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Neijing

Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture

GB-23

Zhejin

Flank Sinews

Autres nomsNeglected Muscles

Méridien
Vésicule biliaire

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Localisation

  1. 011 cun in front of GB-22 Yuanye, level with the nipple, in the fourth intercostal space.
  2. 02On the mid-axillary line, in the fifth intercostal space, roughly 3 cun below the top of the axilla, level with the nipple.
  3. 03Note: sources differ, placing this point in either the fourth or fifth intercostal space.
  4. 041 cun in front of GB-22, in the fifth intercostal space.

Puncture

  1. 01Insert obliquely, 0.3-0.5 cun.
  2. 02Moxibustion may be used.
  3. 03Insert obliquely along the intercostal space, 0.5-1 cun.
  4. 04Caution: deep or perpendicular insertion may cause a pneumothorax.
  5. 05Insert obliquely, 0.5-0.8 cun.

Actions

  • Regulates Qi
  • Opens the chest
  • Benefits the axilla

Indications

  • Chest fullness
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Asthma
  • Swelling of the axilla
  • Saber lumps
  • Inability to raise the arm
  • Belching
  • Cough
  • Chills and fever
  • Pain of the lateral costal region
  • Scrofula
  • Shoulder and arm pain
  • Pleurisy
  • Acid reflux

Précautions

Several classical sources contraindicate moxibustion at this point.