General Information Regarding
CURIOUS MERIDIANS

MASTER AND COUPLED POINTS
TCHONG MO: SP 4*, ST 30, MH 6 (KI 3)
YIN KEO: LR 3, GV 9, LU 7 (KI 6*)
YIN OE: MH 6*, GV 9, SP 4
YANG OE: TH 5*, ST 25, GB 41 (BL 63)
JENN MO: KI 6, GB 26, GV 3,GV4, LU 7*
TAE MO: TH 5, GB 25, GB 41 (BL 63)
YANG KEO: SI 3, BL 23 or GB 25, BL 59 or BL62* (GB 38)
TOU MO: SI 3*, ST 25 or BL 21 or BL 25, BL 59 or BL62 (GB 38)

CONCEPTION VESSEL: JENN MO, THE REN CHANNEL

General Information concerning
Conception Vessel (CV)

                            Go to Governing Vessel (GV)

SYMPTOMS: Similar to Tchong Mo. Genito-Urinary with more diffuse symptoms, neuro-vegetative dysfunction, autonomic dysfunction. Involved in the supporting and the controlling of Yin; important in pregnancy, delivery, periods and other Blood problems.

INTERSECTIONS: Receives energy from LR at CV 2; energy from three yin of legs at CV 3; energy from KI and Tchong Mo at CV 7; energy from SP, LR at CV 10; energy from five Zang, MH at CV 17; energy from Yin Oe at CV 22, CV23

Energy concentrated for SP at CV 12
Energy concentrated for LR at CV 18
Energy concentrated for KI at CV 23

Three Jiao influences.

POINTS OF CONCEPTION VESSEL

CV1 HUIYIN
(Perineum, Meeting of Yin, Two Yin Regions *1/2)
hui: meeting, convergence
yin: yin, the complement of yang
ALTERNATE NAMES: Screen; Flat Screen; Lower Extreme; Metal Gate; Seabed; Ghost Store; Lower Yin Divergence

LOCATION: In the center of the perineum, between the anus and the scrotum in the male or the anus and the posterior labial commissure in the female.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: Intersections of CV, GV, Tchong Mo and ascending yin (LR, KI, SP); can bring energy to pelvic cavity by using with Tchong Mo and Bl K distinct [?] meridian with focus at lower sacral points. LR 9 with T. Mo for genital problems. [?]

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: To energize, resusitation for drowning, hemorrhoids, uterine fibroids, prolapsed uterus, herpes, scrotal and penile pain, prostate (to the hilt)

CLASSICAL FUNCTION:

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: In the supeior border of the pubic symphysis, on the midline of the abdomen. Locate this point in supination.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0 to 2.0 inches

REMARKS: Reunion of three tendino-muscular yin meridians of leg, also intersection with LI, Yin Keo, and ST tendino-muscular meridian.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: Good for pelvic, GU problems, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, dysuria, polyuria, abdominal swelling.

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LOCATION: 4 cun below the umbilicus, on the midline. Alternately 1/6 of the way from pubis to umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Same as CV 2

REMARKS: Alternate reunion point of the three yin TMs of the leg. Also meeting point of the 3 yin meridians of the leg. Is the BL Mo Pt [repetition ?]

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: Abdominal swelling, pelvic problems, GU problems, lower abdominal pain, frilosite, nondescending placenta.

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LOCATION: 3 cun below umbilicus or alternatively 1/3 of the way between pubis and umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches.

REMARKS: Alternate reunion point for the three TM meridians of the leg; SI MO Pt, Tchong Mo goes through this point and it is a good activating point for Tchong Mo.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: infertility, diarrhea, prolapse, dysmenorrhea, four extremities cold hypotension; promotes health. In modern texts there is a contra-indication in pregnancy.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: moves Yang energy, regulates Blood, strengthens KI, tonifies Qi; strengthening energy, especially of MH and TH.

