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UB-28: III-28: pang guang shu
acupuncture

definition

pang guang shu = bladder's hollow/correspondence
Shu Associated point of the Pang Guang (Urinary Bladder); receives a vessel from the Bladder
location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of S-2, level with the 2nd sacral foramen.
actions: dispels Wind and Dampness; regulates and tonifies the Bladder; regulates the Water Pathways; promotes diuresis; expels stones (especially urinary tract); "disperses Qi, clears blockages, and facilitates functioning of the Lower Warmer to help perspiration and drainage" (Finkelstein, p. 46); clears Heat from the Lower Warmer; reinforces Yuan (Original) Qi; benefits the back and spine, esp. the lumbar vertebrae
indications: head cold; poor circulation, esp. in young women; diabetes mellitus; lower abdominal pain and distension; diarrhea; constipation; diseases of the urogenital system; nephroptosis; painful urination; cystitis; urinary tract infection; urinary incontinence; urinary stoppage; hematuria; dark and rough-flowing urine; swelling and pain in the genitals; metritis; loss of sperm; prostatitis; lumbosacral pain and stiffness; sciatica; pain in lower leg; cramp in calves; weakness of lower leg
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.8 - 1.2 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, sometimes spreading to the buttocks
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with UB-32, UB-33, CV-3 and UB-53/39 regulates Bladder (Finkelstein, p. 46);
» with CV-3 clears Damp-Heat from the Bladder; regulates urination;
» with CV-3 and Sp-6 clears Dampness and Heat from the Bladder and sets into motion the vaporization of the Lower Warmer (Finkelstein, p. 46);
» with UB-27 induces diuresis; clears and reduces Summer-Heat (Flaws, 1989, p. 84; Finkelstein, p. 46);
» with UB-23, Sp-6 and Sp-9 for urinary tract infection (Shanghai, p. 214);
» with CV-2, UB-23 and Sp-6 for prostatitis (Shanghai, p. 214);
» with UB-20 for untransformed digestate due to Spleen Xu (Deficiency) (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 213).


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