The Respiratory System

Point action + indication

1. Common cold
1. Wind-cold 2. Wind-heat

Common cold- 1. Wind cold

1) Relieve the ext, wind, HA: Fengfu (DU 16)/ LI 4/ LI 7 2) Regulate the qi, eliminate w-c, chills, fever: BL 12(Fengmen) 3) Promote the dispersing function of the LU, check cough: LU 7(Leique- Luo connecting) 4)Eliminate wind-cold: GB 20 (Fengchi) 5) Eliminate the pathogenic factors, relieve the exterior symptoms: LI4 (Hegu)

1) Relieve the ext, wind, HA

GV 16 LI 4 LI 7

Fengfu (DU 16)

ACTIONS
Eliminates wind Nourishes the sea of marrow and benefits the head and neck Calms the spirit

INDICATIONS
Heaviness of the body with aversion to cold, cold shivering with sweating, swelling and pain of the throat, wind painful obstruction, all types of wind, disease, injury by wind. Headache, head wind, the hundred diseases of the head, visual dizziness, dizziness, blurred vision, Difficulty in breathing, heat innosebleed Mania, incessant talking, mad walking and desire tocommit suicide, sadness and fear with fright palpitations vomiting, jaundice. Pain of the neck with inability to turn the head, stiffneck.

LI 4
Action Regulates the defensive qi and adjusts sweating Expels wind and releases the exterior Regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth and ears Activates the channel and alleviates pain Induces labour Restores the yang Indication Exterior wind-cold pattern, chills and fever, injury by cold with great thirst, copious sweating, absence of sweating, febrile disease with absence of sweating, floating pulse. Headache, one-sided headache, headache of the whole head, hypertension. Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, dimness of vision, superficial visual obstruction. Nosebleed, nasal congestion and discharge, rhinitis, sneezing. Toothache or pain of tooth decay in the lower jaw, mouth ulcers, lotus flower tongue, cracked tongue, rigid tongue, lips do not close, tightness of the lips. Throat painful obstruction, childhood throat moth, mumps, loss of voice. Swelling of the face, deviation of the face and mouth,

LI 7
Actions Clears heat and detoxifies poison Moderates acute conditions Regulates and harmonises the intestines and Stomach Clears yangming fire and calms the spirit Indications Headache, deviation of the face and mouth, redness, swelling and pain of the face, clove sores, carbuncle and furuncle, pain of the teeth and mouth, tongue thrusting, throat painful obstruction with loss of voice. Borborygmus with abdominal pain, abdominal distention, vomiting of watery saliva and foam, sudden swelling of the four limbs. Frequent laughter, raving, seeing ghosts. Pain and difficulty in raising the shoulder and arm.

2) Regulate the qi, eliminate w-c, chills, fever:

BL 12 (Fengmen)

BL 12 (Fengmen)
Actions Expels wind and releases the exterior Strengthens the defensive qi and firms the exterior Disseminates and descends Lung qi Benefits the nose Indications Attack by wind with fever, cold shivering, dislike of wind and cold, headache, injury by cold with rigidity of the head and neck, flaccidity of the interstices with frequent coughing and clear watery nasal discharge, flaccidity of the interstices with susceptibility to catching wind-cold, desire to keep the eyes closed, wind dizziness, visual dizziness. Cough, cough with chest and back pain, coughing blood, dyspnoea, heat in the chest, wind-taxation coughing, wind-exhaustion vomiting, vomiting. Copious nasal discharge, nasal congestion, rhinitis, sneezing, nosebleed. Lumbar pain, stiff neck, urticaria, carbuncles of the back, shoulder pain, restless sleep.

3) Promote the dispersing function of the LU, check cough:

LU 7(Leique- Luo connecting)

LU 7(Leique- Luo connecting)

Actions Releases the exterior and expels wind Promotes the descending function of the Lung Pacifies wind and phlegm Benefits the head and nape Opens and regulates the Conception vessel Regulates the water passages Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Chills and fever, nasal congestion and discharge, nasal polyps, flaring of the nostrils, throat painful obstruction, cough, coughing up phlegm, wheezing, dyspnoea, asthma, diminished qi and shortness of breath, heat of the chest and back, shivering and cold of the chest and back, sweating, sudden swelling of the four limbs, thirst, inversion counterflow of the four limbs. Headache and stiffness of the neck and nape, onesided headache, lockjaw, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eye, toothache, epilepsy, childhood fright-epilepsy, acute childhood fright wind, loss of consciousness, vomiting of foamy (watery) saliva, wind painful obstruction, hypertension. Retention of lochia, retention of the dead foetus, post-partum inability to speak, blood in the urine,

4)Eliminate wind-cold: GB 20 (Fengchi)

GB 20 (Fengchi)

GB 20 (Fengchi)
Actions Eliminates wind Benefits the head and eyes Clears the sense organs Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Headache, head wind, one-sided and generalised headache, dizziness, visual dizziness, hypertension, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eye, goitre, lockjaw. Insomnia, loss of memory, epilepsy, loss of speech following windstroke. Injury by cold, injury by cold with absence of sweating, chills and fever, warm febrile disease with absence of sweating, malaria, throat painful obstruction, swelling of the face, urticaria. Redness and pain of the eyes, redness and pain of the inner canthus, blurred vision, lacrimation (especially on exposure to wind), night blindness, dimness of vision.

