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When to use a well point

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 clear heat; clear respective channel concerns; restore consciousness; fulness below the heart; spirit disorders and mental illnesses

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When to use a spring point

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Clear heat; clear respective channel concerns (with stream)

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When to use a stream point

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Zong organ disorders; heaviness of the body and pain in the joints; malaria

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 When to use a River point

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Cough, shortness of breath; throat, voice; sinew and bone disease

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When to use a Sea point

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Counterflow qi; fu organ disorders; skin diseases

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3 needle technique deficiency steps

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  1. Tonify the mother point on the effected channel
  2. Tonify the horrary point on the mother channel
  3. Tonify the mother point on the interior exterior related channel
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3 needle technique for excess

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  1. Sedate the son point on the effected channel
  2. Sedate the horrary point on the son channel
  3. Sedate the son point on the exterior interior related channel
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4 needle technique for deficiency

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  1. Tonify the mother point on the effected channel
  2. Tonify the horrary point on the mother channel
  3. Sedate the grandparent point on the effected channel
  4. Sedate the horrary point on the grandparent channel
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4 needle technique for excess

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  1. Sedate the son point on the effected channel
  2. Sedate the horrary point on the son channel
  3. Tonify the grandparent point on the effected channel
  4. Tonify the horrary point on the grandparent channel
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Lower he sea of Li

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St 37

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Lower he sea of si

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St39

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Lower he sea of te

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Bl39

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Host point=

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Yuan source point of effected channel or organ

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Guest point =

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Luo connecting point of interior exterior related channel pair

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How to find source point of a yin channel

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It’s the shu stream point

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How to find source point on a yang channel

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Shu stream + 1 on the upper limbs

And shu stream - 1 on the lower limbs

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17
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What are yin cleft points good for

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Acute/ sudden bleeding

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What are yang cleft points good for

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Acute/sudden pain

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What cleft points are good for diseases of the throat chest and lung

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Lu7 and ki6

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What confluent points are good for diseases in the inner canthus, neck, shoulders and back

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Si3 and ub62

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What confluent points is good for diseases in the heart chest and stomach

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Pc6 and sp4

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What confluent points are good for diseases in the outer canthus cheek and retriauricle

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Te5 and gb41

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Influential point of zang

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Lr13

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Influential point of fu

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Cv12

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Influential point of qi
Cv17
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Influential point of blood
Ub17
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Influential point of tendons
Gb34
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Influential point of vessels
Lu9
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Influential point of bone
Ub11
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Influential point of marrow
Gb39
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Lr entry and exit points
Lr1 and lr14
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Entry and exit points of lung
Lu1 and Lu7
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Entry and exit points of Li
Li4 and Li20
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Entry and exit points of St
St1 and st42
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Entry and exit points of sp
Sp1 and sp21
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Entry and exit points of ht
Ht1 and ht9
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Entry and exit points of si
Si1 and si19
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Entry and exit points of bl
Bl1 and bl67
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Entry and exit points of Ki
Ki1 and ki22
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Entry and exit points of pc
Pc1 and pc8
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Entry and exit points of Te
Te1 and te22
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Entry and exit points of gb
Gb1 and gb41
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What channels cross si12
Si, Li, Te, gb
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What channels cross st12
All regular yang channels EXCEPT bl
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What channels cross cv4
Cv, sp, Lr, Ki
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What channels cross Gv14
Gv + all regular yang meridians
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What channels cross gb20
Gv, te, yang qiao, yang wei
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What channels cross sp6
Sp, Lr, Ki (3 yin)
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What channels cross st30
St, Chong
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What channels cross cv1
Cv, gv, Chong
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What channels cross st1
St, yang qiao, cv
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Points good for forehead
Gb14, gv20, li4, st44
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Points good for temporal
Gb8, tai yang, gb20, te5,gb41
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Points good for nape
Bl10, gv14, si3, bl60
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Points good for eye
Bl1, gb16, si6, lr3
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Points good for nose
Li20, gv23, lu7, st25
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Points good for mouth
St4, st6, si18, li4, st41
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Points good for ear
Gb2, te17, gb20, te3, gb43
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Points good for throat
Cv23, si17,bl10, lu10,ki6
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Points good for chest
Cv17,lu1, pc6, st40
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Points good for hypochondrium
Lr14, lr13, te6, gb34
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Points good for upper abdomen
Cv12, st21, pc6, lr8
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Points good for lower abdomen
Cv4, st25, sp6, lr8
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Points good for low back
Bl23, bl25, bl32, bl40, si3
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Points good for rectum
Gv1, bl30, bl57, gv20
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Points good for fever
Gv14,Li11, li4
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Points good for coma
Gv26, gv20
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Points good for night sweats
Si3 ht6
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Points good for tmj
St6 st7 li4
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Points good for cough and asthma
Cv22 dingchuan
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Points good for suffocated chest
Cv17 pc6
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Points good for cardiac pain
Pc6 pc4
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Points good for hypochondriac pain
Te6 gb34
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Points good for abdominal distension
Cv6 st36
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Points good for constipation
Te6 ki6
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Points good for convulsions
Li4 lr3
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Points good for epistaxis
Gb23 li4
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What does command point li4 do
- for head and face region - the hand mirrors the face - using a hand yang ming acupoints to treat a foot yang Ming channel - hand channel treats foot channel
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What does command point lu7 do
- for head and neck region - the wrist mirror the neck - using a hand tai yin to treat a foot tai yang - hand yin treats foot yang
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What does command point st36 do
- for the abdomen region - the knee mirrors the middle of the trunk - using a foot yangming to treat a foot taiyin channel (due to the fact it is said to not only tonify st but sp as well) - exterior treats interior channel pair
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What does bl40 command point do
- for the back region - the knee mirrors the middle of the trunk - using a foot tai yang to treat foot tai yang - treats it’s own channel
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What does command point pc6 do
- for the chest and hypochondriac regions - the pericardiums primary channel originates from the chest, divergent channel enters the chest, sinew channel disperses over the chest and hypochondriac region
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What does command point gv26 do
- for resuscitation from sudden loss of consciousness - acupoint translation: mans middle - when yin and yang separate a patient loses consciousness (from a simple to fainting to as serious as coma and death) - according to Chinese cosmology man lies between earth (yin) and heaven (yang) and gv26 establishes that connection between heaven and earth

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