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GV-26: XIV-26: ren zhong

acupuncture

definition

ren zhong = middle of man; human center; a.k.a. shui gou: water trough

Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Foot Yang Ming (Stomach) and Hand Yang Ming (Large Intestine) channels on the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); Ghost point

location: Inferior to the base of the nose, slightly above midpoint of philtrum.

actions: clears the Shen, Brain and senses and revives consciousness; cools Heat and opens the Orifices; restores collapsed Yang; dispels Wind and Wind-Phlegm; pacifies the Shen and stabilizes the Will; regulates Rebellious Qi of Yin and Yang to harmonize Yin and Yang; regulates the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); expels Internal Wind, esp. of the face; reduces swelling of the face; clears the nose; benefits the mouth; transforms Heart Phlegm; raises blood pressure (Finkelstein, p. 83); frees the channels and invigorates the Qi circulation; benefits the spine, esp. lumbar and cervical; treats lip tremor

indications: shock; coma; heat exhaustion; Summer-Heat diseases; psychosis; delirium; severe fright; hysteria; depression with uncontrolled weeping; fainting; seizures; motion sickness; facial edema; all nasal disorders; halitosis; spasm of the muscles in the region of the mouth or eyes; eye twitches; toothache; apoplectic locked jaw; lip tremor; emaciation and thirst, even after drinking; jaundice; twisting pain in the vicinity of the heart and abdomen; palpitations; distention and heaviness of the chest due to Phlegm; eclampsia; menorrhagia; bleeding and dizziness after childbirth; all acute spinal pain or muscle spasms; acute lower back sprain, pain or stiffness; edema

needle technique: transverse insertion, directed upward, 0.3 - 0.5 cun, producing localized pain, possibly distension;

for excessive salivation: first insert the needle upward toward the septum of the nose, then withdraw slightly (keeping the needle under the skin) and direct first toward one of the nostrils, then the other, producing a sensation of local distension and pain (Shanghai, p. 158)

moxa: moxa is contraindicated

combinations:

» with CV-1 and PC-9 for revival from revival from drowning (Shanghai, p. 158);

» with GV-20, CV-6 and Kd-7 reduces shock (Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with PC-6 and Kd-1 opens the Orifices (brain) and resuscitates (Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with GV-20 and yin tang opens the Orifices and wakes up the mind (Flaws, 1989, p. 82; Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with GV-16, GB-20, GV-14, yao qi, LI-4, Lv-3, GB-34, Sp-6, GV-20, UB-15 and UB-18 for localized seizures (Lee and Cheung, p. 298);

» with GV-16, GB-20, GV-14 and yao qi (also consider UB-62, Kd-6 and PC-6; or PC-5 and Ht-7; or Ht-5, LI-4, Lv-3, Sp-6, GB-34, CV-14, CV-12, St-40 and GV-24) for epilepsy; for grand mal exclude Kd-6 in the day and UB-62 in the night (Lee and Cheung, p. 298);

» with GV-16, GB-20, GV-14, yao qi, PC-6, Ht-7 and GV-24 for petite mal (Lee and Cheung, p. 298);

» with GV-16, GB-20, GV-14, yao qi, PC-5, Ht-7, St-40 and CV-14 or CV-12 for emotional motor seizures (Lee and Cheung, p. 298);

» with yin tang resuscitates the mind and opens clenched teeth (Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with PC-9 and LI-4 for apoplexy with unconsciousness (Shanghai, p. 158);

» with shi xuan to treat high fever and loss of consciousness (Flaws, 1989, p. 98);

» with shi xuan, K-1 and B-54 for heat exhaustion (Shanghai, p. 158);

» with CV-12, CV-6, LI-11, LI-4, PC-9, St-44 and St-36 for heat exhaustion or sunstroke (Shanghai, p. 570);

» with Lu-11 and Lu-5 (bleeding) reduces Summer-Heat and opens the Orifices (Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with PC-6, St-36 and Kd-1 for septic shock (Shanghai, p. 157);

» with PC-6 clears Heat and opens the Orifices to treat blurring of the mind or loss of consciousness (Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with PC-5 treats "evil (ghost) madness (i.e., behaving as having just seen a ghost or as though possessed by one)" (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 388);

» 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 LI-4 joined to PC-8 for hysteria (Shanghai, p. 158);

» with GB-20 and LI-20 removes Wind-Damp and stops pain (Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with GV-21 for Xu (Deficient) floating facial edema (Shanghai, p. 158);

» with LI-11 facilitates spinal adjustments (Finkelstein, p. 83);

» with UB-54/40 to relieve acute flashes of pain in the lumbar spine (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 388).

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