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rx
point
St-38: XI-38: tiao kou
acupuncture
definition
tiao kou = ribbon opening; line's opening
location: 8 cun below Du Bi (St-35), 2 cun below Shang Ju Xu (St-37), at the midpoint between Du Bi (St-35) and Jie Xi (St- 41), near the edge of the tibia.
actions: dissipates Cold; regulates the Stomach and breast; treats acute shoulder problems; relaxes the muscles and tendons; warms the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels
indications: gastric or duodenal ulcer (approximate tender/painful point) (Matsumoto); enteritis; dysentery; shoulder pain, inflammation and stiffness; swelling of the knee and thigh; arthritis of the knee; paralysis, pain and/or weakness in the lower leg; spasm of the calf muscles; foot drop; feverish sensation in the soles
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.5 cun, producing a numb, electrical feeling spreading toward foot
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxibustion with a pole
combinations:
» after GB-39 for difficulty in moving the legs (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 134);
» with Lu-1 (-) for galactorrhea (Flaws, 1983, p. 57);
» UB-25, UB-30, GV-4, thread St-38 to UB-57, thread GB-34 to Sp-9 for progressive muscular dystrophy (Shanghai, p. 212);
» ca. St-38 with Sp-4 or Sp-9, unilaterally, to treat gastric (left) or duodenal (right) ulcer and rectify the underlying Spleen/Stomach imbalance (Matsumoto); see "peptic ulcer disease" combinations;
» with St-25, St-29, Sp-10, Sp-8 and Lv-3 to treat irregular menstruation and amenorrhea (Flaws, 1989, p. 96);
» TW-14 thread to Ht-1, thread St-38 to UB-57 for perifocal inflammation of the shoulder joint (Shanghai, p. 224).
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