PAIN CONTROL WITH

ACUPUNCTURE

Tae Cheong Choo, L.Ac., OMD, Ph.D

Myung Hwa Chung, L.Ac.,Ph.D
Samra University of Oriental Medicine
Sponsered by: La Casa de la Acupuntura

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 MORNING PROGRAM
I. Head and Face
• Headache
• Eyes
• Nose
• Mouth, tongue, teeth
• Face
II. Neck and Upper Extremities
• Neck
• Shoulder
• Elbow
• Carpal Tunnel
• Trigger Finger
• Quervain Syndrome
• Black Berry Syndrome

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 I. HEAD AND FACE
HEADACHE

• Examine meridians and sedate fire point of

the affected one.
• Choose Jung Gyuk or Seng Gyuk according
to the affected one
• Young Gol, Dae Baek, PC6.
• Pricking on the ashi area

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 HEAD AND FACE
Headache:
• SI3(Wan soon Il, Yi) (occipital)
• SP3, LI3, ST36 (frontal)
• LI3, LI4, LIV Jung Gyuk (vertex)
• ST43, Kinetic on taiyang (temporal)

Migraine
• Healthy side GB39, affected side Gb20
• Poong shi(GB 31),
• ST43 Use if pain is at Tai Yang (M-HN-9).
• Taiyang bleeding or kinetic acupuncture

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 GB31

LU8
KD10
ST36
Wansoon il,yi LI4
LI3

Liv 4

ST43

SP3

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 EYE
Blurred or dryness
• KD7, SP9
• TaiYang or apex of ear Bleeding
• Bi yik
• Around eyes (quick needle)
Sty (hordeolum)
• GV25 prickig
• Spleen JG3.
Red eyes (conjunctivitis)
• Bleed the ear apex, Tai Yang
• BL 18, KD7
• Bleed the red spots inside the eyelids
Floaters in vision
• BL JG ( LI1 BL67+, ST36 BL40-)

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 BL40

ST36

KD7

SP3 BL67
SP SP
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1 2
 HT8
Ear apex

Bi Yik
GV25

BL18

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 NOSE

Allergic rhinitis
• Four Gate, LI11, ST36
• GV16, BL13 cupping
• Yintang, LI20 to Bitong
• ST Junk Gyuk SI5 ST41+, GB41 ST43 -
Rosacea
• Su Liao (GV 25) pricking
• Pi Shu (Bl 20) and Wei Shu (Bl 21). pricking

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 ST36

LI11

LI4 ST41

GB41 ST43
LIV3

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 GV16

BL13
Yin Tang

GV25 Bi Tong

BL20
BL21

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 EAR
Otitis media
• GB42 area bleeding
• External malleolus around pricking
Ear pain
• ST36, ST37, GB31, GB12, GB2
• ST 7 (kinetics)
Tinnitus
• KD Jung Gyuk (LU 8KD7+, KD3 SP3-)
• SI Jung Gyuk (GB41 SI3+, BL66 SI2-)

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 GB31

LU8

ST36
SI3 ST37
SI2

KD7

KD3

GB41
BL66 GB42 SP3

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GB2 ST7

GB12

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 MOUTH, TONGUE, & TEETH

Dry mouth
• SP9 (88.09) and ST40
• SI JG(GB41 SI3+, BL66 SI2-)
• Zu San Li (St 36). It can be very effective to bleed this
point when the patient complains that their mouth so
dry that it feels like they are "chewing a sweater" or
that they cannot eat a piece of toast.
Alalia (windstroke)
• Jin Jin and Yu Ye (M-HN-20). Bleed
• Chong Chu(1010, 07) Pricking

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 MOUTH, TONGUE, & TEETH

Hoarse voice
• Sil Yum(88.32)
• Ren 23
Sore throat
• LI1, LU11 Bleeding
• KD JG (Lu8 KD7 +, SP3 KD3-)
Toothache
• SP Jung Gyuk (SP2 HT8+, Liv1 SP1-)
• LI3, LI4, ST44, ST 36, TE2
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 GB31

LU8
Sil Eum

ST36
SI3 LI4
SI2 TE2 LI3
LU11 ST40

KD7

LI1 KD3

GB41
BL66 ST44 SP3
LV1 SP2
SP1

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 Chong chu

Jinjin Yuye

CV23

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 FACE
Facial Palsy
• ST Jung Gyuk
• ST36, ST37, GB31
• inside of mouth pricking
• ST4, ST6 electroacupuncture
• Moxa on mastoid process

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 GB31

SI5

ST36
LI4
ST37
TE2 LI3

ST41

GB41 ST43

LV1

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 ST4
ST6

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 FACE

Twitching of face or eye lid

SI Jung Gyuk (GB41 SI3+, BL66 SI2)
LI3, Si3, TE18
ST36, ST37

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 GB31

ST36
SI3
ST37
SI2 LI3

GB41

BL66

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TE17

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 FACE

Trigeminal Neuralgia
ST36, ST37, ST39
LI3(health side), SI3(Pain side)
Tai yang pricking

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 GB31

ST36
SI3
ST37
LI3
ST39

GB41

BL66

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 II. NECK AND UPPER
EXTREMITIES
NECK(pain and rigidity)

• GB20 to GB20 kinetic

• SI3, BL65
• CV24
• BL40 Prick
• BL60
• Cupping on GV16, GB20

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 BL40
SI3

BL60
BL65

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 GV16 GB20
GB20

GB21
GB21
CV24

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 FROZEN SHOULDER, SHOULDER
SPRAIN, SHOULDER PAIN

• SP9, LU10- healthy side

• ST 38. pain side
• ST 39, ST40- difficult to move posterior adduction
+Pulling (LI3, TE2, or SI3)
• LU 5 Pricking before other needling
• Kinetic
• Cupping on the shoulder
• Moxa

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 LU10
ST36 SP9
SI3 TE3

LI3 ST40
ST39

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 LU5

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 ELBOW PAIN
(TENNIS ELBOW, GOLF ELBOW

• Moxa on epicondyles( lateral or medial)

• LI jung gyuk (LI11 ST36+, LI5 SI5 -)
• SI jung gyuk (GB41 SI3+, BL66 SI2-)
• Electroacupuncture
• Kinetic LI11, LI10

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 SI5 LI5

ST36
SI3
SI2

GB41
Bl66

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 LI11

LI10

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 CARPAL TUNNEL
SYNDROME
• Bafeng
• SP9, PC6 or TE5 (pulling point)
• Oh Ho1, ST38
• Moxa on ashi point
• Electroacupuncture SJ5 to Bafeng, PC 6 to
Bafeng

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TE5

Oho1
SP9

ST38

Ba Feng

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 PC
6

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 TRIGGER FINGER

• LU 5 pricking
• Both Oh Ho 1(tendonitis)-thumb
• Kinetic
• Moxa on ashi point

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O Ho1

Lu5

LU5

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