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rx

point

St-15: XI-15: wu yi

acupuncture

definition

wu yi = roof; room screen

location: 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline of the chest, Ren Mai, in the 2nd intercostal space, on the midclavicular line.

actions: regulates circulation of Qi; clears and discharges Lung Heat; facilitates flow of Qi and Xue (Blood) in the breast; removes local congestion of milk; treats Spleen Xu (Deficiency), Liver Shi (Excess) (Finkelstein, p. 14).

indications: melancholy; physical and mental sequelae of a shock or trauma (Mann, p. 12); cough; bronchitis; thick phlegm streaked with blood; pleurisy; dyspnea, esp. dyspnea and abdominal distension, esp. in children (Mann, p. 12); pulmonary congestion; thoracic pain and distension; chest, ribs and limbs heavy; breast pain; mastitis; breast cancer; intercostal neuralgia; weak and painful arms; whole body itches (Mann, p. 12)

needle technique: downward oblique insertion, 0.3 - 0.5 cun

moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxibustion with a pole

combinations:

» with UB-67 to treat itching disease that are accompanied by pain (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 122).

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