Fire Flashcards
(15 cards)
Initial CF treatment
Inner Fire—
HEART 7 – Spirit Gate
Location: On the wrist crease, at the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris.
Nature: Source point, Earth point.
Tonification.
Treatment Principle: Treat the CF.
SMALL INTESTINE 4 – Wrist Bone
Location: On the ulnar border of the hand, in the depression between the base of the 5th metacarpal bone and the hamate bone.
Nature: Source point.
Tonification.
Treatment Principle: Treat the CF.
Outer Fire
PERICARDIUM 7 – Great Mound
Location: On the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis, level with Heart 7.
Nature: Source point, Earth point.
Tonification.
Treatment Principle: Treat the CF.
TRIPLE BURNER 4 – Yang Pool
Location: On the dorsum of the wrist, in the depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum communis and extensor digiti minimi, level with the wrist joint.
Nature: Source point.
Tonification.
Treatment Principle: Treat the CF.
How is CF confirmed?
Inner—The CF would be confirmed by needling Heart 7 and Small Intestine 4 using Tonification technique. If Pateints overall pulse picture becomes more harmonious, smoother with a potential drop in their front left pulses then the CF would be confirmed as Inner Fire.
Outer—The CF would be confirmed by needling Pericardium 7 and Triple Burner 4 using Tonification technique. If the patient’s overall pulse picture becomes more harmonious, smoother, with a potential drop in their middle left pulses, then the CF would be confirmed as Outer Fire.
How would you continue treating the CF—Inner Fire—demonstate an understanding of the need to treat both its Yin and Yang aspects. Demonstate knowledge of how to treat at the spirit level if appropriate to the case
HEART 5 & SMALL INTESTINE 7 – Luo Connecting Points
Strengthen the connection between the Heart (Yin) and Small Intestine (Yang), harmonising the Fire Element and supporting the Shen. Used to balance inner expression and discernment.
HEART 8 and SI 2 – Sedation Points
Fire points on the Fire channels. When pulses are excessive or agitated in the left front positions, these points can sedate Inner Fire and calm overactivity, restlessness, or Shen disturbance.
HEART 9 and SI 3 – Tonification Points
Wood points on Fire channels. Draws Qi through the Sheng cycle from Wood to nourish Fire, supporting the CF with warmth, clarity, and vitality. Useful in deficiency or cold Fire presentations.
Horary – HEART 8, SMALL INTESTINE 5
Use particularly in summer or when the Fire element needs reconnecting with its natural seasonal strength. Can deepen CF treatment when pulses are empty or scattered in the left front positions.
HEART 1 – Utmost Source
Spirit point for treating CF: Opens the chest and the Shen. Supports connection to self and others. Helps a Heart CF patient who is emotionally withdrawn, closed, or lacking joy. Restores capacity to love and be loved.
BLADDER 44 – Spirit Hall
Outer Back-Shu of the Heart. Spirit point for treating CF: Calms the Shen, lifts emotional heaviness, and helps reconnect with inspiration and joy. Supports patients struggling with sadness, disconnection, or emotional exhaustion.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
Direct benefits of CF treatment for Fire include
Emotional Capacities of a balanced Fire Element
—Give and receive love with appropriate degrees of emotional closeness
—Know how and when it is appropriate to open up or shut down to people
—Decide how much to open up to others in all different forms of relationships
Design a single treatment based on CF, assuming you have been seeing pateint for some months—no source pts or blocks
CF treatment
One pair of Command points (element points, either Horary, tonification or sedation) OR one pair of Back Shu points; plus one (or maybe two) spirit points
Treatment Principle—Treat the CF
What are the Horary pt’s for inner Fire:
Times, Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
Heart— 11am-1pm
Small Intestine—1-3pm
—He 8: Lesser Treasury: Fire Pt, Horary Pt. Ying-Spring Pt
Location: Palm, where tip of little finger rests when a fist is made (between 4th & 5th metacarpals).
Needle Technique—Tonification
During two hour period Horary point give a powerful enhancement to the Qi of the Heart to Treat Fire CF (often with SI 5). Outside Horary time they still have a strengthening effect but not as powerful.
Treatment Principle—Treat the CF
—S.I.-5 – Yanggu (Yang Valley)
Location: On the ulnar side of the wrist, in the depression between the head of the ulna and the triquetral bone
Nature: River (Jing) point, Fire point, Horary point.
