Acupoint+CV-23+(Lian+Quan)

== **CV23 ** ** • **   **Lian Quan**    •    **Conception Vessel** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **23** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Ridge Spring. Meeting Point on the Conception Vessel with the Yin Linking Vessel. = = =Location= <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//On the neck, on the anterior midline, in the depression superior to the hyoid bone.//

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Benefits The Tongue Descends Qi// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Alleviates Cough// frees the throat <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> =Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1.0 cun

Technique:
Puncture obliquely towards the tongue

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
frees the throat

Indications
loss of voice; paralysis of hypoglossus; excessive salvation; tongue problems

Special Notes
yin wei crosses here; used with GV-15 for aphasia

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Cough **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Excessive Production Of Watery Saliva **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Loss Of Voice Sudden **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Mouth Ulcers **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Swollen Tongue **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thirst **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Throat Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">