Channel Theory Overview
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- Lung Channel Disorders
- Lung, throat, nose, Exterior Syndromes
- Pericardium Channel Disorders
- Mental, Heart, Stomach
- Heart Channel Disorders
- Mental, Heart, Eye
- L. Intestine Channel Disorders
- Front of the face and head
- San Jiao Channel Disorders
- Temporal region & sides of the head & face, hypochondriac region
- Gall Bladder Channel Disorders
- Temporal region, side of the head & face, hypochondriac region, hip
- Spleen Channel Disorders
- Spleen & Stomach
- Kidney Channel Disorders
- Kidney, Lung & Throat
- 3 Yang Channels of the Foot
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Channels: St, UB, GB
Common Applications:
Mental disorders, febrile diseases, eye disorders - 3 Yang Channels of the hand
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Channels: LI, SI, SJ
Common Applications:
Face, Head, sense organ disorder, febrile diseases - 3 Yin Channels of the Foot
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Channels: Sp, Ki, Liv
Common Applications:
Urogenital, abdomen & chest disorders - 3 Yin Channels of the Hand
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Channels: Lu, Pc, Ht
Common Applications:
Chest Disorders - Bladder Channel Disorders
- Occipital area, nape, back & lumbar region,
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Channel Physiology:
1. Circulate Qi
2. Promote the circulation of Qi in the chest, nourishing and harmonizing the function of the lung and heart
3. Regulate the ascending & descending of Qi
4. Regulate body fluid - Lung Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Distributes Qi to the head & face and normalizes the function of its associated sense organs and the throat.
2. Regulate the Body Fluids
3. Circulate Qi to the arms, shoulders, and neck
4. - Large Intestine Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Distribute Qi to the face and normalize the function of the sense organs
2. Regulate the function of the digestive system.
3. Contains abundant Qi & Blood - source for tonification (esp St-36 & St - Stomach Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Promote & regulate the digestion & absorption of food & drink
2. Regulate the transportation of body fluids & prevent the formation of dampness in the middle jiao
3. Tonify Qi & Blood< - Spleen Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Circulate the Qi & Blood, nourish the heart, lungs, & eyes
2. Regulate the nervous system, calm the mind, & stbilize the emotions
3. Regulate heat in the body
4. Distrbute Qi & - Heart Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Distribute Qi to the face & head, and normalize the function of the ears & eyes.
2. Distribute & regulate Qi along the channel path
3. Distribute Qi to the surface and strengthen the defensive - Small Intestince Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Distribute Qi to consolidate the surface.
2. Circulate Qi to nourish the muscles & tendons.
3. Direct Qi to the brain to promote its functions & stbilize the emotions
4. Distribute Qi t - Urinary Bladder Channel Physiology
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Channel Physilogy:
1. Circulate Kidney Qi & Essence
2. Promote the function of the stomach & spleen
3. Promote the functions of the lungs & heart
4. Promote the functions of the liver
5. Promot - Kidney Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Regulate the vessels & blood circulation
2. Assist the heart in housing the mind
3. Maintain proper flow of Qi in the chest.
4. Distribute Qi to, and regulate the function of the stomach &a - Pericardium Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Dominate the Qi of the whole body
2. Distribute Qi to the head & face and regulate the Qi on the sides of the body
3. Regulate the body fluids' circulation.
4. Treatment of Shao Yang syndro - San Jiao Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Regulate the Qi on the sides of the body, including the head, sense organs, trunk, and extremities
2. Influence the bones & joints
3. Regulate the Qi in the Shao Yang Channel
4. Regulate th - Gall Bladder Channel Physiology
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Channel Physiology:
1. Promote the free flow of Qi throughout the whole body.
2. Regulate mental function & the emotions
3. Regulate & balance the functions of the internal organs. (Heart & Lung, Kidney & Urinar - Liver Channel Physiology
- Important Heart Points
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Excess: Ht-6 & Ht-8
Deficient: Ht-5 & Ht-7
Severe Excess: Ht-9
Heat in Heart: Ht-8 - Important Urinary Bladder Points
- UB-40 (lower back problems), Back Shu Points
- Important Kidney Points
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Ki-3 (Kidney Qi)
Ki-6 (Kidney Qi & Yin)
Ki-7 (Kidney Yang) - Important Gall Bladder Points
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GB-37-40 (Organs, Circulation)
GB-24-25 (Liver & GB)
GB-40-41 (Gynecology)
GB-29-30 (Sciateca - hip pain)
GB-43-44 (Heat in Eyes & Face)
GB-36-40 (Eye problems, emotions, & menstrual) - S. Intestine Channel Disorders
- Occipital area & nape, scapula region, mental illness
- Stomach Channel Disorders
- Front of the face & head, digestive system
- Liver Channel Disorders
- Liver & Gall Bladder
- Important Liver Points
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Lv-2 (Heat)
Lv-3 (Spread Liver Qi)
Lv-4 (Shan Disorder)
Lv-13 (Spleen Organ - mu point) - Important Small Intestine Points
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SI-2 (Fire)
SI-3 (Joint Pain)
SI-6 (Acute Lumbar Pain)
SI-10 (Local Point Arm Pain)
SI-11 (Local Point Shoulder & Breast Pain)
SI-14 (Local Point Neck Pain) - Important San Jiao Points
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SJ-4 (Deficiency)
SJ-5 (Master Point of Yang Wei Mo)
SJ-6 (constipation)
SJ-10-15 (local points - bi syndromes) - Important Spleen Points
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Sp-3 (Qi)
Sp-6 (Damp)
Sp-9 (Damp)
Sp-10 (Blood)
Sp-21 (Whole Body Pain) - Important Stomach Points
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St-1 (Eye Stuff)
St-4 (Mouth Stuff)
St-5 (Teeth Stuff)
St-36 (Tonify Qi)
St-44 (Clear Heat) - Important Large Intestine Points
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LI-4 (Expel Wind Heat/Cold, release exterior)
LI-11 (Clear heat in whole body)
LI-15 (Painful Obstruction of Shoulder) - Important Pericardium Points
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Pc-5 (transform phlegm)
Pc-6 (Heart Disease)
Pc-7 (Mental Problems)
Pc-8 (Mental & Heart Disease
Pc-9 (Clear Heat & Restore Conciousness) - Important Lung Points
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Lu-7 (release exterior & regulate water)
Lu-9 (tonify lungs & transform phlegm)