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extra point(s)
shi xuan
acupuncture

definition

shi xuan = ten drainings; ten proclamations
• Ghost points
location: on the middle of the tip of each finger about 0.1 cun from the fingernail
• M-UE-1
actions: subdue Internal Wind; revive consciousness; clear the Heart Orifices; clear Heat and Summer-Heat
indications: insanity; mania and withdrawal; hysteria; delirium; typhoid fever; febrile diseases; syncope due to high fever; heatstroke; febrile convulsions; childhood convulsions; closed-type coma; stroke; seizures; shock; fainting; hypertension; sore throat; acute tonsillitis; vomiting; diarrhea; numbness of the fingers
needle technique: shallow needle insertion or bleed with three-edged needle
moxa: no moxa
combinations:
» with GV-14 and er jian for heat exhaustion or high fever (Shanghai, p. 256).


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