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GB-21: VII-21: jian jing

acupuncture

definition

jian jing = shoulder well

point of Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel); center of Qi for five Zang organs

location: At the midpoint between C7 and the acromion process at the highest point in the belly of the trapezius muscle.

actions: clears Heat; dispels Wind-Cold; revives sensory organs from unconsciousness; spreads Liver Qi; extinguishes Liver Wind; redirects Rebellious Qi downward; dissolves Phlegm; disperses Stagnation and stops pain; promotes lactation; sends Qi downward to relieve breast pain and expel retained placenta; benefits tendons and muscles; benefits the shoulder; clears and invigorates the channels

indications: stroke; hemiplegia due to stroke; vertigo; speech difficult; hyperthyroidism; scrofula; cervical adenitis; cough, esp. caused by Rebellious Qi; breast pain; mastitis; breast abscess; functional uterine bleeding; preeclampsia (Æ); premature labor or miscarriage accompanied by coldness in the limbs (Mann, p. 62); difficult labor; retained placenta; postpartum hemorrhage; rheumatism; pain in head, shoulder and upper back; stiff neck; restricted cervical rotation; stiffness of the shoulder; unable to raise hands to head; arm painful; furuncles and carbuncles; skin ulcers

needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 0.8 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, possibly spreading to shoulder region. caution: deep insertion may puncture a lung; needling contraindicated during pregnancy and with caution with heart problems

moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole

combinations:

» with St-18 regulates Qi circulation, disperses Accumulation, and relieves swelling in the breast (Finkelstein, p. 66);

» with SI-11 and SI-1 for mastitis (Shanghai, p. 194);

» with LI-11 or with GB-20 and LI-15 for painful shoulder (Shanghai, p. 194);

» with LI-11 to treat injury of the shoulder and arm (Flaws, 1989, p. 99);

» with LI-11, LI-10 and LI-8, then LI-13, LI-9 and Lu-8, for arm pain caused by Cold-Wind (Shanghai, p. 607);

» with Sp-12, Lv-4, St-30, LI-4 and Sp-6 for difficult labor (Shanghai, p. 677).

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