Points Energetics Flashcards
(30 cards)
what are the indication of Antique points Ying Spring?
- Qi flows, glides
- clears heat in body
- changes in complexion (color)
- disease of Yang channels (with Shu-stream)
- disease of Zang organ (with Shu-stream_
what are the indication of Antique points Shu-stream points?
- Qi pours
- disease of Zang organ (with Ying-spring)
- heaviness of body & pain of joints
- disease which attack intermittently
what are the indication of Antique points Jing-river points?
- Qi passes through, flows with a momentum
- cough & dyspnoea, chills & fever
- disease manifesting as changes in patient’s voice
- disease of sinew & bones (Yin Jing River pts only)
what are the indication of Antique points He-sea points?
name lower He sea pts?
- Qi enters inward
- counterflow qi & diarrhea
- diseases of ST & disorders resulting from irregular eating & drinking
- disease of Fu organs
- disease of skin (yang He-sea pts ONLY BL 40, LI 11)
Lower He-sea pts:
LI –> ST 37
SI –> ST 39
SJ –> BL 39
what is the 5 phases of the Antique pts of YIN channel and Yang Channel?
YIN YANG JW --> Wood METAL YS --> Fire WATER SS --> Earth WOOD JR --> Metal FIRE HS --> Water EARTH
Yin Source points are used for what?
- yin source pt are Shu-stream pts
- used to tonify Zang organs
- regulate Zang
- can tx def & excess in an organ
Yang Source pts are used to tx?
- generally used to disperse excess only
- used to expel pathogenic influences and for disorders along Yang channels
- [do not significantly tonify Fu, with exception of ST 42 & SJ 4, which can tonify their respective organ]
what are functions of xi-cleft pts? (different fx for yin and yang xi cleft pts, and their general usage combined)
- used for PAIN, esp Yang xi-cleft pts (disperse)
- Yin xi-cleft pts can be used to help the zang hold onto or manage yin-fluids and blood (for leakage tonify; for stasis disperes)
-can drive PF into level of Bones-joints –> so bleed, disperse, or cup & add other pts to direct pathology out of the vody (i.e. shu-stream + Jing-well_
what is the pathway of the muddy pill?
what is the significance of the muddy pill?
-from basin of clavicle (ST 12/Ren 22) –> to the pelvic basin / navel Ren 8 [umbilicus is our first “wound”]
- this process starts the combustion of Jing, housed by the KD (left KD is true KD, right is Ming Men Fire)
- then Jing is distributed through MU pts (through generation cycle), then SHU pts (in control cycle) and then to the Yuan/source pts.
- more dense –> more energetics
- the source qi is not distributed exactly evenly which, influences a person’s temperament, strengths & difficulties in life.
MU means?
Mu pts are related to what of a person?
where are they located close to?
what are MU pts used for?
- means to gather or collect, the energetic JING-like essence of Zang Fu gather and concentrate.
- related to “Beingness” of a person
- located close to actual organs
- used for accumulations of Yin-feel for “stuck water”, Qi stagnation, nodules
- when pressed and tender = alarm pts –> means something is not right with an organ and can be used to disperse stagnation/accumulation, and/or needled, moxa, or regulated.
names the sequence of MU pts
follows generating cycle
metal (LU descends and KD grasp the LU qi)–> water disseminates and generates Wood –> Fire –> Earth
CV 22 –> Ren 8 (navel)
CV 22 –> LU 2 (original LU mu pt, modern TCM LU 1) –> ST 25 (LI) [–> GB 25] –> Ren 3 (BL) –> GB 25 (KD) –> GB 24 (GB) –> LR 14 (LR) –> Ren 17 (PC) –> Ren 5 (SJ) –> Ren 14 (HT) –> Ren 4 (SI) –> Ren 12 (ST) –> LR 13 (SP)
Shu means?
Shu pts are related to?
Shu = transport
related to movement and how a person navigates through conflicts, overcome obstacles, confrontations
sometimes life experiences can lead to water getting stuck at a particular shu point, which may alter the way a person moves through lige
what is the pathway and activation of shu pts?
