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extra point(s)
yin tang
acupuncture

definition

yin tang = seal hall
location: midline between the medial ends of the two eyebrows
• M-HN-3, also known as GV-24.5
actions: eliminates Wind-Heat; clears Heat; pacifies the Shen; awakens and clears the Mind; promotes relaxation; allays dream-disturbed sleep; enhances visual and psychic sensitivity; influences the pituitary and pineal; stops convulsions (D); eliminates Interior Wind; clears the nose
indications: insanity; anxiety; hyperactivity and nervousness in children; febrile convulsions; convulsions during pregnancy; childhood convulsions; hypertension; frontal headache; dizziness; vertigo; fainting due to blood loss; insomnia; eye soreness and redness; trigeminal neuralgia; all nasal disorders including nasal blockage, rhinitis and epistaxis; vomiting; diarrhea; eclampsia; uterine bleeding after childbirth
combinations:
» with LI-11, St-36 and Lv-3 prevents stroke (Finkelstein, p. 10);
» with GV-26 and GV-20 opens the Orifices and resuscitates (Finkelstein, p. 81);
» with GV-26 resuscitates the mind and opens clenched teeth (Finkelstein, p. 83);
» with yi ming, PC-6 and Sp-6 for insomnia (Shanghai, p. 162);
» with GV-20, PC-7, Kd-3 for insomnia (Shanghai, p. 250);
» with GV-20, tai yang and LI-4 for headache (Shanghai, p. 141);
» with LI-4, LI-11 and Lv-11 for measles (Shanghai, p. 230);
» with GB-20, LI-4 and tai yang for common cold or headache;
» with UB-7, GV-23 and LI-4 for rhinitis (Shanghai, p. 143);
» with bi tong, GV-23 and LI-4 for chronic rhinitis (Shanghai, p. 155);
» with LI-19 and Lu-7 for epistaxis (Shanghai, p. 154).


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