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CV-1: XIII-1: hui yin
acupuncture

definition

hui yin = meeting of yin
Entry point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); Luo Connecting point of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) with the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), Du Mai (Governing Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); emergency point for drowning
location: In the center of the perineum, between the anus and the genitals.
actions: communicates Yin with Yang; pacifies the Shen; clears the Brain; opens the Orifices to revive consciousness; tonifies and regulates Qi; clears Heat and transforms Dampness; strengthens the lumbus and boosts the Kidney (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 347); secures the Jing (Essence) and the lower Orifices; regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates the menstruation
indications: revival from drowning; hysteria; insanity; mental agitation; melancholia; coma; postpartum stupor; sudden infantile epilepsy; painful urination; urethritis; urinary and/or fecal retention; constipation with infrequent micturition; chronic hemorrhoids; pruritus ani; uterovaginal or rectal prolapse; genital or perineal pain, itching and swelling; excessive perspiration in perineal area; irregular menstruation; dysmenorrhea; amenorrhea, esp. in young women; vaginal pain and swelling; impotence; spermatorrhea; prostatitis; pain or cold at the head of the penis; scrotum cold; nocturnal perspiration that is not salty (Mann, p. 72)
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.0 cun
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» GV-26, Lu-11, Sp-1, PC-7, UB-62 (hot needle), GV-16, St-6 (warming needle), CV-24, PC-8, GV-23, CV-1 (for males; for females, use a point at the opening of the vagina), LI-11 (hot needle) and hai quan (prick) known as the thirteen Ghost points, these are needled in the order presented for psychosis (madness and insanity) (Shanghai, p. 630);
» with Kd-3 and Ht-7 (+): tonify Kidney Yin and Jing (Essence), esp. for chronic nocturnal emissions (Maciocia, p. 253).


footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 253, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.