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Results
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LI4 • He Gu
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Large Intestine Meridian
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Toothache
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Kidney Yin Deficiency
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| Condition:
Toothache • Kidney Yin Deficiency |
| Treatment:
Clear Xu Fire |
| Description:
Dull pain on and off, loose teeth, absence of foul breath, red tongue body, thready and rapid pulse. |
| Comment:
BL23 and BL52 if accompanied by lower back pain. |
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| Point
Selection: |
| KI3 • Tai Xi •
On the medial ankle, at the midpoint between the prominence of the medial malleolus and Achille's Tendon. |
| Great Ravine. Shu Stream Point on the Kidney Channel. Yuan Source on the Kidney Channel. Earth Point on Water Meridian. |
| Explanation:
Tonify Qi |
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LI4 • He Gu •
On the dorsum of the hand, approximately at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the belly of the first interosseus dorsalis muscle.
Contraindication: Do Not Needle If Pregnancy is known or suspected |
| Union Valley. Yuan Source Point on the Large Intestine Channel. Command Point of the Face and Mouth. |
| Explanation:
Clear Heat and stop pain. |
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| LR2 • Xing Jian •
On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second metatarsophalangeal joints, 0.5 cun proximal to the web margin. |
| Moving Between. Ying Spring Point on the Liver Channel. Fire Point on Wood Meridian. |
| Explanation:
Clear Xu Fire. |
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| ST6 • Jia Che •
On the cheek, 1 cun anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible, in the belly of masseter muscle. |
| Jaw Bone. |
| Explanation:
Clear Heat and stop pain. |
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| ST7 • Xia Guan •
On the lateral face, in the depression at the lower border of the zygomatic arch, anterior to the condyloid process of the mandible. ST 7 is located with the mouth closed. |
| Below the Joint. Meeting Point on the Stomach Channel with the Gall Bladder Channel. |
| Explanation:
Clear Heat and stop pain. |
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