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Chinese patterns
Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency) with Water Overflowing
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency) with Water Overflowing

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principle of treatment: tonify and warm Kidney; transform Water; warm and tonify Spleen Yang; tonify Heart Yang or Lung Qi, respectively, if overflowing affecting either organ.


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
UB-13 (+): tonifies Lung Qi; strengthens and promotes the circulation of the Lung Qi; transforms Phlegm; stops coughing; activates dispersing function of the Lung to spread Lung Qi; expands and relaxes the chest; regulates the Upper Warmer; tonifies the Lung; esp. when Water overflowing to Lung; Lung Shu Associated point
UB-15 (+ and D): tonifies Heart Yang; strengthens Heart Qi and nourishes Heart Xue (Blood); transforms Heart Phlegm; invigorates circulation of the Qi and Xue (Blood) and tonifies Xu (Deficiency); benefits the Lung; relaxes and expands the chest, and benefits the Qi; esp. when Water overflowing to Heart; Heart Shu Associated point
UB-20 (+ and D): tonifies Spleen Yang and regulates Spleen Qi; enhances Spleen Yang to mobilize Stagnant Qi; resolves Dampness and Phlegm; dispels Cold and relieves pain; provides strength to the extremities; Spleen Shu Associated point
UB-22 (-): eliminates Dampness and regulates passage of water in the Lower Warmer (diuresis); regulates San Jiao collectively, and the Upper, Middle and Lower Warmers individually; tonifies the Kidney; regulates the transforming function of Qi; Triple Warmer Shu Associated point
UB-23 (+ and D): tonifies and adjusts the Kidney; strengthens Yang; strengthens Kidney function of reception of Qi; strengthens Qi Hai; resolves Dampness; regulates fluid system, volatilizes the Bladder, and promotes diuresis; strengthens the spine, esp. the lower volatilizes; benefits the knees; Kidney Shu Associated point
UB-47/52 (+): strengthens Kidney Qi; regulates the Water Pathways; facilitates urination; resolves Dampness; Kidney psychospiritual associated point
GV-14 (D): opens and restores the Yang by spreading Yang Qi through the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) and whole body; regulates and stimulates the flow of Qi; stimulates the thyroid; opens the Lung and transforms Phlegm; esp. when Water overflowing to Heart; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Yang channels on the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); Entry point of the Sea of Qi, with GV-13
GV-12 (+): tonifies Lung Qi; tonifies the Lung; sedates cough; esp. when Water overflowing to Lung
GV-4 (+ and D): strengthens Life Gate Fire and tonifies Kidney to enable transformation of Water; nourishes the Yuan (Original) Qi; strengthens the back, esp. benefits the lumbar vertebrae
Lu-7 (+): opens the Lung; spreads Lung Qi by stimulating the descending and dispersing of Lung Qi; stimulates Lung function of dominating Water Pathways and resolves edema (Maciocia, p. 258); opens and regulates the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); resolves Phlegm and clarifies Mucus; communicates with the Large Intestine; tonifies Yang Ming (Stomach and Large Intestine); promotes diuresis by descending the Turbid; esp. when Water overflowing to Lung; Lung Exit and Luo Connecting point; Master point of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); Couple point of the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel); takes Yuan (Original) Qi back to the Lung that has not been absorbed by the Yang Ming and therefore ensures the Qi feedback into the Kidney (Metal to Water) (Finkelstein, p. 3)
CV-9 (-): moves Spleen and Earth; promotes diuresis; dispels Cold; balances endocrine and lymphatic systems; regulates the Spleen; regulates Intestines and stops diarrhea; regulates Bladder Qi and promotes diuresis; dissolves Damp; assists Small Intestine in its functions of separating liquid from matter, the Clear from the Turbid, and maintaining water balance (Finkelstein, p. 87)
CV-4 (+ and/or D): pacifies the Shen; regulates the Qi and benefits Yuan (Original) Qi; tonifies the Middle Warmer, strengthens Spleen and benefits the raising Qi; regulates and reinforces the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); separates the Clear and the Turbid; dispels Cold-Damp; nourishes and stabilizes the Kidney; strengthens and replenishes the Kidney Qi; warms the Kidney Yang, the Lower Warmer and Uterus (D); regulates the Bladder; facilitates diuresis; Small Intestine Mu Alarm point
St-28 (-): promotes transformation of fluids in the Lower Warmer; benefits the Bladder; facilitates the Lower Warmer; seeps Water Dampness by opening Water Pathways to promote diuresis; important point for regulation of body fluids; in this region the Stomach supplies impure Qi to the Kidney via the internal duct of the Triple Warmer (Finkelstein, p. 16)
St-36 (+): regulates and strengthens Qi and Xue (Blood); supports Lung Qi and transforms Phlegm; strengthens weak and Xu (Deficient) conditions; strengthens the Spleen and eliminates Dampness; governs and directs all descending energies in the body; removes Cold of Stomach and abdomen; nourishes the Kidney, Liver and Spleen; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting, Earth and Horary point; Sea of Nourishment point
Sp-9 (-): regulates and tonifies Spleen (especially Yang); warms and moves the Middle Warmer; regulates the Water Pathways; transforms Damp Stagnation, esp. through promotion of diuresis; benefits Lower Warmer; Spleen He Sea Uniting and Water point
Sp-6 (-): regulates Spleen and Kidney to resolve Dampness from Lower Warmer; facilitates diuresis; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the three Foot Yin channels
Kd-7 (+): tonifies Kidney Yang; strengthens Spleen and rids body of excess fluids; tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; facilitates and regulates the Bladder and Water Pathways; strengthens the back, esp. lumbars; Kidney Metal and Tonification point
Kd-3 (+): tonifies the Kidney (Yin and Yang) and the Yuan (Original) Qi; warms Cold; reinforces Kidney to accept Qi (Finkelstein, p. 53); regulates the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); promotes function of the Water Pathways; strengthens lower back, waist and knees; Kidney Yuan Source and Earth point


footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.