Transcript principal meridian shao yin- tai yang

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
SHAO YIN- TAI YANG
SMALL INTESTINE
BLADDER
Small Intestine
Small Intestine: FU
• Starts at: SI1:Location: 0.1 cun posterior to the corner
of the nail on the ulnar side of the little finger. Use:
TING POINT : for eye redness, earache, tinnitus, sore
throat, stiff tongue.
• Ends at: SI19: Location: Anterior to the tragus and
posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible, in a
depression formed when the mouth is opened. Use:
Ear problems of any etiology, inflammation, tinnitus,
hearing loss.
SI19
SI1
Function
• The small intestine receives partially digested
food from the stomach and further refines it.
assimilates the purified nutrients and moving
the impure wastes onwards to the large
intestine for elimination.
• EMOTION: Controls the more basic emotions,
such as 'broken heart'.
Important Points:
• SI3: Location: When a loose fist is made, at the
ulnar end of the distal palmar crease proximal
to the 5th metacarpal phalangeal joint at the
junction of the red & white skin.
• Use: Pain in the scapula, and arm. Stiff neck,
cervical strain/sprain, pain of the back or neck.
Occipital headaches, combine with local
points. Night sweats, eye redness,
inflammation, visual dizziness, earache,
tinnitus.
• EMOTION: Calms the spirit.
• SI9,10,11: Local points for pain.
Bladder: FU
Bladder
• Longest!
• Starts at:BL1. Location: In a depression, 0.1 cun above
the inner canthus of the eye. Use: Eye pain, strain,
redness, swelling, itching, twitching, blurry vision, etc.
• Ends at:BL67. TING POINT. Location: 0.1 cun posterior
to the corner of the nail on the lateral side of the little
toe. Use: Clears pain a/or stagnation from the opposite
end of the channel: headache, eye pain, sinus pain, etc.
• Use with moxa to adjust breech fetal position
(generally indirect moxa for 10-20 minutes 1x/day).
Function
• The bladder is responsible for storing and
excreting the urinary waste fluids passed
down from the kidneys.
• As an energy system the bladder is intimately
related to the functions and balance of the
autonomous nervous system ( sympathetic
and parasympathetic trunks of the
autonomous nervous system
• The sympathetic system will cause tension
and pain along the spine and its periphery.
• This tension and pain may be relieved by
stimulating the flow of energy along the spinal
branches of the bladder meridian.
• Such stimulation induces total relaxation by
switching the autonomous nervous system
over to the restful, restorative
parasympathetic mode
Important Points
• BL1,2,10: LOCAL
• BL11: HUI BONE . Location: 1.5 cun lateral to GV
13, level with T1. Use: Useful with any bone or
problem such as osteoporosis, arthritis,
inflammation, sensation of heat in the bones, etc.
Useful adjunctive point to effect the lungs in
cases of infections, colds a/or flus or asthma
related conditions.
• BL13,14,15,18,19,20,21,22,23,25,27: BACK SHU
POINTS. Will be d/w later!
• BL40:Location: Midpoint of the transverse crease of the
popliteal fossa, between the tendons of biceps femoris and
semitendinosis.
Use: As the Lumbar Command Point, useful for all lumbar
related issues: acute low back pain, sprain, muscle spasms,
etc.
• Good local point for leg a/or knee pain.
• BL60:Location: In a depression between the tip of the
external malleolus and the achilles tendon. Use: Main point
for pain anywhere along the spine (BL40 may be used more
for pain in the middle of the spine).
• Main point for chronic low back pain a/or problems of pain
a/or numbness in the lower limbs.
• Main point for headache and other excesses effecting the
head.
• Induce labor or promote discharge of a retained placenta.