Command Chart
1: Jing Well (wood)
2: Ying Spring
3: Shu Stream = Yuan Source
4: Luo
5: Xi Cleft
6: Confluent pt of the Yin Motility Vessel (Yin Qiao Mai)
7: Jing Rover
8: Xi Cleft of the Yin Motility Vessel (Yin Qiao Mai)
9: Xi Cleft of the Yin Linking Vessel (Yin Wei Mai)
10: He-Sea
KD-1***
Actions:
- Descends excess from the head
- Calms the spirit
- Revives consciousness and rescues yang
Jing Well, Wood
Indications:
+Excess Above deficiency below
+Loss of Consciousness
+Others: constipation, difficult urination, cold leg and foot
KD-2***
Actions:
- Clears deficiency heat
- Regulates teh KDs
- Regulates teh lower jiao
Ying Spring - fire
Indications:
+Deficiency heat
+KD-yang deficiency
KD-3**
Actions:
- Nourishes KD-Yin and clears deficiency heat
- Tonifies KD yang
- Anchors Qi and benefits the LU
- Strengthens lumbar spine
Shu-Stream = Yuan Source
Indications:
+KD Yin deficiency
+KD yang deficiency
+Local Pain in the heel
KD-4**
Actions:
- Reinforces the KDs
- Anchors Qi and benefits the LU
- Strengthens the will and dispels fear
Luo
Indications:
+Excess Above and deficiency below caused by LU-KD disharmony
+Psycho-emotional disorders
+Heel pain, low back pain and stiffness
KD-6**
Actions:
- Regulates teh Yin Motility Vessel
- Nourishes the KDs and clears deficiency heat
- Benefits the throat
- Calms the spirit
- Regulates the lower jiao
Confluent Pr of the Yin Qiao Mai (LU7+KD6 - throat, chest, lung)
Indications:
+Throat disorders, esp d/t yin deficiency heat
–Swelling pain dryness of the throat, plumstone Qi (LU7)
+Eye disorders
+Spirit disorders: insomnia, somnolence, night time epilepsy (BL62)
KD-7***
Actions:
- Benefits the KDs
- Regulates the water passages and treats edema
- Regulates Sweating
- Drains damp/damp heat
- Strengthens the lumbar region
“Returning Current”
Jing River, Metal
Indications: \+Primary point for water passage and water metabolism disorders (edema) \+Important point for sweating disorders \+Damp heat in the lower burner \+Lumbar pain
KD-5* - KD-8** - KD-9**
KD-5 (Xi-cleft pt of KD channel)
-Regulates Ren Mai and Chong Mai, benefits mensturation
I: Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea
KD-8 (Xi Cleft of Yin Qiao Mai)
- Regulates Ren Mai and Chong Mai, adjusts menstruation, stops uterine bleeding
- Clears heat and drains dampness from the lower jiao
I: Irregular mensturation dismynorrhea, amenorrhea, “flooding and trickling” (KD def blood stasis blood heat…)
+Damp heat in the lower burner
KD-9 (Xi Cleft of Yin Wei Mai
- Clears HT and transforms phlegm
- Regulates Qi and alleviates pain
I: Phlegm fire obstructing the heart
KD-10**
Actions:
- Clears Damp Heat from the lower burner
- Benefits the KDs
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
He-Sea (cooling nature)
Indications:
+Damp heat in the lower burner esp in the genito urinary system
+Local pain of the knee
KD-13** - KD-14** - KD-16**
KD-13 (Qi Cave)
-Regulates Chong and Ren mai
-Regulates the lower jiao
+GYN: amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, uterine bleedking, leukorrhea, infertility
+Running piglet Qi, difficult urination, diarrhea
KD-14 (Four Fullness)
–Benefits the lower jiao and alleviates pain
-Regulates Qi and moves blood stasis
-Regulates water passages and promotes urination
+Stagnation/accumulatin of qi, blood, food, water, abdominal distention/edema, diarrhea/constipation, GYN disorders “Malign blood”
KD-16 (Vitals Shu)
-Regulates Qi and alleviates pain
-Regulates and warms intestines
+Constipation d/t KD yang def., painful urinary dysfunction from chronic accumulation
KD-27**
Actions:
- Unbinds teh chest
- Transforms phlegm and alleviates cough and wheezing
- Harmonizes the stomach and lowers rebellious Qi
Indications:
+Rebellion of LU-Qi
+Rebellion of ST-Qi
+Neck tension and pain
