Name
委中
- Wei Zhong
- Bend Centre
- Central Load
Location
Center of the popliteal fossa
Nature
- He-Sea Point and Lower He-Sea of the Bladder
- Earth Point
Actions
Unblocks the Bladder Channel. Disperses Heat and Dampness.
- Urinary or sweating problems: helps eliminate toxicity. Use with the Bladder Front-Mu point CV-3
- Disperses Heat from the surface, skin: dermatitis, eczema, urticaria, psoriasis. Bleed the four curves: LU-5 + BL-40
- Lower backache and sciatica. With bloodletting
- Local point for knee pain, posterior
- Pain of lower limbs with difficulty of movement
- Hip pain with sensation of heaviness
- Blood stasis: stabbing pain
- Wind Bi: changing pain
- Wei Syndrome: paralysis, paresthesia, atrophy
Comments
- Disperses Heat
- Eliminates Dampness
- Cools the Blood
- Unblocks the Channel
- Relaxes the sinews
- If eyebrows fall (bleed)
Treatment
- Needling: 0.5 CUN
- Do not moxa
- If there are dark venules in the area, bloodletting can be performed. See: bloodletting