5) Eliminate the pathogenic factors, relieve the exterior symptoms: LI4 (Hegu)
LI4 (Hegu)

LI 4
Action Regulates the defensive qi and adjusts sweating Expels wind and releases the exterior Regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth and ears Activates the channel and alleviates pain Induces labour Restores the yang Indication Exterior wind-cold pattern, chills and fever, injury by cold with great thirst, copious sweating, absence of sweating, febrile disease with absence of sweating, floating pulse. Headache, one-sided headache, headache of the whole head, hypertension. Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, dimness of vision, superficial visual obstruction. Nosebleed, nasal congestion and discharge, rhinitis, sneezing. Toothache or pain of tooth decay in the lower jaw, mouth ulcers, lotus flower tongue, cracked tongue, rigid tongue, lips do not close, tightness of the lips. Throat painful obstruction, childhood throat moth, mumps, loss of voice. Swelling of the face, deviation of the face and mouth,

Common cold- 2. Wind-Heat

1) Eliminate heat, other pathogenic factors of yang nature : GV 14 (dazhui) 2) Clear LU qi, reduce Heat: LI4 + LI 11 (Hegu + Quchi) 3) Eliminate heat from LU, eas th throat: LI 10 (Yuji) + LI 11 (Shaoshang)*** always in clinic, in combo. 4) Dispel pathogenic factors of yang nature in the exterior of body. Eliminates heat: TE 5.

1) Eliminate heat, other pathogenic factors of yang nature

GV 14 (dazhui)

GV 14
Actions Expels wind and firms the exterior Clears heat Treats malaria Tonifies deficiency Pacifies wind Indications Injury by cold leading to high fever with agitation and vomiting, aversion to wind with shivering, chills and fever, warm malaria, chronic malaria, throat painful obstruction, fullness of the chest and lateral costal region with dyspnoea. Deficiency sweating, night sweating, steaming bone disorder, heat in the bones, lack of strength, shortness of breath with inability to speak, the five taxations and the seven injuries, wind-taxation, pain of the hundred joints. Epilepsy, chronic and acute childhood fright wind, hypertension, insomnia, vomiting blood, nosebleed that does not stop. Stiffness of the spine, stiffness of the nape and neck with inability to turn the head.

2) Clear LU qi, reduce Heat:

LI4 + LI 11 (Hegu + Quchi)

LI 4
Action Regulates the defensive qi and adjusts sweating Expels wind and releases the exterior Regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth and ears Activates the channel and alleviates pain Induces labour Restores the yang Indication Exterior wind-cold pattern, chills and fever, injury by cold with great thirst, copious sweating, absence of sweating, febrile disease with absence of sweating, floating pulse. Headache, one-sided headache, headache of the whole head, hypertension. Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, dimness of vision, superficial visual obstruction. Nosebleed, nasal congestion and discharge, rhinitis, sneezing. Toothache or pain of tooth decay in the lower jaw, mouth ulcers, lotus flower tongue, cracked tongue, rigid tongue, lips do not close, tightness of the lips. Throat painful obstruction, childhood throat moth, mumps, loss of voice. Swelling of the face, deviation of the face and mouth,

LI 11
Actions Clears heat Cools the blood, eliminates wind, drains damp and alleviates itching Regulates qi and blood Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications High fever that does not recede, injury by cold with residual fever that does not recede, thirst with sweating on drinking and dry and hot skin when does not drink, malaria. Throat painful obstruction, loss of voice, toothache, redness and pain of the eyes, lacrimation, pain in the front of the ear. Agitation and oppression of the chest, manic disorders, poor memory, tongue thrusting, dizziness, hypertension, goitre, scrofula.

3) Eliminate heat from LU, eas th throat

LI 10 (Yuji) + LI 11 (Shaoshang)*** always in clinic, in combo.

LI 10 (Yuji)
Actions Regulates qi and blood, activates the channel and alleviates pain Harmonises the intestines and Stomach Indications Pain and immobility of the arm and shoulder, windstroke, paralysis of the arm, numbness of the arm, atrophy disorder, hemiplegia, contraction and inflexibility of the elbow, lumbar pain with inability to lie down. Abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea, periodic sensation of cold in the intestines, sudden turmoil disorder. Toothache with swelling of the cheek, deviation of the mouth, loss of voice, scrofula.

LI 11
Actions Clears heat Cools the blood, eliminates wind, drains damp and alleviates itching Regulates qi and blood Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications High fever that does not recede, injury by cold with residual fever that does not recede, thirst with sweating on drinking and dry and hot skin when does not drink, malaria. Throat painful obstruction, loss of voice, toothache, redness and pain of the eyes, lacrimation, pain in the front of the ear. Agitation and oppression of the chest, manic disorders, poor memory, tongue thrusting, dizziness, hypertension, goitre, scrofula.

4) Dispel pathogenic factors of yang nature in the exterior of body. Eliminates heat:
TE 5.

TE 5
Actions Expels wind and releases the exterior Benefits the head and ears Opens the Yang Linking vessel Clears heat Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Injury by cold, chills and fever, sweating with heat on the exterior, febrile disease. Headache, thunder head wind, head wind, Kidney deficiency headache, one-sided headache, pain of the vertex, frontal headache, pain of the nape, dizziness, phlegm inversion dizziness, wind dizziness, hypertension. Deafness, impaired hearing, tinnitus, pain of the ear, itching of the ear, redness, pain and swelling of the root of the ear. Redness, pain and swelling of the eyes, cold and pain of the eyes, superficial visual obstruction, lacrimation on exposure to wind, cold lacrimation. Swelling and pain of the cheek, stiffness of the tongue with difficulty in speaking, toothache, ulceration

2. cough
1. Invasion by the exogenous pathogenic factors- Wind cold/ Wind heat 2. Internal Injury: Blockage of the lung by phlegm 3. Internal Injury: Dryness of the LU with deficiency of yin

2. cough1. Invasion by the exogenous pathogenic factors- Wind cold/ Wind heat 1) Strengthen the LU, relieve symptoms and pathogenic factors: LU7, LI 4 2) Pain and swelling of the throat: LI11 3) Fever and aversion to cold: GV 14, TE 5

1) Strengthen the LU, relieve symptoms and pathogenic factors:

