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digestive system
gastritis
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

after assessing the person and palpating, consider these patterns:
acute gastritis: Spleen overcome by Damp-Heat; Spleen Distressed by Dampness
chronic gastritis: Liver Qi Stagnation with Stomach Qi Rebelling Upwards; Liver Invading Stomach; Stomach Qi Xu (Deficiency); Stomach Fire Blazing; Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency) with Qi Stagnation and Xue Yu (Blood Stasis)

» illustrative combinations:
• St-25, CV-6 and CV-4 (+ and D): harmonize digestion; esp. for diarrhea
• CV-6 and CV-8: if pain reaches umbilicus, needle CV-6; also, fill umbilicus with salt and burn 10 green bean size moxa (So, 1987, p. 200); regulate the Qi functions; raise Middle Qi; warm the Lower and Middle Warmers
• PC-6 and St-36 (also consider CV-12, UB-21, hua tuo jia ji T8 through T12, CV-14, St-40, Sp-6, Lv-3, CV-11, Sp-4, UB-20, UB-17, CV-4, St-43, PC-6 and Sp-9) for gastric pain (Lee and Cheung, p. 254)
• CV-12, CV-13 and St-36 for pain of Cold accumulation in the gastric region (Lee and Cheung, p. 254)
• CV-12, St-36, Lv-13 and St-25 (add PC-6 for vomiting) for gastritis, peptic ulcer (Lee and Cheung, p. 254)


