Functions and Point Combos

Question 0

Host/Guest used for Wind-Cold in exterior with stiff neck and aversion to wind

Answer 0

LU7 + LI4

Question 1

Combo used for phlegm in lungs caused by SP Qi Def

Answer 1

LU9 + SP3

Question 2

Four Gates. Used for moving Qi.

Answer 2

LI4 + LV3

Question 3

Combo used to promote labor and contractions

Answer 3

SP6 + LI4 + GB21

Question 4

Host/Guest combo used for Wind-Cold that has come into the lungs (cough)

Answer 4

LI6 + LU9

Question 5

Inner Four Gates. Used to promote and strengthen digestion and to tonify Qi and Blood.

Answer 5

LI10 + ST36

Question 6

master point of heat and fever. used for any kind of heat.

Answer 6

LI11

Question 7

Classic point combo for fever.

Answer 7

DU14 + LI11 + LI4

Question 8

Point combo for high blood pressure.

Answer 8

LI11 + ST9 + Er Jian (prick)

GB20 - added sometimes

Question 9

major point for shoulder pain and motor impairment

Answer 9

LI15

Question 10

Combo used for gum inflammation with pain.

Answer 10

ST5 + ST6 + LI4

Question 11

point that promotes lactaion

Answer 11

ST18

Question 12

point combo used to move stagnation through stomach

Answer 12

ST21 + Ren12

Question 13

the major tonification point

Answer 13

ST36

Question 14

empirical point for frozen shoulder

Answer 14

ST38

Question 15

Host/Guest combo for Phlegm-Damp

Answer 15

ST40 + SP3

Question 16

best point for clearing heat from ST channel, especially from upper end of channel; mouth and gums

Answer 16

ST44

Question 17

point that courses and discharges Yang Ming pathogenic heat

Answer 17

ST45

Question 18

used for excessive or irregular bleeding especially from Blood Stasis. Used for uterine bleeding.

Answer 18

SP1

Question 19

point combo used for Yin Deficiency

Answer 19

KD6 + LU7
to access the Sea of Yin
KD6 = confluent of Yin Qiao
LU7 = Confluent of the Ren

Question 20

Host/Guest combo to transform Phlegm-Damp anywere in the body

Answer 20

SP3 + ST40

Question 21

If phlegm is accumulating in the Lungs, what point would you add to the Host/Guest SP3 + ST40?

Answer 21

LU9

Question 22

Which point is good for edema and moving fluid?

Answer 22

SP5

Question 23

Which point can move blood and is called the 3 Yin Meeting Point?

Answer 23

SP6

Question 24

Which point addresses almost any pathology of blood (Heat, Stasis, Vacuity) and is used like an unofficial Influential Point of Blood?

Answer 24

SP10

Question 25

Point combo used for Blood Heat

Answer 25

SP10 + LI11

Question 26

Point used for Aphasia and stiffness of the tonge

Answer 26

HT5

Question 27

Point combo used to stop Yin Deficiency night sweats

Answer 27

HT6 + KI7 ``` HT6 = Xi Cleft, used for acute - night sweats are acute KI7 = purifies water - moves fluid 'wherever, whenever' so used for all kinds of sweating ```

Question 28

Point combo used to address insomnia from Yin and Blood Deficiency

Answer 28

HT7 + KI6 ``` KI6 = Confluent for Yin Qiao - so access the Yin HT7 = tonifies blood ```

Question 29

What point that nourishes Yin and Blood can be added to HT7 + KI6 for Yin Def Insomnia?

Answer 29

SP6

Question 30

point that is used to clear full HT Fire

Answer 30

HT8

Question 31

empirical point to disinhibit breast milk

Answer 31

SI1

Question 32

point combo used to promote lactation

Answer 32

ST18 + GB21 + SI1

Question 33

point combo used to secure the exterior and stop sweating

Answer 33

KD7 + SI3 or KD7 + LI4 or to promote sweating per in class discussion

Question 34

What point can be added to SI3 + KD7 (to secure the exterior and stop sweating) when the sweating is due to Yin Def?

