Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
UB-19
Danshu
Gall Bladder *Shu*
También conocido comoGall Bladder's Hollow · Gall Bladder Back Transporting Point
- Canal
- Vejiga
- Clasificación
- Shu dorsal
Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.
Localización
- 01Found 1.5 cun to the side of the lower edge of the tenth thoracic vertebra's spinous process. Note: identify this by palpating for the most prominent point of the paraspinal muscles.
- 02Situated 1.5 cun lateral to DU-7 Zhongshu, at the same level as the lower border of the tenth thoracic vertebra's spinous process.
Punción
- 01Angle the needle obliquely toward the spine, inserting 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Insert transversely-obliquely to a depth of 1 to 1.5 cun.
- 03Caution: needling perpendicularly, or obliquely away from the spine, carries a significant pneumothorax risk.
- 04Insert straight in with a slight tilt toward the spine, 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness at the site, sometimes spreading along the intercostal space.
- 05Insert transversely, directing the needle downward along the muscle, 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- 06Caution: avoid excessive depth, as this risks puncturing the Lung.
- 07Needle obliquely to a depth of 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
- 08Moxibustion may be used.
Funciones del punto
Back-Shu point
Acciones
- Clears Liver and Gall Bladder Damp-Heat
- Cools and drains Liver and Gall Bladder Heat
- Expels pathogenic factors from the Shao Yang
- Regulates and tonifies Gall Bladder Qi
- Supplements Deficiency
- Settles the Stomach
- Regulates Qi
- Opens the diaphragm
Indicaciones
- Jaundice
- Yellow eyes
- Dry tongue accompanied by a bitter taste in the mouth
- Chest and hypochondriac distention and pain that restricts turning of the body
- Vomiting
- Difficult ingestion
- Dry retching
- Cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Hepatitis
- Headache with chills
- Sore throat
- Fullness and distention of the abdomen and chest
- Pain in the flanks
- Sperm in the urine
- Myopia
- Conjunctivitis
- Optic nerve atrophy
- Scrofula
- Afternoon fever
- Restless sleep with fright palpitations
- Insomnia
- Steaming bone fever
- Deficiency-taxation tidal fever
- Dry, painful throat
- Chills and shivering without sweating
- Axillary swelling
- Headache
- Gastritis
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Roundworms in the bile duct and intestines
- Lymph gland tuberculosis
- Abdominal distention
- Chest and rib soreness
- Sciatica
- Axillary lymph node swelling
- Pleurisy
- Pancreatitis
- Dream-disturbed sleep
- Intermittent headache and fever
- Belching
- Hiccup
Combinaciones
For steaming-bone taxation fever, deficiency-taxation, tidal fever, and similar conditions.
- UB-48
- or DU-17
- UB-49
- UB-48
For yellowing of the eyes.
For pain along the lateral costal region.
For difficulty ingesting food.
For a dry mouth and tongue with difficulty swallowing.
- UB-17
- UB-43
- M-BW-6
For the hundred patterns of Deficiency-taxation (moxa applied to all points).
For fright palpitations.
For persistent indecisiveness.
- DU-9
- ST-36
- LIV-3
For acute infectious hepatitis.
For roundworms lodged in the bile duct.
For cholecystitis.
For rib pain that prevents sleep.
Notas
A key point for draining Damp-Heat from the Gall Bladder and Liver.