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LOCATION: 2 cun below the umbilicus or alternatively 1/2 the way between umbilicus and symphasis pubis. Mussat finds it by feeling for it at the first fold below the umbilicus, generally at the beltline.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.5-2.0 inches.

REMARKS: Mo Pt of TH and command point for lower Jiao. Energy of Bladder mounts here. A point to tonify and not disperse.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: Regulates lower heater and helps resolve edema secondary to water retention.

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LOCATION: 1.5 cun below the umbilicus or alternately 2/3 of the way from the symphasis pubis to the umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches. It is advisable to apply moxibustion on this point for asthenic patients.

REMARKS: A strong point for stimulating Chi. Would be a good point to stimulate prior to abdominal surgery. Connects with ST 25 and KI 3.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: fatigue, asthenia, depression, frilosite; functions overlap with CV 4 and CV 5. Can increase energy of five Zang organs; good in general for lower abdominal and urinary dysfunctions. May be used with moxa along with CV 8 for constipation caused by an LI deficiency.

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LOCATION: 1 cun below umbilicus or alternately 5/6 of the distance between symphisis pubis and umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches.

REMARKS: Intersection with KI, Tchong Mo, GV. Rarely used Mo Pt for Middle Heater. More likely is used as alternative Mo Pt for Lower Heater.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: nervous disorder, madness. GU disorders, ureter pain, adjunct for sterility.

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LOCATION: In the center of the umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Generally not needled. Usually a point reserved for moxa.

REMARKS:

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: For diarrhea, moxa on mound of salt or ginger for 10 to 15 minutes two to three times.

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LOCATION: 1 cun above the umbilicus in the midline.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches.

REMARKS: Facilitates Middle Jiao function of assimilation and separation.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Controls water balance, fluid retention, edema, ascites, menstrual period fluid retention; strenghthens spleen.

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LOCATION: 2 cun above the umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches.

REMARKS: Spleen and Lower Jiao energy surface here.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Stomach dysfunction.

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LOCATION: 3 cun above the umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches.

REMARKS:

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION:

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LOCATION: Midpoint on a line connecting the xyphoid process with the umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches.

REMARKS: Mo Pt for ST; meeting point with ST, SI, and TH; a command point for Middle Jiao.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Concentration of SP energy; can stimulate here for problems in Fu; off-center or ungrounded, increases ST and SP functions, anorexia, dispels damp, can be helpful with diarrhea or any GI symptoms. [?]

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LOCATION: 1/4 the distance between CV 12 and tip of xyphoid process.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-2.0 inches.

REMARKS: Meeting point of ST and SI. Can tonify CV 10,CV12, and CV13 to tonify the three levels of San Jiao.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Vomiting

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LOCATION: 1/2 the distance between CV 12 and tip of xyphoid process, 6 cun above the umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: 1 inch obliquely downward.

REMARKS: Meeting point of HT with Jenn Mo

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION:

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LOCATION: 1 cun below tip of xyphoid process, 7 cun above umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: 0.5-1.0 inch obliquely downward.

REMARKS:

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Precordial pain, vomiting, mental Yang disorder, palpitations.

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LOCATION: At the level of the fifth intercostal space, 1.6 cun below CV 17.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: Generally, feel CV 16, CV17, CV18 and needle the most tender.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Alternate for CV 17.

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LOCATION: Midway between the two nipples.

NEEDLING METHOD: 0.5-1.0 inch horizontally, with needle tilted upward, downward or laterally; may thread the needle upward.

REMARKS: All meridians concentrate here including MH, SP, KI, TH, SI. Stores Qi, Mo Pt for MH and controlling point for Upper Jiao.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Home base for any respiratory problem, asthma, cough, tight neck and shoulder, insufficient lactation.

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LOCATION: 1.6 cun above CV 17 at the level of the third intercostal space.

NEEDLING METHOD: 0.3-0.5 inch obliquely.