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
• UB-17 (=): invigorates the Xue (Blood) (esp. with D); transforms Xue Yu (Blood Stasis); enriches Yin; generates Fluids; strengthens Xu (Deficient) conditions and increases stamina; harmonizes Stomach Qi; Diaphragm Shu Associated point; Hui Reunion and Master point of the Xue (Blood)
UB-18 (-): pacifies the Shen; clears Liver Fire and Heat; cools Damp-Heat; moves Stagnant Qi; strengthens Xu (Deficiency) conditions; nourishes and regulates Xue (Blood); nourishes Liver Yin; harmonizes the Stomach and benefits the Qi; Liver Shu Associated point
• UB-42/47 (=): regulates the Liver Qi and Yang; spreads Liver Qi; clears Heat; descends Rebellious Qi; regulates the Stomach Qi; Liver psychospiritual associated point
• UB-19 (-): regulates the Qi and calms the emotions; cools and drains Heat from the Liver and Gall Bladder; transforms Damp-Heat; calms and harmonizes the Stomach; Gall Bladder Shu Associated point
• UB-43/48 (-): dissipates Heat and Dampness from the Gall Bladder; strengthens the Spleen; regulates the Stomach; Gall Bladder psychospiritual associated point
UB-20 (=, - or +): regulates Spleen Qi; tonifies Spleen and Stomach; facilitates digestive transportation and transformation; benefits the Ying (Constructive) Qi; enhances Spleen Yang to mobilize Stagnant Qi; reverses Rebellious Stomach Qi; tonifies and harmonizes the Xue (Blood); warms the Middle Warmer (D); drains Heat Shi (Excess) from the Middle Warmer; resolves Dampness; dispels Cold and relieves pain; esp. with back pain; Spleen Shu Associated point
• UB-44/49 (-): regulates and strengthens Spleen Qi and Yang; regulates the Stomach Qi; transforms Dampness and Damp-Heat; descends Rebellious Qi; Spleen psychospiritual associated point
UB-21 (-): harmonizes the Stomach; regulates the Stomach Qi; strengthens the Spleen; warms and reinforces the Middle Warmer (D); benefits the Zhong (Ancestral) Qi and cultivates Yuan (Original) Qi; transforms Dampness; dissolves and eliminates Stagnation, Obstructions and congestions; descends Rebellious Qi; esp. with back pain; Stomach Shu Associated point
• UB-45/50 (-); strengthens the Spleen; dissipates Dampness; promotes flow of Qi; regulates the Middle Warmer; Stomach psychospiritual associated point
• PC-5 (-): calms the Mind and quiets the Shen; clears Heat; harmonizes the Stomach; drains the Triple Warmer; Pericardium Metal point
PC-6 (+): pacifies the Shen; clears Heat; transforms Phlegm; suppresses pain; spreads the Qi and facilitates the Qi function of the Upper and Middle Warmers; releases and expands the diaphragm; regulates Liver Qi and relieves Liver Qi Stagnation; harmonizes the Stomach; descends Rebellious Qi to resolve nausea, reduce eructations, and stop vomiting; opens the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel) to distribute Qi to the Stomach; Pericardium Luo Connecting point; Master point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel); Couple point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel)
• PC-7 (-): pacifies the Shen; clears Heat; clears Fire of Heart and Pericardium; draws Xu (Deficiency) Fire back into the Mind; nourishes Heart Xue (Blood); harmonizes the Stomach; dissipates Heat from the Ying (nutrient system) and Xue (Blood); esp. with mental/emotional agitation; Pericardium Yuan Source, Earth and Dispersion point
Kd-19 (=): harmonizes the Stomach; strengthens the Spleen; regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); facilitates Qi flow, esp. in the abdomen
St-21 (-): promotes the transportation and transformation of Grain and Liquids by the Spleen and Stomach; strengthens the Spleen; harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach; regulates Center Qi; promotes flow of Qi and reduces Food Stagnation; dispels Middle Warmer Heat; relieves pain
• St-25 (+ and D): harmonizes digestion, esp. the Stomach; regulates the Stomach and Spleen; supports Earth and harmonizes the Center; opens the Qi of the Yang (hollow) organs; regulates the channels and promotes Qi circulation; tonifies Ying (Constructive) Qi and thus neutralizes Shi (Excess) Heat; transforms Dampness; ascends the Clear and descends the Turbid; eliminates Qi Stagnation and/or Xue Yu (Blood Stasis) in the Large Intestine; clears Heat from Large Intestine; esp. for diarrhea; Large Intestine Mu Alarm point
• CV-14 (=): transforms Damp Stagnation in the Middle Warmer; rectifies Qi and frees the center; harmonizes the Stomach and facilitates movement in the Middle Warmer; reverses adverse flow of Qi; acts on the nervous system and brain through the solar plexus (Finkelstein, p. 90); esp. if pain above CV-12; Heart Mu Alarm point
• CV-13 (=): calms the Shen; invigorates the Qi; clears Stomach Heat and relieves epigastric fullness; harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach; descends Rebellious Qi and quells vomiting; opens upper Stomach Qi; strengthens the Spleen and dissipates Dampness
CV-12 (-): clears Stomach Fire and Heat; (+ and D): if patient not overheating; (d. D): five cones of direct moxa, green bean size, if unrelieved and not overheating; regulates and harmonizes the Stomach; strengthens and calms the Spleen; transforms Dampness; increases peristalsis of the stomach and jejunum, esp. upper section; transforms and suppresses Rebellious Qi; eliminates Food Stagnation; benefits and soothes the Qi; raises Middle Qi; warms 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-11 (=): moves and strengthens the Spleen; dissipates Dampness and disperses Accumulation, esp. Food Stagnation in the Stomach; harmonizes the Stomach; loosens the Center; aids digestion; esp. if pain below CV-12; useful for both acute and chronic gastritis