Needle Technique—Tonification
During two hour period Horary point give a powerful enhancement to the Qi of the Small Intestine to Treat Fire CF (often with He 8). Outside Horary time they still have a strengthening effect but not as powerful.
Treatment Principle—Treat the CF
What are the Tonifcation pt’s for inner Fire: Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
—He 9: Lesser Surge Wood Pt, Tonification Pt, Jing-Well Pt
Location: Medial corner of the little finger nail.
Needle Technique—Tonification
Tonifiying this point tranfers Qi from the Mother element (Wood) to the Child, strengthening the Heart and therefore the Fire CF (Paired with SI 3).
Treatment Principle—Treat the CF
—S.I.-3 – Houxi (Back Stream)
Location: Ulnar border of the hand, proximal to the head of the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint
Nature: Stream (Shu) point, Wood point, tonification point.
Needle Technique—Tonification
Tonifiying this point tranfers Qi from the Mother element (Wood) to the Child, strengthening the Small Intestine and therefore the Fire CF (Paired with He 9).
Treatment Principle—Treat the CF
What are 2 Back Shu pt’s for inner Fire: Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
—BL-15 – Heart Shu
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to lower border of T5 spinous process
Nature: Back-Shu point of the Heart
Tonifying actions: Strengthen the Heart Strengthen the Spirit. Stimulate the Brain.
Too directly accsess the Qi of an Organ without going via the Channel.
Main Uses: Treat Fire CF (usually with Bl 27). For any Heart pattern.
Treatment Principle—Treat the CF
—BL-27: Small Intestine Shu
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the midline, level with the first sacral foramen
Nature: Back-Shu (Transporting) point of the Small Intestine
Tonifying actions: Promote Small Intestine functions.
Main Use: Treat Fire CF (usually with Bl 15). Any Small Intestine Pattern.
Treatment Principle—Treat the CF
What are 2 spirit pt’s for inner Fire: Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
—He 4: Spirit Way Metal Pt. Jing-River Pt
Location: 1.5 cun above wrist crease, radial to flexor carpi ulnaris.
Needle Technique—Tonification
Spirit point of the Heart Channel
—SI 17: Heavenly Appearance Window of Heaven
Where:
Unite Qi of Heaven and Earth. These points have a heightened ability to effect a persons spirit.
Needle Technique—Tonification
What are the Sedation pt’s for inner Fire:
Times, Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
HEART 7 – Spirit Gate
Location: On the transverse crease of the wrist, at the ulnar end, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris.
Nature: Stream (Shu) point, Earth point, Sedation point of the Heart channel.
Needle Technique — Reduction
Sedating this point transfers Qi from the Mother Element Fire to the Child Earth, reducing excess in the Heart. Calms Shen agitation, emotional overexcitement, insomnia, and overwhelm. Used when Inner Fire pulses are full or overflowing. (Paired with SI 8.)
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF.
SMALL INTESTINE 8 – Xiaohai (Small Sea)
Location: In the depression between the olecranon of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus (elbow crease).
Nature: Sea (He) point, Earth point, Sedation point of the Small Intestine channel.
Needle Technique — Reduction
This point transfers Qi from the Mother Fire to the Child Earth, reducing Fire.(Paired with HT 7.)
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF.
How would you continue treating the CF—Outer Fire—demonstate an understanding of the need to treat both its Yin and Yang aspects. Demonstate knowledge of how to treat at the spirit level if appropriate to the case
PERICARDIUM 6 & TRIPLE BURNER 5 – Luo Connecting Points
Strengthen the connection between the Pericardium (Yin) and Triple Burner (Yang), harmonising Outer Fire and regulating the flow of Qi and emotions. Useful for patients struggling to process emotional intensity or relational imbalance.
PERICARDIUM 8 and TB 2 – Sedation Points
Fire points on the Fire channels. When pulses are overactive or agitated in the middle left positions, these points sedate Outer Fire, calming restlessness, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm.
PERICARDIUM 9 and TB 3 – Tonification Points
Wood points on Fire channels. These draw Qi through the Sheng cycle from Wood to nourish Ministerial Fire. Helpful when Outer Fire is deficient, low in warmth, or lacking expressive energy.
Horary – PERICARDIUM 8, TRIPLE BURNER 6
Used especially in summer or when the Fire Element needs seasonal support. Deepens CF treatment when middle left pulses are weak or diffuse and the spirit needs reconnection.
PERICARDIUM 1 – Heavenly Pool
Spirit point for treating CF: Opens the chest and releases emotional tension, allowing the patient to connect to joy, intimacy, and spontaneity. Helps those who feel guarded or burdened in relationships.
