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UB-16: III-16: du shu
acupuncture

definition

du shu = governor hollow/correspondence
Shu Associated point of the Du Mai (Governing Vessel)
location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T-6, level with GV-10.
actions: calms the Heart and Shen; clears the Mind; clears Heat; cools Heat in the Xue (Blood); invigorates Xue (Blood); regulates the tongue and speech; benefits the breath and the Diaphragm; expands and relaxes the chest; regulates the Heart; facilitates lactation; disperses Yang Shi (Excess) in the Du Mai (Governing Vessel)
indications: nervous breakdown (Mann, p. 33); fever and chills; alopecia; mastitis; cardiac pain; endocarditis; pericarditis; dilatation of the heart; Hot or Cold chest pain; Rebellious Qi; hiccoughs; spasms of the diaphragm; abdominal pain; colic; intestinal noises; pyelonephritis; pain in loins; pruritus; boils and abscesses; psoriasis
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.0 cun, angled slightly toward the spine, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, sometimes spreading between the ribs; caution: be careful to avoid deep perpendicular insertion so as not to puncture the lungs; or
oblique inferior insertion, 0.3 - 0.6 cun, angled downward along the muscle, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension;
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with UB-13, UB-17, LI-11 and Sp-10 for psoriasis (Shanghai, p. 203);
» with GV-14, UB-15 and UB-17 for furuncle, abscess, folliculitis (Shanghai, p. 203);
» with UB-22 and UB-32 (mild stimulation) for chronic pyelonephritis; also consider: St-36 and/or UB-54/40 (Lee and Cheung, p. 274).


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