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rx
point
St-40: XI-40: feng long
acupuncture
definition
feng long = abundant splendor; bountiful bulge
Luo Connecting point of the Foot Yang Ming (Stomach) channel with the Foot Tai Yin (Spleen) channel
location: 8 cun below Du Bi (St-35), one finger lateral to Tiao Kao (St-38), in the belly of the muscle.
actions: dispels Wind; clears and calms the Shen; reduces high blood pressure (Finkelstein, p. 21); regulates the Lung and relieves chest congestion; calms wheezing; strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Stomach, and opens up the Middle Warmer; circulates Qi of the Stomach and Spleen; transforms, dissolves and eliminates Phlegm and Dampness; regulates the Intestines; eliminates Phlegm-Fire in the Stomach and descending Heat of Stomach and Small Intestine; descends the Turbid; strengthens Kidney Yin and drains Liver Yang; loosens frozen shoulder; invigorates the channels
indications: madness; sees ghosts and spirits; crazy laughter; depression and anxiety caused by Phlegm; epilepsy; headache; vertigo; swollen face; vomiting; morning sickness; sore, swollen throat; throat numb; unable to speak; coughing; asthma; dyspnea with coughing of profuse phlegm; asthma hindering sleep; chest pain; abundant mucous; constipation; oliguria; pain and swelling of lower limbs; paralysis of leg
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, angled slightly toward tibia, 1.0 - 1.5 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, possibly spreading up to thigh and down to lateral malleolus
moxa: 5 - 15 cones of direct moxa; 10 - 20 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with CV-12 regulates the Qi of the Spleen and Stomach so the Spleen can distribute the essential substances and the Water will not be coagulated to Phlegm (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with Sp-9 and GB-20 enhances other effects of St-40 (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with CV-14 and CV-12 expands the chest, decreases the Phlegm and treats emotional motor seizures (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with St-44 spreads and promotes Qi circulation of the Zang (solid organs) and regulates and harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with an mian and Ht-7 for insomnia and vertigo (Shanghai, p. 274);
» with GB-20, UB-23, LI-4, St-41 and UB-62 for Meniere's disease (Shanghai, p. 685);
» with UB-13 for cough with abundant phlegm (Shanghai, p. 274);
» with UB-13 and CV-22 relieves cough (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with GB-40 to treat stabbing pain in the chest (Shanghai, p. 274);
» with PC-6 to dissolve Phlegm, expand chest, harmonize the Center, and relieve congestion (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with PC-6 and Lv-3 expands the chest (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with UB-20, PC-6, CV-12 and CV-14 to treat chest, epigastric distention, plentiful, suffocating Phlegm (Flaws, 1989, p. 97);
» with UB-13, GV-12 and Lu-9 regulates the Lung (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with CV-22 dissolves Phlegm, smooths Qi circulation, pacifies breathing and relieves asthma attacks (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with CV-14 dissolves Phlegm (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with UB-20 and CV-12 regulates the Qi, dissolves Dampness, and reduces Phlegm (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with GV-12 and Lu-9 restores order to the Lung and stills cough (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with CV-12 and St-36 clears Internal Heat and dissolves stubborn Phlegm (Finkelstein, p. 22);
» with GB-37 eliminates Phlegm-Fire in the Stomach (Finkelstein, p. 22).
footnotes