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Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura

REN-23

Lianquan

Corner Spring

También conocido comoPure Spring · Modesty's Spring · Angle Spring · Side Spring

Canal
Ren Mai
Clasificación
Punto de cruce

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

Localización

  1. 01Superior to the laryngeal prominence, in the depression at the hyoid bone's upper border.
  2. 02On the anterior midline, at the upper ridge of the hyoid bone, above the laryngeal prominence.
  3. 03On the neck's anterior midline, in the depression above the hyoid bone. Note: to locate it, slide a finger along the underside of the chin toward the throat until it drops into the deep hollow just anterior to the hyoid bone — the highest palpable bony structure on the throat's midline, which runs transversely above the laryngeal prominence.

Punción

  1. 01Insert obliquely toward the root of the tongue, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  2. 02Moxibustion may be used.
  3. 03Angled insertion directed at the tongue's base, 1 to 1.5 cun.
  4. 04Insert obliquely toward DU-20 Baihui, 0.5 to 1.2 cun.

Funciones del punto

  • Meeting point of the Yang Wei and Chong channels.
  • Meeting point of the Ren, Liver, Spleen and Heart channels.

Acciones

  • Expels Internal Wind
  • Restores speech
  • Clears Fire
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Subdues Rebellious Qi
  • Benefits the tongue
  • Directs Qi downward
  • Eases cough

Indicaciones

  • Swelling and pain beneath the tongue
  • Salivation accompanied by tongue paralysis
  • Aphasia with tongue stiffness from apoplexy (Windstroke)
  • Sudden hoarseness
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Vocal cord nodules
  • Bronchitis
  • Paralysis of the hypoglossal muscle
  • Contracture at the tongue's root causing difficulty eating
  • Tongue protrusion
  • Excess spittle
  • Thirst
  • Lockjaw
  • Rebellious Qi
  • Dyspnea
  • Chest pain
  • Vomiting of foam
  • Sore throat
  • Reduced flexibility
  • Diabetes with intense thirst
  • Closed-pattern Windstroke with aphasia and stiffness, swelling, or pain of the tongue
  • Hysteria with loss of voice
  • Asthma
  • Tonsillitis
  • Pharyngitis
  • Deaf-mutism
  • Ulcers of the mouth and tongue
  • Paralysis or stiffness of the tongue
  • Sudden aphasia
  • Sudden loss of voice
  • Laryngeal spasm
  • Hypersalivation
  • Dryness of the tongue and mouth
  • Cough with catarrh
  • Insufficient saliva
  • Flaccid tongue with salivation
  • Aphonia
  • Cough with a sensation of Qi rising to the upper body

Precauciones

  • Apply moxibustion cautiously.
  • Several modern texts consider moxibustion contraindicated here.

Combinaciones

  • For speech difficulties and aphasia

  • For swelling beneath the tongue with speech difficulty, and for tongue protrusion with drooling

  • For swelling and pain beneath the tongue

Notas

It is chiefly employed for aphasia or slurred speech that follows Windstroke.