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rx
point
UB-64: III-64: jing gu
acupuncture
definition
jing gu = capital bone
Yuan Source point of the Foot Tai Yang (Bladder) channel
location: Proximal to the tuberosity of the 5th metatarsal at the junction of the red and white skin.
actions: disperses Wind; clears Heat; pacifies the Shen; cools and clears the Brain; "stabilizes the nervous system and calms fright" (Finkelstein, p. 51); sedates the Heart; softens cervix for childbirth; frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels
indications: insanity; tidal fevers; meningitis; epilepsy; infantile convulsions; cerebral congestion; headache; heaviness in the head; corneal opacity; pterygium; inflammation of the inner canthus; epistaxis; failure to eat or drink; dyspnea; pneumonitis; myocarditis; cardiac disease; palpitations; stiff neck; torticollis; pain of the lower back and legs; back pain with inability to lie supine; sciatica; Cold in the legs; pain and stiffness of the knee
needle technique: slanted insertion, angled downward and medially, 0.5 - 1.0 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension; or perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 0.8 cun
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with xi shang, PC-6, Ht-5 and Ht-8 for myocarditis (Shanghai, p. 284)
» with Lv-3: "Insufferable Headache can be treated by needling the Source points of the Foot Jue Yin and Tai Yang channels" (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 234).
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