1+Needle+Therapy

From Jin Ke Yu's "One Needle, One Treatment"
 * Acute Lumbar Pain**: GV-26 - 2 cun needle punctured horizontally toward LI-20
 * Acute Optic Neuritis**: GB-37 - perpendicular 1.5 cun, reduce, lift & thrust. retain 15-20 min.
 * Acute Pharyngitis**: Bleed the most prominent vein in the back of the ear; Needle Ezhong (1/2 way from Yintang ->GV-24)
 * Acute Conjunctivitis:** Bleed apex of the ear - 3-5 drops
 * Amenorrhea:** BL-31 - 1.5 cun into foramen
 * Car/Air Sickness:**An Mian 1&2 one side only
 * Cold Extremities:** Needle the coccyxw/ large guage needle
 * Constipation:** BL-54 - 3 cun deep toward perineum. retain 20 minutes. stimulate 1x after 10 minutes
 * Cystitis & Urethritis:** TW-6 1.5 cun for 40 minutes. manipulate every 10 minutes
 * Dysmenorrhea:** BL-31- with patient leaning on elbows / legs apart (so abd doesn't touch the table) slowly insert up to 1 cun into right sacral foramen. twist counterclockwise to maximum & hold. put the other hand on abdomen level with uterus w/out compression. contraction of the uterus should be felt. release needle tension, wait ~10 seconds until second stimulation
 * Enteritis:** CV-8 needle .8-1 cun perpendicularly in & out
 * Epistaxis/Nosebleed:** Pinch SP-1 & LR-1
 * Gastrointestinal Neurosis:** PC-6, TW-5 - lift & thrust while gently kneading the abdomen
 * Headache:** Press GB-20 & "Stomach Comfort Point" (between xiphoid process & 7th rib) - H/A should stop in 15 seconds
 * Hiccup:** KI-1 - remove needles once hiccups stop
 * Hysterical Mutism:** KI-1 - 1 side 3/4 cun deep for 3 minutes while talking to the patient, if no progress needle other side
 * Hysterical Paralysis:** GB-30 - 3 cun deep toward genitalia, lift & thrust while reducing for 3 minutes until radiation then remove
 * Hysterical Spasm:** CV-12 - 1.5 perp. until spasm stops
 * Impotence:** pt. between C3-C4 - retain for 30 minutes, stimulating every 10 minutes OR cyccyx area
 * Insomnia:** Plum Blossom Hua Tuo pts.
 * Intestinal Worms:** BL-67 - needle on new moon, stimulate for for 1 minute, retain 40 minutes
 * Nervous Tension:** Plum blossom Hua Tuo pts
 * Painful Hemorrhoids:** BL-57 - insert 1.5 deep w/ quick stimulation until radiation to popliteal fossa. retain for 30 minutes, manipulating every 5 minutes
 * Smoking:** Sweetbreath (1/2 from LU-7->LI-5) - retain 15-20 minutesthen insert GB-8 downward until pain then remove
 * Stiff Neck:** PC-6 - manipulate while neck is moved then remove
 * Stomach Ache:**Stomach comfort pt (between xiphoid process & 7th rib) on right side, mild lift & thrust, retain 30 minutes
 * Toothache:** TW-2 - 1 cun oblique toward middle of carpal bones, obtain radiation then retain 40-60 minutes
 * Vertigo:** An Mian 1&2 one side only
 * Vocal Chord Paralysis:** PC-6 perp. up to 1 cun lift & thrust for strong stim for 5 minutes
 * Vomiting:** Stomach comfort pt (between xiphoid process & 7th rib) on right side, mild lift & thrust, retain 30 minutes