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extra point(s)
xia jiao shu
acupuncture
definition
xia jiao shu = lower warmer's hollow
Shu Associated point of the Lower Warmer
location: at the mid-point between GV-1 and the anus; or, one cun lateral to GV-1
N-BW-38
actions: expels Wind; clears Heat and Summer-Heat; harmonizes and tonifies Ying (Constructive) Qi; regulates and invigorates the Xue (Blood); cools Heat, dissipates Wind, and transforms Damp-Heat in the Xue (Blood); nourishes Xue (Blood) Dryness; regulates the Fu-Qi (Air of Hollow Organs) of the Triple Warmer; governs and perfuses the Lower Warmer; eliminates fetidness and extrudes toxic worms from the digestive tract (Finkelstein, p. 95); regulates the menses; stimulates nerves of the pelvic plexus (Shanghai, p. 350)
indications: chronic schistosomiasis; intestinal parasites
needle technique: slanted insertion upward, 1.0 - 3.0 cun
combinations:
» with zhong jiao shu for chronic schistosomiasis using electroacupuncture (Shanghai, p. 586)
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