Tonification Points
12 points · study category
The Mother point of each channel according to the generating cycle of the Five Phases (Five Elements). It is needled with tonification when the channel is in deficiency, and it is the one indicated by a low Ryodoraku reading.
Its story in the classics: Well, spring, stream, river, and seaPoints in the category · 12
- LU9Great AbyssTài YuānLung
- GB43Narrow RavineXiá XīGallbladder
- PC9Central RushZhōng ChōngPericardium
- LI11Pool at the BendQū ChíLarge Intestine
- ST41Released StreamJiě XīStomach
- SP2Great MetropolisDà DūSpleen
- HT9Lesser SurgeShào ChōngHeart
- SI3Back StreamHòu XīSmall Intestine
- BL67Reaching YinZhì YīnBladder
- KI7Returning CurrentFùliūKidney
- TE3Central IsletZhōng ZhǔTriple Energizer
- LR8Spring at the BendQū QuánLiver
In the classical tradition
- Well, spring, stream, river, and sea
Jing-Well, Ying-Spring, Shu-Stream, Jing-River, and He-Sea points: the water imagery of the Lingshu, the Five Phases of the Nanjing, and the mother-child rule.