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Du 15
 Chinese Name:
Yamen (English translation: Mute's Gate)
Location:
On the back of the neck, .5 cun directly above
the midpoint of the posterior hairline, below the spinous process of the 1st cervical vertebra.
Classification:
Crossing point of the Du and Yang Wei Vessels
Window of the Sky point
Indications:
- Lack of
Vitality caused by emotional
disturbance
- Deafness and mute
- Apoplexy, stiffness of the tongue and
aphasia, sudden hoarseness of voice
- Occipital headache, neck rigidity
- Epistaxis
Functions:
Dispels Wind, treats loss of voice, benefits the tongue, neck and head.
Needling:
Perpendicular or oblique insertion downward .5 - 1.0 cun, do not puncture
obliquely upward or deep.
 Deeper is the
medulla oblongata; strict attention must be paid to the needle angle and depth. |
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