DU Energetics and Locations (deadman)
About this set
Created by:
Jamie_George on January 4, 2012
Classes:
Log in to favorite or report as inappropriate.
Order by
54 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 DU1 (location) | LOCATION On the midline, midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus. |
| DU1 (action) | ACTIONS Treats haemorrhoids Benefits the two lower yin Activates the channel and alleviates pain Calms the spirit |
| DU1 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Haemorrhoids, the five types of haemorrhoids, chronic haemorrhoids, difficult defecation, cold or damp (dong) diarrhoea, blood in the stool, prolapse of the rectum. • The five types of painful urinary dysfunction, difficult urination, retention of urine, dark urine, sexual taxation, seminal emission due to fear and fright. • Pain of the lumbar region, heavy sensation of the sacrum, heaviness of the head, shaking of the head, stiffness of the spine, pain of the Heart. • Mania, fright epilepsy, upward staring eyes, mad walking, tetany, clonic spasm, vomiting blood. |
| DU2 (location) | LOCATION On the midline, in the sacro-coccygeal hiatus. |
| DU3 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the lower back, in the depression below the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra. |
| DU3 (action) | ACTIONS Dispels wind-damp Benefits the lumbar region and legs Regulates the lower jiao |
| DU3 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Inability to flex and extend the knee, pain of the outer aspect of the knee, wind painful obstruction with numbness, contraction of the sinews, inability to walk, pain of the crotch and lumbar region due to taxation injury. • Seminal emission, impotence, white turbidity, disorders of menstruation, leucorrhoea. |
| DU4 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the lower back, in the depression below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra. |
| DU4 (action) | ACTIONS Clears heat Regulates the Governing vessel Tonifies the Kidneys Benefits the lumbar spine |
| DU4 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Heat in the body like fire, absence of sweating, steaming bones, heat of the five zang, malaria with alternating chills and fever. • Shaking of the head with open mouth, tinnitus, dizziness, opisthotonos, splitting headache, childhood epilepsy, fear and fright. • Seminal emission, white turbidity, red and white leucorrhoea, shan disorder. • Prolapse of the rectum, haemorrhoids, blood in the stool. • Stiffness of the lumbar spine, pain of the lumbar spine radiating to the abdomen, Kidney deficiency lumbar pain, all types of lumbar pain due to deficiency, spinal rigidity with inability to flex and extend the back, cold painful obstruction of the hands and feet. |
| DU5 (lcation) | LOCATION On the midline of the lower back, in the depression below the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra. |
| DU6 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra. |
| DU7 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra. |
| DU8 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra. |
| DU9 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra. |
| DU9 (action) | ACTIONS Fortifies the Spleen, drains dampness and regulates the middle jiao Treats jaundice Unbinds the chest |
| DU9 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Cold in the Stomach, inability to eat, emaciation, borborygmus, heaviness and pain of the four limbs, weakness of the four limbs with malaise of the whole body due to exterior heat or cold pathogen, diminished qi difficulty in speaking. • The five types of jaundice, fullness of the chest and lateral costal region, cough, dyspnoea, heat in the Kidneys. • Pain of the lumbar spine, stiffness of the spine. |
| DU10 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra. |
| DU10 (action) | ACTIONS Alleviates cough and wheezing Clears heat and detoxifies poison |
| DU10 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Dyspnoea, asthma, chronic cough, wind cold chronic cough. • Heat in the Spleen, steaming bone taxation consumption, carbuncles and furuncles, clove sores. • Back pain, stiffness of the neck. |
| DU11 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the upper back, in the depression below the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra. |
| DU12 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the upper back, in the depression below the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra. |
| DU12 (action) | ACTIONS Clears heat from the Lung and Heart Calms the spirit Pacifies wind |
| DU12 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Heat in the chest, dyspnoea, sudden cough with lumbar pain, heat in the body, dry mouth, agitation with thirst, headache and sweating. • Mad walking, delirious raving, seeing ghosts, rage with desire to kill people. • Childhood fright epilepsy, clonic spasm, opisthotonos, clove sores. |
| DU13 (location) | LOCATION On the midline of the upper back, in the depression below the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra. |
| DU14 (location) | LOCATION On the midline at the base of the neck, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra. |
| DU14 (action) | ACTIONS Expels wind and firms the exterior Clears heat Treats malaria Tonifies deficiency Pacifies wind |
| DU14 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Injury by cold leading to high fever with agitation and vomiting, aversion to wind with shivering, chills and fever, warm malaria, chronic malaria, throat painful obstruction, fullness of the chest and lateral costal region with dyspnoea. • Deficiency sweating, night sweating, steaming bone disorder, heat in the bones, lack of strength, shortness of breath with inability to speak, the five taxations and the seven injuries, wind-taxation, pain of the hundred joints. • Epilepsy, chronic and acute childhood fright wind, hypertension, insomnia, vomiting blood, nosebleed that does not stop. • Stiffness of the spine, stiffness of the nape and neck with inability to turn the head. |
| DU15 (location) | LOCATION On the midline at the nape of the neck, in the depression 0.5 cun inferior to Fengfu DU-16, below the spinous process of the first cervical vertebra (impalpable). |
