Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
SP-17
Shidou
Food Cavity
También conocido comoFood's Cavity · Food Drain
- Canal
- Bazo
Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.
Localización
- 01On the side of the chest, in the fifth intercostal space, 6 cun from the midline. Note: this 6-cun line sits 2 cun lateral to the mamillary line.
- 025 cun from the midsternal line, within the fifth intercostal space.
Punción
- 01Insert obliquely along the intercostal space, 0.5–1 cun.
- 02Caution: Perpendicular insertion, particularly in thin patients, carries significant risk of pneumothorax.
- 03Insert at an angle, 0.5–0.8 cun.
- 04Caution: Avoid deep insertion.
- 05Needle obliquely, 0.3–0.5 cun.
- 06Moxa may be used.
Acciones
- Disperses accumulated food and Fluids
- Aids digestion
Indicaciones
- Fullness in the chest and lateral costal region
- Persistent pain in the lateral costal region
- Abdominal distention
- Abdominal edema (water swelling)
- Borborygmus
- Breast swelling
- Jaundice
- Ascites
- Urinary retention
- Esophageal pain
- Diaphragm pain
- Belching
- Vomiting right after eating
- Undigested food in the stool
- Cough
- Chronic malarial disorder affecting the Spleen
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Gastritis
- Fullness and pain in the chest and hypochondriac region
Notas
- Tradition holds that in critical illness, when life hangs by a thread, applying 200 to 300 moxa cones here will secure the patient's survival.
- Apply this point for any serious Spleen disorder.