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Ht-8: I-8: xiao fu
acupuncture

definition

xiao fu = lesser (yin) mansion; lesser residence
Ying Spring, Fire and Horary point of the Hand Xiao Yin (Heart) channel; Ghost point (Finkelstein, p. 33)
location: On the palm, between the 4th and 5th metacarpals, where the tip of the little finger touches),
just proximal to the heads of the 4th and 5th metacarpals.
actions: pacifies the Shen; strengthens the Heart and regulates Heart Qi; treats Heart Shi (Excess) patterns; clears Heart Fire and Empty Heat; clears Heart Phlegm Fire; pulls Qi upward; regulates flow of Qi; dissipates Dampness; facilitates the flow of Xue (Blood) through the vessels
indications: Heart Shi (Excess); distress and turmoil affecting the heart and chest; hypomania; hysteria; fear; frightened of people; schizophrenia; psychosis; sighing; dysphoria; mental restlessness; trembling; insomnia with vivid dreams; shivering; intermittent fever; thirst; bitter taste; tongue ulcers; red tongue with redder tip and yellow coating; throat dry; palpitations; precordial pain; cardiac arrhythmia; rheumatic heart disease; uterine prolapse; metrorraghia; difficult/painful urination; dark urine; urinary incontinence; vaginal pruritus; impotence; scrotum larger on one side than the other; Damp-Heat in the crotch; neuralgia and numbness of arm and shoulder; palm of hand warm; Dupuytren's contracture; spasm of the little finger
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.1 - 0.6 cun
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5- 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with PC-3, PC-4, PC-5 for rheumatic heart disease (Shanghai, p. 254);
» with Ht-5, PC-6 and PC-7 for cardiac arrhythmia (Shanghai, p. 254);
» with St-36 for lack of urine (Shanghai, p. 254).


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