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extra point(s)
yi long
acupuncture

definition

yi long = shielding deafness
location: 0.5 cun above TW-17 in the depression behind the ear
• N-HN-15
actions: calms the Shen; opens the ears and benefits hearing
indications: psychosis; tinnitus; deafness; deaf-mutism
needle technique: oblique insertion, slightly anteriorly and inferiorly, 1.5 - 2.0 cun, producing a sensation of distension and soreness in the lower ear which may extend to the root of the tongue
combinations:
» with PC-6, Ht-7, GV-26 and SI-3 (consider also LI-4, Lv-3, Lu-11, PC-7, Kd-1, Kd-4, Sp-6, LI-11, GB-34, GB-30, yi long, TW-21, TW-17, CV-22, UB-1, TW-23, GV-20 and Kd-6) for hysteria (Lee and Cheung, p. 322);
» with ting xue, ting cong and yi ming xia for tinnitus or deafness (Shanghai, p. 162);
» with er men joined to SI-19 and GB-2 for deaf-mutism (Shanghai, p. 162).


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