The five ports contain Jing, Xing, Lung, Jing and He, with different roles and therapeutic characteristics, such as first aid for Jing, and Xing points for heat, etc. And they have the attributes of the five elements, which can be combined to treat diseases. And the points have the attributes of the five elements, which can be used in combination to treat diseases.
1. Well points can be used for first aid and treatment of dirty diseases. For example, the Shaoshang point is a well point of the lung meridian, which can be used not only to treat lung diseases but also to treat coma, epilepsy and other emergencies.
2. Xing acupoints can be used to treat heat and apply to diseases related to the meridians. For example, the Xing point of the Lung meridian can be used to treat cough, hemoptysis, sore throat and other solid heat conditions of the Lung.
3. Transfusion points are used for treating joint pain and dirty diseases, and are applicable to diseases related to the meridians. For example, Taiyuan is a transmission point of the lung meridian, which is mainly used for treating wrist and arm pain, cough, asthma and other lung diseases.
4. Meridian points can be used to treat pain in the areas where the meridians circulate. For example, the meridian channel point is a lung meridian point, treating wrist pain and lung diseases.
5. Combination points can treat diseases of the internal organs. Such as Chi Ze point for the lung meridian joint point, in addition to the main treatment of lung diseases, elbow and arm contracture pain, but also for acute vomiting and diarrhea.
In addition, the five acupuncture points are especially different from other special points in that it has five elements, when the meridians for the yin meridian, wells, Xing, lose, through, and the five elements of the joint in order of wood, fire, earth, gold, water; meridians for the yang meridian, the five elements of the five elements of the order of gold, water, wood, fire, earth.
When treating diseases, the points are selected according to the viewpoint of “the deficient one replenishes his mother, and the solid one diarrhea his son”.