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UB-67: III-67: zhi yin
acupuncture

definition

zhi yin = reaching Yin; extremity of Yin
Jing Well, Metal, Tonification and Exit point of the Foot Tai Yang (Bladder) channel; departure point of the Bladder muscle channel; activates opposite side of distinct channel; "root of Yang" according to Nei Jing (Finkelstein, p. 51)
location: On the lateral side of the 5th toe, 0.1 cun proximal to the corner of nail.
actions: dispels Wind and clears Heat; clears and disperses the vicious Yang; regulates Yin-Yang, opens the Orifices, and resuscitates the senses; calms the Shen; clears the Brain; regulates and promotes flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); brightens the eyes and improves vision; clears the nose; regulates pregnancy and childbirth; repositions the Fetus; eliminates Dampness; transforms Damp-Heat; seeps Dampness downward; effects ovaries, all hormones and lymphatic system (Finkelstein, p. 51)
indications: melancholia; fever; malarial disorders with no sweating; stroke; infantile convulsions; vertigo; heavy feeling in head; headache: occipital (Shanghai, p. 285) or parietal (Lade, p. 178); membrane and pain of the eye; pterygium; dim vision; eye or medial canthus pain; epistaxis; nasal obstruction; clear nasal discharge; retained placenta; difficult labor; malposition of fetus (D); spermatorrhea; prostatic hypertrophy (early stages); difficult urination; intercostal neuralgia; itching over the entire body
treatment note: Caution must be exercised when needling this point on a person who has a history of susceptibility to supraorbital or occipital neuralgia. (Mann, p. 43)
needle technique: slanted insertion, angled upward, 0.1 - 0.2 cun, producing localized pain, or prick the point to draw a few drops of blood; needling is contraindicated during pregnancy
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole; three cones of direct moxa will cause uterine contractions which can increase heartbeat of fetus and induce labor; indirect moxa with a pole for 15 minutes daily will turn a breech presentation without inducing labor (Finkelstein, p. 51)
combinations:
» with GV-24, GV-23, GV-22, GV-21, GV-19, GB-19, GB-20, SI-5, Sp-2, UB-63, UB-62 and St-36 for dizziness (Shanghai, p. 686);
» with GB-20 and tai yang for occipital headache (Shanghai, p. 285);
» with Lu-10, Lu-11, Sp-4, St-41, and GB-12 for chest pains and irritability associated with neurasthenia (Shanghai, p. 627);
» with Sp-6 and LI-4 for difficult labor (Finkelstein, p. 51);
» with Sp-6 and UB-60 for difficult labor (Finkelstein, p. 51);
» with St-36 will hasten delivery (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 236);
» with UB-23, CV-4 and Sp-6 treats seminal loss;
» with St-15 treat itching diseases that are accompanied by pain (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 122).


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