LU7, LI 4

LU 7(Leique- Luo connecting)

Actions Releases the exterior and expels wind Promotes the descending function of the Lung Pacifies wind and phlegm Benefits the head and nape Opens and regulates the Conception vessel Regulates the water passages Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Chills and fever, nasal congestion and discharge, nasal polyps, flaring of the nostrils, throat painful obstruction, cough, coughing up phlegm, wheezing, dyspnoea, asthma, diminished qi and shortness of breath, heat of the chest and back, shivering and cold of the chest and back, sweating, sudden swelling of the four limbs, thirst, inversion counterflow of the four limbs. Headache and stiffness of the neck and nape, onesided headache, lockjaw, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eye, toothache, epilepsy, childhood fright-epilepsy, acute childhood fright wind, loss of consciousness, vomiting of foamy (watery) saliva, wind painful obstruction, hypertension. Retention of lochia, retention of the dead foetus, post-partum inability to speak, blood in the urine,

LI 4
Action Regulates the defensive qi and adjusts sweating Expels wind and releases the exterior Regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth and ears Activates the channel and alleviates pain Induces labour Restores the yang Indication Exterior wind-cold pattern, chills and fever, injury by cold with great thirst, copious sweating, absence of sweating, febrile disease with absence of sweating, floating pulse. Headache, one-sided headache, headache of the whole head, hypertension. Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, dimness of vision, superficial visual obstruction. Nosebleed, nasal congestion and discharge, rhinitis, sneezing. Toothache or pain of tooth decay in the lower jaw, mouth ulcers, lotus flower tongue, cracked tongue, rigid tongue, lips do not close, tightness of the lips. Throat painful obstruction, childhood throat moth, mumps, loss of voice. Swelling of the face, deviation of the face and mouth,

2) Pain and swelling of the throat:

LI11

LI 11
Actions Clears heat Cools the blood, eliminates wind, drains damp and alleviates itching Regulates qi and blood Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications High fever that does not recede, injury by cold with residual fever that does not recede, thirst with sweating on drinking and dry and hot skin when does not drink, malaria. Throat painful obstruction, loss of voice, toothache, redness and pain of the eyes, lacrimation, pain in the front of the ear. Agitation and oppression of the chest, manic disorders, poor memory, tongue thrusting, dizziness, hypertension, goitre, scrofula.

3) Fever and aversion to cold:

GV 14, TE 5

GV 14
Actions Expels wind and firms the exterior Clears heat Treats malaria Tonifies deficiency Pacifies wind Indications Injury by cold leading to high fever with agitation and vomiting, aversion to wind with shivering, chills and fever, warm malaria, chronic malaria, throat painful obstruction, fullness of the chest and lateral costal region with dyspnoea. Deficiency sweating, night sweating, steaming bone disorder, heat in the bones, lack of strength, shortness of breath with inability to speak, the five taxations and the seven injuries, wind-taxation, pain of the hundred joints. Epilepsy, chronic and acute childhood fright wind, hypertension, insomnia, vomiting blood, nosebleed that does not stop. Stiffness of the spine, stiffness of the nape and neck with inability to turn the head.

TE 5
Actions Expels wind and releases the exterior Benefits the head and ears Opens the Yang Linking vessel Clears heat Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Injury by cold, chills and fever, sweating with heat on the exterior, febrile disease. Headache, thunder head wind, head wind, Kidney deficiency headache, one-sided headache, pain of the vertex, frontal headache, pain of the nape, dizziness, phlegm inversion dizziness, wind dizziness, hypertension. Deafness, impaired hearing, tinnitus, pain of the ear, itching of the ear, redness, pain and swelling of the root of the ear. Redness, pain and swelling of the eyes, cold and pain of the eyes, superficial visual obstruction, lacrimation on exposure to wind, cold lacrimation. Swelling and pain of the cheek, stiffness of the tongue with difficulty in speaking, toothache, ulceration

2. cough
1. Invasion by the exogenous pathogenic factors- Wind cold/ Wind heat 2. Internal Injury: Blockage of the lung by phlegm 3. Internal Injury: Dryness of the LU with deficiency of yin

2. Cough 2. Internal Injury: Blockage of the lung by phlegm

1) Strengthen the SP and harmonize the ST, remove dampness and resolve phlegm: BL13, CV12, ST 36 2) Reduce the pathogenic factors from the LU and relieve cough: LU5 3) Strengthen the SP and ST to make the body fluids are normally distributed: ST40

1) Strengthen the SP and harmonize the ST, remove dampness and resolve phlegm:
BL13, CV12, ST 36

BL 13
Actions Tonifies Lung qi and nourishes Lung yin Descends and disseminates Lung qi Clears heat from the Lung Releases the exterior Indications Cough, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness of the chest, shortness of breath with no desire to speak, persistent cough in children, cold Lung, heat sensation in the chest, chest pain, difficult breathing on lying down, coughing of phlegm, Lung abscess, attack of the Lung by wind, rapid pulse, fever, night sweating with chills and fever and aversion to cold, cold shivering, absence of sweating, throat painful obstruction. Lung atrophy, consumption, consumption with steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation fever, tidal fever, night sweating, spitting blood, wasting and thirsting disorder, dryness of the mouth and tongue, deficiency agitation. Mania, heat in the body, mad walking with desire to commit suicide, epilepsy.

