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DU-4

Mingmen

Gate of Life

También conocido comoVital Gate · Life's Door · Gate of Destiny · *Jinggong* · Palace of Essence

Canal
Du Mai

Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.

Localización

  1. 01On the posterior midline, just below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra.
  2. 02Situated between the spinous processes of the second and third lumbar vertebrae.
  3. 03On the lower-back midline, in the hollow beneath the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra.
  4. 04Note: it lies one intervertebral space below the line joining the highest points of the two iliac crests, at the level of the lower border of L-3.

Punción

  1. 01Insert straight, angled slightly toward the spine, 1–1.5 cun. Sensation: local distention; if the needle goes too deep, an electric, numb sensation radiates into the lower limb.
  2. 02Needle perpendicularly, 0.5–1 cun.
  3. 03Moxibustion may be used.
  4. 04Caution: depending on body build, the spinal cord lies 1.25–1.75 cun below the skin surface.

Acciones

  • Tonifies the Kidneys
  • Tonifies Kidney Yang
  • Tonifies Yuan Qi
  • Regulates the water passages
  • Dries Dampness and Cold-Damp
  • Warms the Yang
  • Warms Cold
  • Warms the Ming Men
  • Tonifies the lower back
  • Strengthens the lumbar vertebrae
  • Tonifies bones
  • Strengthens Jing
  • Stabilizes Kidney Qi
  • Calms the fetus
  • Calms the Shen
  • Nourishes and clears the Brain
  • Restores collapsed Yang
  • Clears Heat
  • Regulates the DU channel

Indicaciones

  • Bone disorders
  • Chronic nephritis
  • Aftereffects of infantile paralysis
  • Neurasthenia from Kidney Yang Deficiency
  • Stiff, painful lower back
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • Leukorrhea
  • Uterine bleeding from Kidney Yang Deficiency
  • Seizures
  • Mania
  • Childhood convulsions
  • Meningitis
  • Fear and fright
  • Insomnia
  • Cold extremities
  • Chilliness
  • Tiredness
  • Lack of vitality
  • Pale tongue
  • Deep, weak pulse
  • Chronic lower back ache
  • Abdominal pain
  • Infertility
  • Endometritis
  • Spinal myelitis
  • Headache
  • Tidal fevers
  • Anal prolapse
  • Lumbago
  • Dysentery
  • Cold, flaccid limbs
  • Infantile epilepsy featuring an open mouth, ceaseless head movement, and an arched body
  • Headache with tinnitus
  • Yin- or Yang-type malaria with cough, the body burning feverishly hot yet without sweating
  • Gonorrhea
  • Kidney disorders in general
  • Intestinal hemorrhage
  • Fire-like Heat in the body
  • Epilepsy
  • Heat of the five Zang
  • Head shaking with the mouth open
  • Splitting headache
  • Shan (hernia) disorder
  • Cold Bi affecting the hands and feet
  • Unstable temperature
  • Kidney pain that radiates to the abdomen
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Dysuria
  • Cold-type bloody stool
  • Diarrhea
  • Atrophy syndrome from Jing Deficiency
  • Restless-fetus disorder from Kidney Deficiency
  • Sexual dysfunction of any kind
  • Impotence
  • Sterility
  • Anemia
  • Disorientation from Deficiency
  • Forgetfulness
  • Somnolence
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Abundant clear urine
  • Depression
  • Weak knees and legs
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Nocturnal emissions
  • Enuresis
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Peritonitis
  • Sciatica
  • Intestinal colic pain
  • Bloody vaginal discharge
  • Indigestion
  • In elderly men, ejaculation during intercourse fails to cease
  • Rectal prolapse
  • Intestinal pain
  • Headache as if struck by a hatchet
  • High fever
  • Heat in the bones
  • Bone tuberculosis
  • Urethritis in women
  • Disorders of the genital system
  • Cerebral congestion
  • Heat rising to the upper body
  • Steaming bones
  • Malaria featuring alternating chills and fever
  • Opisthotonis
  • White turbidity
  • Rigid spine, unable to flex or extend the back

Precauciones

  • Use moxa cautiously, and confirm there is no Heat present anywhere.
  • Several classical texts contraindicate moxibustion at this point for those under twenty years of age.

Combinaciones

Notas

  • It is the strongest point for tonifying Kidney Yang, particularly via moxibustion.
  • It is regarded as a rejuvenation point.
  • It is also indicated for Heat disorders — Interior or Exterior, Excess or Deficient.
  • It influences the testes, adrenal glands, and ovaries.

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