• CV-8 (ind. D): stabilizes the Yang; strengthens the transporting function of the Spleen and Stomach; dries Dampness; regulates Qi; if pain reaches umbilicus, fill umbilicus with salt and burn 10 green bean size moxa (So, 1987, p. 200)
• CV-6 (+ and D): strengthens and regulates the Qi; reduces Fire of Liver and Gall Bladder; regulates Qi of Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates and tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; warms the Middle Warmer and Ming Men (Life Gate Fire) (esp. with D); regulates Water Pathways and dispels Dampness; esp. with diarrhea
• CV-4 (+ and D): pacifies the Shen; benefits Yuan (Original) Qi; nourishes Xue (Blood) and Yin; regulates the Qi; strengthens the Spleen and tonifies the Middle Warmer; regulates and reinforces the Qi of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); separates the Clear and the Turbid; resolves Damp-Heat; facilitates diuresis; esp. with diarrhea; Small Intestine Mu Alarm point
• St-34 (=): pacifies the Stomach; quiets Rebellious Qi; clears Heat from the Stomach; dispels Stagnation and accumulation of the Yang Ming; Stomach Xi Cleft Accumulation point
St-36 and 36A (-): regulate the Stomach and strengthen the Spleen; replenish Middle Warmer; regulate Ying (Constructive) Qi; harmonize digestion; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting and Earth point (36); Sea of Nourishment point (36)
• St-37 (-): rectifies the Spleen and harmonizes the Stomach; cools Heat and resolves Dampness to clear Damp-Heat; "treats acute cases with Heat, St-36 treats chronic cases" (Finkelstein, p. 21); dispels Food Stagnation and eliminates Accumulations, esp. of the Large and Small Intestines; Large Intestine He Sea Lower Uniting point
• St-43 (-): clears and drains Heat from Yang Ming (Stomach and Large Intestine); harmonizes the Stomach and regulates Stomach Qi; channels flow of Qi to hollow (Yang) organs; brings down Rebellious Qi; transforms Dampness; induces diuresis; Stomach Wood point
St-44 (-): harmonizes the Stomach; cools Heat and drains Dampness from the Stomach and Intestines; regulates Rebellious Qi; stops pain, esp. abdominal pain with fever; descends the Turbid; Stomach Water point
• St-45 (-): pacifies the Shen; facilitates flow of Qi; clears and disperses Heat from upper body and Yang Ming (Stomach and Large Intestine) channels, esp. Stomach Heat; sedates pain; Stomach Jing Well, Metal and Dispersion point
• Sp-9 (-): regulates and tonifies Spleen (especially Yang); regulates the Stomach (especially Yin); warms and moves the Middle Warmer; regulates the Water Pathways; transforms Damp Stagnation, esp. through promotion of diuresis; dispels Damp-Heat; Spleen He Sea Uniting and Water point
• Sp-6 (+): pacifies the Shen; nourishes Yin; clears Fire due to Xu (Deficiency); strengthens the Spleen and tonifies the Qi; nourishes and moves the Xue (Blood); transforms Xue Yu (Blood Stasis); aids transportation and transformation to improve digestion and nourishment; frees Qi Stagnation; spreads the Liver Qi and suppresses Liver Heat; warms the Middle Warmer; transforms Dampness and Heat; facilitates diuresis; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the three Foot Yin channels
• Sp-5 (-): strengthens the Spleen and Stomach; transforms Damp Stagnation and Damp-Heat; stimulates the channels; Spleen Metal and Dispersion point
Sp-4 (+): pacifies the Shen; clears Heat; adjusts and strengthens the Spleen and Middle Warmer; harmonizes the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and circulation of Qi in the Middle Warmer; descends Rebellious Qi and suppresses vomiting; regulates and stabilizes the Stomach; reduces Food Stagnation; disperses Qi Stagnation and Xue Yu (Blood Stasis), esp. in the Middle Warmer; transforms Dampness and Damp-Heat; tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; Spleen Luo Connecting point; Master point of Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel); Couple point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel)
dan nang xue (d. D): regulates the Gall Bladder; transforms Damp-Heat; five cones of direct moxa, red bean size, if hyperacidity or pain with hunger (So, 1987, p. 200)
• GB-34 (-): soothes and regulates Yang of the Liver and Gall Bladder; clears Dampness and cools Heat; harmonizes the Liver; alleviates pain; subdues Liver Yang; tonifies Spleen; dissolves Phlegm; eliminates Phlegm-Fire in Stomach; relieves hypochondriac pain; Gall Bladder He Sea Uniting and Earth point
GB-41 (=): controls Shi (Excess) in the Stomach; removes Fire; dissolves Phlegm; harmonizes the Liver and Gall Bladder; removes Stagnancy of Liver Qi; clears Wetness (Damp Spleen) by draining into Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel), thereby increasing Spleen Qi and Xue (Blood) production, improving digestion, and warming extremities; dispels Damp-Heat; Gall Bladder Wood and Horary point of the Foot Xiao Yang (Gall Bladder) channel; Master point of the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel); Couple point of the Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel)
• Lv-3 (-): pacifies the Shen; "relieves anger and mellows spirits of those who are frustrated and jealous" (Finkelstein, p. 73); harmonizes the Liver and Gall Bladder; promotes smooth flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); disperses Liver Qi Stagnation; cools and clears Heat and Fire from the Liver and Gall Bladder; subdues Liver Yang; suppresses Rebellious Qi to stop vomiting; calms Stomach; regulates circulation of Xue (Blood) to disperse Xue Yu (Blood Stasis); sedates pain; Liver Yuan Source and Earth point

ear: stomach, shen men, sympathetic, spleen


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