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ACR class 11
Most obvious method, yet very important Should not be dismissed as simplistic or
symptomatic
Examples include: ST-25 or REN-8 for diarrhea. REN-12 for nausea. REN-17 for tightness of the chest. L.I.-20 for diseases of the nose. SI-19 for diseases of the ears.
L.I.-14 for diseases of the shoulder. GB-21 or SI-11 for diseases of the
breast.
Four origins - extremities of the limbs Three ends - head, chest and abdomen
SELECTING POINTS FROM ONE CHANNEL TO TREAT ITS INTERIORLYEXTERIORLY RELATED CHANNEL
SELECTING POINTS FROM ONE PAIR OF THE SIX CHANNELS TO TREAT DISEASE OF THE OTHER Examples include:
treat hypochondriac pain due to disharmony of the foot shaoyang Gall Bladder channel.
Liver and Kidney channels, to treat most diseases of the lower abdomen since all these channels pass through this area.
CROSS NEEDLING
Contralateral (cross) needling is
commonly used either when the affected side is too painful to treat, or when, after needling, one wants the patient to mobilize the painful area.
ST-38 for shoulder pain. DU-10 for boils. LU-7 for headache. SI-4 for jaundice. GB-36 for rabies.
Pathogen Patterns
Wind
(Exterior) LI4, LU7, GB20, BL12 (Interior) GB16, GB20, DU20, GB31 Cold (Exterior) LI4, LU7, BL12 (Interior) REN4*, REN12*, ST36*
Heat
(Exterior) LI4, LI11, DU14 (Interior) LI11, DU14 (XS); K2, K6 (Def)
Damp SP9, BL20, REN9; add LI11 if Damp Heat Summerheat LI11, DU14; add SP9 if Damp
Phlegm
SP9, ST40; add LI11 if Heat (Lung) LU5 (Heart) P5
Zang Fu Patterns
Heart Patterns
HEART-YANG COLLAPSE Points: Ren-6, Ren-4, Ren8, Du-4, ST-36, P-6, BL-23, Du-20, Du-14, BL-15.
HEART-BLOOD DEFICIENCY Points: HE-7, P-6, Ren14, Ren-15, Ren-4, BL-17, BL-20.
PHLEGM-FIRE HARASSING THE HEART Points: P-5, HE7, HE 8, HE-9, P-7, Ren-15, BL-15, Ren-12, ST 40, SP-6, LIV-3, LIV-2, BL-20, Du-20, GB13, GB-15, Du-24. PHLEGM MISTING THE MIND Points: HE-9, P-5, BL-15, ST-40, Du-26, Ren-12, BL-20.
HEART-BLOOD STAGNANT Points: P-6, P-4, HE7, Ren17, BL-14, BL-17, SP-10, KI-25. PERICARDIUM PATTERNS Points are mostly the same as Heart patterns but add REN-17, BL-14, P-8, etc
Liver Patterns
STAGNATION OF LIVER-QI Points: GB-34, LIV-3, LIV-13, LIV-14, T.B.6, P-6. LIVER-FIRE BLAZING UPWARDS Points: LIV-2, LIV-3, GB20, Taiyang, GB-13, L.I.-11
DAMP-HEAT IN LIVER Points: LIV-14, GB-34, BL-18, Ren12, SP-9, SP-6, L.I.-11, LIV-2.
STASIS OF LIVER-BLOOD Points: GB-34, LIV-3, BL-18, BL-17, SP-10, Ren-6. STAGNATION OF COLD IN THE LIVER CHANNEL Points: Ren-3, LIV-5, LIV-1, LIV-3.
DEFICIENCY OF LIVER-BLOOD Points: BL-18, BL-20, BL-23, BL-17, LIV-8, SP-6, ST-36, Ren-4.
LIVER-YIN DEFICIENCY Points: LIV-8, SP-6, ST-36, Ren-4, KI-3, KI-6, LIV-2.
LIVER INVADING THE SPLEEN Points: LIV-14, LIV13, G.B.-34, LIV-3, Ren-6, Ren-12, ST-25, SP-15 ST36, SP-6, P-6 and SP-4
LIVER INVADING THE STOMACH Points: LIV-14, LIV-13, G.B.-34, Ren-13, Ren-10, ST-36, BL-21.
LIVER-FIRE INSULTING THE LUNGS Points: LIV-2, LIV-14, Ren-17, Ren-22, P-6, LU-7, L.I.-11.
Lung Patterns
LUNG-QI DEFICIENCY Points: LU-9, LU-7, Ren-6, BL-13, Du-12, ST-36, Ren-12.
LUNG-YIN DEFICIENCY Points: LU-9, Ren-17, BL-43, BL-13, Du12, Ren-4, KI-6, Ren-12, SP-6, LU-10, LI11. LUNG DRYNESS Points: LU-9, Ren-4, KI-6, SP-6, Ren-12, ST-36.
INVASION OF LUNGS BY WIND-COLD Points: LU-7, BL12, Du-16. INVASION OF LUNGS BY WIND-HEAT Points: LU-7, L.I.-4, L.L-11, LU-11, Du-14, BL-12, Du-16, GB-20, TB-5.
INVASION OF LUNGS BY WIND-WATER Points: LU-7, L.I.6, L.I.-7, L.I.-4, BL-12, Ren-9, BL-13, Du-26.
LUNG HEAT Points: LU-5, LU10 LU-7, LU1, LI11, BL-13.