BLADDER 43 – Vital Region Shu
Outer Back-Shu of the Pericardium. Spirit point for treating CF: Nourishes the Heart Protector, calms emotional toxicity, and supports deep healing in those affected by emotional trauma, guilt, or over-responsibility.
What are the Tonifcation pt’s for outer Fire: Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
Pericardium — 7–9pm
Triple Burner — 9–11pm
—P.C.-8 – Laogong (Palace of Toil)
Location: In the centre of the palm, between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, where the tip of the middle finger rests when a loose fist is made.
Nature: Spring (Ying) point, Fire point, Horary point of the Pericardium channel.
Needle Technique — Tonification
During its two-hour period (7–9pm), this Horary point gives a powerful boost to the Qi of the Pericardium to Treat Outer Fire CF (often paired with TB 6). Outside this time, it still strengthens Outer Fire but less intensely.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
—T.B.-6 – Zhigou (Branch Ditch)
Location: 3 cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease, between the radius and ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle.
Nature: River (Jing) point, Fire point, Horary point of the Triple Burner channel.
Needle Technique — Tonification
During its two-hour period (9–11pm), this Horary point powerfully strengthens the Qi of the Triple Burner to Treat Outer Fire CF (often paired with P.C. 8). Outside this window, it still supports the element, though less intensely.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
What are 2 Back Shu pt’s for outer Fire: Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
—BL-14 – Pericardium Shu
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the T4 spinous process.
Nature: Back-Shu point of the Pericardium channel.
Tonifying actions: Strengthen the Pericardium and harmonise the Fire element. Nourishes the Heart Protector, calming the Shen and balancing emotional energy.
Main Uses: Treat Outer Fire CF (often paired with BL 22 for the Triple Burner). Useful for any Pericardium-related patterns, including anxiety, emotional disturbance, or lack of vitality.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
—BL-22 – Triple Burner Shu
Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the L1 spinous process.
Nature: Back-Shu point of the Triple Burner channel.
Tonifying actions: Strengthen the Triple Burner’s role in fluid metabolism and Qi distribution. Helps balance the Yang Qi of the body.
Main Uses: Treat Outer Fire CF (often paired with BL 14 for the Pericardium). Useful for any Triple Burner-related patterns, especially for addressing heat or fire in the upper, middle, or lower burners.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
What are 2 spirit pt’s for outer Fire: Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
—HE 4 – Spirit Way
Location: 1.5 cun above the wrist crease, radial to the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris.
Nature: Metal point, Jing-River point, Spirit point of the Heart channel.
Needle Technique — Tonification
This Spirit point is used to calm the Shen, strengthen the Heart, and soothe emotional disturbances. It enhances mental clarity and emotional stability, especially helpful when the Heart Qi is deficient or overactive, leading to agitation or restlessness.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
—SI 17 – Heavenly Appearance
Location: On the lateral side of the neck, just below the angle of the mandible, in the depression between the mandible and the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Nature: Window of Heaven point.
Needle Technique — Tonification
This point unites the Qi of Heaven and Earth, with a powerful ability to influence the spirit. It helps to release tension and emotional blockages, facilitating spiritual harmony and balance. Used for any disturbance of the Heart or Small Intestine, particularly when there is difficulty with self-expression or emotional release.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
What are the Sedation pt’s for outer Fire:
Times, Point, Name, Nature, Location, Function for treating CF, Treatment Principle
—PE 7 – Daling (Great Mound)
Location: On the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.
Nature: Sedation point of the Pericardium channel, Shu-Stream point, Earth point.
Needle Technique — Reduction
Sedating this point transfers Qi from the Mother Fire to the Child Earth, calming the Heart and cooling the Pericardium, which helps to address overactive Fire in the Heart. It reduces emotional agitation, anxiety, and insomnia, making it especially useful when the pulses are strong and full.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
—TB 6 – Zhigou (Branch Ditch)
Location: 3 cun above the wrist crease, on the line connecting TB 4 and TB 10, between the radius and ulna.
Nature: Sedation point of the Triple Burner channel, Jing-River point, Fire point.
Needle Technique — Reduction
Sedating this point transfers Qi from the Mother Fire to the Child Earth, reducing Fire and addressing any excessive Yang or heat in the Triple Burner, which in turn helps calm the Shen and alleviates symptoms like irritability and restlessness.
Treatment Principle — Treat the CF
