Extra Points Flashcards
Actions:
•Treats prolapse of the rectum and hemorrhoids
Indications:
- Hemorrhoids esp. with blood in the stool
- Rectal prolapse
Er Bai
Actions:
- Clears heat & Reduces swelling
- Generates fluids
- Benefits the tongue
*‘Golden Liquid’ & ‘Jade Fluid’ *
Indications:
- Disorders of the tongue (stiffness of the tongue & aphasia following windstroke, tongue ulceration)
- Other (parched mouth in diabetes, severe nausea & vomiting of pregnancy)
Jin Jin & Yu Ye
Actions:
* Activates Qi & blood in the shoulder joint
Indications:
- Stiffness & pain of anterior aspect of shoulder
- Numbness, paralysis & immobility of shoulder
Jian Qian
Actions:
•Benefits the nose
- ‘Penetrating the Nose’*
Indications:
•Disorders of the NOSE (rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion & discharge, nosebleed, nasal polyps )
Bi Tong
Actions:
•Dispels wind-damp, Reduces swelling & Alleviates pain
Indications:
•Main point for all knee disorders (deficiency or excess, heat or cold) (swelling, pain, weakness, numbness of knee, difficulty in flexing & extending the knee)
patellar ligament tendonitis, arthritis of knee
‘EYES OF THE KNEE’
Xi Yan
Actions:
•Opens the portals & Revives consciousness, Drains heat and Pacifies wind
Indications:
- Acute conditions, esp. d/t wind or heat (Loss of consciousness, acute stage of windstroke, summer-heat stroke, epilepsy, childhood convulsions (w/high fever); Febrile disease, high fever, tonsillitis)
- Numbness/pain of the fingers
‘10 DIFFUSIONS’
Shi Xuan
Actions:
•Clears heat & Dissipates swelling
Indications:
- Disorders of the foot & leg (swelling & pain of the dorsum of the foot, peripheral neuritis on feet, poor circulation in lower extremities, lower limb edema, paralysis)
- Others (headache, toothache, malaria, irregular menstruation)
‘Eight Wind’
DO NOT USE ON DIABETICS W/CIRCULATORY ISSUES!!
Ba Feng
Actions:
- Regulates & Harmonizes the Zang-Fu Organs
- Benefits the Spine
Indications:
- Corresponding Back-Shu organ related issues
- Musculoskeletal issues assoc. w/ particular areas (pain, stiffness, herniated disc)
- Herpes zoster @ level of affected segmental nerve
Hua Tuo Jia Ji
Actions:
* Invigorates Qi & blood in the neck region
Indications:
- Acute pain & stiffness of the neck
- Whiplash
- Swelling & pain on the dorsum of the hand, numbness of the fingers
‘STIFF NECK’
Luo Zhen
Actions:
- Pacifies wind & Calms the spirit
- Benefits the nose
- Activates the channel & Alleviates pain
- ‘Hall of Impression’*
- IP: INSOMNIA & ANXIETY*
- MP: NASAL CONGESTION*
- MP: FRONTAL HEADACHE*
Indications:
- Disorders of the spirit (insomnia, anxiety, agitation)
- Interior wind (infantile convulsions, dizziness, headache)
- Disorders of the nose (nasal congestion & discharge, rhinitis, nosebleed, sinus pain)
Yin Tang
Actions:
* Fortifies the Spleen & Dissipates accumulation
Indications:
•Childhood digestive disorders (childhood nutritional impairment; childhood accumulation disorder)
‘Four Seams’
Si Feng
Actions:
- Benefits the eyes
- Relaxes the sinews & Alleviates pain
Indications:
- Disorders of the eyes & eyelids (redness/swelling/pain of the eyes, superficial visual obstruction; twitching/drooping of the eyelid)
- Local pain (supra-orbital pain, frontal headache, frontal sinus pain)
‘Fish Waist’
Yu Yao
Actions:
“Clear the Brain point”
Indications:
- Issues related to thinking (poor memory, foggy mind)
- Dizziness
- Foot drop
Nao Qing
Actions:
•Clears heat and Drains damp
Indications:
•Disorders of the Gall Bladder (Acute/chronic cholecystitis or cholelithiasis, post-surgical gall bladder pain)
‘GALL BLADDER POINT’
Dannang Xue
Actions:
•Clears heat and Generates fluid
- ‘ST Controller (x)Lower Shu’*
- ‘Pancreas Shu’*
Indications:
•Wasting & thirsting disorder
Wei Guan Xia Shu
Actions:
- Clears heat from blood
- Eliminates wind & Drains dampness
Indications:
•Severe itching (skin itching, wind rash, genital itching,
sores of the lower region)
‘Hundred Insect Burrow’
Bai Chong Wo
Actions:
- Tonifies the Kidneys & Promotes urination
- Activates Qi/blood & Alleviates pain
Indications:
- MAIN POINT FOR LOW BACK PAIN (esp. L5-S1) (lower limb paralysis or pain, sciatica; local for herniated disc)
- OFTEN VERY REACTIVE IN GYN DISORDERS (irregular menstruation)
Shiqi Zhui Xia (Josen)
Actions:
* Activates Qi & blood, Clears heat & fire poison from the Large Intestine
Indications:
* Acute/chronic appendicitis
‘APPENDIX POINT’
Lanwei Xue
Actions:
•Activates Qi & blood in the knee joint
Indications:
•Disorders of the knee joint (swelling & pain of the knee joint, weakness or atrophy of lower limb (Crane’s knee wind)
IP for patellar tendonitis (‘Jumper’s Knee’)
‘CRANE’S SUMMIT’
He Ding
Actions:
- Transforms phlegm & Dissipates nodules
- Stops cough & Calms dyspnea
Indications:
- Disorders of the neck (stiff neck, cervical arthritis)
- Disorders of the Lung (cough, asthma, chronic bronchitis)
- Deficiency-taxation (steaming bone disorder with tidal fever, night sweating)
‘One Hundred Taxations’
Bai Lao
Actions:
•Strengthens the KDs & Benefits the lumbar region
Indications:
- Acute/chronic lumbar pain d/t any etiology
- Others (GYN: irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, ovarian pain, leukorrhea; frequent urination)
- ‘LUMBAR EYES’*
Yao Yan
Actions:
- Eliminates wind & Clears heat
- Reduces swelling & Stops pain
- Activates Qi & blood and Alleviates pain
‘Supreme Yang’ or ‘Sun’
Indications:
- Pain of the head & face (temporal h/a, migraine; trigeminal neuralgia; toothache)
- Disorders of the eyes (redness/swelling/pain of the eyes, dimness of vision, deviation of the mouth & eye)
Tai Yang
Actions:
•Calms dyspnea & wheezing, Stops cough
Indications:
- Main point for acute or chronic asthma, wheezing and cough
- Stiff neck (good local point)
Ding Chuan
Actions:
•Descends Qi from the Head & Calms Spirit
Indications:
- Insomnia
- Stress
- Racing thoughts
Shi Mian
