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Chinese patterns
Urinary Bladder Damp-Cold
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

Urinary Bladder Damp-Cold

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principle of treatment: expel Cold; resolve Dampness; open the Lower Warmer's Water Pathways; tonify Bladder and Kidney Qi

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therapeutic note: moxa may be helpful


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
UB-22 (-): eliminates Dampness and regulates passage of water in the Lower Warmer (diuresis); opens Water Pathways; regulates San Jiao collectively, and the Upper, Middle and Lower Warmers individually; regulates the transforming function of Qi; Triple Warmer Shu Associated point; effects the three Warmers more than the channels
UB-23 (+): tonifies Qi and Yang; prevents or relieves general stress fatigue or premature senility (Finkelstein, p. 44); strengthens Qi Hai; tonifies and adjusts the Kidney; resolves Dampness; regulates fluid system, volatilizes the Bladder, and promotes diuresis; Kidney Shu Associated point
UB-28 (-): resolves Dampness in the Lower Warmer; regulates and tonifies the Bladder; regulates the Water Pathways; promotes diuresis; "disperses Qi, clears blockages, and facilitates functioning of the Lower Warmer to help perspiration and drainage" (Finkelstein, p. 46); Bladder Shu Associated point
UB-32 (-): redirects Qi upward; brings Yang into pelvic region which mobilizes Yin in the pelvis (Finkelstein, p. 46); regulates the Bladder, Lower Warmer and menstruation; promotes urination; opens the pelvis and disperses Lower Warmer Stagnation; strengthens the lower back and legs; tonifies waist and knees; local point for Bladder problems; "same function as associated point of the Bladder" (Finkelstein, p. 46)
CV-9 (- and/or D): resolves Dampness in general; balances the lymphatic system; warms the Middle Warmer; dispels Cold; moves Spleen and Earth; regulates the Spleen and Stomach; regulates Bladder Qi; 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); promotes diuresis
CV-6 (+ and/or D): tonifies and moves the Qi; regulates Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates and tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; warms the Lower and Middle Warmers (D); tonifies Kidney; nourishes and invigorates Kidney Yang; warms Ming Men (Life Gate Fire) (esp. with D); moves Qi and Xue (Blood) in Lower Warmer; regulates Water Pathways and dispels Dampness; warms feet and hands; Dan Tien (Elixir of Long Life), with CV-5: important point for concentration of Qi in the body
CV-3 (-): resolves Dampness in the Lower Warmer; assists the transforming functions of Qi; regulates the Bladder, Lower Warmer and the Water Pathways; promotes urination; relieves pain; Bladder Mu Alarm point
Lv-8 (-): resolves Dampness; frees and facilitates the Lower Warmer; benefits the Bladder; invigorates the collateral vessels; Liver Water and Tonification point
St-36 (+): tonifies Qi and Yang; regulates the Stomach and strengthens the Spleen; dispels and eliminates Dampness; governs and directs all descending energies in the body; nourishes the Kidney, Liver and Spleen; tonifies Kidney Yin; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting, Earth and Horary point
Sp-9 (-): regulates and tonifies Spleen (especially Yang); regulates the Water Pathways; transforms Damp Stagnation, esp. in the Lower Warmer, through promotion of diuresis; benefits the Lower Warmer; Spleen He Sea Uniting and Water point
Sp-6 (-): nourishes Yin; strengthens the Spleen and tonifies the Qi; frees Qi Stagnation; warms the Middle and Lower Warmers; restores circulation to the Lower Warmer; benefits the Kidney; regulates the Bladder; transforms Dampness in the Lower Warmer; facilitates diuresis; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the three Foot Yin channels
Kd-7 (+): strengthens and enriches the Kidney; stimulates Kidney Yang; strengthens Spleen and rids body of excess fluids; tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; regulates Qi, esp. Kidney Qi, and restores Qi to the vessels; facilitates and regulates the Bladder and Water Pathways; disperses Damp Stagnation; strengthens the back, esp. lumbars; Kidney Metal and Tonification point
UB-67 (+): regulates and promotes flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); eliminates Dampness; seeps Dampness downward; effects the lymphatic system (Finkelstein, p. 51); Bladder Jing Well, Metal, Tonification and Exit point


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