CV 12
Actions Harmonises the middle jiao and descends rebellion Tonifies the Stomach and fortifies the Spleen Regulates qi and alleviates pain Indications All diseases of the Stomach and Spleen, interior injury to the Stomach and Spleen, epigastric pain and fullness, difficult ingestion, eats little but is easily full, nausea, Stomach reflux, vomiting, vomiting blood, abdominal distention, severe pain of the abdomen, sudden abdominal fullness, focal distention and fullness, pain of the Spleen, hardness and pain of the lateral costal region. Injury by worry, anxiety and overthinking, injury by the seven emotions leading to epigastric pain. Diarrhoea, undigested food (in the stool), red and white dysenteric disorder, difficulty in defecation, heat in the Small Intestine, dark urine, sudden turmoil disorder. Deficiency-taxation, sallow complexion, post-partum

ST 36
Actions Harmonises the Stomach Fortifies the Spleen and resolves dampness Supports the correct qi and fosters the original qi Tonifies qi and nourishes blood and yin Clears fire and calms the spirit Activates the channel and alleviates pain Revives the yang and restores consciousness Indications Epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, bitter vomiting, vomiting pus and blood, hiccup, belching, distention and pain of the abdomen, fullness and distention of the Heart and abdomen, heat in the middle jiao with propensity to hunger, hunger without desire to eat, poor appetite, difficult ingestion. Borborygmus, flatulence, diarrhoea and dysenteric disorder, undigested food (in the stool), cold in the middle jiao with borborygmus, cold in the intestines, chronic diarrhoea, sudden turmoil disorder, leg qi, oedema, heaviness of the four limbs, lower abdominal pain and swelling with inability to urinate, jaundice. The five taxations and the seven injuries, insufficiency of original qi, insufficiency of yin qi, insufficiency of zang qi, insufficiency of Stomach qi,

2) Reduce the pathogenic factors from the LU and relieve cough:

LU5

LU 5
Actions Clears heat from the Lung and descends rebellious qi Regulates the water passages Activates the channel Relaxes the sinews and alleviates pain Indications Cough, coughing phlegm, asthma, wheezing, dyspnoea, shortness of breath, agitation and fullness of the chest. Tidal fever, taxation fever, shivering, malaria, dry mouth and tongue, throat painful obstruction, tendency to sneeze Spitting blood, coughing blood, nosebleed, vomiting blood. Vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal distention. Swelling of the four limbs, enuresis, frequent urination. Pain of the lateral costal region, Heart pain, agitation of the Heart, sobbing with grief, acute and chronic childhood fright wind, epilepsy, clonic spasm

3) Strengthen the SP and ST to make the body fluids are normally distributed:
ST40

ST 40
Actions Transforms phlegm and dampness Benefits the chest Clears phlegm from the Lung and alleviates cough and wheezing Clears phlegm from the Heart and calms the spirit Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Copious phlegm, fullness, oppression and pain of the chest, stabbing pain of the chest, cutting pain of the abdomen, swelling of the face, dizziness, headache, wind-phlegm headache, plumstone qi (globus hystericus), swelling and pain of the throat, throat painful obstruction with sudden loss of voice. Damp body, slackness and heaviness of the body. Cough and shortness of breath, cough with copious phlegm, wheezing, dyspnoea, asthma. Mania-depression, mad laughter, great happiness, desires to ascend to high places and sing, discards clothing and runs around, restlessness, seeing ghosts, indolence, epilepsy, hypertension. Constipation, difficulty in passing urine and stools. Atrophy disorder and painful obstruction of the

2. cough
1. Invasion by the exogenous pathogenic factors- Wind cold/ Wind heat 2. Internal Injury: Blockage of the lung by phlegm 3. Internal Injury: Dryness of the LU with deficiency of yin

2. Cough
3. Internal Injury: Dryness of the LU with deficiency of yin
1) Regulate the LU and descend LU qi : BL13, LU 1 2) Nourish yin, eliminate dryness, clear the throat and descend the LU qi: LU7, KD 6 3) Stop bleeding: LU6, BL17

1) Regulate the LU and descend LU qi : BL13, LU 1

BL13, LU 1

BL13
Actions Tonifies Lung qi and nourishes Lung yin Descends and disseminates Lung qi Clears heat from the Lung Releases the exterior Indications Cough, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness of the chest, shortness of breath with no desire to speak, persistent cough in children, cold Lung, heat sensation in the chest, chest pain, difficult breathing on lying down, coughing of phlegm, Lung abscess, attack of the Lung by wind, rapid pulse, fever, night sweating with chills and fever and aversion to cold, cold shivering, absence of sweating, throat painful obstruction. Lung atrophy, consumption, consumption with steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation fever, tidal fever, night sweating, spitting blood, wasting and thirsting disorder, dryness of the mouth and tongue, deficiency agitation. Mania, heat in the body, mad walking with desire to commit suicide, epilepsy.

LU 1
Actions Disseminates and descends Lung qi and alleviates cough and wheezing Transforms phlegm, clears heat and regulates the water passages Descends Stomach qi Indications Cough, coughing turbid phlegm, coughing blood and pus, dyspnoea, wheezing, asthma, fullness of the chest, chest pain, breathing with raised shoulders, oppression of the chest and difficulty in breathing, diminished qi with inability to lie down. Heat in the chest, aversion to cold, chills and fever, sweating. Throat painful obstruction, nasal congestion, swelling of the face. Difficult ingestion, vomiting, Gall Bladder heat vomiting, retching, abdominal distention. Skin pain, running piglet qi with lumbar pain, goitre, pain of the upper back and shoulder.

