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Chinese patterns
Urinary Bladder Xu (Deficient) and Cold
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

Urinary Bladder Xu (Deficient) and Cold

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principle of treatment: tonify Bladder and Kidney Qi; warm Bladder and Kidney Yang

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therapeutic note: moxa generally appropriate


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
GB-25 (+): warms Yang; clears and regulates Water Pathways; resolves Dampness; removes Qi Stagnation; Kidney Mu Alarm point
GV-4 (+ and D): strengthens the Kidney and nourishes the Yuan (Original) Qi; tonifies Bladder Qi; benefits and replenishes the Kidney Yang; strengthens the back, esp. benefits the lumbar vertebrae; reinforces and astringes the Jing (Essence); distributes Zhong (Ancestral) Qi and Yang to the pelvis to mobilize the Yin of the pelvis; "Gate of Life Fire"
UB-23 (+): tonifies Qi and Yang; prevents or relieves general stress fatigue or premature senility (Finkelstein, p. 44); strengthens Qi Hai; tonifies and adjusts the Kidney; resolves Dampness; regulates fluid system, volatilizes the Bladder, and promotes diuresis; Kidney Shu Associated point
UB-28 (-): resolves Dampness in the Lower Warmer; regulates and tonifies the Bladder; regulates the Water Pathways; promotes diuresis; "disperses Qi, clears blockages, and facilitates functioning of the Lower Warmer to help perspiration and drainage" (Finkelstein, p. 46); Bladder Shu Associated point
UB-32 (-): redirects Qi upward; brings Yang into pelvic region which mobilizes Yin in the pelvis (Finkelstein, p. 46); regulates the Bladder, Lower Warmer and menstruation; promotes urination; opens the pelvis and disperses Lower Warmer Stagnation; strengthens the lower back and legs; tonifies waist and knees; local point for Bladder problems; "same function as associated point of the Bladder" (Finkelstein, p. 46)
CV-6 (+ and/or D): tonifies and moves the Qi; regulates Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; warms the Lower and Middle Warmers (D); tonifies Kidney; nourishes and invigorates Kidney Yang; warms Ming Men (Life Gate Fire) (esp. with D); reinforces Jing (Essence); moves Qi and Xue (Blood) in Lower Warmer; regulates Water Pathways and dispels Dampness; warms feet and hands; Dan Tien (Elixir of Long Life), with CV-5: important point for concentration of Qi in the body
CV-4 (+ and D): strengthens Lower Warmer Qi and Yang; benefits Yuan (Original) Qi; regulates and reinforces the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); separates the Clear and the Turbid; dispels Cold-Damp; strengthens the Kidney Qi and warms the Kidney Yang (D); eliminates Cold in the Lower Warmer (D); regulates the Bladder; facilitates diuresis; Small Intestine Mu Alarm point
CV-3 (+): assists the transforming functions of Qi; tonifies the Kidney Qi and Yang; regulates the Bladder, Lower Warmer and the Water Pathways; promotes urination; relieves pain; Bladder Mu Alarm point
Lv-8 (=): frees and facilitates the Lower Warmer; benefits the Bladder; invigorates the collateral vessels; Liver Water and Tonification point
St-36 (+ and/or D): tonifies Qi and Yang; dispels Cold and expels Wind; regulates and strengthens Qi and Xue (Blood); strengthens weak and Xu (Deficient) conditions; dispels and eliminates Dampness; removes Cold of the abdomen; nourishes Kidney, Liver and Spleen; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting, Earth and Horary point
Kd-7 (+ and/or D): strengthens and enriches the Kidney; tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; strengthens Wei (Protective) Qi; strengthens Spleen and rids body of excess fluids; regulates Qi, esp. Kidney Qi, and restores Qi to the vessels; facilitates and regulates the Bladder and Water Pathways; cools and clears Damp-Heat; moistens dryness; regulates the pores and sweating; disperses Stagnation; strengthens the back, esp. lumbars; Kidney Metal and Tonification point
Kd-3 (+): tonifies the Kidney, Yuan (Original) Qi, Xue (Blood) and Jing (Essence); warms Cold; tonifies Kidney Yang and Ming Men Fire (D); stabilizes Kidney Qi; regulates the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates the Water Pathways; strengthens the lower back, waist and knees; Kidney Yuan Source and Earth point
UB-64 (+): disperses Wind; frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; Bladder Yuan Source point
UB-67 (+): dispels Wind; regulates and promotes flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); eliminates Dampness; seeps Dampness downward; Bladder Jing Well, Metal, Tonification and Exit point; "root of Yang" according to Nei Jing (Finkelstein, p. 51)


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