REMARKS:

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Alternate for CV 19; aphonia, asthma, bronchitis

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LOCATION: At the level of the second intercostal space, 3.2 cun above CV 17.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS:

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Local problems

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LOCATION: Angle of Louis, at sterno-manubrial [mandibular ?] junction.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: Energy to throat and head.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Throat and head problems.

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LOCATION: 1 cun below CV 22

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: Energy to neck and throat

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Neck and throat problems.

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LOCATION: 0.5 cun above the sternal notch.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely downward and thread behind the manubrium. Because of the risk of penetrating an aberrant vessel off of the aorta, most practitioners in the West needle this point superficially.

REMARKS: Receives from Yin Oe and where Yin and Yang energies meet. Window of the Sky Pt, and point to use when focusing on thyroid and breast problems. A point on Tschong Mo.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Thoracic and abdominal problems, cough, asthma, chest oppression, energy rushing to head, stroke.

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LOCATION: Midway between the tip of the cricoid cartilage and the border of the mandible. It's the first valley after leaving the cricoid cartilage superiorly.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 1.0-1.5 inches toward the root of the tongue.

REMARKS: Shao Yin concentrates here. Meeting point with Yin Oe.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Tongue swelling, speech problems, throat inflammation.

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LOCATION: At the depression in the middle of the mental labial groove.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch.

REMARKS: Intersection with LI, ST, GV. Sends vessel to ST, GV.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Local problems, facial paralysis, mouth ulcers, hypersalivation.

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GOVERNING VESSEL =TU MO, DU CHANNEL

General Information concerning GOVERNING VESSEL

SEA OF YANG MERIDIANS, MALE VESSEL

SYMPTOMS: Lumbar, axial, deep pain aggravated by movement; full length backache, or a deep headache often secondary to trauma.

COMMAND POINTS: 100: SI 3 MASTER POINT

101: ST 25, BL 21, BL 25
110: *BL 62, BL 59 *COUPLED POINT
100: GB 38 OPTIONAL

INTERSECTION POINTS:
13 Tai Yang energy,
14 all Yang energy,
15 Yang Oe,
16 Tai Yang and Yang Oe,
17 Tai Yang,
20 Yang and Jue Yin,
24 Tai Yang,
26 Yang Ming,
28 Yang Ming

GV3-Bl31-GB30-ST30-CV3-KI11-SP-12-LR-13 [?]

GV 4-Bl 23-GB-25-ST 25-CV 6-KI 3-SP-6

POINTS OF THE GOVERNING VESSEL

GV1 CHANGQIANG
(Long Strength *)
chang: long (in space or time)
zhang: to grow; to excel; to lead
qiang: strong, forceful; stiff
ALTERNATE NAMES: Jue Bone; Peg Bone; End Bone; Sacral Bone; End of Sacral Spine; Sacrum Above; Hollow Below the Tailbone; Tail Kingfisher Bone; Tail Maggot Bone; Fish Tail; Tortoise Tail; Tortoise Tail Long Border; Tail Palm;Qi Cleft; Yin Cleft; Yin Cleft of Qi; Cao's Ravine Road; River Cart Road; Dragon Tiger; Dragon and Tiger Point; Heavenward-Looking Summit; Three Fen From to the Gate [?]; Damage Mountain; That's It [?]

LOCATION: Midway between coccyx and the anus in prone or knee-chest position.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: Intersection with Jenn Mo, CV1, KI, and GB. Lo Pt of Tou Mo with vessel to GV 6; osteopuncture point, reflex point for kidney region.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Heaviness of head, coccygeal pain, impotence, local influence.

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LOCATION: At the junction between the sacrum and the coccyx, at the hiatus of the sacrum.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0inch upward.

REMARKS: Reflex point

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Local

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LOCATION: In the interspace between the forth and fifth lumbar vertabrae.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches.

