Name
上巨虛
- Shang Ju Xu
- Upper Great Hollow
- Upper Vast Emptiness
Location
3 CUN below ST-36
Nature
- Lower He Sea point of Large Intestine
- Four Seas point Sea of Blood
Actions
- Disorders of Large Intestine: constipation, diarrhea, abdominal distension, cold in the Large Intestine (internalizes Qi to warm it): borborygmus, abdominal pain, undigested food in stools
- Local point: leg pain, anterior tibial muscle pain, difficulty flexing and lifting the dorsum, numbness of 2nd and 3rd toe
- Sensation of pain reaching the marrow, to the entire center of the body: moxibustion
Comments
Recommended in case of diarrhea, disperses Damp-Heat
Treatment
- Needling: 0.5 cun perpendicular
- Moxa