERNIA
LV 1
EDEMA (whole body or ascites)
REN 9 even good for weight loss
EPILEPSY
DU 2
EDEMA (FACE)
DU 26
DROWNING
REN 1