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extra point(s)
yi ming
acupuncture

definition

yi ming = shielding brightness
location: 1 cun posterior to TW-17 behind the ear
• M-HN-13
actions: pacifies the Shen; benefits the ears; brightens the eyes
indications: insomnia; dizziness; vertigo; headache; tinnitus; diminished hearing; cataract; myopia; night blindness; atrophy of the optic nerve; mumps; cirrhosis; hepatitis
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 1.0 - 1.5 cun, producing a distended, electrical feeling on the side of the head
combinations:
» with GV-15, GV-14, PC-6, St-36 and the Three Vertebral Points for incomplete maturation of the brain (Shanghai, p. 167);
» with yin tang, PC-6 and Sp-6 for insomnia (Shanghai, p. 162);
» with qiu hou and UB-1 for early stage of cataract (Shanghai, p. 162);
» with GV-15, PC-6 and Lv-3 for aural vertigo (Shanghai, p. 162);
» with Lv-4 and UB-18 for acute infectious hepatitis (Shanghai, p. 292).


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