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cutaneous system
pityriasis rosea
acupuncture
patterns and combinations
after assessing the person and palpating, consider these patterns:
Wind-Heat; Xue (Blood) Heat; Liver Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency)
» illustrative combinations:
LI-4 and LI-11: clear Heat; cause sweating; eliminate fever; disperse Wind and Summer-Heat; resolve Damp; facilitate Stomach and Intestines to eliminate skin eruptions (Finkelstein, p. 7; Flaws, 1989, p. 77); treat unilateral Wind rash (Shanghai, p. 233)
LI-4, with bleeding of UB-54/40: allay inflammation (Finkelstein, p. 7)
LI-15 and LI-5: treat extreme Heat related to skin rashes (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 103); for Wind rash (Shanghai, p. 222)
UB-12 and LI-4: eliminate Wind and relieve body surfaces (Finkelstein, p. 7)
UB-54/40, Sp-10 and UB-17: expel Damp and clear Heat in the Xue (Blood) (Finkelstein, p. 49)
Kd-2 and Lv-3: eliminate Heat and cools the Xue (Blood) (Finkelstein, p. 52)
LI-4, St-44 and Sp-9 (-): eliminate Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine, Spleen and Stomach (Finkelstein, p. 7)
UB-54/40, GV-14, LI-11 and St-43 (can also add: tai yang, PC-6 and St-36) for erysipelas (Shanghai, p. 635)
LI-4, St-36 and CV-6: strengthen Wei (Protective) Qi
LI-4, CV-14 and CV-22: increase white blood cells (Finkelstein, p. 7)
Lu-7 and Kd-6: open and regulate the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) which is the Sea of Yin (channels) and which distributes Wei Qi over the abdomen and chest
Sp-4 and PC-6: regulate the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) which is the central reservoir of the Xue (Blood) and Jing (Essence) in the body
point analysis
» palpate and consider:
GV-20 (- and/or D): cools the body (D) (Finkelstein, p. 81); adjusts Qi of the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); elevates the Clear Qi; spreads Liver Qi; Sea of Marrow point; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the six Yang channels and the Du Mai (Governing Vessel)
GV-16 (-): dispels Wind-Heat; drains Fire; eliminates Yang Shi (Excess) from upper body; Window of the Sky point; Sea of Marrow point; Wei (Protective) Qi concentrates at this point
GV-14 (-): dissipates Wind; cools and drains Heat; stimulates the immune system, increases white blood cell count, and prevents or slows inflammation; spreads the Yang Qi through the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) and whole body; regulates and stimulates the flow of Qi; regulates the Xue (Blood); Hui Intersecting point of the Yang channels on the Du Mai (Governing Vessel)
GB-20 (-): disperses Wind-Heat; reduces and relieves Heat; harmonizes Qi and Xue (Blood); frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels
UB-11 (-): resolves Shi (Excess) Heat; connects the Du Mai (Governing Vessel) to the Shu Associated points; distributes Bladder Qi and Jing-Ye (Yin) to all the dorsal Shu points, thus cooling them (Finkelstein, p. 38); removes Obstruction of Qi circulation of the Tai Yang channels (Bladder and Small Intestine) and Du Mai (Governing Vessel) of the upper back; diffuses Lung Qi; facilitates Xue (Blood) flow; invigorates the collateral vessels; Hui Reunion point of the Bones; Sea of Xue (Blood) upper entry point
UB-12 (-): disperses and eliminates Wind; ventilates and dispels pathogenic Heat from the Yin channels; disperses Yang Shi (Excess) in all Yang channels without draining body fluids; regulates and spreads Lung Qi; strengthens the dispersing function of Lung; regulates Qi circulation; Gate for entrance and departure of Feng Qi (Wind Qi); Shu point of Bones and Xue (Blood) (Banever, p. 59)
UB-13 (= or +): clears Wind-Heat from the skin; regulates and circulates the Lung Qi; clears Heat, esp. Xu (Deficiency) Heat from the Lung; influences the skin via the Lung (Finkelstein); expands and relaxes the chest; regulates the Upper Warmer; harmonizes the Ying and Xue (Blood); Lung Shu Associated point
UB-15 (=): calms the Heart and the Shen; cools Heat in the Xue (Blood); invigorates circulation of the Qi and Xue (Blood) and tonifies Xu (Deficiency); Heart Shu Associated point
UB-16 (-): calms the Heart and Shen; clears Heat; cools Heat in the Xue (Blood); invigorates Xue (Blood); disperses Yang Shi (Excess) in the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); Du Mai (Governing Vessel) Shu Associated point
UB-17 (- and/or +): regulates and invigorates the Xue (Blood); clears Heat from the Xue (Blood); enriches Yin; effects skin via the Lung (Finkelstein); generates Fluids; Hui Reunion and Master point of the Xue (Blood)
UB-20 (=): tonifies the Spleen and regulates Spleen Qi; tonifies and harmonizes the Xue (Blood); drains Heat Shi (Excess) from the Middle Warmer; Spleen Shu Associated point
UB-54/40 (- and/or bleed): clears Heat from the Xue (Blood), esp. to treat skin diseases (bleed); transforms Damp-Heat; benefits the lower back, hips, legs and knees; Bladder He Sea Uniting and Earth point