REMARKS: Opposite CV 4 and CV5; rapport with Shao Yang of the leg, hinge between inside and outside.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Excellent for sciatica, lumbar pain, and local problems.

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LOCATION: Between second and third lumbar vertabrae.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches.

REMARKS: Home base for low back pain that doesn't radiate down the legs. The 36th difficult issue in the Nan-jing states " The kidney on the rigHT is the gate of life....where the spirit essence (shen-jing) lodges; it is the place to which the original influences are tied." Ming men may be considered synonymous with the dantian or lower cinnabar field found in spiritual alchemy. Here, the original and authentic yin and yang, as endowed by heaven reside. One authenic (zhen) water and fire reside here...hence the image from internal alchemy of stoking the furnace of the dantian, to burn off the refuse of acquired conditioning and return original nature.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Any reproductive or urinary problem. To activate Kid energy can be used in association with Bl23 and GB25.

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LOCATION: Below first lumbar vertabra in midline.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: Ancestral energy ascends into vertebrae here.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Local pain, gastric symptoms.

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LOCATION: Between 11th and 12th thoracic vertabrae.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS:

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FUNCTION: Hemorrhoids, back pain, heaviness in back, obstructionof ascending chi.

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LOCATION: Below 10th thoracic vertabra.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS:

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Back pain, anorexia.

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LOCATION: Below the ninth thoracic vertabra.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS: Influences Liv, muscles, sinews.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Spine stiffness.

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LOCATION: Below the 7th thoracic vertabra, level to the inferior angle of the scapula.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS: If pain radiating into chest or down arms, or even with problems such as tennis elbow, needle the points above and below GV9 andon the inner bladder line which are tender. This is an exit point onto yangfor excess yin and yang ming energy, connecting with CV17.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: For energy seen to rise and fall, not rising continuously, diaphragm irritation, reflux esophagitis, asthenia, tight upper and middle back, dispersing anxiety.

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LOCATION: Below 6th thoracic vertabra.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS: Affects thoracic cage.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Dyspnea.

CLASSICAL: This tower brings to mind the taoist folk tale of the governor who could not see over the trees surrounding his residence. Thus, he built a tower which he could ascend in order to gain perspective on his kingdom and view the scenery. Hence GV 10 may be thought of as a point which gives perspective and "penetrating insight" to the heart.

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LOCATION: Below 5th thoracic vertabra.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS: Intersects with Sp Tendino-Muscular Meridian.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Cardiac disorders, with tension radiating to chest.

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LOCATION: Below 3rd thoracic vertabra.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS: Midline point associated with Iu of Lung.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Respiratory problems.

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LOCATION: Below 1st thoracic vertabra.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS: Intersection with Bl.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Full chest, vertigo, torticollis.

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LOCATION: Above the first thoracic vertabra.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch, slightly upward.

REMARKS: Intersection of 3 yang meridians of both arms and legs. Excellent point for dispersing upper back, neck and shoulder tension. Functions are directed by Yang Keo.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Tonsillitis, hysteria, torticollis, epistaxis, flu,easily cold,

headaches. Expels heat, activates Lu, resolves phlegm, sedates excess Yang in the head, convulsions, expels wind, reglates blood, increases health and strength.

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LOCATION: Above the 2nd cervical vertabrae, located with patient seated and head flexed.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly down to the dura. Have someonestabilize neck while you're doing this point is preferable.

REMARKS: Many vessels go from this point to the speech centers of the brain. It's an intersection point with Yang Oe.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Excess head Yang, headache, stiff neck.

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LOCATION: Directly below the occipital protuberance, in the midline.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.

REMARKS: Intersections with Bl, Yang oe, and vessels to the brain, wind

problems can enter here and it is a Window of the Sky Point.

ANATOMY:

FUNCTION: Early malaise with stiffness, mutism.

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LOCATION: 1.5 cun above GV16.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.5-0.8 inch.

REMARKS: Bladder intersection and vessels to the brain.

ANATOMY: