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point

Kd-27: IV-27: shu fu

acupuncture

definition

shu fu = conveying palace; store house

Associated point of all Associated points (Finkelstein, p. 56)

location: Immediately inferior to the lower border of the clavicle at the medial end, 2 cun from the midline of the chest.

actions: regulates and volatilizes the Lung; tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; expands and relaxes the chest; redirects Rebellious Qi downward; harmonizes the Stomach; fortifies the Spleen; stimulates Kidney function of reception of Qi; tonifies Kidney (especially Yang); sedates dyspnea and asthma; stops cough; resolves Phlegm

indications: depression; irritability; anxiety; sensation of Qi rising upward within the body; headache due to mental strain; mental fatigue; rhinophyma; anorexia; painful tongue; vomiting; esophageal spasm; nausea; coughing; bronchitis; dyspnea; asthma, esp. chronic asthma due to Kidney Xu (Deficiency); pain, fullness and/or stifling sensation in chest; palpitations; abdominal distension; premenstrual pain and tension; intercostal neuralgia; brachial neuralgia

needle technique: perpendicular or oblique insertion, 0.3 - 0.5 cun

moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole

combinations:

» with St-18 to treat productive Qi cough and Phlegm dyspnea (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 263);

» with tender sacral point for depression (Matsumoto);

» with CV-22, CV-17 and Lu-1 for coughing and wheezing induced by rheumatic heart disease (Shanghai, p. 174);

» with GB-20, GV-14, UB-12, CV-22, CV-13, Lu-9, St-36, UB-10, CV-12, Lu-8 and St-40 for pertussis (Lee and Cheung, p. 230);

» with CV-8, CV-9, CV-5, CV-17, CV-7, GV-4, CV-11, CV-4, CV-6, GB-26, St-13, Sp-21 and tender points using moxa sticks (10-15 minutes) or 5-7 cones of moxa on a slice of ginger on two or three points each day of daily treatment for chyluria (Shanghai, p. 586).

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