yin tang (-): clears Heat and eliminates Wind-Heat; pacifies the Shen; promotes relaxation; influences the pituitary and pineal
tai yang (- and/or bleed): dispels Wind (-) and clears Heat (bleed)
LI-15 (-): expels Wind; harmonizes the flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; stops pain; benefits skin Qi; limits excessive sweating
LI-11 (-): clears Heat; regulates and harmonizes Qi and Ying; cools and harmonizes Xue (Blood); improves immune function (Finkelstein, p. 9); tonifies Metal to cool inflammatory processes; frees the channels; Large Intestine Upper He Sea Uniting, Earth and Tonification point; Master point of Heat in the body (Finkelstein, p. 9)
LI-5 (-): expels Wind and Heat; drains Fire; dissipates Heat from the Yang Ming (Large Intestine and Stomach); treats various skin disorders, esp. with itching; Large Intestine Fire point
LI-4 (=): pacifies the Shen; regulates Qi and Xue (Blood); stimulates dispersing function of Lung; tonifies Metal to cool inflammatory processes; regulates Qi and disperses Heat of the Intestines; elevates Clear Qi and descends Turbid Qi; clears Toxins; eliminates Damp-Heat and stops itching; frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; sedates pain; Large Intestine Yuan Source and Entry point; command point of the face and mouth
PC-6 (+): clears Heat; pacifies the Shen and tranquilizes the Heart; regulates the Qi; opens the chest; builds Zhong (Ancestral) Qi in the chest; harmonizes, regulates and spreads the Qi in the Upper and Middle Warmers; regulates Liver Qi and relieves Liver Qi Stagnation; regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel); enhances purification and dispersement of the Triple Warmer; Pericardium Luo Connecting point; Master point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel); Couple point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel)
TW-6 (-): dispels Wind, Wind-Heat and Wind-Dryness; clears Fire and Heat; regulates the Triple Warmer and the Zang-Fu organs; generates Fluids; regulates and moistens the Large Intestine; frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; Triple Warmer Fire and Horary point
TW-5 (-): clears Heat, esp. from the Triple Warmer channel; opens and moves the Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel) and regulates the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel); dissolves Toxins; tonifies Wei (Protective) Qi; facilitates the circulation of Qi in the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; Triple Warmer Luo Connecting point; Master point of the Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel); Couple point of the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel)
Lu-7 (+): circulates the Wei (Protective) Qi to expel Wind, dispel Cold, and disperse the Exterior; promotes sweating; treats Shi (Excess) patterns, esp. acute; spreads Lung Qi; opens and regulates the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel); tonifies Yang Ming (Stomach and Large Intestine); Lung Luo Connecting and Exit point; Master point of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); Couple point of the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel); Command point of the head and back of the neck; 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-22 (+): facilitates and regulates movement of Lung Qi; opens the Lung and promotes dispersing function of Lung; Window of the Sky point
CV-17 (+): regulates and smooths Qi circulation in the Upper Warmer; reinforces the Zhong (Ancestral) Qi of the chest; Pericardium and Upper Warmer Mu Alarm point; Hui Reunion point of the Qi; Upper Sea of Qi
CV-14 (+): clears the Heart and stabilizes the Shen; regulates and invigorates the Qi; harmonizes the Stomach and facilitates movement in the Middle Warmer; acts on the nervous system and brain through the solar plexus and releases tension throughout whole body (Finkelstein, p. 90); Heart Mu Alarm point
CV-12 (+): benefits and soothes the Qi; regulates and tonifies the Middle Warmer, Stomach and Intestines; facilitates ascension of the Clear and descension of the Turbid; Stomach and Middle Warmer Mu Alarm point; Hui Reunion point of the Fu (Yang organs)
CV-8 (D on salt): stabilizes the Yang; warms the Lower and Middle Warmers; strengthens the transporting function of the Spleen and Stomach; dries Dampness; regulates Qi; strengthens connective tissue to aid in treatment of any skin disease (Matsumoto) (D on salt)
CV-6 (+): strengthens, regulates and moves the Qi; influences the pituitary, thyroid and adrenals (Worsley, 1975, p. B-20); cools Heat in the Xue (Blood); regulates Qi of Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates and tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; Dan Tien (Elixir of Long Life), with CV-5
