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rx
point
UB-27: III-27: xiao chang shu
acupuncture
definition
xiao chang shu = small intestine's hollow/correspondence
Shu Associated point of the Xiao Chang (Small Intestine); receives a vessel from the Large Intestine; special point for the liquid humors and Yin of Bladder or Small Intestine (Finkelstein, p. 45)
location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of S-1, level with the 1st sacral foramen.
actions: opens, moves and regulates the Small Intestine; eliminates Dampness and cools Heat; transforms Stagnation and Accumulation; promotes diuresis; promotes separation of the Clear and the Turbid; strengthens the lower back
indications: dry mouth; emaciation and thirst; lower abdominal pain and distension; intestinal colic; peritonitis; enteritis; colitis; diarrhea; dysentery; constipation; hemorrhoids; blood in stools; spermatorrhea; gonorrhea; leukorrhea; metritis; enuresis; urinary tract infections; painful urination; urinary incontinence; blood in urine; dark or red urine; low back pain; pain in the sacroiliac and diseases of the sacroiliac joint; sciatica; foot swelling
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.8 - 1.2 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension; or
slanted insertion, for arthritis of sacroiliac or peritonitis, 0.5 - 2.0 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, possibly spreading throughout the sacroiliac joint
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with GV-14, UB-20, UB-23, and appropriate jia ji points for rheumatoid arthritis of vertebrae (Shanghai, p. 214);
» with UB-28 induces diuresis; clears and reduces Summer-Heat (Flaws, 1989, p. 84; Finkelstein, p. 45);
» with St-39 clears Stagnation and removes Obstruction from the Intestines (Finkelstein, p. 45).
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