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UB-54/40: III-54: wei zhong

acupuncture

definition

wei zhong = equilibrium middle; entrusting middle; bend middle

He Sea Uniting and Earth point of the Foot Tai Yang (Bladder) channel; Command point of the back (upper and lower); point of departure of divergent channels of Bladder and Kidney

location: At the midpoint of the popiteal fossa.

actions: clears Heat from the Xue (Blood) to cool fever, drain Summer-Heat, and treat skin diseases (bleed); transforms Damp-Heat; calms the fetus; benefits Kidney Qi and regulates Bladder; controls the renal region (Finkelstein, p. 49); strengthens the waist; treats genital and anal pain; relaxes the muscles and sinews; benefits the lower back, hips, legs and knees

indications: mania; nervousness; spasms in children; coma due to stroke; hemiplegia; heat exhaustion; seizures; leprosy; tidal fever; high fever without sweating, esp. if preceded by cold sensation in the back; spontaneous sweating; night sweats due to weakness; sensation of heaviness throughout body; heavy feeling in head with leg cramps; loss of head hair and eyebrows; epistaxis; any throat problems; vomiting; twisting pain in the chest and abdomen; acute gastroenteritis; bleeding hemorrhoids; diarrhea, esp. bloody diarrhea; urinary incontinence; anuria; enuresis; painful urination; restless fetus due to Heat in the Xue (Blood); herpes zoster; neck stiffness, esp. with lumbago; stiffness and pain of the lumbar spine; hip joint pain; sciatica; arthritis of the knee; paralysis of lower limb; spasm of the gastrocnemius muscle; foot swollen; carbuncles; skin diseases in general

needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.5 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, or a numb, electrical feeling spreading to the bottom of the foot; or prick the point to draw a few drops of blood for acute sprain of the lower back, avoid deep lancing

moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole

combinations:

» with CV-4 and CV-6 "addresses vacuity", i.e. Xu (Deficiency) (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 220);

» with PC-3 drains Heat (Finkelstein, p. 49);

» with Sp-10 and UB-17 expels Damp and clears Heat in the Xue (Blood) (Finkelstein, p. 49);

» with GV-14, LI-11 and St-43 (can also add: tai yang, PC-6 and St-36) for erysipelas (Shanghai, p. 635);

» with LI-4 for inflammation (Finkelstein, p. 49);

» with shi xuan and GV-26 for heat exhaustion (Shanghai, p. 280);

» with Lu-11 and Lu-5 for continuous fever (Finkelstein, p. 49);

» with UB-23 and GV-3 relaxes the lumbar muscles (Finkelstein, p. 49)

» with UB-23, GV-3 and UB-60 for lower back pain;

» with Kd-7 for back pain (Shanghai, p. 280);

» with UB-30 for back and lumbar pain (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 220)

» with GV-28 and point of pain for acute sprain of lower back (Shanghai, p. 280);

» with UB-23 and UB-60 for low back pain (Shanghai, p. 280).

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