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rx
point
Sp-3: XII-3: tai bei
acupuncture
definition
tai bei = great brightness; supreme white
Yuan Source, Shu Stream, Earth and Horary point of the Foot Tai Yin (Spleen) channel
location: Proximal and inferior to the head of the 1st metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.
actions: regulates the Qi dynamic; clears Heat; regulates and strengthens the Spleen (especially Qi and Yang); regulates the Stomach (especially Yin and Qi); harmonizes the Middle Warmer; promotes transporting function; transforms and expels Dampness and Damp-Heat; influences the pancreas (Worsley, 1975, p. B-20); reduces Food Stagnation; regulates the Large Intestine, Middle and Lower Warmers; dispels hemorrhoids
indications: madness; anxiety; agitation; melancholy; body feels heavy; fever; headache; cardiac pain; hunger with no desire to eat; nausea; belching; vomiting; indigestion; hypochondriac, abdominal or stomach pain and distention; borborygmi, esp. with stabbing pain; acute gastroenteritis; intestinal hemorrhage; diarrhea, esp. with pus and blood; dysenteric disorders; constipation; hemorrhoids; edema; sensation of heaviness of the body with arthritic pain; cold feet
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.3 - 1.0 cun, producing a localized sensation of distension and pain
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with GV-24, GV-23, GV-22, GV-21, GV-19, GB-19, GB-20, SI-5, Sp-2, UB-67, UB-63, UB-62 and St-36 for dizziness (Shanghai, p. 686);
» with UB-20, Lv-13 and CV-12 (+ and D) invigorates Yang of Spleen (Finkelstein, p. 26);
» with St-43 and UB-25 for pain from intestinal abscess (Shanghai, p. 640);
» with Sp-1 for hemorrhoids (Finkelstein, p. 26);
» with Lu-6 dispels hemorrhoids (Finkelstein, p. 26);
» with CV-6, Lv-1, Kd-10, CV-4, Lv-3, Kd-2, Sp-6, CV-3, St-12, Ht-1, PC-3 and UB-54/40 for irregular menstruation and abnormal uterine bleeding (Shanghai, p. 669).
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