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UB-10: III-10: tian zhu
acupuncture

definition

tian zhu = celestial pillar
Window of the Sky point; Sea of Qi general point
location: 1.3 cun lateral to Ya Men (GV-15), 0.5 cun within the posterior hairline in the depression on the lateral border of the trapezius muscle.
actions: dispels Wind, Wind-Cold, Wind-Heat, Wind-Phlegm, and Cold; clears and opens the Orifices; clears the head; dispels Fire; reduces fever; tranquilizes and descends Rebellious Qi; modulating effect on the medullary functions; special point for vago-sympathetic action; stimulates autonomic nervous system; tonifies motor function (Finkelstein, p. 38); brightens the eyes; clears the sinuses; dispels Heat and benefits the throat; calms the Heart; opens and clears channels of the neck; strengthens or relaxes the sinews and tendons; strengthens the back
indications: hysteria; neurasthenia; nymphomania; seizures; ataxia; infantile convulsions; lightheadedness; heavy, dizzy and painful head; occipital headache; stiffness and soreness in the back of the neck; whiplash; spasm of neck muscles; eye diseases; dim vision; nasal congestion; inability to smell; difficulty in speaking; pharyngitis; throat pain and swelling; asthma; difficult breathing; chest pain; limbs and body not coordinated; back pain; brachial neuralgia; writer's cramp; lower extremity weakness; Cold-predominant painful obstruction
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.0 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, sometimes spreading to the top of the head; caution: do not point needle upward where it might puncture the medulla oblongata
combinations:
» with TW-17 clears the Mind, reduces Liver Fire, and suppresses Rebellious Qi (Flaws, 1989, p. 85; Finkelstein, p. 38);
» with GV-13 and UB-60 for severe dizziness (Shanghai, p. 168);
» with SI-6 for blurry vision (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 200);
» with Lu-11 for chronic cough, pharyngitis (Shanghai, p. 168);
» with Lu-1, Lu-10 and Lu-11 cools the throat (Finkelstein, p. 38);
» with luo zhen for stiff neck (Shanghai, p. 168).


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