Acu Points III

• Bitter --> dry damp
• Pungent --> regulate qi & blood, expel cold
• Causes heat sensation --> yang activating

• Restore primary yang from collapse
• Help regulate 12 primary meridians
• Warm uterus to stop bleeding
• Help ST/SP
• Regulate menstruation
• Treat & prevent diseases
• Eases the fetus

• Warm meridians & expel cold
• Induce smooth flow of qi & blood
• Strengthen yang & prevent collapse
• Prevents disease & keep healthy

• Small --> size of grain of wheat
• Medium (usually used) --> size of 1/2 date seed
• Large (back/stomach area) --> size upper part of thumb
• Each cone is a unit

• Scaring type --> festering type for chronic dx, 5-10 units
• Non-scaring type --> chronic dx, def or cold conditions

• Ginger --> SP/ST
• Garlic --> scrofula, insect bites, TB, early stage of skin ulcer w/boils (5-8 units)
• Salt --> on umbilicus + place moxa cone on salt (5-8 units) to restore yang from collapse, vomiting/diarrhea, abdominal P!, prolonged dissentary 
• Acnite powder --> premature ejaculation, decreased menming fire
• White pepper + flour = cake --> local P!, numbness & arthritis P!
• End of needle --> warm needle type moxa 

• 5-10 minutes of moxa or until area is red (don't burn patient).
• Go up/down or circular motions
• Do YANG body parts first = Top first, then bottom. Extremities first, then center of body.

• Hypertension
• Sunstroke
• Vomiting blood
• Febrile/thready pulse
• Excess heat
• Scarying moxa on face, head, large blood vessles
• Moxa on UB1, ST1, ST2, ST 9, ST8, abdomen or lumbar region on pregnant women

• Bi syndrome, dampness (moving cupping), GI disorders, LU dx, diarrhea
• +blood letting = tx acute sprains

• Promotes free flow of qi and blood in meridians
• Decreases swelling and P!

Fire throwing method --> dip cotton ball in 95% alcohol, light it on fire, throw it in the cup and place the cup against the skin

10 minutes or until the skin turns violet purple

• Put lotion on the patient first (make sure they're not allergic to the lotion).
• Place cups on UB channel.
• Move the cups up and down until the skin turns red/purple

• Bony regions
• Hairy regions
• NEVER on skin ulcers
• Might see little blisters forming, remove the cup. Puncture the blister if big. If small, leave it alone.

Skin ulcers, edema, high fever, tendency for patient to bleed or on blood thinners, convulsions, big arteries, lower abdomen or lumbar region for pregnant women

Famished, over-fatigued or weak patient (used LESS needles)

• Lower abdomen and lumbosacral region of women in 1st trimester
• Upper & lower abdomen and lumbosacral region of women after 1st trimester
• Pregnancy: LI 4, SP 6, UB 67, UB 60, ST 12, GB 21
• Don't needle vertex of infants
• Deep needling is prohibited: ST 1, Ren 15, SP 11, next to femoral artery

• Possibly due to nerves, or are too weak
• Remove all needles, elevate legs to heart level, place thumb nail on Du 26 (upper 1/3 of upper lip), ST 36 or Du 25 (tip of nose) and give warm/sweet drink

• 1st = tap around it
• 2nd = flick it
• 3rd = turn counter-clockwise
• 4th = insert another needle right next to the stuck needle

Pull out along the direction the needle has been bent

Muscle spasm, strong stimulation, patient moves (make sure the patient is confortable for 20 minutes)

Pull it out (tweezers or finger)

Take the patient to the ER (you drive the patient)

moxa

massage a little bit and keep warm

Press the acu point with your thumb, then puncture.This will help prevent bleeding when withdrawl.

expel pus, soothe qi/blood flow, eliminate heat and get rid of blood stasis

3-edge needle

Blood vessles (excess) like vein behind vein

Chronic back problems

sore throat

acute vomiting

acute conjunctivitis

Pregnant women, weak patients, patients who are susceptible to bleeding or on blood thinners

• Very superficial. Don't go deep.
• Not on large arteries or veins.
• Not too much blood (just a few drops).