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extra point(s)
hai quan
acupuncture
definition
hai quan = sea's spring
location: midpoint of the frenulum of the tongue
M-HN-37
indications: diabetes; glossitis; hiccough
needle technique: 0.1 - 0.3 cun perpendicular insertion or prick to bleed
combinations:
» GV-26, Lu-11, Sp-1, PC-7, UB-62 (hot needle), GV-16, St-6 (warming needle), CV-24, PC-8, GV-23, CV-1 (for males; for females, use a point at the opening of the vagina), LI-11 (hot needle) and hai quan (prick) known as the thirteen Ghost points, these are needled in the order presented for psychosis (madness and insanity) (Shanghai, p. 630);
» with Lu-11 and LI-4 for unilateral tonsillitis (Shanghai, p. 690)
footnotes