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Triple Warmer Indications
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| TW 1* | disperses fire; revives consciousness; fever | local | local |
| TW 2* | local | pain and swelling of the fingers | one of the baxie points; Amy believes that the TW channel is underutilized |
| TW 3*** | facilitates circulation of qi in channels; benefits the ear; main distal point for ear problems; | tinnitus; deafness | shu stream; with TW 17 for ear problems |
| TW 4** | local | pain and diseases of the soft tissues of wrist in TCM | source point; is used in JA for chronic KD deficiency because the TW carries the pre-natal qi around |
| TW 5**** | relieves exterior; facilitates circulation of stagnant qi in channels; very strong distal point on the channel (not including ear problems) | common colds (disperse); high fever (shao yang - half in and half out); tinnitus; temporal migraines; lateral stiff neck; hemiplegia (because master point of yang wei); pain in joints; controlling point for the hand and opens up qi circulation to the hand | master point of the yang wei meridian; paired confluent point of dai mai |
| TW 6*** | opens the intestines | intercostal neuralgia; constipation; shingles (herpes zoster); skin disorders | with GB 34 (with dampness) for intercostal neuralgia; GB 41 when a pathway problem; with KD 6 for dry constipation (float the boat) and SP6 to help moisten; with GB 34 for shingles as well as the mu points LV 14 and GB 24 |
| TW 7* | local | local | local |
| TW 8** | clears the yang channels of the arm - LI, SI, TW | pain in the arm involving all three arm meridians; pain in forearm inhibiting movement | meeting point of three upper yang meridians |
| TW 9* | local | local | local |
| TW 10** | lymphatic swelling in the neck with colds or not; | diseases of the soft tissue of the elbow | local |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| TW 11* | local | local | local |
| TW 12* | local | local | local |
| TW 13* | local | local | local |
| TW 14*** | main point for shoulder joint pain | local | with LI 15 for shoulder pain; |
| TW 15** | local | local | usually what you grab at the back when you find GB 21 |
| TW 16** | swelling around neck | tinnitus; deafness; lymphatic swellings around neck | window of sky; with TB 10 for lymph swelling; Kiiko uses it for immune problems and calls it east wind and wind can invade here |
| TW 17*** | benefits hearing and vision | tinnitus; parotitis; locked jaw; facial paralysis; most important local point for ear; dizziness involving ear problems | GB crosses here; with TW 3 |
| TW 18* | local | local | local |
| TW 19* | local | local | local |
| TW 20** | local | parotitis; toothache; tinnitus | SI and GB cross here' rarely used |
| TW 21*** | opens ear; disperses heat as relates to ear; ear problems with heat | tinnitus; otitis media; pus in ear; temporomandibular joint problems | LI 11, TW 17 for heat in the ears |
| TW 22* | local | tinnitus; locked jaw; check for TMJ | local |
| TW 23** | local | local | local |