Bi Syndromes |
Tongue: Normal body with thin white coat.
Pulse: Wiry
2) Painful Bi (more cold than wind or damp)
Characterized by sever pain and caused chiefly by pathogenic cold. Severe fixed stabbing pain in the joints. Pain is alleviated by warmth and aggravated by cold.
Tongue: Normal body with thin white coat
Pulse: Tight
3) Fixed Bi (more damp than wind or cold)
Characterized by marked soreness, numbness and heaviness. It is cause chiefly by pathogenic damp. Soreness and fixed pain in the joints, numbness or heavy sensation with possible swelling of the limbs. Fixed Bi is aggravated by damp weather.
Tongue: Normal body with white, greasy coat.
Pulse: Soft, slow
4) Heat Bi
Characterized by the manifestation of heat in the affected tissues. Also, sudden onset. Arthralgia with local redness, swelling and burning. Excruciating pain involving one or several joints accompanied with fever, sweating, and thirst.
Tongue: Normal body with yellow, greasy coat
Pulse: Slippery and rapid
Muscle Bi
Soreness, numbness and pain of the muscles.
Tendon Bi
Soreness, pain, and stiffness of the tendons and muscles. i.e. Cervical Spondylopathy
Vessel Bi
Pain due to blockage of the vessels. i.e. Angina
Bone Bi
Soreness, heaviness and pain of joints which fail to perform their functions of lifting, extension and flexion. i.e. Cervical Spondylopathy
1) Wandering Bi
More Wind, than cold or damp.
2) Painful Bi More Cold, than wind or damp.
3) Fixed Bi
More Damp, than wind or cold.
4) Heat Bi
In the case of the body with constitutionally excessive Yang Qi, the addition of Pathogenic Wind, Damp and Cold will give rise to heat bi. Furthermore, long-standing wind, cold and damp Bi syndromes may turn into Heat Bi as the pathogenic factors in the meridians and collaterals are transformed into heat.
Shoulder pain: (Belongs to three Yang hand channels)
LI 15Elbow joint pain: (Belongs to all six hand channels)
SJ 14
SJ 10
LI 4 Yuan-source pt., so it assists to send Qi through Channels in shoulder.
SJ 5 San Jiao channel for Qi diseases, moves Qi through shoulder.
SI 3 Shu-stream (wood) for painful joints and sensations of heaviness.
LI 11Wrist pain: (Belongs mostly to the three hand Yang channels)
Lu 5
SJ 10
SJ 5 Luo-connecting point, good to remove pathogens from SJ channel.
LI 4 Yuan-source pt. tonifies Qi in LI channel, which relieves stagnation.
SJ 4Numbness or pain in the fingers: (Usually treated with three hand Yang)
LI 5
Si 6 Xi-cleft, stops pain.
SJ 5 Removes Qi stagnation, San Jiao channel is for Qi diseases.
Si 3 Shu-stream point for painful joints.Pain in the vertebral joints: (Vertebra belong to Du Mai)
LI 3 Shu-stream point for painful joints.
Ba Xie (The eight evils-so named because of their ability to dispel Xie Qi)
Du 26 Sensitive points are good for moving Qi in the channel.Pain in the hip joint: (Hip joint belongs to Foot Shao Yang-GB)
Du 12 Shen Zhu means "Body Support"
Du 3 Lumbar Yang Gate
Du 4 Ming Men
GB 30Pain in the thigh region:
GB 29
GB 39 Influential Point of the Marrow (think of hip is a big marrowed bone)
GB 34 Influential Point of the Tendon
GB 31Pain in the knee joint:
UB 54 (Three cun lateral to the midline, at the level of fourth sacral foreman)
UB 36
GB 34
GB 34 Local/and Inf. Point of TendonPain and numbness in the leg:
Sp 9 Local/and it clears damp (because it tonifies Spleen)
St 35
Xi Yan
St 34 Local/and Xi-cleft point for pain.
Sp 10 Sea of Blood
UB 57Pain in the ankle:
UB 58
GB 34 Influential Point of Tendon
UB 62 Yang Qiao Mai Master PointNumbness and pain in the toes:
Kid 6 Yin Qiao Mai Master Point
UB 60
GB 40
St 41
Ba Feng (Great to disperse the 8 evil winds and other pathogens.)Wandering Bi: (Mostly wind)
Jing Well points of foot channels.
UB 17 Influential point of the bloodPainful Bi: (Mostly Cold)
Sp 10 Sea of Blood
GB 20 For wind ("Wind Pool")
Du 16 Also for wind ("Wind Palace")
UB 23 Kidney Back-shu. Tonifying Kidney Yang disperses ColdFixed Bi: (Mostly Damp)
Du 4 Ming Men fire warms cold
Ren 4 Guan Yuan (Yuan-source qi point for dispersing cold)
Ren 8 Moxa only with ginger to warm the abdomen.
St 36 He-Sea Point (earth) for stomach. Strong tonification for Sp/St.Heat Bi:
Sp 9 Tonifies Spleen dispells damp.
SI 3 Shu-stream point for painful joints.
Du 14 Crossing point of all six Yang Channels. Good to release heat.Tendon Bi:
LI 11 Yang Qi is prevelant in this point, hence a good point to reduce to remove XS heat.
GB 34 Influential Point of TendonsBone Bi:
GB 39 Influential Point of Marrow, hence controls bone.
UB 11 Influential Point of Bone.
Vessel Bi:Lu 9 Influential Point of Vessles
UB 17 Influential point of the Blood
Sp 10 Sea of Blood
Skin, wandering Bi:
Shallow Insertion.
Bone, tendon or vessel Bi: Deep insertion for a long time (at least a half hour)
Painful and Vessel Bi:
Moxibustion in addition to needling.
Fixed, muscle, or bone Bi:
Needling, moxibustion, and cupping.
UB 17 is the influential point of the blood Sp 10 is the Sea of Blood. Together, they have the function of activating and nourishing the blood. "Wind will be naturally eliminated if the blood circulates smoothly." GB 20 and Du 16 also dispel wind. UB 23, Du 4, Ren 4 and Ren 8 is a combination of back and front points that strengthen the Kidney fire and relieve the painful Bi.
Sp 9, St 36 are He-sea points. Sp 3 is the Yuan source and Shu Stream point of the Spleen channel. These points, together, strengthen the function of the spleen and stomach and eliminate damp to relieve the fixed Bi.
Du 14 is the crossing point for all the Yang channels. combines with LI 11, the can clear the heat for heat Bi.
The following points are used because they are influential points:
GB 34 Tendons
GB 39 Marrow
UB 11 Bone
Lu 9 Vessels
UB 17 Blood
Sp 10 Sea of Blood
Needling depth for Bi Syndromes' local points:
Superficial for Skin Bi.
Medium for Muscle Bi.
Deep for Bone Bi.
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