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rx
extra point(s)
gan re xue
acupuncture

definition

gan re xue = liver heat orifice
location: 0.5 cun lateral to the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebrae
• N-BW-8; a jia ji point
indications: bronchitis; asthma; hepatitis; cholecystitis; intercostal neuralgia
needle technique: oblique insertion inferiorly, 0.3 - 1.0 cun, or perpendicular insertion, angled toward the spine
moxa: 3 - 9 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 20 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with ding chuan, CV-17, PC-6, GV-14 and St-40 for bronchial asthma (Lee and Cheung, p. 240; Shanghai, p. 594)


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