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EX-HN4 Yu Yao () — Yu Yao — Fish Waist
EX-HN4
Yu Yao
Yu Yao — Fish Waist · Fish Waist
Extra PointWHO StandardDr. Hong Jin Pai — Livro de MeridianosSafeCabeça
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Precautions
Needle transversely and subcutaneously 0.5 cun. Moxibustion is prohibited.
Location (classical)
On the forehead, directly above the pupil, in the middle of the eyebrow. (Fig. 12.2)
How to find it (practical)
With the patient looking forward, locate the point in the middle of the eyebrow, directly above the pupil.
Atlas differences
Pontos e Meridianos (p. 430) gives a transverse course of 0.5 cun. China’s People’s Medical Publishing House describes a tangential course of 0.3 to 0.5 cun and also a short perpendicular variant. Taiwan’s Yi Bian describes a transverse course of 0.5 to 1 cun and contraindicates moxibustion.
Needling
The team’s textbook describes transverse needling in the subcutaneous tissue of the eyebrow, with a course of 0.5 cun. It contraindicates moxibustion.
CLASSICAL SOURCEZhen Jiu Da Cheng