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rx
point
Kd-16: IV-16: huang shu
acupuncture
definition
huang shu = vital's hollow/correspondence; missing organ hollow/correspondence (Matsumoto)
Mu Alarm point of the Shen (Kidney) (Manaka as per Matsumoto); Independent Associated point of the Intestines (Mann, p. 48); Shokanten of Xiao Yin (Mann, p. 48); Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel) and Foot Xiao Yin (Kidney) channel
location: On the lateral edge of the umbilical bowl.
diagnostic uses: reflection of birth trauma (Matsumoto); Spleen reflex point (Nan Jing as per Matsumoto); adrenal cortex reflex point (Nasako as per Matsumoto)
actions: harmonizes the Stomach; reverses flow of Rebellious Qi; benefits the Heart; regulates the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); improves excretory function of Bladder and Large Intestine; assists in prevention of appendicitis (Hashimoto as per Matsumoto); "strengthens function of the Kidney, giving renewed strength to body and mind" (Finkelstein, p. 55); regulates water-salt balance; influences reproductive organs; relieves pain; removes Obstructions from the channel
indications: birth trauma and systemic weakness (Matsumoto); eye pain and inflammation beginning at medial canthus; hiccough; stomach spasms; vomiting; abdominal distension and pain; borborygmi; jaundice; enteritis; diarrhea; habitual constipation; nephritis; kidney stone; kidney infection; cystitis; spasm of the neck of the bladder; urethritis; hematuria; vaginismus; pain of hernia; when Kidney fails to nourish the Heart due to Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency) (Maciocia, p. 431); back pain; sciatica
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 1.0 - 2.0 cun, producing local pain and a sensation of distension
moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 20 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with St-36, Sp-13, PC-6, LI-11, UB-24 and UB-25 for acute appendicitis (Shanghai, p. 640);
» Lv-13, Lv-3, Sp-3 and CV-12; UB-57 and Kd-6; UB-23, UB-24, Kd-15 and Kd-16 for constipation (Mann, p. 106);
» Lv-8, Lu-7, Sp-6 and Kd-3; UB-62, GB-35, LI-4 and St-28; Lv-14 and Kd-15; UB-31, UB-32, UB-33 and UB-34; GV-12 for dysmenorrhea (Mann, p. 146)
footnotes
Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 431, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.