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GB-20: VII-20: feng chi
acupuncture
definition
feng chi = wind pond
Jiao Hui Intersecting point of Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel) and Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Motility Vessel) channels on the Foot Xiao Yang (Gall Bladder) channel
location: Below the occiput between the sternocleidomastiod and trapezius muscles.
actions: expels External Wind; disperses Wind-Heat and Wind-Cold; pacifies Liver Wind and dissipates Internal Wind; reduces and relieves Heat; awakens the Shen and clears the Brain; opens the Orifices; benefits the ears and sharpens the hearing; maintains function of inner ear, esp. that of equilibrium; brightens the eyes; subdues Liver Yang and Fire to calm and regulate the Liver, esp. disperses and descends Liver Yang from the head; drains and disperses Fire of Gall Bladder; harmonizes Qi and Xue (Blood); frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels
indications: fevers and chills; fever without perspiration; influenza; Summer-Heat diseases; nervous exhaustion; cerebral congestion; hemiplegia; seizures; brain diseases; insomnia; hypertension; headache; migraine; dizziness; vertigo; deafness; partial hearing loss; tinnitus; eye diseases; foggy vision; visual dizziness; reddening of the eyes; excessive lacrimation; watery eyes due to Wind; painful inflammation of the medial canthus; retinal hemorrhage; optic atrophy; common cold; sinusitis; rhinitis; nasal congestion; epistaxis; rheumatism; stiff neck; painful spine; neck and shoulder pain and tension; urticaria; poisoning
needle technique: oblique insertion, in the direction of the nose, 0.8 - 1.2 cun; horizontal penetration to GV-16; or slanted to join opposite GB-20, 1.5 - 2.0 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, possibly spreading to top of head, temple, forehead or eyes. caution: inserting too deeply may puncture the medulla oblongata.
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with LI-4 and UB-1 dispels Wind and disperses Heat (Finkelstein, p. 66);
» with GV-14 (+) to dispel Wind-Damp and clear Heat (Finkelstein, p. 66);
» with GV-26 and LI-20 removes Wind-Damp and stops pain (Finkelstein, p. 66);
» with GV-16, GV-20, LI-11, UB-60 to treat Liver Wind, Wind Injury, and headache (Flaws, 1989, p. 98);
» with Lv-2 nourishes Yin, reduces Heat of Liver and Gall Bladder, and clears the head (Finkelstein, p. 66);
» with yao qi, GV-26 and PC-6 for seizures (Shanghai, p. 146);
» with GV-16, GV-26, GV-14, yao qi, LI-4, Lv-3, GB-34, Sp-6, GV-20, UB-15, UB-18 for localized seizures (Lee and Cheung, p. 298)
» with GV-16, GV-26, GV-14 and yao qi (also consider UB-62, Kd-6 and PC-6; or PC-5 and Ht-7; or Ht-5, LI-4, Lv-3, Sp-6, GB-34, CV-14, CV-12, St-40 and GV-24) for epilepsy; for grand mal exclude Kd-6 in the day and UB-62 in the night (Lee and Cheung, p. 298)
» with GV-16, GV-26, GV-14, yao qi, PC-6, Ht-7 and GV-24 for petite mal (Lee and Cheung, p. 298)
» with GV-16, GV-26, GV-14, yao qi, PC-5, Ht-7, St-40, CV-14 or CV-12 for emotional motor seizures (Lee and Cheung, p. 298)
» with LI-11, St-36 and Lv-3 for hypertension (Shanghai, p. 146);
» with GV-24, GV-23, GV-22, GV-21, GV-19, GB-19, SI-5, Sp-2, UB-67, UB-63, UB-62 and St-36 for dizziness (Shanghai, p. 686);
» with UB-23, LI-4, St-40, St-41 and UB-62 for Meniere's disease (Shanghai, p. 685);
» with GV-14 and LI-4 for the common cold (Shanghai, p. 146);
» with LI-4 and qiu hou for internal strabismus (Shanghai, p. 688; Lee and Cheung, p. 347);
» with LI-4 and jian ming for external strabismus (Shanghai, p. 688; Lee and Cheung, p. 347);
» with UB-5 for problems with vision (Shanghai, p. 168);
» with UB-13 for spinal kyphosis (Shanghai, p. 146);
» with GB-39 (+) to treat stoop (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 311).
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