Acupoint+CV-15+(Jiu+Wei)

   **Jiu Wei** **• **  **Conception Vessel** **15** **• **  //Turtledove Tail.// Luo Connecting Point on the Conception Vessel to the internal abdominal viscera. = = =Location= Below the xiphoid process, 7 cun above the umbilicus; locate the point in the supine position with the arms uplifted.

=Point Summary= //Regulates the Heart Transforms Phlegm// //Disseminates And Descends Lung Qi// //Calms The Spirit Unbinds the Chest Lowers Rebellious Qi Regulates the Middle Burner Clears Heat Expels Wind// //Influences All Yin Organs// HT; diaphragm; upper aspect of middle warmer

=Needling=

Needling:
0.4 - 0.6 cun; Puncture Obliquely Downward

Contraindications:
None

Special Notes
luo of the CV and the channels fan out from this point; CV-14 used more for yang madness Point of Weihe: Mercurius Vivus and Solubis. Sleep retarded or total insomnia, aggravated at night and by heat of the bed, headaches at ight, nightly yellow and viscous perspiration; red and painful throat; swollen tonsils; swollen gums, tongue keeping the imprint of the teeth; dartre, ulcerations of the corners of the mouth, extreme thirts; herpes at the bottom of the back; skin peeling at various places on the fingers, particularly in the spring; bad body odor; irisitis; insufficient and hard liver; sexuall hyperexcitation; nubness, stingings, trembling, cramps; tendency to hemorrhages; vertigo when extending oneself or standing up; frgetful, distractions, mental weakening; fears next misfortune; quarrelsome, peevish.

=Diagnostic Indications:= Cardiothoracic Pain ** • ** Dyspnea ** • ** Epilepsy ** • ** Esophageal Disorders ** • ** Gastric Reflux **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mania And Depression **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oppressive Sensation In The Heart **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Palpitations **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • **

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the conception vessel: the right point tonifies the right, ascending flow of the conception vessel and the left, descending flow of the governor vessel; the left point tonifies the left, descending flow of the conception vessel and the right, ascending flow of the governor vessel. sexual organs, corpus callosum, opposite lateral part of the eye, gums, throat, parotid glands, all same side; extensors, dorsum of wrist same side; lungs. Disperses the anterior frontal lobes, temporal parietal lobes, evolved man [shen], automatron-parrot [hun], stomach, right half of the body. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Responds in //gaohuangshu// (BL-43) Source point of all vital centers. Little energy, dispersed vitality; ennui; does not like to hear human voices; weakening of the nerves and brain, nervous weakness, mental weakening, cannot find words, loss of memory; expects immediate misfortune; distracted; difficulty in falling asleep or total insomnia? diminished strength. All varieties of epilepsy and convulsions in children or adults (epileptiform?); tightening. Massage or moxa by bringing a match or lighted cigarette close. Herald point of the sexual organs. Sexual troubles from prolonged abstinence. Or sexual hyperexcitation; hypotension, all pulses hard, without beats; headache at night radiating to the lateral corner of the eye. Heart: pain or inflammation; myocarditis. Opposite side of the throat: swelling, obstruction, pain, inflammation, swollen parotid glands; tonsillitis; cough, fullness of the chest, bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, spits blood. Opposite eye: lateral commisure: pain, inflammation or weakness. Mouth: ulcerations of the corners, skin eruptions, extreme thirst. Swollen gums, same side; teeth moving toward the front, loose; vomiting; stomach: inflammation, pain. Skin: hands hardening and peeling from place to place, particularly in spring and summer: tonify; herpes at the bottom of the back; bubbles on the soles of the feet; herpetic pruritis: tonify; bad body odor? Drowning victims: keep head down, moxa with a lighted cigarette close or touching very quickly, causes the water to be thrown out of the lungs and stomach.
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