CV-4 (+): pacifies the Shen; grounds the Shen when there is Empty-Heat (Maciocia, p. 207); regulates the Qi and benefits Yuan (Original) Qi; nourishes Xue (Blood) and Yin; tonifies the Middle Warmer and strengthens the Spleen; regulates and reinforces the Qi of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); separates the Clear and the Turbid; strengthens the function of astringing the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel) and restraining the Xue (Blood); nourishes and stabilizes the Kidney; strengthens and replenishes the Kidney Qi; warms the Kidney Yang (D); resolves Damp-Heat; regulates the Bladder; Small Intestine Mu Alarm point; Reunion Point of the Yin and Yang
Sp-10 (- and/or bleed): expels Wind and clears Heat; harmonizes and tonifies Ying (Constructive) Qi; regulates and invigorates the Xue (Blood); cools Heat, dissipates Wind, and transforms Damp-Heat in the Xue (Blood); "Sea of Blood"
Sp-9 (- and/or +): regulates and tonifies Spleen; regulates the Water Pathways; dispels Damp-Heat; Spleen He Sea Uniting and Water point
Sp-6 (+): pacifies the Shen; nourishes Yin, esp. of the Spleen, Liver and Kidney; clears Fire due to Xu (Deficiency); strengthens the Spleen; tonifies Qi; nourishes and moves the Xue (Blood); clears Xue (Blood) Heat; frees Qi Stagnation and spreads Liver Qi; transforms Dampness and Heat; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the three Foot Yin channels
Sp-4 (+): pacifies the Shen; clears Heat; moves and adjusts the Spleen and Middle Warmer; harmonizes the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and circulation of Qi in the Middle Warmer; invigorates the Xue (Blood) and regulates the Sea of Xue (Blood); regulates the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel); tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; descends the Turbid; Spleen Luo Connecting point; Master point of Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel); Couple point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel)
St-36 (+): regulates the Wei (Protective) Qi so as to resist External invasion; regulates and strengthens Qi and Xue (Blood); strengthens the Spleen and replenishes the Middle Warmer; disperses Stomach Fire; regulates Ying (Constructive) Qi; nourishes the Kidney, Liver and Spleen; tonifies Kidney Yin; clears Heat from the Yang organs and drains Shi (Excess) from the Yang channels; regulates ascension of the Clear and descension of the Turbid (-), esp. by the Intestines; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting, Earth and Horary point
St-44 (-): cools Heat and drains Dampness from the Stomach and Intestines; descends the Turbid; Stomach Ying Spring and Water point
St-45 (-): facilitates flow of Qi; clears and disperses Heat from the upper body and Yang Ming (Stomach and Large Intestine) channels, esp. Stomach Heat; Stomach Jing Well, Metal and Dispersion point
Kd-7 (+): strengthens Wei (Protective) Qi; clears Heat and nourishes Yin; strengthens the Spleen; tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; strengthens and enriches the Kidney; tonifies the Liver via the mother/child relationship; moistens dryness; regulates the pores and sweating; Kidney Metal and Tonification point
Kd-6 (+): cools and clears Heat; clears Xu (Deficiency) Fire; opens the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); tonifies the Kidney (especially Yin); moistens dryness; Master point and Entry point of the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel); Couple point of Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); palpation: steroid hormone reflex point (Nagano as per Matsumoto)
Kd-3 (+): nourishes and enriches Kidney Yin, supplies Liver Yin, and tonifies Yin of the entire body; tonifies the Kidney, Yuan (Original) Qi, Xue (Blood) and Jing (Essence); cools and descends Heat; pacifies Xu (Deficiency) Fire; regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); Kidney Yuan Source and Earth point
GB-39 (-): pacifies the Liver; regulates the Gall Bladder; clears Dampness and cools Heat, esp. appropriate with itching; tonifies the Bone Marrow and promotes leukocytosis; clears Heat and communicates the superficial with the internal of the three Foot Yang channels; expels Wind-Damp and otherwise frees the channels and connecting vessels; Hui Reunion point of the Marrow
GB-41 (+): dissipates Wind; removes Fire; harmonizes and regulates the Liver and Gall Bladder; removes Stagnancy of Liver Qi; dispels Damp-Heat; Gall Bladder Wood and Horary point; Master point of the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel); Couple point of the Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel)
Lv-8 (+): nourishes Liver Xue (Blood) and Yin; Liver Water and Tonification point
Lv-3 (-): expels Wind; regulates the Liver and Gall Bladder; promotes smooth flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); spreads and eliminates Liver Qi Stagnation; clears and drains Heat and Fire from the Liver and Gall Bladder; tonifies Liver Xue (Blood); opens the channels; Liver Yuan Source and Earth point
Lv-2 (-): calms the Shen and eases the Mind; disperses Stagnant Qi and drains and clears Fire, esp. of the Liver and Gall Bladder; cools the Xue (Blood); Liver Fire and Dispersion point
ear: lung, adrenal, endocrine, corresponding areas, dermis/subcortex, shen men, adrenal, spleen
footnotes
Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.