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GV10 • Ling Tai
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Governing Vessel Meridian
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Eczema
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Acute/Damp Heat
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on the acupuncture points above for images of location
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| Condition:
Eczema • Acute/Damp Heat |
| Treatment:
Eliminate wind and heat and resolve dampness. |
| Description:
Damp Heat - Rapid onset of erythma, subsequent papules that form into groups of blisters in a few days, clusters and flakes broken and effused by scratching, ulceration with local redness and severe itching sensation, red tongue with thick yellow, sticky coating, slippery rapid pulse. |
| Comment:
Add HE4 for itching of the hand. |
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| Point
Selection: |
| BL40 • Wei Zhong •
At the midpoint of the popliteal fossa. |
| Bend Middle. He Sea Point on the Bladder Channel. Command Point for the Upper and Lower Back. Earth Point on Water Meridian. |
| Explanation:
Cools the blood, clears wind damp. |
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| GV10 • Ling Tai •
Below the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra (T6). |
| Spirit Tower. |
| Explanation:
Specific for Supportative infecting of skin, boils, hives, carbuncles. |
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| GV14 • Daz Hui •
Below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra (C7). |
| Great Hammer. Meeting Point on the Governing Vessel with the six yang channels. Sea of Qi Point. |
| Explanation:
Clears Wind Heat |
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LI4 • He Gu •
On the dorsum of the hand, approximately at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the belly of the first interosseus dorsalis muscle.
Contraindication: Do Not Needle If Pregnancy is known or suspected |
| Union Valley. Yuan Source Point on the Large Intestine Channel. Command Point of the Face and Mouth. |
| Explanation:
Clears Wind Heat |
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SP6 • San Yin Jiao •
On the medial leg, 3 cun superior to the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the tibia.
Contraindication: Do Not Needle If Pregnancy is known or suspected. |
| Three Yin Intersection. Meeting Point on the Spleen Channel with the Liver and Kidney Channels. |
| Explanation:
Clears Damp Heat |
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| SP9 • Yin Ling Quan •
On the medial leg, on the inferior border of the medial condyle of the tibia, in the depression between the posterior border of the tibia and gastrocnemius muscle. |
| Yin Mound Spring. He Sea Point on the Spleen Channel. Water Point on Earth Meridian. |
| Explanation:
Clears Damp Heat |
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