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extra point(s)
ding shen
acupuncture

definition

ding shen = settle spirit; calm the soul
location: one-third the distance up from the top of the lip toward the base of the nose in the philtrum
• M-HN-32
actions: calms the Shen; clears Internal Wind
indications: psychosis; schizophrenia; seizures; dysmenorrhea
needle technique: oblique insertion superiorly, 1.0 - 1.5 cun
combinations:
» with GV-14, GB-20, CV-15 -> CV-13, PC-5 -> TW-6 and St-40 (can also consider: SI-19, TW-17, UB-1, an mian, UB-39/44, UB-18, LI-4, hu bian, GB-34, Lv-5, Lv-3, Lu-11, PC-8, Kd-4 and Ht-7) for psychosis (madness) (Shanghai, p. 629; Lee and Cheung, p. 324)


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