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GB-41: VII-41: zu lin qi

acupuncture

definition

zu lin qi = (foot) above tears; near tears on the foot; foot overlooking tears

Shu Stream, Wood and Horary point of the Foot Xiao Yang (Gall Bladder) channel; Master point of the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel); Couple point of the Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel)

location: In the depression distal to the juncture of the fourth and fifth metatarsals.

actions: calms fright; dissipates Wind; removes Fire; dissolves Phlegm; brightens the eyes; harmonizes and regulates the Liver and Gall Bladder; removes Stagnancy of Liver Qi; spreads Liver Qi to reduce Stagnation of Phlegm and Xue (Blood) in the Liver channel; relieves distention and swelling in the breast; stops secretion of milk; clears and regulates the Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel); clears Wetness (Damp Spleen) by draining into Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel), thereby increasing Spleen Qi and Xue (Blood) production, improving digestion, and warming the extremities; dispels Damp-Heat

indications: intermittent fever; occipital headache; unilateral headache; mastoid pain; vertigo; deafness; tinnitus; conjunctivitis; scrofula; axillary adenitis; mastitis; abscessed breast; dyspnea; costal and hypochondriac pain; ribs full and painful; side or lower rib pain; irregular menstruation; dysmenorrhea; migratory rheumatic pains; supraclavicular pain; sciatica; dampness and sweating of feet and lower part of legs; excessive perspiration

needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.3 - 0.8 cun, or oblique insertion medially, 0.6 - 1.2 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension, possibly spreading to top of fourth toe

moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 10 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole

combinations:

» with Lv-2 clears Fire of Liver and Gall Bladder (Finkelstein, p. 71);

» with GB-40 and Lv-3 reduces and removes Liver Fire and Depression (Flaws, 1989, p. 89; Finkelstein, p. 71);

» with GB-20 and St-40 for headache and vertigo (Shanghai, p. 279);

» with TW-5 for temporal headache, especially associated with menstrual cycle;

» with UB-1 and UB-2 clears Heat, brightens the eyes (Flaws, 1989, p. 93; Finkelstein, p. 71);

» with St-44 to rectify lower abdominal distention (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 324; Shanghai, p. 275);

» with Sp-6 and CV-3 for difficult menstruation (Shanghai, p. 279).

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