Foundationa Point Categories 2 And Classic Prescriptions Flashcards
(28 cards)
4 Gates for Moving Qi and Blood
LV-3 and LI-4
Main heat clearing point in the body
LI-11
Wind Cold
-Release the exterior and dispel wind
-Release Exterior: LI-4
-Specific for wind cold: LU-7
-Main wind clearing point: GB-20
Wind Heat
-Release the exterior
-Clear wind heat
-LI-4: release exterior
-SJ-5: Specific for wind heat
-DU-14: Clears wind and heat
Point to expel heat, sore throat, heat in the LU channel
LU-10: benefits the throat, clears lung heat
Main point to clear yin deficiency heat
KD-2
Points that clear heat
HT-8, PC-8, ST-44
Distal heat clearing points
Jing well, Jing spring, Shu- stream, Jing river, He-sea
4th point is always which point on yang channels?
Yuan source
Shu stream is always used to tonify because?
They are the Yuan-source on yin channels
What do He-sea points do
Clear phlegm, bottom part of the body points are good for clearing damp heat or damp
Example of lower He-sea points that are working on damp
SP-9: regulates the spleen and resolves dampness
ST-36: Fortifies spleen and resolves dampness
LV-8: Clears damp heat from the lower jiao
GB-34: clears liver and gallbladder damp heat
Main point for KD-yin deficiency
KD-6
Main point for KD-yang deficiency
KD-7
Points good for tonifying KDs
BL-52, DU-4, BL-23 all good for tonifying KDs because they are at the same level of the back shu of the Kidney
REN-4 very tonifying for kidneys
What does REN-6 do
Tonifies the qi and yuan source of the whole body, qi deficiency of the whole body
LIV-3
Great for liver, specifically liver qi stagnation, most important point to soothe the liver
Point that clears liver heat
LIV-2
Middle Jiao deficiency
SP-3, SP-6, ST-36, way to tonify the spleen
Main point on body to clear dampness
SP-9
Main point on body to clear phlegm
ST-40
Upper Jiao issues with phlegm
-use He-sea points because he-sea points in the upper body clear phlegm example LU-5
Main blood point on the body
BL-17 does everything to blood, cool it, move it
Another great blood point on the body
SP-10: does everything for blood, cools it moves it, tonifies it