Acupoint+BL-43+(Gao+Huan+Shu)

**BL43 ** ** • **   **Gao Huan Shu**    •    **Bladder** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **43** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Vital Center Shu. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> =Location= 3 cun lateral to the GV meridian, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of T4, on the spinal border of the scapula.

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Tonifies And Nourishes The Lung, Heart, Kidneys, Spleen, And Stomach Nourishes Yin Calms the Spirit Strengthens Original Qi Transforms Phlegm// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Clears Heat// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> "happy point"; exhaustion; weakness; supports yuan qi and jing

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Obliquely

Contraindications:
None.

=General Indications=

Functions
strengthens deficient conditions; supports original qi (GV-4, BL-23, CV-4 also); increases function of qi; supports ming men

Indications
for late stage chronic deficiency disorders; bronchitis; asthma; TB; neurasthenia (archaic - feeble, neurosis); general weakness caused by prolonged illness; consumptive diseases like HIV, pulmonary TB; poor memory indicating a weakened condition

Special Notes
"happy point"; "prevention point"; "cure of a 100 diseases"; said to connect to ming men; can be used with ST-36 (and even CV-4, GV-4) as a preventative point prescription;

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Asthma **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <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">Coughing Blood **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Memory Impaired **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Nocturnal Emissions **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Perspiration At Night **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Respiratory Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Seminal Emissions **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Stool With Undigested Food **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Weakness General **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">