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What do you call points that are selected according to where pain is located?

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Ahshi Points

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How many channels & points?

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14 channels (12 primary, DU and REN Mai)

361 points

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What do you call Emprircal points with specific names & locations but are not attributed to 14 channels?

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Extra Points

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What are the 5 Shu points?

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Jing Well

Ying Spring

Shu Stream

Jing River

He Sea

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The point where Qi emanate?

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Jing Well

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The point the Qi glides?

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Ying Spring

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The Point where Qi pours?

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Shu Stream

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The Point at which Qi flows?

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Jing River

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The Point at which Qi enters inward?

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He Sea

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A&E of Jing-Well points?

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Fullness below the Heart

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A&E of Ying-Spring points?

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Heat in the body

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A&E of Shu-Stream points?

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Heaviness of the body and pain of the joints (Dampness)

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A&E of Jing-River points?

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cough & dyspnea, chills & fever

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A&E of He-Sea points?

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Counterflow of Qi & diarrhea

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Actions of Jing-Well points?

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Clearing heat

Restoring consciousness & rescuing collapse

Acute Full-Heat in the head & face

Treat disorders of spirit

Treat fullness below the Heart

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Actions of Ying-Spring points?

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Clearing heat (uppermost portion of the channel)

Paired with Shu-Stream point of the SAME channel

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Actions of Shu-Streams points?

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Yin channel Shu-Stream points (Yuan-Source points):

Tonify & harmonize respective Zang-organs

Heaviness of the body & pain of the joint

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Actions of Jing-River points?

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Treat cough & dyspnea, chills & fever

Treat disease manifesting in voice

Treat diseases of sinews & bones

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Actions of He-Sea points?

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Treat counterflow of Qi & diarrhea

Treat diseases of the Fu-organs

Treat diseases of the skin:

**LI11, BL40 (skin disorders)

**PC3, TW10, LV8, KD10 (Dampness, esp. genital area)

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Five phase properties of five shu-points?

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Cases of deficiency: Reinforce Mother (Tonify)

Cases of excess: Reduce Child (Disperse)

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Where does the original Qi of Zang-Fu organs surface & linger?

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Yuan-Source Points

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Which channels have the Shu-Stream points the same as the Yuan-Source points?

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What points are located around the wrists/ankles?

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Yuan-Source Points

** On the Yin Channels: Tonify & regulate Zang-organs

** On the Yang Channels: Dispel Excess (these points lie b/t the Shu-Stream & Jing River points, usually the 4th point from the distal end of the channel: except GB-40)

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Abnormal reactions will appear at the 12 Yuan Source points?

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When all 5 Yin Organs are diseased

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How many Luo connecting points?
**12 + 3 =\> 15**
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What are the 3 extra Luo-Connecting Points?
**CV-15 (Directing Vessel)** **GV-1 (Governing Vessel)** **SP-21 (Great Luo-Connecting point)**
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Actions of the Luo-Connecting points?
**Treating disorders of their interiorly-exteriorly related channel or Zang-Fu organs** **Treating disorders in regions reached by the Luo-Connecting channel** **Treating psycho-emotional disorders** **CV-15: abdomen & chest** **GV-1: back & occiput** **SP-21: chest & lateral costal region**
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What is Host-Guest combination?
**_Host:_ Yuan-Source point of the primary affected channel** **_Guest:_ the Luo-Connecting point of the interiorly-exteriorly coupled channel (Yin/Yang paired channel)**
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Xi-Cleft Points?
Where the Qi & Blood of the channels gather & plunge more deeply
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How many Xi-Cleft points?
**16** **12: Primary Channels** **4: Extraordinary Vessels (Yin & Yang Motility, Yin & Yang Linking)**
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Actions of Xi-Cleft points?
**Treating acute conditions and pain** **Xi-Cleft of Yin channels also treat disorders of blood**
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Back-Shu points? How many?
**Where the Qi of the Zang-Fu (Yin & Yang) organs transports to the back (1.5 cun lateral to the midline)** **12**
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Actions of Back-Shu points?
**Treat disease of the corresponding Zang-Fu organs (In diseases of Yin, treat the Yang)** **Treat diseases of the sense organs and tissues corresponding to the Zang-Fu organs**
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Front-Mu points?
**Where the Qi of the Zang-Fu organs gathers & concentrates on the anterior surface of the body**
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Location of Front-Mu points? (12 points)
**Anterior side of the body except GB25** **\*\*Ren Mai: CV3, 4, 5, 12, 14, 17** **LU (LU1) ** **LV (LV14) ** **GB (GB24) ** **LI (ST25) ** **SP (LV13)** **KD (GB25)**
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Actions of Front-Mu points?
**Treat diseases of the corresponding Zang-Fu organs (often combined w/ Back-Shu points)** **\*\*In diseases of Yang, treat the Yin**
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Hui Meeting Points?
**Zang-organ: LV13** **Fu-organ: CV12** **Qi: CV17** **Blood: BL17** **Sinews: GB34** **Vessels: LU9** **Bone: BL11** **Marrow: GB39**
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Confluent points of the 8 Extraordinary Vessels?
**Points where the 8 EV's communicate w/ Primary channels** **Located below the elbow & knees** **8 total**
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8 EV's?
**Du Mai** **Ren Mai** **Chong Mai** **Dai Mai** **Yin Qiao** **Yang Qiao** **Yin Wei** **Yang Wei**
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Confluent Point of Du Mai?
**SI3**
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Confluent point of Ren Mai?
**LU7**
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Confluent point of Chong Mai?
**SP4**
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Confluent point of Dai Mai?
**GB41**
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Confluent point of Yin Qiao?
**KD6**
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Confluent point of Yang Qiao?
**BL62**
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Confluent point of Yin Wei?
**PC6**
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Confluent point of Yang Wei?
**TW5**
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Actions of Confluent Points?
**Treat disorders of corresponding EV's** **Affect specific symptoms & areas of the body**
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Confluent point pairs?
**_LU7 & KD6:_ throat, chest, lung, Yin-def Heat** **_SP4 & PC6:_ ST, HT, chest, malaria** **_SI3 & BL62:_ inner canthus, ear, nape, scapula, chills & fever** **_TW5 & GB41:_ outer canthus, ear, cheek, neck, shoulder, alternate attacks of chill & fever**
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Lower He-Sea points?
**To treat the diseases of the corresponding Fu-organs ** **ST37 --\> LI ** **ST39 --\> SI ** **BL39 --\> TW** **ST36 --\> ST** **BL40 --\> BL ** **GB34 --\> GB**
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Four/Six Command Points?
**_ST36:_ disorders of the abdomen** **_BL40:_ disorders of lumbar region & back** **_LU7:_ disorders of head & nape of neck** **_LI4:_ disorders of face & mouth** **_PC6:_ disorders of chest & lateral costal region** **_GV26:_ resuscitation**
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Four Seas points?
**_Sea of Qi:_ ST9, CV17, GV15, GV14** **_Sea of Blood:_ BL11, ST37, ST39** **_Sea of Water & Grain:_ ST30, ST36** **_Sea of Marrow:_ GV20, GV16**
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The Window of Heaven points (10)? \*\*Mostly around the neck
**LU3** **ST9** **BL10** **SI16** **GV16** **LI18** **TW16** **CV22** **SI17** **PC1**
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Indications for the Window of Heaven points?
**Disharmony b/t Qi of the body & the head, with Qi or blood rebelling upwards** **Scrofula, goiter or throat disorders** **Sudden onset of disorders d/t inversion** **Qi Disorders of the sense organs**

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