ACT Quiz 3 - Point Rx & LU

Zang Source Pt Fx

Regulate Yuan-Qi. Powerful Tonification & Clear Excess

What organ/channel mediates Yuan-Source Qi?

TW

Fu Source Pt Fx

Move Moving

List several Source-Point Combinations. Be prepared to provide an point prescription example on the quiz.

Source + Luo (Host-Guest)

Source + Back Shu

Source + He Sea

Lower He-Sea + Front Mu Pt Combination Fx

Regulate Respective Fu Organs

In the loose metaphor of speed limits, rests stops, backroads, and traffic stops... A rest stop where you gas up and gather info is what type of special point?

Yuan-Source Point

In the loose metaphor of speed limits, rests stops, backroads, and traffic stops... When exiting the interstate to take a country backroad, which reconnects further up ahead, is what type of special point?

Luo-Connecting Point

In the loose metaphor of speed limits, rests stops, backroads, and traffic stops (or toll roads)... When traffic accumulates at a toll road, what type of special point is this?

Xi-Cleft Point

What points are selected in a basic point prescription?

Be prepared to ID the correct, affected primary channel of a case study & justify your prescription (i.e. LBP class example)

1. Local Pts

2. Adjacent Pts

3. Distal Pts

What is the role of LU?

Prime Minister

What is the office function of a Prime Minister, LU?

Issuer of Management & Regulation

Where does the LU Channel begin?

Middle Jiao, ST, CV-9, Upper Abdomen

What are the major areas of the body reached by the trajectory of the LU channel?

Throat, Lungs, Large Intestine

List the fx of the LU

Governs Qi & Respiration

Controls Channels & Blood Vessels

Controls Dispersing & Descending Fx

Controls Skin & Hair

Regulates Water Passages

Opens into the Nose

Houses the Po

What point on the LU Channel could help with Sx such as edema in the hands/face?

Can you tie Point Fx back to LU fx?

LU-5 (Metal Water Pt)

What point on the LU Channel could help with common colds, cough, asthma, bronchitis?

Can you tie Point Fx back to LU fx?

LU-8 (River Metal Pt)

What point on the LU channel could help with disorders of chest, shoulders, arms, and throat?

Can you tie Point Fx back to LU fx?

LU-9 (Source Pt)