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Chinese patterns
Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency)
acupuncture
patterns and combinations
Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency)
» principle of treatment: tonify and warm the Kidney, esp. Yang; strengthen Ming Men (Life Gate Fire)
» illustrative combinations:
Kd-13 and zi gong (+): treat infertility (Ross, 1985, p. 75)
» therapeutic note: moxa essential and applicable at most points!
point analysis
» palpate and consider:
UB-23 (+ and/or D): tonifies Kidney Yang; prevents or relieves general stress fatigue; strengthens Kidney function of reception of Qi; influences adrenals; nourishes Yin, Xue (Blood) and Kidney Jing (Essence); resolves Dampness; regulates fluid system, volatilizes the Bladder, and promotes diuresis; strengthens the spine, esp. the lower back; benefits the knees; controls the bones and teeth; Kidney Shu Associated point
UB-47/52 (+): strengthens and focuses the Will power; tonifies Kidney Qi, Kidney Yang, Kidney Yin, Jing (Essence) and Yuan (Original) Qi; influences the pituitary, adrenals and testes (Worsley, 1975, p. B-20); regulates and facilitates the Water Pathways; affects the genitals; strengthens the lower back (-, then +); Kidney psychospiritual associated point
GV-4 (+ and D): strengthens Life Gate Fire; clears the Brain; relieves mental and physical exhaustion; nourishes the Yuan (Original) Qi; strengthens the Kidney; benefits and replenishes the Kidney Yang; strengthens the back, esp. benefits the lumbar vertebrae; reinforces and astringes the Jing (Essence); regulates the menses; distributes Zhong (Ancestral) Qi and Yang to the pelvis to mobilize the Yin of the pelvis; stimulates testes, adrenals and ovaries (Finkelstein, p. 77); frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels
GV-3 (+): reinforces the Kidney; regulates the Kidney Qi; dispels Cold-Damp, esp. in the Lower Warmer; distributes Zhong (Ancestral) Qi to the pelvis; stimulates testes; benefits the lumbar spine and knees; regulates the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) and Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel)
jing gong (+): tonifies Kidney Yang; warms the Jing (Essence)
CV-6 (D): strengthens, regulates and moves the Qi; regulates Qi of Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates and tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; warms the Lower and Middle Warmers (D); special point for sexual Qi; preserves sexual fluids (Finkelstein, p. 86); tonifies the Kidney; nourishes and invigorates Kidney Yang; warms Ming Men (Life Gate Fire) (esp. with D); influences pituitary, thyroid and adrenals (Worsley, 1975, p. B-20); reinforces Jing (Essence); benefits spine, esp. "slipped disc" (Finkelstein, p. 86); regulates Water Pathways and dispels Dampness; expels stones; warms feet and hands; Dan Tien (Elixir of Long Life), with CV-5: important point for concentration of Qi in the body
CV-4 (D): regulates the Qi and benefits Yuan (Original) Qi; regulates and reinforces the Qi of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); separates the Clear and the Turbid; dispels Cold-Damp; nourishes and stabilizes the Kidney; strengthens and replenishes the Kidney Qi; stimulates testes and sex hormones; warms the Kidney Yang, the Lower Warmer and Uterus (D); eliminates Cold in the genitals and Lower Warmer (D); regulates the Uterus and menses; regulates the Bladder; facilitates diuresis; Small Intestine Mu Alarm point
Kd-13 (+): increases activity of pituitary gland; regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); tonifies the Kidney and Jing (Essence); reinforces Kidney Qi; beneficial to female reproductive organs; influences development of uterus (D); Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Foot Xiao Yin (Kidney) channel; Confluence of Vital Qi (Mann, p. 47)
zi gong (+): tonifies and warms Yuan (Original) Qi; regulates menstruation
St-36 (+): regulates and strengthens Qi and Xue (Blood); influences the parathyroids (Worsley, 1975, p. B-20); builds Heart Yang; strengthens weak and Xu (Deficient) conditions; strengthens the Spleen and replenishes the Middle Warmer; dispels and eliminates Dampness; nourishes Kidney, Liver and Spleen; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting, Earth and Horary point; Sea of Nourishment point
Kd-7 (+): tonifies Kidney Yang and Yuan (Original) Qi; strengthens and enriches the Kidney; stimulates adrenals, thyroid and testes; facilitates and regulates Bladder, menses and Water Pathways; strengthens the back, esp. lumbars; Kidney Metal and Tonification point
Kd-3 (+): tonifies the Kidney, Yuan (Original) Qi, Xue (Blood) and Jing (Essence); warms Cold; strengthens the Brain; tonifies Kidney Yang; reinforces Kidney to accept Qi (Finkelstein, p. 53); stabilizes Kidney Qi; strengthens control of ejaculation; regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); promotes function of Uterus; regulates menses and Water Pathways; strengthens lower back, waist and knees; relieves pain in teeth and bones; Kidney Yuan Source and Earth point
footnotes
Reprinted from Zang Fu: The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ross, Jeremy, 2nd ed, p. 75, 1985, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.