Jinsuo

Sinew Contraction

También conocido comoSinew's Shrinking · Contracted Sinew · Tendon Spasm

Canal: Du Mai

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

Localización

On the back's midline, in the hollow below the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra, level with UB-18 Ganshu. Note: it sits six intervertebral spaces above the line joining the highest points of the iliac crests.

Punción

01Oblique insertion angled superiorly, 0.5–1 cun.
02Caution: depending on body build, the spinal canal lies 1.25–1.75 cun beneath the skin surface.
03Needle perpendicularly, 0.5–1 cun.
04Moxibustion may be used.

Acciones

Soothes the Liver
Pacifies Wind
Relieves spasms
Calms the Shen
Loosens the sinews

Indicaciones

Eyes staring upward
Clonic spasm
Epilepsy
Fright epilepsy in children
Spinal stiffness and contraction
Heart pain
Spasms
Convulsions
Back stiffness
Gastric pain
Tremors
Lack of coordination
Mania
Mad walking
Incessant talking
Jaundice
Anger that injures the Liver
Hepatitis
Cholecystitis
Pleurisy
Seizures
Hysteria
Intercostal neuralgia

Notas

It is a key point for Liver Wind.
Moxibustion is the most common way this point is treated.