2) Nourish yin, eliminate dryness, clear the throat and descend the LU qi: LU7, KD 6
LU7, KD 6

LU 7(Leique- Luo connecting)

Actions Releases the exterior and expels wind Promotes the descending function of the Lung Pacifies wind and phlegm Benefits the head and nape Opens and regulates the Conception vessel Regulates the water passages Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Chills and fever, nasal congestion and discharge, nasal polyps, flaring of the nostrils, throat painful obstruction, cough, coughing up phlegm, wheezing, dyspnoea, asthma, diminished qi and shortness of breath, heat of the chest and back, shivering and cold of the chest and back, sweating, sudden swelling of the four limbs, thirst, inversion counterflow of the four limbs. Headache and stiffness of the neck and nape, onesided headache, lockjaw, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eye, toothache, epilepsy, childhood fright-epilepsy, acute childhood fright wind, loss of consciousness, vomiting of foamy (watery) saliva, wind painful obstruction, hypertension. Retention of lochia, retention of the dead foetus, post-partum inability to speak, blood in the urine,

KD 6
Actions Benefits the throat Nourishes the Kidneys and clears deficiency heat Regulates the Yin Motility vessel Calms the spirit Regulates the lower jiao Indications Swelling and pain of the throat, dry throat, plumstone qi (globus hystericus). Redness and pain of the eyes originating at the inner canthus, vision disturbed by seeing spots and stars, head wind, dizziness. Insomnia, somnolence, night-time epilepsy, sadness, fright, nightmares, five palms agitated and hot. Frequent urination, enuresis, dribbling urination in women, blood painful urinary dysfunction, oedema, constipation.

3) Stop bleeding:
LU6, BL17

LU 6
Actions Disseminates and descends Lung qi Clears heat and moistens the Lung Clears heat and stops bleeding Moderates acute conditions Indications Cough, wheezing, asthma, chest pain, swelling and pain of the throat, loss of voice, febrile disease with absence of sweating. Coughing blood, spitting blood, vomiting blood, hiccup. Severe pain of the elbow and upper arm, inability to raise the arm above the head, difficulty in flexing and extending the fingers, epigastric pain, haemorrhoids, headache, clonic spasm.

BL 17
Actions Invigorates blood and dispels stasis Cools blood heat and stops bleeding Nourishes and harmonises the blood Harmonises the diaphragm and descends rebellious qi Indications Oppression of the chest, Heart pain, stabbing pain of the Heart, mania-depression, coughing and dyspnoea, throat painful obstruction. Epigastric pain, fullness of the abdomen and lateral costal region, vomiting, vomiting of food eaten the day before, hiccup, oesophageal constriction, difficult ingestion, Stomach reflux, inability to eat, Heart pain on eating, jaundice. Coughing blood, vomiting blood, spitting blood, nosebleed, blood in the stool, all blood diseases, urticaria. Dizziness, tidal fever, night sweating, steaming bone disorder, spontaneous sweating, fever with absence of sweating, aversion to cold. Painful obstruction of the whole body, pain of the whole body, pain of the skin, flesh and bones, frequent

3. Asthma
1. Excess: Wind-Cold 2. Excess: Phlegm-heat 3. Deficiency: Lung deficiency 4. Deficiency: Kidney deficiency

3. Asthma 1. Excess: Wind-Cold

1) Clear the LU and eliminate wind: BL12, BL13 2) Eliminate wind-cold, clear the LU, clear the LU and soothe asthma: GV14, LU7, LI4

1) Clear the LU and eliminate wind:

BL12, BL13

BL 12
Actions Expels wind and releases the exterior Strengthens the defensive qi and firms the exterior Disseminates and descends Lung qi Benefits the nose Indications Attack by wind with fever, cold shivering, dislike of wind and cold, headache, injury by cold with rigidity of the head and neck, flaccidity of the interstices with frequent coughing and clear watery nasal discharge, flaccidity of the interstices with susceptibility to catching wind-cold, desire to keep the eyes closed, wind dizziness, visual dizziness. Cough, cough with chest and back pain, coughing blood, dyspnoea, heat in the chest, wind-taxation coughing, wind-exhaustion vomiting, vomiting. Copious nasal discharge, nasal congestion, rhinitis, sneezing, nosebleed. Lumbar pain, stiff neck, urticaria, carbuncles of the back, shoulder pain, restless sleep.

BL13
Actions Tonifies Lung qi and nourishes Lung yin Descends and disseminates Lung qi Clears heat from the Lung Releases the exterior Indications Cough, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness of the chest, shortness of breath with no desire to speak, persistent cough in children, cold Lung, heat sensation in the chest, chest pain, difficult breathing on lying down, coughing of phlegm, Lung abscess, attack of the Lung by wind, rapid pulse, fever, night sweating with chills and fever and aversion to cold, cold shivering, absence of sweating, throat painful obstruction. Lung atrophy, consumption, consumption with steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation fever, tidal fever, night sweating, spitting blood, wasting and thirsting disorder, dryness of the mouth and tongue, deficiency agitation. Mania, heat in the body, mad walking with desire to commit suicide, epilepsy.

2) Eliminate wind-cold, clear the LU, clear the LU and soothe asthma:
GV14, LU7, LI4

GV 14
Actions Expels wind and firms the exterior Clears heat Treats malaria Tonifies deficiency Pacifies wind Indications Injury by cold leading to high fever with agitation and vomiting, aversion to wind with shivering, chills and fever, warm malaria, chronic malaria, throat painful obstruction, fullness of the chest and lateral costal region with dyspnoea. Deficiency sweating, night sweating, steaming bone disorder, heat in the bones, lack of strength, shortness of breath with inability to speak, the five taxations and the seven injuries, wind-taxation, pain of the hundred joints. Epilepsy, chronic and acute childhood fright wind, hypertension, insomnia, vomiting blood, nosebleed that does not stop. Stiffness of the spine, stiffness of the nape and neck with inability to turn the head.

