JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE NUMBER 42 MAY 1993


iii. The Jing-Well points are used for clearing heat, restoring consciousness and rescuing collapse. This im- portant use is not referred to in the classical theories given above. With the exception of Zuqiaoyin GB-44, Zhiyin BL-67 and Guanchong SJ-1 all the Jing-Well points are indicated for disorders such as coma, fainting and collapse, indeed all the 12 Jing-Well points in combina- tion may be pricked and bled for collapse from windstroke. This action reflects their particularly dy- namic action on the Qi. Furthermore, the Jing-Well points in the main share a common ability to regulate disorders of the Shen. For example, Lidui ST-45, Shaochong HE-9 and Dadun LIV-1 are all indicated for mania-depression disorder.


Jing-Well Points Effect on restoring consciousness


Shaoshang LU-11 Coma from windstroke, fainting. Shangyang L.I.-1 Lidui ST-45 Yinbai SP-1


Coma, collapse. Fainting.


Corpse fainting.


Shaochong HE-9 Shaoze SI-1


Yongquan KID-1 Zhongchong P-9 Dadun LIV-1


Collapse from windstroke. Coma from windstroke.


Coma from windstroke, fainting. Coma, windstroke. Coma, fainting.


Ying-Spring


The Ying-Spring points are all located on the hands or feet and are the second or penultimate points of their respective channel. According to the classical sources discussed above, the Ying-Spring points are indicated for:


i. heat in the body


ii. changes in the colour (complexion) iii. diseases of the Yang channels.


iv. diseases of the zang (with the Shu-Stream point).


In the light of traditional and modern clinical use, the following observations may be made:


i. The Ying-Spring points without exception have an important effect on clearing heat from their respective zangfu or channel (especially, like the Jing-Well points, from the uppermost portion). Among the 5 Shu points they reflect the closest correspondence of classical Shu point theory, 5 Phase theory and clinical practice. The Ying-Spring points of the Yin channels belong to Fire and those of the Yang channels to Water. Although theoretical considerations might therefore lead the prac- titioner to think that in order to clear heat the Fire points should be reduced and the Water points reinforced, in fact all the Ying-Spring points are reduced to achieve this purpose. Among the most important of the Ying-Spring points with this effect are the following:


• Yuji LU-10 is effective to clear heat from the throat (the upper extremity of the Lung channel), to clear dry heat from the Lung zang in cases of coughing especially when accompanied by bleeding, and to clear heat transmitted


34 Dadun LIV-1 Yongquan KID-1


Jing-Well Points Effect on the Shen


Shaoshang LU-11 Lidui ST-45


Mania, childhood fright wind.


Excessive dreaming, severe fright with desire to sleep, inability to sleep, dizziness, mania- depression disorder, aversion to people, likes to ascend to high places and sing, likes to undress and run around.


Yinbai SP-1


Propensity to melancholy, sighing, mania-depression disorder, excessive dreaming, excessive sleeping, acute or chronic fright wind.


Shaochong HE-9


Mania-depression disorder, epilepsy, excessive sighing, excessive anger, fright and worry with insufficiency of Qi.


Insomnia, aphasia, epilepsy, propensity to fear, anger with desire to kill people, depression with disordered speech and crying and laughing.


Zhongchong P-9 Guanchong SJ-1 Zuqiaoyin GB-44


Inability to speak, night-time crying in children.


Febrile illness with confused spirit.


Excessive dreaming, insomnia, restlessness and anxiety.


Epilepsy, mania-depression disorder, fondness for sleeping.


from the Lung to the Stomach in the middle jiao and the Heart in the upper jiao.


• Erjian L.I.-2 is indicated for heat disorders of the teeth, eyes, nose, throat, mouth and face, all areas traversed by the Large Intestine channel.


• Neiting ST-44, like Erjian L.I.-2, is indicated for heat disorders affecting the upper portion of the channel in the face and head as well as clearing heat and damp-heat from the intestines.


• Shaofu HE-8 is particularly indicated for the pattern of Heart Fire which transmits first to the Small Intestine and thence to the Bladder.


• Qiangu SI-2 strongly clears heat from the head, being indicated for mumps, tinnitus, swelling of the cheek radiating to the ear, swelling and pain of the neck, red eyes, nosebleed, throat Bi and thirst.


• Rangu KID-2 is the strongest point on the Kidney channel to clear Xu-heat which rises up the channel to the


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