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extra point(s)
si hua
acupuncture

definition

si hua = four flowers
• same as UB-17 and UB-19
actions: strengthen and nourish Xue (Blood)
indications: exhaustion; emaciation; chronic consumptive diseases; Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency); weakness in bones; bronchitis; coughing phlegm; asthma; dyspnea; emphysema; tuberculosis
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.0 cun, angled slightly toward the spine, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, sometimes spreading between the ribs; caution: be careful to avoid deep perpendicular insertion so as not to puncture the lungs; or
oblique inferior insertion, 0.3 - 0.6 cun, angled downward along the muscle, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension;
moxa: 3 - 9 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 20 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole


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