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GV-12: XIV-12: shen zhu

acupuncture

definition

shen zhu = body's pillar

location: On the posterior midline, inferior to the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra.

actions: dissipates Heat and Wind; dispels pathogens and relieves fever; pacifies the Shen; clears the Heart; treats thyroid imbalance (Matsumoto); cools Heat of the chest; tonifies the Lung; sedates cough; reverses Rebellious Qi; readjusts Qi of all Yang channels

indications: mental illnesses; suicidal; incoherent speech; madness; hyperactivity; extreme anxiety, esp. in children; amnesia; headache; epilepsy, esp. in children; clonic spasm; sensation of heat in the body (Mann, p. 80); epistaxis; glossitis; cough; bronchitis; asthma; dyspnea; back stiffness and pain, esp. lumbar spine; rheumatism

needle technique: lateral and slightly upward oblique insertion, 0.3 - 1.0 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, possibly spreading downward

moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole

combinations:

» with GV-10 (-) removes pathogenic Yang and Toxic Fire (Finkelstein, p. 79);

» with CV-4 and St-36 (Æ all) for rickets (Shanghai, p. 197);

» with GV-14 and UB-12 for pertussis (Shanghai, p. 197);

» with GV-14 and UB-13 for chronic bronchitis (Æ) (Shanghai, p. 197);

» with Lu-9 and St-40 restores order to the Lung, eliminates Wind, transforms Phlegm, and stills cough (Finkelstein, p. 79);

» with GV-8 (Æ both) for attack of Wind with very strong or non-existent pulse (Finkelstein, p. 79);

» with Lu-9, St-4 and UB-13 regulate the Lung, extrude draft, dissolve Phlegm, and produces antitussive action (Finkelstein, p. 79).

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