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extra point(s)
si shen cong
acupuncture
definition
si shen cong = God's cleverness
location: four points around GV-20: one each located one head cun anterior and posterior to GV-20; two others each one eye cun lateral to GV-20
M-HN-1
actions: pacify the Shen; subdue Internal Wind; enhance movement of the limbs; free the channels and collateral vessels
indications: insanity; mental disorders; brain tumor; epilepsy; dizziness; hemiplegia following stroke; headache; twisting or spasm on one side of the face; moving sensation in the head
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.1 - 0.3 cun, producing sensation to travel outward in the direction the point is located from GV-20
combinations:
» with Kd-1 and GV-18 treat Wind epilepsy (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 398).
footnotes