Ren 3 (BL mu) --> wei qi, first meridian for sinew channels, energy gathered at this point descends in Ren 1 --> comes around to DU 1 --> fills the holes/liaos in the sacrum --> KD shu/BL 23, lowest Zang/Yin shu pt --> travels up the Bladder channel and fills all the Shu pts. -the dissemination of combusted Jing/KD Qi into the BL shu is San Jiao Mechanism.
what is the sequence of the BL shu pts?
Heaven / Yang
–>
earth controlled y WOOD (BL 19/GB shu; BL 19/LR shu) --> water controlled by EARTH (BL 20/SP shu) --> WATER (BL 23/KD shu) --> YIN Ren 3 --> Ren 1 --> Du 1 --> Sacral Liao --> Umbilicus/genetic material
Mu points can be used for:
- def: tonifying yin or yang; for chronic problems, nourishing, self/beingness
- excess; and for Acute problems (popular in TCM)
- needle to tonify Yin, moxa to support Yang
- accumulations: dispersing needle tech or dispersing Moxa
Shu points can be used for:
excess or def
- tonifying Yang; diseases of def & cold (moxa)
- some classics (ling shu) recommend only moxa for BL shu
- moxa t tonify Yang or Moxa (possibly dispersing moxa or warming to soften) to allow movt in the places where a person’s water/KD is stuck/the places a person is having difficulty moving their water (felt as thick accumulation at BL shu)
- needle toward Du Mai to nourish Yin aspect of organ; needle away from Du mai to disperse congestion or invigorate the yang aspect of an organ
what is fx of KD Shu’s points?
release latency from that related element; latency that is being financed (held latent) by KD. What is being held latent could be emotional but not necessarily just emotional.
latent sadness –> KD 26
Latent anger –> KD 24
pathology that is held latent for a long time, taxes the body’s resources
name the KD shu points
location?
KD 26 (LU / Metal) - 1st intercostal space KD 25 (HT/PC/ Fire) - 2nd ics KD 24 (LR / Wood) - 3rd ics KD 23 (SP / Earth) - 4th ics KD 22 (KD / Water) - 5th ics
2 cun lateral - post natal
0.5 cun lat - prenatal
what does “Hui” mean? what is significance of hui/influential points?
means gathering or meeting
JY says influential pts are an outgrow that comes from an understanding of Mu pts; and Mu pts are basis of influential pts
[3 mu influential pts are Mu pts]
name the 8 mu pts:
MIDDLE ------> CHEST -----> 4 LIMBS
CV 12 (Fu) CV 17 (Qi) LU 9 (vessels )
LV 13 (Zang) BL 17 (Blood) GB 34 (sinews)
GB 39 (marrow)
BL 11 (bones)
Zang & Fu create Qi & Blood… which feeds anatomy of body (4 limbs)
what is the use of Hui points?
can be used to draw pathology out of their related tissues (but use of secondary vessels such as Luo, Divergent, Sinew does this better) –> Hui became popular when secondary vessels were abandoned for a time
what are indications of Ren 12?
location?
- 4 cun above umbilicus
- mu of ST
- Hui of Fu (ST, LI, SI, BL, GB)
- related to Ying
what are indications of Ren 17?
location?
- 4th intercostal space
- mu pt for PC
- Hui of Qi / wei Qi
- ST is origin of fluids and is involved in formation and integrity of Ying Qi
- emotional trauma affecting the gut will obstruct the CV 12 area
- emotional trauma cause Wei qi to move into Ying level to try to “protect” the individual. this causes stasis in middle heater and ove time a wei qi def
difficult emotions –> Gut CV 12
CV 17 moves wei qi –> CV 12 –> to help deal with difficult emotions
this leads to:
wei level - def
ying level - excess/stagnation
luo vessels formed to try to harmonize these movt and to attempt to move the excess (ying) back to the def (wei) and/or hold the emotions in blood in Luo
what are indications of LU 9? location?
- at wrist, bt radial artery and tendon of abductor pollicis longus
- shu stream, yuan, Hui of Vessels
- activates LU source qi to feed CV 17 (wei qi)
- formation of Luo do not solve the problem, but will make person able to cope. wei qi will protect the emotional body but in the process chest/zong qi will become depleted over time
- crackly wrist may be sign LU 9/source qi is trying to boost the energy at CV 17
