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BL15 • Xin Shu
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Bladder Meridian
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Insomnia
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Deficiency Heart/Spleen
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| Condition:
Insomnia • Deficiency Heart/Spleen |
| Treatment:
Tonify Heart and Spleen, Qi and Blood, calm the Heart Shen and Spirit. |
| Description:
Deficiency of the Heart and Spleen - Difficulty in falling asleep again when woken up by dreaming, palpitation, poor memory, general lassitude, pallor complexion, poor appetite, epigastric distention, loose stools, pale tongue proper, thin white tongue coating, feeble thready pulse. |
| Comment:
BL25 for poor memory, GV20 for foggy brain. |
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| Point
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| BL15 • Xin Shu •
On the upper back, 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra (T5). |
| Heart Shu. Back Shu of the Heart that connects with Front Mu CV14. |
| Explanation:
Nourish Heart blood, Back Shu of the Heart. |
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| BL20 • Pi Shu •
On the middle back, 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra (T11). |
| Spleen Shu. Back Shu of the Spleen that connects with Front Mu LR13. |
| Explanation:
Tonify Spleen Qi. |
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| HE7 • Shen Men •
On the transverse wrist crease, in the small depression between the pisiform and ulna bones. |
| Spirit Gate. Shu Stream Point on the Heart Channel. Yuan Source Point on the Heart Channel. Earth Point on Fire Meridian. |
| Explanation:
Nourish Heart blood. |
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SP6 • San Yin Jiao •
On the medial leg, 3 cun superior to the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the tibia.
Contraindication: Do Not Needle If Pregnancy is known or suspected. |
| Three Yin Intersection. Meeting Point on the Spleen Channel with the Liver and Kidney Channels. |
| Explanation:
Tonify Spleen Qi. |
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