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point
Lu-5: IX-5: chi ze
acupuncture

definition

chi ze = foot marsh; outside marsh; marsh at the cubit
He Sea Uniting, Water and Dispersion point of the Hand Tai Yin (Lung) channel
location: On the transverse cubital crease, on the radial side of the tendon of the biceps brachii muscle.
actions: expels Wind; cools fever (bleed); opens and clears the Lung; discharges Lung Fire; cools and clears Upper Warmer Heat; sedates Lung Shi (Excess); stimulates descending of Lung Qi; aids difficult inhalation (Matsumoto); suppresses Rebellious Qi of Lung to calm wheezing and soothe asthma; stops bleeding (hemoptysis); expels Phlegm from the Lung; regulates the digestive system and the Water Pathways; benefits the Bladder and Kidney; relaxes the sinews and tendons
indications: madness; pervasive aches and pains; Wind disease, esp. in children; tidal fever; hemiplegia; quadriplegia; afternoon fever; eyes not steady; sneezing; tonsillitis; sore throat; cough, esp. with turbid Phlegm; hemoptysis; dyspnea; bronchitis; asthma; fullness in chest; tuberculosis; hematemesis; renal pain; atony of the bladder; muscular spasm; rigidity of vertebral column (Mann, p. 4); rheumatism of throat and neck; inability to raise the arm, esp. due to hypertonicity and pain in the elbow; cramping and/or spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.5 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, sometimes an electrical feeling traveling down the arm
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with Sp-10 for psoriasis and eczema, esp. with pruritus: bleed one drop from Lu-5, apply it into Sp-10 to relieve Xue (Blood) Heat (Jayasuriya via Allee)
» with GV-14; bleed one drop from Lu-5, apply it into GV-14 to enhance immunity (Jayasuriya via Allee)
» with Lu-9 restores the pulse in emergency situations; elevates the Clear Yang (Flaws, 1989, p. 84);
» with SI-1 for irritability (Shanghai, p. 242);
» with bleeding of UB-54/40 for erysipelas (Shanghai, p. 242);
» with GV-24 and LI-11 (bleed) reduces Summer-Heat; opens the Orifices (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with LI-11 and UB-54/40 (bleed) treat continuous fever (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with Lu-2, SI-17, St-12, UB-11, UB-17, Lu-2, LI-2, St-45, Kd-1 and Kd-2 for throat blockage with Cold and Hot Obstruction (Shanghai, p. 691);
» with UB-13 clears Lung, reduces Heat and stops cough (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with Kd-3 for asthma with difficult inhalation; palpate and apply pressure to test for response before needling (Matsumoto);
» with Sp-4 for asthma with difficult exhalation; palpate and apply pressure to test for response before needling (Matsumoto);
» with Lu-9 clears Heat, facilitates Qi to stop cough and soothe asthma; benefits the skin, esp. abscesses (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with Lu-7 spreads Lung Qi to treat cough and hemoptysis (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with Lu-6 and LI-4 treats hemoptysis (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with St-40 to dissolve Phlegm (and Heat) of bronchitis or pertussis;
» with UB-11, UB-13, CV-22, Lu-8, TW-5 and Sp-6 (daily) for bronchitis (Shanghai, p. 584);
» with Lu-10 (-) clears Heat from the Lung (Finkelstein, p. 2);
» with Kd-7 to clear Lung and nourish Yin when Lung Heat has injured the Body Fluids (Maciocia, p. 370);
» with GV-14 joined to jie he xue and CV-20 joined to CV-21 for pulmonary tuberculosis (Shanghai, p. 242);
» with LI-4 for pain and sinew tension in elbow (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 83);
» with LI-11 for hypertonicity, spasms and pain in the elbow (Shanghai, p. 242);..


footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 370, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.