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TW-6: VI-6: zhi gou
acupuncture

definition

zhi gou = branch ditch
Jing River, Fire and Horary point of the Hand Xiao Yang (Triple Warmer) channel
location: 3 cun proximal to Yang Chi (TW-4), between the radius and ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum tendon.
actions: dispels Wind, Wind-Heat and Wind-Dryness; dissipates Cold; revives the sensory organs from unconsciousness; clears Fire and Heat; transforms Phlegm; facilitates Qi flow and spreads the Qi; regulates the Triple Warmer and the Zang-Fu organs; generates Fluids; expands and relaxes the chest; disperses Qi in the intercostal region; expedites lactation; regulates and moistens the Large Intestine; moves the flanks; frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; disperses Obstruction; relieves pain
indications: fever and chills due to common cold; fever without sweating; tinnitus; deafness; conjunctivitis; lockjaw; sudden aphonia; swollen throat; belching; vomiting; melancholy and knotted sensation in the chest, esp. the diaphragm (Mann, p. 55); chest pain; angina pectoris; pneumonia; pleurisy; insufficient lactation; pancreatitis; cholecystitis; cholera; fecal incontinence due to paralysis; habitual constipation; diarrhea; weakness, fainting and excessive bleeding after childbirth; amenorrhea; menopausal syndrome; intercostal neuralgia; acute pain in the ribs and axilla; soreness and heaviness in the shoulder and arm; pain or motor impairment of the shoulder, arm and hand; psoriasis; eczema; erysipelas; edema, esp. of limbs
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 1.0 - 1.5 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, possibly reaching the elbow, and sometimes and a numb, electrical feeling spreading to the fingertips
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with GB-20, GV-16, GV-14, GB-1, LI-11, St-36, UB-36/41 and UB-37/42 for common cold (Shanghai, p. 575);
» with St-36, CV-17 and St-18 for insufficient lactation (Shanghai, p. 236);
» with GB-34 for intercostal neuralgia (Shanghai, p. 236); immediate relief of pain in the lower ribs (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 283); disperse Qi in the intercostal region;
» with Lv-13 and TW-5 for rib pain (Shanghai, p. 236);
» with St-36 and Sp-15 joined to St-25 for habitual constipation (Shanghai, p. 236);
» supplement TW-6 and drain St-36 for constipation due to Xu (Deficiency) (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 283)
» with Kd-6 for constipation (Shanghai, p. 236; Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 251).


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