Answer 34

HT6

Question 35

Host/Guest combo used to nourish HT Blood to settle the Shen

Answer 35

HT7 + SI7

Question 36

point moxa'd to turn a breech fetus

Answer 36

UB67

Question 38

point combo for Yin Deficiency Constipation

Answer 38

KD6 + SJ6

Question 39

What are the three major tonification points on the Ren channel?

Answer 39

Ren4 - Gate of Origin; crossing pt w/SP, LV, KD Ren6 - Sea of Qi Ren8 - Mind Palace; moxa only

Question 40

Combo to move dampn acumulation in the Middle Jiao

Answer 40

Ren9 + KD7 | moves spleen-earth and disinhibits water-damp + regulates fluids

Question 41

What are the three stomach points on the Ren channel?

Answer 41

Ren10- upper stomach; accumulations & stagnations Ren12- center stomach Ren13- lower stomach; trapped heat in stomach getting in the way of sleep

Question 42

point combo to open chest and move qi to assist breathing

Answer 42

Ren17 + PC6 | influential point of Qi

Question 43

point combo to promote urination

Answer 43

KD10 + Ren3 | disinhibits damp and frees urine, dampness in the interior + front Mu of UB

Question 44

Revives Inversion Patients - | loss of consciousness where Qi has reverted to center because KD Qi is so weak it cannot get to extremities.

Answer 44

KD1

Question 45

point combo for back pain from a fall

Answer 45

Ren 1 + Du 1 | trauma/reset a person's inner core

Question 46

point combo for prolapse of the rectum or hemorrhoids

Answer 46

Du 1 (for local swelling) + Du 20 (raises yang)

Question 47

point combo to strengthen back which revitalizes KD yang and banks the essence can also be used to help overcome an addiction by strengthening one's will

Answer 47

UB 4 + UB 23 + UB 52

Question 48

which points on the Du channel have functions involving the SP, ST, KD and lumbar region

Answer 48

Du 5-8

Question 49

which point on the Du channel can be used for speech problems or when someone is dying and can bring out false vitality.

Answer 49

Du 15 (Mute's Gate)

Question 50

which point on the Du dispels wind, evils and dissipates cold; clears the spirit mind; disinhibits joints, and drains fire

Answer 50

Du 16

Question 51

which point on the Du arouses the spirit and opens the orifices, clears heat, and extinguishes wind

Answer 51

Du 26

Question 52

which point on the Du harmonizes yin and yang, courses and regulates localized channel qi, rectifies intestinal qi and arrests diarrhea, disperses swelling and relieves pain

Answer 52

Du 1

Question 53

which point on the Du rectifies qi and loosens the chest, clears heat and disinhibits dampness, frees the channels and quickens the network vessels

Answer 53

Du 9

Question 54

which point on the Du banks the origin and supplements the kidney, secures the essence and stops vaginal discharge, soothes the sinews and harmonizes the blood, courses the channels and regulates qi

Answer 54

Du 4

Question 55

which point on the Du courses exterior evils in the yang channels, frees yang qi of the whole body, clears the heart and quiets the spirit, clears lung heat and regulates qi

Answer 55

Du 14

Question 56

which point on the Du courses and regulates localized channel qi, dispels wind and brightens the eyes, clears heat and staunches bleeding, dissipates evils and frees the orifices

Answer 56

Du 23

Question 57

which point on the Du subdues liver yang and extinguishes liver wind, upbears yang and stems desertion.

Answer 57

du 20

Question 58

which point on the ren channel banks the kidney and secures the root, supplements qi and returns yang, warms and regulates the blood chamber, separates the clear and the turbid, safeguards health and prevents disease

Answer 58

ren 4

Question 59

which point on the ren warms and frees original yang, opens the orifices and rouses the brain, moves gastrointestinal qi, transforms cold damp accumulating stagnations

Answer 59

ren 8

Question 60

which point on the red assists movement and transformation in the stomach and intestines, disperses food accumulation and qi stagnation

Answer 60

ren 10

Question 61

which point on the ren harmonizes the stomach and downbears counterflow, fortifies the spleen and disinhibits dampness

Answer 61

ren 12

Question 62

which point on the ren rectifies the spleen and stomach, transforms phlegm turbidity, courses qi, and stabilizes the spirit mind

Answer 62

ren 13