Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
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Riyue
Sun and Moon
- Canal
- Vesícula biliar
- Clasificación
- Mu frontal, Punto de cruce
Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.
Localización
- 01In the seventh intercostal space directly beneath the nipple, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
- 02Found on the mammillary line, within the seventh intercostal space.
- 03Situated one rib below LIV-14 Qimen, within the seventh intercostal space. Note: locate the second intercostal space first, just beneath the sternal angle, then count down five more spaces to reach the seventh. In men the nipple sits at the fourth intercostal space.
Punción
- 01Insert obliquely to a depth of 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- 02Moxibustion may also be used.
- 03Oblique needling, 0.5 to 1 cun deep.
- 04Needle transversely-obliquely along the intercostal space, 0.5 to 1 cun deep.
- 05Caution: needling too deeply or perpendicularly risks causing a pneumothorax.
Funciones del punto
- Front-Mu point of the Gall Bladder
- Meeting point with the Spleen and Yang Wei channels
Acciones
- Clears Damp-Heat
- Supports Gall Bladder and Liver function
- Benefits the Gall Bladder
- Disperses Liver Qi
- Descends Rebellious Qi
- Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
Indicaciones
- Jaundice
- Distention and pain of the hypochondrium
- Sensation of heaviness
- Nausea
- Yellow, sticky tongue coating
- Gallstones
- Acute biliary tract disease
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers
- Shoulder pain
- Intercostal pain
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Trouble speaking
- Sighing
- Fatigue of the limbs
- Fullness, distention and pain along the lateral costal region
- Epigastric pain
- Abdominal distention
- Heat in the hypogastrium
- Rigid, all-or-nothing outlook (seeing everything as black and white)
- Vomiting
- Acid regurgitation
- Hiccup
- Mastitis
- Pain of the ribs and flanks
- Chest and hypochondriac pain
- Acute and chronic hepatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Feelings of oppression and anguish
- Frequent sighing and moaning
- Urge to run away
- Indistinct speech
- Paralysis of all four limbs
- Heat sensation in the lower abdomen
- Excess spittle
- Sighing tending toward sadness
- Loss of function of the four limbs
Combinaciones
Notas
This is an important point for resolving Damp-Heat affecting the Gall Bladder and Liver.