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rx
point
Lu-6: IX-6: kong zui
acupuncture
definition
kong zui = biggest hole; collection hole
Xi Cleft Accumulation point of the Hand Tai Yin (Lung) channel
location: On the palmar aspect of the forearm, 5 cun inferior to Chi Ze (Lu-5) and 7 cun superior to Tai Yuan (Lu-9).
actions: opens and adjusts the Lungs; regulates Lung Qi; suppresses Rebellious Lung Qi and causes Lung Qi to descend; cools Heat and disperses Fire from Lung; resolves the Exterior; provokes perspiration; treats Hot or Cold cough; cools and clears the throat; moistens the Lung; stops bleeding (hemoptysis); benefits Qi to reestablish digestion; dissolves and relieves hemorrhoids, esp. bleeding; opens the channels and releases blocked Qi of the arm
indications: absence of sweating, even with high fever; migraine; headaches, esp. tension headaches due to fear (Mann, p. 4); loss of voice; sore throat; tonsillitis; coughing; hemoptysis; asthma, esp. acute; pneumonia; belching; pain in elbow and arm with difficulty bending the arm
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.3 - 1.5 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, sometimes spreading through the forearm
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with Kd-4 (listed as "Kd-5") for fear and tension type migraine (Mann, p. 120)
» with UB-13, GV-14 and St-36 replenishes Lung and disperses Toxic factors (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with UB-12 and UB-13 for pleurisy (Shanghai, p. 197);
» with Lu-1 and UB-13 for chronic bronchitis (Shanghai, p. 176);
» with GV-12, SI-15 and GV-9 for bronchiectasis (Shanghai, p. 195);
» with LI-4 and Lu-5 for hemoptysis (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with LI-11 and UB-13 for hemoptysis (Shanghai, p. 243);
» with LI-16, Lu-5 and Lu-10 for coughing blood (Shanghai, p. 225);
» with UB-17 treats expectoration of blood (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with Lu-1, UB-11 and UB-13 for pneumonia (Shanghai, p. 196);
» with St-36, jie he xue, GV-14 and UB-13; can also add: Sp-4, Lu-9, Kd-3, Lu-1, UB-17, Ht-6, Ht-7, CV-12, St-25, Sp-6, UB-23, CV-4 and CV-17 for pulmonary tuberculosis (Shanghai, p. 587);
» with GV-14 and UB-13 for pneumonia (Shanghai, p. 242);
» with St-36, Sp-6, CV-4, CV-3 and Kd-3 for abnormal uterine bleeding (Shanghai, p. 673);
» with Sp-3 relieves hemorrhoids (Finkelstein, p. 2).
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