LOCATION: 1.5 cun lateral to T-9
FUNCTIONS:
Benefits the Liver and Gallbladder
Cools Damp Heat
Moves stagnant Qi
Benefits the eyes
Calms Spirit
Clears Liver Fire
Cools the Blood
Nourishes Ying & Blood
Regulates Liver Qi
Sedates Liver Yang
Sedates Wind
Stimulates the Brain
Tonifies Liver Blood
INDICATIONS:
any eye diseases
cholecystitis
chronic & acute hepatitis (main)
intercostal neuralgia
irregular menstruation
jaundice
neurasthenia
nosebleed
pain of lumps in the chest & abdomen
spitting blood
stomach diseases
NEEDLING: Obliquely 0.5-0.7 cun.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
CAM: mental confusion
Mann: bad-tempered
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Good for Liver acting up-- wood attacking earth syndrome, damaging Stomach
herpes zoster
neurasthenia
dizziness
CAM: epistaxis, nightblindness
Mann: chest & ribs full, melancholic, bitter taste in the mouth
J.C. Darrus:
visual problems, yellow sclerotica
