Command Chart
9: Window of Heaven
34: Xi-Cleft
36: Lower He-Sea
37: Lower He-Sea of LI
39: Lower He-Sea of SI
40: Luo
41: Jing River
42: Yuan Source
43: Shu-Stream
44: Ying Spring
45: Jing Well
9**
- Regulates Qi and blood and lowers rebellion
- Benefits throat and neck
- Alleviates pain
Window of Heaven
+Disharmony b/t the qi of the body and the head with Qi/blood rebelling upwards
+Sudden onset of severe pain
+Hypertension, hypotension
12**
- Descends LU-Qi and clears heat from the chest
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Meeting pt of all the primary yang channels except BL
- Contraindicated in pregnancy
+Rebellion of LU-Qi
+Local pain
18***
- Benefits the breasts and reduces swelling
- Unbinds the chest and alleviates cough and wheezing
+Breast disorders
+Scanty lactation
+Local disorders of the lung and chest
20**
- Harmonizes the middle burner
- Descends rebellion of LU and ST
“Supporting fullness”
+ST issues - difficult ingestion, abdominal distention
+Rebellion of LU-Qi
+Hardness and pain of the lateral costal region
21**
- Regulates Qi, alleviates pain
- Harmonizes middle burner and transforms stagnation
- Raises Qi and stops diarrhea
+Epigastric distention and pain, d/t stagnation of Qi esp in the LATERAL abdomen and lateral costal region
+Food stagnation
+Slippery diarrhea, prolapse of stomach
23**
- Transforms phlegm and calms the spirit
- Harmonizes middle burner
+Psycho-emotional disorders
+Epigastric pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea
25**
- Regulates the intestines, SP and ST
- Resolves dampness/damp-heat
- Regulates Qi and blood, eliminates stagnation
Front Mu of the large intestine
+All kinds of intestinal disorders (diarrhea)
+Stagnation in the lower abdomen
+Dampness
+ST: retching, vomiting
27**
- Benefits the KDs and FIRMS THE ESSENCE
- Regulates Qi and promotes urination
+Genito urinary diseases d/t KD-essence def.
–Primarily for male sexual dysfunction and urinary issues
+Local
28**
- Regulates the lower burner and dispels STAGNATION
- Benefits the bladder and uterus
“Water Passage” “Gate of Uterus (L)” “Child’s Door (R)”
Dispersive in nature - always for excess d/t stagnation of Qi/blood
+Stagnation of Qi/blood, dampness/damp heat in the lower burner
- -Urinary disorders
- -Reproductive disorders
- -Lower abdominal distention, lumbar pain
29**
- Warms the lower burner
- Regulates menstruation and benefits the genital region
“Return”
*Warming in nature - good for ex/def COLD”
+COLD in the lower burner (ex/def)
–Amenorrhea
30**
- Regulates Qi in the lower burner
- Regulates penetrating vessel
- Subdues running piglet Qi
“Pouring Qi”
+Abdominal circulation of QI in the lower abdomen
+Diseases related to the penetrating vessel
–Genital
–GYM/OB
–Running piglet Qi
34***
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Harmonizes the ST and alleviates pain
- Moderates acute conditions
Xi-Cleft
+PAIN
- Local swelling/pain of the knee
- Acute swelling/pain/abscess of the breast
- Acute epigastric pain
36**
- Harmonizes the ST
- Fortifies the SP and resolves dampness
- Supports the correct Qi and fosters the original Qi
- Tonifies Qi, nourishes blood and yin
- Clears fire and calms the spirit
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
- Revives yang and restores consciousness
Lower He-Sea
\+All disorders of teh ST, excess/def, cold/heat --ST qi fails to descend --ST Qi rebels upward \+Dampness resulting from SP Qi def \+Def of Qi blood and yin --Overall health preservation, longevity -Immune improvement --Chronic deficieny \+Mental disturbances --Phlegm fire \+Disorders of ST channel \+Yang collapse
37**
- Regulates teh intestines and transforms stagnation
- Clears damp-heat and alleviates diarrhea/dysentery
- Regulates the SP/ST
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Lower HeSea of LI
+All of the intestinal disorders
–Diarrhea
+Disorders of the lower limb
38***
- Expels wind-damp and alleviates pain
- Benefits the shoulder
+Disorders of the lower limb
+Shoulder pain/stiffness
39***
- Moves SI Qi and transforms stagnation
- Regulates and harmonizes the intestines, clears damp heat
- Activates teh channel and alleviates pain
Lower HeSea of SI
+Small intestine Qi pain
+Small Intestine Deficient cold
+Diarrhea/dysenteric disorder d/t damp-heat
+Pain/atrophy/hemiplegia of lower limb
40**
- Transforms phlegm and dampness
- Clears phlegm from LU and alleviates cough/wheezing
- Clears phlegm from HT and calms the spirit
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Luo connecting
+All PHLEGM diseases
-Chest/Lung/HT/Head/Throat
+Channel disorders
44***
- Clears heat from ST channel and allevaites pain
- Harmonizes the intestines and clears damp-heat
- Calms the spirit
Ying Spring
+Heat/Fire in the upper reaches of the ST channel
+Intestinal disorders d/t damp heat
+Mental disorders
+Pain/swelling of the dorsum of the foot