LU 7(Leique- Luo connecting)

Actions Releases the exterior and expels wind Promotes the descending function of the Lung Pacifies wind and phlegm Benefits the head and nape Opens and regulates the Conception vessel Regulates the water passages Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Chills and fever, nasal congestion and discharge, nasal polyps, flaring of the nostrils, throat painful obstruction, cough, coughing up phlegm, wheezing, dyspnoea, asthma, diminished qi and shortness of breath, heat of the chest and back, shivering and cold of the chest and back, sweating, sudden swelling of the four limbs, thirst, inversion counterflow of the four limbs. Headache and stiffness of the neck and nape, onesided headache, lockjaw, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eye, toothache, epilepsy, childhood fright-epilepsy, acute childhood fright wind, loss of consciousness, vomiting of foamy (watery) saliva, wind painful obstruction, hypertension. Retention of lochia, retention of the dead foetus, post-partum inability to speak, blood in the urine,

LI 4
Action Regulates the defensive qi and adjusts sweating Expels wind and releases the exterior Regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth and ears Activates the channel and alleviates pain Induces labour Restores the yang Indication Exterior wind-cold pattern, chills and fever, injury by cold with great thirst, copious sweating, absence of sweating, febrile disease with absence of sweating, floating pulse. Headache, one-sided headache, headache of the whole head, hypertension. Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, dimness of vision, superficial visual obstruction. Nosebleed, nasal congestion and discharge, rhinitis, sneezing. Toothache or pain of tooth decay in the lower jaw, mouth ulcers, lotus flower tongue, cracked tongue, rigid tongue, lips do not close, tightness of the lips. Throat painful obstruction, childhood throat moth, mumps, loss of voice. Swelling of the face, deviation of the face and mouth,

3. Asthma
1. Excess: Wind-Cold 2. Excess: Phlegm-heat 3. Deficiency: Lung deficiency 4. Deficiency: Kidney deficiency

3. Asthma
2. Excess: Phlegm-heat
1) Reduce phlegm heat and soothe asthma: LU5 2) Strengthen the SP and resolve phlegm: ST 40 3) Clear/ Regulate LU: BL 13 4) Descend qi and resolve phlegm: CV22 5) Empirical point to pacify breathing: EX 14 (Dingchuan)

1) Reduce phlegm heat and soothe asthma: LU5

LU5

LU 5
Actions Clears heat from the Lung and descends rebellious qi Regulates the water passages Activates the channel Relaxes the sinews and alleviates pain Indications Cough, coughing phlegm, asthma, wheezing, dyspnoea, shortness of breath, agitation and fullness of the chest. Tidal fever, taxation fever, shivering, malaria, dry mouth and tongue, throat painful obstruction, tendency to sneeze Spitting blood, coughing blood, nosebleed, vomiting blood. Vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal distention. Swelling of the four limbs, enuresis, frequent urination. Pain of the lateral costal region, Heart pain, agitation of the Heart, sobbing with grief, acute and chronic childhood fright wind, epilepsy, clonic spasm

2) Strengthen the SP and resolve phlegm: ST 40

ST 40

ST 40
Actions Transforms phlegm and dampness Benefits the chest Clears phlegm from the Lung and alleviates cough and wheezing Clears phlegm from the Heart and calms the spirit Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Copious phlegm, fullness, oppression and pain of the chest, stabbing pain of the chest, cutting pain of the abdomen, swelling of the face, dizziness, headache, wind-phlegm headache, plumstone qi (globus hystericus), swelling and pain of the throat, throat painful obstruction with sudden loss of voice. Damp body, slackness and heaviness of the body. Cough and shortness of breath, cough with copious phlegm, wheezing, dyspnoea, asthma. Mania-depression, mad laughter, great happiness, desires to ascend to high places and sing, discards clothing and runs around, restlessness, seeing ghosts, indolence, epilepsy, hypertension. Constipation, difficulty in passing urine and stools. Atrophy disorder and painful obstruction of the

3) Clear/ Regulate LU:

BL 13

BL13
Actions Tonifies Lung qi and nourishes Lung yin Descends and disseminates Lung qi Clears heat from the Lung Releases the exterior Indications Cough, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness of the chest, shortness of breath with no desire to speak, persistent cough in children, cold Lung, heat sensation in the chest, chest pain, difficult breathing on lying down, coughing of phlegm, Lung abscess, attack of the Lung by wind, rapid pulse, fever, night sweating with chills and fever and aversion to cold, cold shivering, absence of sweating, throat painful obstruction. Lung atrophy, consumption, consumption with steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation fever, tidal fever, night sweating, spitting blood, wasting and thirsting disorder, dryness of the mouth and tongue, deficiency agitation. Mania, heat in the body, mad walking with desire to commit suicide, epilepsy.

4) Descend qi and resolve phlegm:

CV 22

CV 22
Actions Descends rebellious qi and alleviates cough and wheezing Benefits the throat and voice Indications Obstruction in the chest, fullness of the chest, obstruction of qi with Heart pain, pain of the Heart and back, rebellious qi with cough, asthma Rattling sound in the throat, accumulation of phlegm in the throat, plumstone qi, ulceration of the throat which prevents eating, swelling of the throat, cold sensation of the throat, dry throat, much spittle, throat painful obstruction, cracked voice, sudden loss of voice, inability to speak, swelling of the neck, goitre. Oesophageal constriction, vomiting, jaundice. Purple-green veins beneath the tongue, nosebleed,

5) Empirical point to pacify breathing:

EX 14 (Dingchuan)

EX 14 (Dingchuan)
Actions Lung issues - asthma, wheezing. Local point for neck, shoulder a/or upper back pain. Indications Asthma, cough, rigid neck, pain in the shoulders and back, and rubella.

