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SI-7: II-7: zhi zheng
acupuncture

definition

zhi zheng = branch of uprightness; branch from the main
Luo Connecting point of the Hand Tai Yang (Small Intestine) channel with the Hand Xiao Yin (Heart) channel
location: 5 cun proximal to the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line between Yang Gu (SI-5) and Xiao Hai (SI-8).
actions: dispels Wind and clears Heat; pacifies the Shen; clears the Brain; effects thyroid (Finkelstein, p. 35); sedates the Heart; stimulates sweating to clear superficial syndromes; frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; tonifies Kidney Yin by directing the Yang Qi of the Exterior toward the Internal duct of the Triple Warmer (Finkelstein, p. 35)
indications: hysteria; mania; fear; fright; anxiety; neurasthenia; febrile diseases without sweating; intermittent fever; headache; vertigo; red face; cyst of eyelids; throat swollen; stiff neck; pain, paralysis and/or weakness of the shoulder and neck; stiffness or spasm of the elbow; fatigued extremities; arm, hand and/or finger pain; unable to hold objects
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 0.8 cun
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with UB-58 for visual dizziness (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 181).


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