PHLEGM-HEAT IN THE LUNGS Points: LU-5, LU-7, LU-10, L.I.-11, LU-1, BL-13, Ren-12, ST-40.
DRY-PHLEGM IN THE LUNGS Points: LU-9, LU-7, KI-6, Ren-12, ST-36, SP-6, BL-13, REN-17, ST-40
DAMP-PHLEGM IN THE LUNGS Points: LU-5, LU-7, LU 1, Ren-17, ST-40, P-6, Ren-22, Ren-12, Ren-9, BL20, BL-13. COLD-PHLEGM IN THE LUNGS Points: Same as Damp-Phlegm pattern, add BL-23.
PHLEGM-FLUIDS OBSTRUCTING THE LUNGS Points: LU-5, LU-9, Ren-17, BL-13, ST-40, BL-43, Ren-12, ST36, Ren-9, BL-20, BL-23.
Spleen Patterns
SPLEEN-QI DEFICIENCY Points: Ren-12, ST-36, SP-3, SP-6, BL-20, BL-21.
SPLEEN-YANG DEFICIENCY Points: same as for Spleen-Qi deficiency, add SP-9, Ren-9, ST-28, BL-22. SPLEEN-QI SINKING Points: same as Spleen-Qi deficiency, plus Du-20, Ren-6, ST21, Du-1. SPLEEN NOT CONTROLLING BLOOD Points: same as Spleen-Qi deficiency, plus: SP-10, BL-17, SP-1.
COLD-DAMPNESS INVADING THE SPLEEN Points: SP-9, SP-6, Ren-12, SP-3, ST-8.
DAMP-HEAT INVADING THE SPLEEN Points: SP-9, SP-6, Ren-12, SP-3, ST-8, BL-22, BL-20, REN-9, REN-11, ST-22, ST-28.
Kidney Patterns
KIDNEY-YANG DEFICIENCY Points: BL-23, Du-4, Ren-4, Ren-6, KI-3, KI-7, BL-52, extra point Jinggong (0.5 cun lateral to BL-52). KIDNEY-QI NOT FIRM Points: BL-23, Du-4, KI-3, BL52, Ren-4, extra point Jinggong. KIDNEY-YANG DEFICIENT, WATER OVERFLOWING Points: Du-4, BL-23, BL-22, BL-20, Ren-9, ST-28, SP9, SP6, KI-7. For Heart add Du-14 (moxa), BL-15. For Lungs add LU-7, BL-13, Du-12.
KIDNEYS FAILING TO RECEIVE QI Points: KI-3, LU-7, KI-6, ST-36, BL 23, Du-4, Ren-6, Ren-17, KI-25, Du-12, KI-7.
COMBINED PATTERNS
KIDNEY- AND LIVER-YIN DEFICIENCY Points: KI-3, KI6, LIV8, Ren-4, BL-23, BL20, BL-17, BL-18, BL-10, Du20. KIDNEY AND HEART NOT HARMONIZED Points: HE-7, HE-6, HE5, Yintang, BL-15, Ren-15, GB-13, Du-24, KI-3, KI-10, KI-9, Ren-4, P-6, SP-6. KIDNEY- AND SPLEEN-YANG DEFICIENCY Points: KI3, KI-7, BL-23, Du-4, BL-20, BL-21, ST-36, Ren-6, ST-37, ST-25, BL-25.
Stomach Patterns
STOMACH DEFICIENT & COLD Points: ST-36, Ren-12, BL-20, BL-21, Ren-6. COLD INVADING THE STOMACH: ST-21, SP-4, Ren-13, ST-34. STOMACH-YIN DEFICIENCY: Ren-12, ST-36, SP-6, SP-3, ST-44. STOMACH-FIRE: ST-21, Ren-13, ST-44, ST-45, SP-6, Ren-12, P-6. DAMP-HEAT IN THE STOMACH: SP-9, L.I.-11, LI-4, ST34, REN-9, REN-11, REN-12, REN-13, ST-21, ST-25, ST40, ST-44 RETENTION OF FOOD IN THE STOMACH: Ren-13, Ren10, ST-21, ST-44, ST-45, SP-4, P-6. STASIS OF BLOOD IN THE STOMACH: Ren-10, ST-21, ST-34, SP-10, BL-17, BL-18.
DAMP-HEAT IN THE LARGE INTESTINE Points: SP9, SP-6, Ren-3, BL-22, ST-25, BL-25, BL-17, Ren-12, L.I.-11, ST-37, BL-20. HEAT IN THE LARGE INTESTINE Points: Ren-4, L.I.11, ST-37, ST-44, L.I.-2, SP-6, KI-6, Ren12. COLD INVADING THE LARGE INTESTINE Points: ST-37, ST-25, ST-36, SP-6, LIV-3, ST-27. LARGE INTESTINE DRY Points: ST-36, SP-6, KI-6, Ren-4. LARGE INTESTINE COLD Points: ST-25, Ren-6, ST36, ST-37, BL-25, BL-20.
GALL-BLADDER DAMP-HEAT Points: G.B.-24, LIV14, Ren-12, G.B.-34, Dannangxue, Du-9, BL-19, BL18, BL-20, L.I.-11, T.B.-6. GALL-BLADDER DEFICIENT Points: G.B.-40.
Bladder Patterns
DAMP-HEAT IN THE BLADDER Points: SP-9, SP-6, BL-22, BL-28, Ren-3, BL-63, BL-66. DAMP-COLD IN THE BLADDER Points: SP-9, SP-6, BL-22, Ren-3, ST-28, Ren-9, BL-28.