3.Asthma 3. Deficiency: Lung deficiency

1) Reinforce the LU qi: LU 9 2) Strengthen LU qi: BL13 (Ac+ Moxa) 3) Strengthen the LU through invigorating the SP and ST: Reinforce mother: SP3 +ST36

1) Reinforce the LU qi:

LU 9

LU 9
Actions Tonifies the Lung and transforms phlegm Promotes the descending function of the Lung Regulates and harmonises the one hundred vessels Activates the channel and alleviates pain Indications Cough, cough with watery phlegm, asthma, wheezing, dyspnoea, shortness of breath, much yawning, heat in the palms, dry throat, oppression and agitation of the chest with difficult breathing and inability to lie down. Spitting blood, coughing blood, vomiting blood, agitation with Heart pain accompanied by choppy pulse, manic raving, pulseless syndrome. Rebellion of Stomach qi, belching, superficial visual obstruction, redness and pain of the eyes, cold shivering, cold inversion, toothache, head wind, swelling of the face. Weakness or pain of the wrist, pain of the shoulder and back, pain of the supraclavicular fossa, pain in

2) Strengthen LU qi:
BL13 (Ac+ Moxa)

BL13
Actions Tonifies Lung qi and nourishes Lung yin Descends and disseminates Lung qi Clears heat from the Lung Releases the exterior Indications Cough, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness of the chest, shortness of breath with no desire to speak, persistent cough in children, cold Lung, heat sensation in the chest, chest pain, difficult breathing on lying down, coughing of phlegm, Lung abscess, attack of the Lung by wind, rapid pulse, fever, night sweating with chills and fever and aversion to cold, cold shivering, absence of sweating, throat painful obstruction. Lung atrophy, consumption, consumption with steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation fever, tidal fever, night sweating, spitting blood, wasting and thirsting disorder, dryness of the mouth and tongue, deficiency agitation. Mania, heat in the body, mad walking with desire to commit suicide, epilepsy.

3) Strengthen the LU through invigorating the SP and ST: Reinforce mother

SP3 +ST36

SP 3
Actions Tonifies the Spleen and resolves dampness and dampheat Harmonises the Spleen and Stomach Regulates qi Indications Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, heaviness of the body with pain of the bones, oppressive sensation of the four limbs, leg qi, borborygmus, borborygmus with stabbing pain, diarrhoea, undigested food (in the stool), diarrhoea with pus and blood, dysenteric disorder, constipation, haemorrhoids. Cutting pain of the abdomen, pain of the abdomen, distention of the abdomen Febrile disease with fullness and oppression and inability to lie down, febrile disease that begins with heaviness of the head, pain of the forehead, heat in the body with agitation and fullness. Pain of the knee and thigh, joint pains, lumbar pain, atrophy disorder.

ST 36
Actions Harmonises the Stomach Fortifies the Spleen and resolves dampness Supports the correct qi and fosters the original qi Tonifies qi and nourishes blood and yin Clears fire and calms the spirit Activates the channel and alleviates pain Revives the yang and restores consciousness Indications Epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, bitter vomiting, vomiting pus and blood, hiccup, belching, distention and pain of the abdomen, fullness and distention of the Heart and abdomen, heat in the middle jiao with propensity to hunger, hunger without desire to eat, poor appetite, difficult ingestion. Borborygmus, flatulence, diarrhoea and dysenteric disorder, undigested food (in the stool), cold in the middle jiao with borborygmus, cold in the intestines, chronic diarrhoea, sudden turmoil disorder, leg qi, oedema, heaviness of the four limbs, lower abdominal pain and swelling with inability to urinate, jaundice. The five taxations and the seven injuries, insufficiency of original qi, insufficiency of yin qi, insufficiency of zang qi, insufficiency of Stomach qi,

3. Asthma 4. Deficiency: Kidney deficiency

1) Strengthen the primary qi of the kidney: KD 3, BL 23 2) Reinforce qi and pacify breathing: CV 17, BL 13 3) Regulate qi in the lower energizer, reinforce the kidney, strengthen the primary qi, invigorate yang and control essence: CV 6, CV 4 4) Relieve chronic asthma: moxa GV 12, BL 43 5) Strengthen the function of the SP and reinforce qi: moxa CV 12, BL 20

1) Strengthen the primary qi of the kidney:

KD 3, BL 23

KD 3
Actions Nourishes Kidney yin and clears deficiency heat Tonifies Kidney yang Anchors the qi and benefits the Lung Strengthens the lumbar spine Indications Deafness, tinnitus, headache and dizziness, toothache, nosebleed, sore throat, heat sensation in the mouth, phlegm in the mouth that feels like glue, wasting and thirsting disorder, hot disease with copious sweating, chronic malaria, emaciation. Cough, coughing blood, cough with no pleasure in eating, wheezing, dyspnoea, asthma, chest pain. Insomnia, excessive dreaming, poor memory, heat sensation in the palms, stabbing pain in the Heart. Seminal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, sexual taxation, irregular menstruation.

BL 23
Actions Tonifies the Kidneys and fortifies yang Benefits essence Nourishes Kidney yin Firms Kidney qi Regulates the water passages and benefits urination Benefits and warms the uterus Benefits the ears and eyes Strengthens the lumbar region Indications Oedema, deficiency-taxation oedema, difficult urination, turbid urine, deficiency-exhaustion white turbidity, enuresis, frequent urination, dripping urination, wasting and thirsting disorder with frequent urination, blood in the urine. Seminal emission, seminal emission with dreams, urine containing semen, impotence, premature ejaculation, pain of the genitals, acute hypogastric pain. Irregular menstruation, accumulation of cold in women giving rise to taxation, chronic cold of the uterus, emaciation in women due to sexual intercourse during menstruation, leucorrhoea, red and white leucorrhoea.

2) Reinforce qi and pacify breathing:

CV 17, BL 13

CV 17
Actions Regulates qi and unbinds the chest Descends rebellion of the Lung and Stomach Benefits gathering qi Benefits the breasts and promotes lactation Indications Shortness of breath with rebellious qi, inability to speak, dyspnoea, wheezing, rattling sound in the throat, cough, asthma, fullness and oppression of the chest and diaphragm, obstruction of the chest, pain of the chest and Heart, coughing blood, chest painful obstruction, Lung abscess with purulent coughing. Difficult ingestion, acid regurgitation, oesophageal constriction, vomiting of foamy (watery) saliva. Insufficient lactation, breast abscess, distention and pain of the breast. Goitre, wind painful obstruction, loss of consciousness.

