YNSA Treatment

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YNSA Treatment

Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing says: “The superior physician controls disease before any illness has declared itself; the average practioner uses acupuncture before the disease has come to its crisis; the inferior practitioner treats the patient when the illness is already dying away.”¹

In this chapter, some of the more common medical diagnoses and protocols for treating them using YNSA are discussed.

A listing of anatomical sites and the corresponding channels that could be disturbed when pathology is located there is given in Table 12–1 and the Seven Emotions and their related channels are listed in Table 12–2. Please use this treatment point list as a guide in selecting the proper Basic and Ypsilon points. Use the guide, in sequence, until one of two things happens, YNSA Neck/Abdominal Diagnosis or TCM/Five Phase Pulse Diagnosis is negative and symptoms improve. As always, one must rely on positive patient history, physical examination, and YNSA neck, YNSA abdominal, and/or TCM/Five Phase pulse diagnosis for final selection of all YNSA points to be used in the patient.

**Table 12–1** Ypsilon and Basic points in order of importance based on TCM channel influence
Pain Site/Pathology	Ypsilon Points	Basic Points

Vertex of head	BL, LR, TB, GB	M-1, M-2
Brain	BL, ST	M-1, M-2, M-3
Forehead	ST, BL, LR, GB, TB, KI, SP, HT, SI	M-1, M-2
Face	LR, GB, BL, SI, TB, ST, LU, BL	M-2, S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, TMJ
Eye	LR, HT, ST, GB, BL, SI, TB	M-2, S-1
Eyelid	Upper BL; Lower ST	M-2, S-1
Nose	ST, BL, LU, LI, ST, SI, LR	M-2, S-2
Maxillary/face	BL, ST, LI, SI	M-2, S-2, S-3
Submandibular	ST, GB, SI, TB, LI	M-2, S-2, S-3
Angle of the jaw	GB, ST	M-2, S-3, TMJ
Lips and mouth	ST, LR, LI, ST	S-3, TMJ
Teeth	LI, ST	S-3, TMJ
Tongue	TB, BL, HT, SP, KI	S-3
Ear	BL, GB, ST, SI, TB, LI, PC, KI, HT, LU, SP	M-2, S-4
Occipital region	BL, GB, KI	M-2, M-3
Pharynx and upper esophagus	SI, HT, GB, ST, SP, LI, BL	M-2, S-3, A-1–8
Trachea	ST, GB, LR, HT, PC, LI, LU	M-2, S-3, A-1–8
Epiglottis	LR	M-2, A-1–8
Larynx	KI	M-2, A-1–8
Nape of the neck	BL, SI, GB, KI, LI	A-1–8
Shoulder and scapula	BL, GB, SI, LI, TB, LU	A-1–8, C-1, B-1
Chest	HT, LU, PC, TB	E-1–12
Center of chest	LU, LI, HT, KI, LR	E-1–12
Heart	HT, SI, SP, KI, BL, GB, ST, TB	E-1–6, M-2, A-1–8
Pericardium	PC, TB, KI	E-1–6, A-1–8
Breast	ST, LI, GB, HT, ST	E-1–6
Spine	BL, KI, ST, LI	A-1–8, E-1–12, D-1–6, D
Axilla	GB, LU, HT, PC, SI, BL	B-1, C-1
Ribs and lateral costal region	GB, PC, LR, ST, LU, SP	E-1–12
Liver	LR, GB	E-6–12
Gall bladder	GB, LR	E-6–12
Lower back	BL, GB	D-1–6, D
Kidney	KI, BL	E-6–12
Buttocks	BL	F-1, D-1–6, C-2
Sacrococcyx	GB, BL	F-1, D-1–6, C-2
Abdomen	ST, SP, LR, KI, LI	E-6–12
Umbilicus	ST, SP, HT	E-6–12
Spleen	SP, ST	E-6–12
Stomach	ST, SP, SI, LR, LU	E-6–12
Intestines	LI, LU, SP, SI, HT	E-6–12, D-1–4
Bladder	BL, KI, TB	E-6–12, D-1–4
Triple burner	TB, PC, LU	E-1–12
Genital region	LR, ST, SP, KI	D-1–6
Hip	GB, LR, SP, ST, BL, KI	F1, D-1–6, C-2
Ankle, foot lateral	GB, BL, ST	C-2
Ankle, foot medial	KI, LR, SP	C-2
Knee lateral	GB, ST, BL	C-2, G-1
Knee medial	LR, SP, KI	C-2, G-3
Elbow lateral	LI, SI, TB	C-1
Elbow medial	HT, LU, PC	C-1
Hand/fingers lateral	SI, LU, TB	C-1
Hand/fingers medial	LI, HT, PC	C-1