| DU15 (action) | ACTIONS Benefits the tongue and treats muteness Eliminates wind Benefits the neck and spine |
| DU15 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Stiffness of the tongue with inability to speak, loss of voice, lotus flower tongue, flaccidity of the tongue. • Heaviness of the head, head wind, loss of consciousness from windstroke, epilepsy, clonic spasm, mania-depression, loss of consciousness, all kinds of yang heat and qi exuberance. • Absence of sweating, chills and fever, nosebleed that does not stop. • Stiffness of the neck, stiffness of the spine, sprain of the spine. |
| DU16 (location) | LOCATION On the midline at the nape of the neck, in the depression immediately below the external occipital protuberance. |
| DU16 (action) | ACTIONS Eliminates wind Nourishes the sea of marrow and benefits the head and neck Calms the spirit |
| DU16 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Heaviness of the body with aversion to cold, cold shivering with sweating, swelling and pain of the throat, wind painful obstruction, all types of wind disease, injury by wind. • Headache, head wind, the hundred diseases of the head, visual dizziness, dizziness, blurred vision, nosebleed, upward staring eyes, sudden loss of voice, sudden inability to speak following windstroke, flaccid tongue with inability to speak, windstroke, numbness of the legs, hemiplegia, hypertension. • Mania, incessant talking, mad walking and desire to commit suicide, sadness and fear with fright palpitations. • Difficulty in breathing, heat in the chest, ceaseless vomiting, jaundice. • Pain of the neck with inability to turn the head, stiff neck. |
| DU17 (location) | LOCATION At the back of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly above Fengfu DU-16, in the depression directly superior to the external occipital protuberance. |
| DU18 (location) | LOCATION At the back of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly superior to Naohu DU-17, midway between Fengfu DU-16 and Baihui DU-20. |
| Du19 (location) | LOCATION At the back of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly superior to Qiangjian DU-18 and 1.5 cun posterior to Baihui DU-20. |
| Du20 (location) | LOCATION At the vertex on the midline, in the depression 5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 7 cun superior to the posterior hairline. This point may also be measured as 8 cun posterior to the glabella and 6 cun superior to the external occipital protuberance. |
| DU20 (action) | ACTIONS Pacifies wind and subdues yang Raises yang and counters prolapse Benefits the head and sense organs Nourishes the sea of marrow Benefits the brain and calms the spirit |
| DU20 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Head wind, one-sided headache, pain of the vertex, heaviness of the head, dizziness, wind dizziness, visual dizziness, tinnitus, protruding eyes, blindness, hypertension, hypotension. • Windstroke, hemiplegia, opisthotonos, tetany, loss of consciousness, vomiting of foam, wind epilepsy, lockjaw. • Prolapse of the rectum, prolapse of the uterus. • Agitation and oppression, sensation of heat and oppression of the Heart, fright palpitations, poor memory, lack of mental vigour, disorientation, much crying, sadness and crying with desire to die, mania. • Obstruction of the nose, nasal discharge, nosebleed, inability to taste food or drink. • Redness of the face after consumption of alcohol, heat in the body, malaria. |
| DU21 (location) | LOCATION At the top of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly anterior to Baihui DU-20 and 3.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline. |
| DU22 (location) | LOCATION At the top of the head on the midline, 2 cun posterior to the anterior hairline. |
| DU23 (location) | LOCATION At the top of the head on the midline, 1 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 0.5 cun posterior to Shenting DU-24. |
| Du23 (action) | ACTIONS Benefits the nose and eyes Eliminates wind, benefits the head and face and dispels swelling Calms the spirit |
| DU23 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Nasal obstruction and discharge, nasal obstruction accompanied by headache, inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul, nasal polyps, clear nasal discharge, rhinitis, ceaseless bleeding from the nose and mouth. • Visual dizziness, pain of the eyes, short sightedness, redness and swelling of the face, deficiency swelling of the face, swelling of the skin of the head, headwind. • Malaria, febrile disease with absence of sweating, mania-depression. |
| DU24 (location) | LOCATION At the top of the head on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 0.5 cun anterior to Shangxing DU-23. |
| DU25 (location) | LOCATION On the midline at the tip of the nose. |
| DU25 (actoin) | ACTIONS Benefits the nose |
| DU25 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Copious nasal discharge, rhinitis, inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul, nasal obstruction, nasal sores, nosebleed, drinker's nose, nasal polyps, dyspnoea, hypotension. |
| DU26 (location) | LOCATION Above the upper lip on the midline, at the junction of the upper third and lower two thirds of the philtrum. |
| DU26 (action) | ACTIONS Restores consciousness and calms the spirit Benefits the face and nose and expels wind Benefits the spine and treats acute lumbar sprain |
| DU26 (indication) | INDICATIONS • Sudden loss of consciousness, coma, acute and chronic childhood fright wind, loss of consciousness from windstroke, lockjaw, deviation of the face and mouth, headache with chills and fever, hypertension. • Mania-depression, epilepsy, inappropriate laughter, unexpected laughter and crying. • Ceaseless nosebleed, clear nasal discharge, constant nasal discharge with difficulty in breathing, inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul. • Wasting and thirsting disorder, drinking water without limit, oedema of the body, swelling of the face with trembling lips, jaundice. • Stiffness and pain of the spine, sprain and pain of the lumbar spine. |
| DU27 (location) | LOCATION On the midline, at the junction of the margin of the upper lip and the philtrum. |
| DU28 (location) | LOCATION Inside the mouth, in the superior frenulum, at the junction of the upper lip and the gum. |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.