BL13
Actions Tonifies Lung qi and nourishes Lung yin Descends and disseminates Lung qi Clears heat from the Lung Releases the exterior Indications Cough, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness of the chest, shortness of breath with no desire to speak, persistent cough in children, cold Lung, heat sensation in the chest, chest pain, difficult breathing on lying down, coughing of phlegm, Lung abscess, attack of the Lung by wind, rapid pulse, fever, night sweating with chills and fever and aversion to cold, cold shivering, absence of sweating, throat painful obstruction. Lung atrophy, consumption, consumption with steaming bone disorder, deficiency-taxation fever, tidal fever, night sweating, spitting blood, wasting and thirsting disorder, dryness of the mouth and tongue, deficiency agitation. Mania, heat in the body, mad walking with desire to commit suicide, epilepsy.

3) Regulate qi in the lower energizer, reinforce the kidney, strengthen the primary qi, invigorate yang and control essence:
CV 6, CV 4

CV 6
Actions Fosters original qi Tonifies qi Tonifies the Kidneys and fortifies yang Rescues collapse of yang Regulates qi and harmonises blood Indications Zang deficiency with qi exhaustion, original qi deficiency, sudden collapse of yang, slow and minute pulse, yin deficiency with sudden collapse of yang, Impotence, seminal emission, prolapse of the uterus, prolapse of the rectum. Deficiency and cold of the lower jiao, inversion counterflow of the four limbs, cold illness with dark face, diarrhoea, dysenteric disorder, white and turbid urine, dark urine, hesitant urination, childhood enuresis. Uterine bleeding, persistent flow of lochia, postpartum bleeding, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhoea, red and white leucorrhoea, infertility. The seven kinds of shan disorder, twisting pain of the umbilicus, abdominal (zheng jia) masses,

CV 4
Actions Fortifies the original qi and benefits essence Tonifies and nourishes the Kidneys Warms and fortifies the Spleen Benefits the uterus and assists conception Regulates the lower jiao and benefits the Bladder Regulates Small Intestine qi Restores collapse Indications Kidney deficiency, Kidney taxation, weakness of the lumbar region and legs, pain of the lumbar region Infertility, infertility with cold sensation in the vagina, amenorrhoea, bleeding during pregnancy Taxation heat, deficiency consumption with cough, tidal fever with coughing of blood Lethargy and lack of strength, emaciation of the four limbs despite much eating, weariness of the four Limbs Retention of urine due to foetal pressure, retention of urine, dark urine, stone painful urinary dysfunction, Cold qi entering the lower abdomen giving rise to pain, cold accumulation with deficiency, Sudden turmoil disorder, windstroke, heaviness of the body like a mountain, tremor of the hands.

4) Relieve chronic asthma: moxa GV 12, BL 43

GV 12, BL 43

GV 12
Actions Clears heat from the Lung and Heart Calms the spirit Pacifies wind Indications Heat in the chest, dyspnoea, sudden cough with lumbar pain, heat in the body, dry mouth, agitation with thirst, headache and sweating. Mad walking, delirious raving, seeing ghosts, rage with desire to kill people. Childhood fright epilepsy, clonic spasm, opisthotonos, clove sores.

BL 43
Actions Tonifies and nourishes the Lung, Heart, Kidneys, Spleen and Stomach Nourishes yin and clears heat Calms the spirit Fosters the original qi Resolves phlegm Indications All kinds of deficiency, Lung deficiency-taxation, deficiencytaxation, the five taxations and the seven injuries, cough, asthma, coughing blood, night sweating, spontaneous sweating, steaming bone disorder, consumption, emaciation. Poor memory, pounding of the Heart, insomnia, phlegm-fire mania. Seminal emission, seminal emission with dreams, impotence. Feebleness and deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, undigested food (in the stool), oesophageal constriction, weariness of the four limbs, vomiting blood. Visual dizziness, dizziness, phlegm disease, pain of

5) Strengthen the function of the SP and reinforce qi: moxa CV 12, BL 20

CV 12, BL 20

CV 12
Actions Harmonises the middle jiao and descends rebellion Tonifies the Stomach and fortifies the Spleen Regulates qi and alleviates pain Indications All diseases of the Stomach and Spleen, interior injury to the Stomach and Spleen, epigastric pain and fullness, difficult ingestion, eats little but is easily full, nausea, Stomach reflux, vomiting, vomiting blood, abdominal distention, severe pain of the abdomen, sudden abdominal fullness, focal distention and fullness, pain of the Spleen, hardness and pain of the lateral costal region. Injury by worry, anxiety and overthinking, injury by the seven emotions leading to epigastric pain. Diarrhoea, undigested food (in the stool), red and white dysenteric disorder, difficulty in defecation, heat in the Small Intestine, dark urine, sudden turmoil disorder. Deficiency-taxation, sallow complexion, post-partum

BL 20
Actions Tonifies Spleen qi and yang Resolves dampness Raises Spleen qi and holds the blood Regulates and harmonises the qi of the middle jiao Indications Distention and pain of the abdomen, focal distention, abdominal (ji ju) masses, lack of appetite, remains thin despite much eating, Spleen qi cold, undigested food (in the stools), diarrhoea, dysenteric disorder, chronic childhood fright wind, childhood nutritional impairment, drum distention, deficiency-taxation, jaundice, yellow body with abdominal fullness and vomiting, pain of the lateral costal region. Blood in the stools, blood in the urine, vomiting blood, menorrhagia, chronic haemorrhage, uterine prolapse. Oedema, somnolence, lassitude and heaviness of the body with no desire to move, no desire to move the four limbs. Malarial diseases with chills and fever, lumbar pain,

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Indications