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extra point(s)
bai lao
Acupuncture

definition

bai lao = one hundred labors
location: down one-third the distance between the posterior hairline and C7 and lateral from midline one eye division; neck needs to be straight up to locate accurately (So); two cun superior and one cun lateral to GV-14 (Shanghai, p. 369)
• M-HN-30; also known as "pak loh"; XN-1
actions: clears Heat and disperses Stagnation; facilitates flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); disperses nodule; facilitates flow of Lung Qi; disperses Xue Yu (Blood Stasis) and facilitates flow of effused blood
indications: postpartum aching; cough; pertussis; hemoptysis; stiffness, sprain or spasm of the neck muscles; scrofula; goiter; tuberculosis; tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis; scrofula; lung diseases; furuncles; boils
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.3 - 0.5 cun, producing stimulus up to the occiput and down to bottom of the neck, with a pulling sensation felt in the shoulder; deeper insertion sends stimulus inward toward thyroid
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with UB-38/43 for consumptive disorders (Shanghai, p. 201);
» with SI-3 and LI-11 for "tidal fevers with more chills than fevers" (Shanghai, p. 241);
» with UB-13, CV-12 and St-36 for pulmonary tuberculosis with coughing red sputum (Shanghai, p. 588);
» with LI-4, UB-54/40 and GV-10 to treat all types of furuncles, boils or sores in the initial stage of development.


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