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UB Points1
Question | Answer |
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UB Functions | Transforms fluids necessary for the production of urine, holds and excretes urine |
Inner UB line affects | function of organ |
Outer UB line affects | Jing nourishment (anatomical, sensorial, and spiritual) |
For Deficiency, Use... | Moxa preferred (nourishing yang by concentrating heat energy) |
LU Tissue, Sensory, Spirit | Skin, Smell, Po |
KD Tissue, Sensory, Spirit | Bones/Marrow, Hearing, Zhi (Will) |
SP Tissue, Sensory, Spirit | Muscle/flesh, Taste, Yi (Integrity) |
LV Tissue, Sensory, Spirit | Tendons/Sinews, Sight, Hun |
HT Tissue, Sensory, Spirit | Blood vessels, Taste/Speech, Shen |
UB 1 | Benefits eyes, Expel wind/heat (allergic, itchy eyes), Treats Insomnia, Rebalance Yin-Yang |
UB 2 | Benefits eyes, Expels wind/heat, clears head (frontal sinus headaches) |
UB 3 | Expels wind/clears head/alleviates pain (local headache) |
UB 4 | Expels wind/clears head/alleviates pain (local headache) |
UB 5 | Expels wind/heat, descends yang (neuro-epilepsy, dizziness, stroke) |
UB 6 | Expels wind/heat (vertex headache) |
UB 7 | Benefits/Regulates Nose (w/ Du 23), crown chakra to communicate w/ heavens |
UB 8 | Benefits sense organs (nasal congestion, blurred vision), Pacifies wind (stroke), Transforms phlegm, Calms spirit (neuro-disorientation/epilepsy) |
UB 9 | Expels wind and cold (stiff neck, occipital headache), Benefits Nose/Eye (visual processing in occipital region) |
UB 10 | Window of Sky, Pacify wind (seizures), Benefits head and sensory orifices (headaches), Calms spirit (mania, schizophrenia), Move qi and blood stagnation downwards (lower/upper back pain) |
UB 11 | Influential/Meeting Point for Bones, Meeting point of UB, SI, SJ, GB and Governing vessel, Point of Sea of Blood, Benefits Bones/Joints (arthritis), Expels pathogenic factors/firms exterior, Regulate LU qi (cough) |
UB 12 | Great for external wind (Expel wind and releases exterior), Benefits nose |
UB 13 | Back Shu point of LU, Tonifies LU qi and yin, Descends/Disseminates LU qi |
UB 14 | Back Shu point of PC, Spreads LV qi, unbinds chest, |
UB 15 | Back Shu point of HT, Tonifies HE qi (pulse, palpitations), Calms spirit (Memory, Concentration, Dreaming, Emotions, Anxiety) |
UB 16 | Back Shu point of Du Mai; Regulates Qi in chest and abdomen, Treats skin (psoriasis, poritis) |
UB 17 | Back Shu point of Diaphragm, Influential point of blood, Helps moves diaphragm up and down, invigorates blood, cools blood heat and stops bleeding, BEST point for moving blood on back |
UB 18 | Back Shu point of LV |
UB 19 | Back Shu point of GallBladder, Clears damp heat (cholestasis, cholecystitis), Tonifies/Regulates GB qi |
UB 20 | Back Shu point of SP, Tonifies SP Qi and yang, Resolves dampness, Holds blood (nourish involuntary musculature of vessels-bruise, nosebleeds) |
UB 21 | Back Shu point of ST, Helps send food to SI, Regulates ST and Descends rebellion (hiccup, nausea, vomiting), Harmonizes middle jiao |
UB 22 | Back Shu point of San Jiao, |
San Jiao Function | Connects |
Upper Jiao organs | LU, HT, PC (Thoracic cavity) |
Middle Jiao organs | SP, ST, LV, (SI) (Peritoneal cavity) |
Lower Jiao organs | UB, KD, (LI) (Retro-peritoneal) |
UB 23 | Back Shu Point of KD, tonifies kidneys and fortifies the yang, nourishes yin/qi, helps kidneys grasp qi from LU, benefits jing/uterus/urination/ears/eyes/lumbar region, treats cock crow diarrhea (early morning-low point of KD) |
UB 24 | Stengthens lumbar regions and regulates lower jiao |
UB 25 | Back Shu of the LI, Regulates intestines, Transforms stagnation/alleviates pain (constipation, cramps, lbp) |