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SPLEEN 6 Indications: Rumbling intestines; abdominal
Chinese Name: Sanyinjiao
distention; thin stool with untransformed
English Name: Three Yin Intersection
digestate; irregular menses; metrorrhagia;
vaginal discharge; prolapse of the uterus;
menstrual block; non-conception; difficult labor;
Location: 3 cun directly superior to the tip of the
seminal emission; genital pain; hernia; inhibited
medial malleolus on the posterior border of the
urination; enuresis; loss of locomotive ability of
tibia.

the lower extremities; insomnia.

Attributes: Meeting point of the Spleen, Liver,

and Kidney channels. Group Lou point for the 3
*Secondary Indications, Needle
leg yin.

Information and Cautions

TCM Actions: Supplements spleen earth; helps
available in the Points Interactive
movement and transformation; frees Qi
stagnation; courses the lower burner; regulates Acupuncture Software / App.
the blood chamber and the palace of essence;
dispels wind-damp from the channels and
connecting vessels. Click Here >>
GALLBLADDER 34 Indications: Hemiplegia; atony, bi and
Chinese Name: Yang Ling Quan
numbness of the lower limbs; pain and swelling
English Name: Yang Mound Spring
of the knee; lateral costal pain; bitter taste in the
mouth; vomiting; jaundice.

Location: In a depression anterior and inferior

to the head of the fibula.
*Secondary Indications, Needle
Attributes: He-Sea, Earth point of the Gall Information and Cautions
Bladder channel. Influential point of the Sinews. available in the Points Interactive
Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star point. Lower He-Sea
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of the Gall Bladder.

TCM Actions: Soothes the sinews and vessels;

clears gallbladder heat; expels wind from the Click Here >>
knee and legs; courses damp and stagnation in
the channels and connecting vessels.
Liver 3 Indications: Metrorrhagia; hernia; enuresis;
Chinese Name: Tai Chong
urinary stoppage; pain immediately anterior to
English Name: Great Rushing
the medial malleolus; distention of the lateral
costal region; wryness of the mouth; infantile
fright wind; epilepsy patterns; headache;
Location: Just distal to the junction of the bases
dizziness; insomnia.

of the 1st and 2nd metatarsals.

Attributes: Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source and Earth

*Secondary Indications, Needle
point of the Liver channel. Ma Dan-yang
Heavenly Star point.
Information and Cautions
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TCM Actions: Extinguishes liver Fire and clears
liver yang; discharges damp-heat in the lower Acupuncture Software / App.
burner; soothes the liver; rectifies qi; courses the
connecting vessels and quickens the blood.

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LARGE INTESTINE 4 heat; frees gastrointestinal downbearing; relieves
Chinese Name: He Gu
pain and quiets the spirit.

English Name: Union Valley

Indications: Headache; painful swelling and
reddening of the eyes; nosebleed; swelling of the
Location: Between the 1st and 2nd metacarpals, face; sore, swollen throat; hypertonicity of the
on the radial aspect of the middle of the 2nd fingers; pain in the arm; wryness of the eyes and
metacarpal bone, at the highest spot of the mouth; sweating or absence of it in heat
muscle when the thumb and index fingers are diseases; menstrual block; prolonged labor;
brought close together.
dysentery.

Attributes: Yuan-Source point of the Large

Intestine channel. Gao Wu Command point. Ma *Secondary Indications, Needle
Dan-yang Heavenly Star point. Entry point.
Information and Cautions
Command point for the face and mouth.

available in the Points Interactive

TCM Actions: Frees the channels and quickens
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the connecting vessels; courses wind and
resolves the exterior; clears and discharges lung

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PERICARDIUM 6 Indications: Cardiac pain; palpitations; stomach
Chinese Name: Nei Guan
pain; retching; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy;
English Name: Inner Pass
pain and hypertonicity of the elbow and arm;
heat diseases; malarial disease.

Location: On the anterior forearm, 2 cun

proximal to the transverse wrist crease, between *Secondary Indications, Needle
the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi
Information and Cautions
radialis.

available in the Points Interactive

Attributes: Luo point of the PC channel,
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command point for the Chong vessel. Master
point for the Yin Linking vessel.

TCM Actions: Clears heat and eliminates Click Here >>

vexation; loosens the chest and rectifies qi;
downbears counterflow and stops vomiting;
harmonizes the stomach and relieves pain.
YIN TANG Indications: Infantile fright wind; high blood
Chinese Name: Yintang
pressure; frontal headache; heavy-headedness;
English Name: Hall of Impression
nosebleed; deep-source nasal congestion;
insomnia.

Location: At the glabella, at the midpoint

between the medial extremities of the eyebrows
*Secondary Indications, Needle
Attributes: Pinch up the skin over the point and Information and Cautions
needle transversely in an inferior or lateral available in the Points Interactive
direction. Combine this point with GV 20 for
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inducing calmness and reducing stress. Some
consider this point the Upper Dan Tian or Third
Eye

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TCM Actions: Quickens the collaterals and
courses wind; quiets the spirit.
CONCEPTION VESSEL 6
Chinese Name: Qi Hai
*Secondary Indications, Needle
Information and Cautions
English Name: Sea of Qi

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Location: On the midline, 1.5 cun inferior to the Acupuncture Software / App.
umbilicus

TCM Actions: Regulates Qi and boosts the Click Here >>

origin; banks the kidney and supplements
vacuity; harmonizes construction-blood; treats
menstrual disorders and vaginal discharge;
warms the lower burner; dispels damp turbidity.

Indications: Metrorrhagia; vaginal discharge;

irregular menstruation; postpartum hemorrhage;
hernia; enuresis; abdominal pain; diarrhea;
constipation; edema; wind-strike desertion
patterns.
COUGH PROTOCOL
Primary Points
• BL 13

Conditional Points
With Phlegm With Yin Deficiency With Coughing Blood
• CV 12 • LU 1 • LU 6
• LU 5 • LU 7 • BL 17
• ST 36 • KI 6
• ST 40
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ANXIETY PROTOCOL
Primary Points

• HT 7

• CV 17

• Yin Tang

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IMMUNE FUNCTION PROTOCOL
Primary Points

• CV 4

• GV 4

• LU 9

• ST 36

• BL 23

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