LOCATION: 1.5 cun lateral to T-10
FUNCTIONS:
Cools & drains Heat from the Liver and Gall Bladder
Calms the Stomach
Regulates the Qi
Expands the diaphragm
Brightens Eyes,
Clears Damp Heat
Clears Liver and Gall Bladder Fire
Nourishes Lung Yin
Removes Parasites
Softens Hard Masses,
Strengthens Spleen & Regulates Stomach
INDICATIONS:
abdominal distension
bitter taste in the mouth
cholecystitis
dry or bilious vomiting
gastritis
headache & chills
hepatitis
hot sensation in the bones & fever (deficient yin)
pain in the flanks
roundworm in the bile duct
sciatica (main)
sore throat
soreness in the chest & ribs
sperm in the urine
swelling of axillary lymph glands
TB of the lymph glands
yellowish eyes/ jaundice
NEEDLING: Obliquely 0.5-0.8 cun.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
J.C. Darrus:
fear, fear of dying, anger, insanity, insomnia
POINT COMBINATIONS: Use U.B. 18 and U.B. 19 together for hepatitis, cholecystitis,
etc.
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER:
belching/ upper abd distension/ bitter taste
J.C. Darrus:
epistaxis, sneezing, nose pain, sore throat
all eye disorders, eye inflammation, dimness of vision, yellow sclerotica, tearing
