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GV-23: XIV-23: shang xing

acupuncture

definition

shang xing = upper star

tenth of the thirteen Ghost points; in Vietnamese, this point is called "Than Duung, MihnCuong, Qui Duong": "Route of the Gods, Clear Spirit, Route of the Devil" (Finkelstein, p. 82)

location: 1 cun posterior to the anterior hairline on the sagittal midline of the head, 4 cun anterior to GV-20.

actions: disperses Wind-Heat; clears Heat; clears the Mind; brightens the eyes; clears the nasal cavity; influences the thyroid (Worsley, 1975, p. B-20)

indications: febrile diseases with no sweating; tidal fever seizures; frontal headache; vertigo; dizziness; facial edema and inflammation; sore eyes; myopia; redness of the inner canthus; sudden blindness; sinus problems; nasal obstruction; rhinitis; purulent nasal discharge; hayfever; chronic epistaxis (Æ only); nasal polyps; keratitis; voice loss

needle technique: slanted insertion, 0.5 - 0.8 cun, producing local pain and a sensation of distension; prick for bloodletting

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

combinations:

» GV-26, Lu-11, Sp-1, PC-7, UB-62 (hot needle), GV-16, St-6 (warming needle), CV-24, PC-8, GV-23, CV-1 (for males; for females, use a point at the opening of the vagina), LI-11 (hot needle) and hai quan (prick) known as the thirteen Ghost points, these are needled in the order presented for psychosis (madness and insanity) (Shanghai, p. 630);

» with GV-16 and UB-62 to tranquilize the mind and calm the emotions (Finkelstein, p. 82);

» with GV-24, GV-22, GV-21, GV-19, GB-19, GB-20, SI-5, Sp-2, UB-67, UB-63, UB-62 and St-36 for dizziness (Shanghai, p. 686);

» with GB-40 and St-43 for tidal fever (Shanghai, p. 142);

» with GV-20 and LI-4 for headaches (Shanghai, p. 142);

» with GV-25 and LI-20 for epistaxis (Shanghai, p. 142);

» with xue jian chou to treat epistaxis (Flaws, 1989, p. 99);

» with LI-20 for nasal congestion with an inability to smell (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 386);

» with LI-4 and Lv-3 for rhinitis (Shanghai, p. 142).

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