Points - 5 Shu Transporting Point Functions
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- Jing-Well Functions
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where qi emanates
1) Restore consciousness, rescue collapse
2) Clear heat & excess from UPPERMOST reaches of channel
3) Fullness below Heart
4) Treat disorders of the Spirit - JW: Restoring Consciousness; Rescuing Collapse
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coma, fainting, collapse - except GB 44, UB 67, SJ 1
prick to bleed for collapse from windstroke or high fever - JW: Clear Heat & Excess from Uppermost reaches of Channel
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Prick to bleed clear heat, stagnation (dark blood)
Ex. LU 11 - sore throat
ST 45 - lockjaw, swollen face - JW: Fullness below Heart
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epigastrium; fullness of chest from pressure below
Ex.ST 45: fullness and distention of abdomen
GB 44: pain in lateral costal region - JW: Treat disorders of the Spirit
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mania
Ex. HT 9, KI 1, LU 11...
insomnia
Ex. GB 44, LV 1 - Ying-Spring Functions
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where qi glides
1) Clear Heat from zang-fu, channel or body
2) Treat Changes in Complexion
3) Treat yang channels and disease of zang (w/ shu-stream points) - YS: Clear Heat from zang-fu, channel or body
- Ex. LU 10 - dry heat from LU zang
- YS: Treat Changes in Complexion
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Clears heat of body, HT pathogen
(little clinical application) - YS: Treat yang channels and disease of zang (w/ shu-stream points)
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Treat yang channels and disease of zang (w/ shu-stream points)
Clear excess, stag and heat from all along all respective channels
Ex. LI 2 for d/o of head and shoulders
With shu-stream for zang:
Ex. LU 9 and LU 10 for pain of HT and LU - Shu-Stream functions
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where qi pours
3 arm yin: flexure of wrist
others: prox to MCP or MTP joints (except KD 3)
1) Treat D/O of the Zang
2) Treat D/O of Yang Channels
3) Heaviness of Body, Pain of Joints
4) Intermittent Diseases - SS: Treat D/O of the Zang
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On yin channels, the same as yuan-source point: may be single most important point of their respective channel. (Not so much on the yang channels.)
Ex. LU 9, SP 3, HT 7, KD 3, PC 7, LV 3 - SS: Treat D/O of Yang Channels
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SS have important actions on their respective YANG channels. (Not so much on the Yin.)
Ex. LI 3 - Clear WH from head, throat, teeth, eyes and mouth
GB 41 - Disperse LV qi stag throughout Shaoyang channel - SS: Heaviness of Body, Pain of Joints
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Painful obstruction due to Damp. Except for SP 3 this is mainly true for Yang channels.
Ex. LI 3 for finger joints, shoulder and back painful obstruction from qi/xue xu - SS: Intermittent Diseases
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Malaria, classically. 8 SS in all treat it.
Ex.: LI 3, ST 43, KD 3... -
Jing-River
description
location
functions -
where qi flows
at or proximal to wrist and ankle joints
1) Cough, Dyspnea, Chills & Fever
2) Changes in Voice
3) Disease of Sinews & Bones - JR: Cough, Dyspnea, Chills & Fever
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JR of Yin channels are Metal - treat LU pathogens
JR of Yang - treat either cough/dyspnea or chills and fever
Ex. LU 8 - cough, asthma, wheezing...
GB 38 - chills and fever, sweating - JR: Changes in Voice
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Ex. LI 5 - raving, laughter
PC 5 - loss of voice, halting speech, raving (about ghosts) - JR: Disease of Sinews & Bones
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Ex. LV 4 - contracted sinews, lumbar pain
KD 7 - cold and hot bones, atrophy of leg -
He-Sea Functions
phrase -
"where qi enters inwards"
1) Counterflow qi
diarrhea
disease of ST
d/o from irregular eating and drinking
2) Diseases of the Fu
3) Diseases of the Skin -
Counterflow qi
diarrhea
disease of ST
d/o from irregular eating and drinking -
He-sea pts among the most important points for d/o of ST and INTS.
Approaching the knee/elbow these points have greater effect on the center of the body. - Diseases of the Fu
- Strong action on ST and INTS, esp. the he-sea of the lower limb. The he-sea of the 3 arm Yang don't do much - hence, lower he-sea.
- Diseases of the Skin
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This action is not limited to the yang he-sea points, but
LI 11 & UB 40 are the two most important points for skin disorders.