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rx
point
GV-15: XIV-15: ya men
acupuncture
definition
ya men = mute's gate; door of dumbness
Sea of Bone Marrow Exit point; Sea of Marrow point (with GV-1, GV-16, GV-17 and GV-28); Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Motility Vessel) and the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); one of the Nine Needles for Returning the Yang; receives a vessel from the Bladder channel
location: On the midline, inferior to the spinous process of the 1st cervical vertebra, 0.5 cun superior to the posterior hairline.
actions: dispels Wind, Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat; clears the Shen and consciousness; strengthens the Mind; balances mental state (Maciocia, p. 210); benefits and clears the Brain; opens the sensory Orifices; opens the voice; benefits the throat and treats mutism; influences the thyroid and parathyroids (Worsley, 1975, p. B-20); facilitates the joints; frees the channels; removes Obstruction from the collateral vessels; stops pain
indications: mania; depression; epilepsy; clonic spasm; headache, esp. occipital; epistaxis; complete or partial loss of voice, esp. suddenly; loss of voice and stiffness of tongue following stroke; difficulty or slowness moving tongue; sublingual swelling; opisthotonos; tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis; swelling of the throat; neck stiff; spine rigid
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.4 - 0.5 cun, producing a local sensation of distension and heaviness; caution: avoid deep insertion
moxa: direct moxibustion contraindicated; 3 - 5 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with GV-14, yi ming, PC-6, St-36 and the Three Vertebral Points for incomplete maturation of the brain (Shanghai, p. 167);
» with GV-26, SI-3 and St-40 for seizures (Shanghai, p. 167);
» GV-15, PC-8, Sp-6, Kd-1, Kd-3, CV-12, GB-30, St-36 and LI-4 are the Nine Needles for Returning the Yang (Li, p. 627-628; Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 66);
» with TW-1 to treat "sluggish tongue and inability to speak" (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 380);
» with CV-23, St-6, Ht-5 and CV-22 to treat apoplexy, aphasia, and sudden loss of voice (Flaws, 1989, p. 98);
» with Kd-6 relaxes the root of the tongue (Finkelstein, p. 80);
» with CV-23 strengthens speaking ability (Finkelstein, p. 80);
» with GV-16 for excessive extension of the spine (Shanghai, p. 167).
footnotes
Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 210, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.