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M&P SI 1-19
SI Points
Question | Answer |
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SI Function | Separates the clear from the turbid (absorb nutrients and pass on waste) |
SI 1 | Jing Well (metal) -clears heat in sensory orifices +promote lactation and benefit breasts (w/ moxa) |
SI 2 | Ying Spring (water) -Clears wind heat, reduces swelling (Arthritis) |
SI 3 | Shu Stream (wood), Confluent Pt of Governing Vessel (Du Mai) -nourishes CNS +Benefits occiput, neck, traps, back +Calms spirit (epilepsy) |
SI 4 | Yuan Source -Clears damp heat (jaundice) +Malabsorption dz |
SI 5 | Jing River (fire) -Clears heat of HT/reduces swelling +Treats Hemorrhoids |
SI 6 | Xi Cleft, Barrier Pt for wrist +Benefits shoulder, arm, wrist, sinews, EYES (cataracts) |
SI 7 | Luo Connecting +Benefits finger joints(stiffness) +Helps turn head to say “no” |
SI 8 | He Sea (earth) -Resolves damp heat +Treats Golfer's elbow (medial epicondylitis) Caution: Ulnar nerve |
SI 9 | -Expels wind (painful obstruction) +benefits posterior shoulder (activates channel to alleviate pain) |
SI 10 | -Benefits posterior shoulder (activates channel to alleviate pain) |
SI 11 | Barrier point for shoulder (tenderness=stagnation) +unbinds chest and benefits breast |
SI 12 | -Expels wind (body aches w/ URI) +benefits shoulder and scapula |
SI 13 | -Expel wind and damp invasion +Benefits shoulder and scapula (levator scap) |
SI 14 | -Expel wind and cold (acute URI) +Benefits shoulder and scapula (traps) |
SI 15 | -Descends LU qi +alleviates pain (tight traps) |
SI 16 | Window of the Sky point (lowers bp d/t relation w/ baroreceptors) +Benefits ears, throat, voice +Calms spirit (communication w/ ghosts) |
SI 17 | Window of the Sky point (lowers bp d/t relation w/ baroreceptors) +Benefits ears, throat, neck +expels damp heat, fire poison (strep throat) -Descends rebellious qi (blood to brain) |
SI 18 | -Eliminates wind (facial paralysis-facial nerve) +alleviates pain (upper jaw toothache-trigeminal nerve) |
SI 19 | +Benefits ears (otitis, tinnitis, balance/vertigo) +Treats jaw and tooth pain (trigeminal nerve) |