rx
point
GB-12: VII-12: wan gu
acupuncture
definition
wan gu = completed bone; final bone
Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Foot Tai Yang (Bladder) channel on the Foot Xiao Yang (Gall Bladder) channel
location: In the depression, posterior and inferior to the mastoid process, approximately level with GV-16, which is just below the external occipital protruberance.
actions: pacifies the Shen; stimulates the Brain; opens the sensory Orifices, esp. clears the ear; eliminates Wind and Cold; clears Heat; reduces upward disturbance of Fire of Liver/Gall Bladder
indications: insanity; epilepsy; insomnia, esp. due to uprising of Liver Yang; headache; lightheadedness; Wind affecting the head; otitis media; deafness; swelling of face and head; facial hemiplegia or paralysis; swelling of the cheek due to toothache; gingivitis; aphasia; red or dark yellow urine; pain and stiffness of the neck; torticollis; muscular flaccidity and weakness of the foot; weakness or paralysis of the lower extremities
needle technique: obliquely downward, 0.5 - 1.0 cun
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with UB-18 and UB-19 reduces the upward disturbance of Fire of the Liver and Gall Bladder (Finkelstein, p. 65);
» with Lu-10, Lu-11, Sp-4, St-41 and UB-67 for chest pains and irritability associated with neurasthenia (Shanghai, p. 627).
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