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UB-41/46: III-41: ge guan
acupuncture

definition

ge guan = diaphragm border; diaphragm pass; diaphragm burden
psychospiritual associated point of the Diaphragm
location: 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T-2.
indications: fear of cold; "exhaustion from too much sex" (Finkelstein, p. 48); hypersalivation; nausea; vomiting; belching; spasms of esophagus; difficulty swallowing; middle of chest feels full; gastric hemorrhage; enterocolitis; dark yellow urine; intercostal neuralgia; back rigid and painful
needle technique: oblique insertion, 0.3 - 0.5 cun
moxa: 3-7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole


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