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upper jiao and gives rise to throat Bi, coughing of blood and wasting and thirsting syndrome, or blazes in the lower jiao giving rise to genital itching, difficult urina- tion etc.


• Laogong P-8 is a powerful point to clear heat from the Ying and blood levels and from the Pericardium during febrile diseases, to cool Heart-Fire in the upper jiao (for which purpose it is more strongly indicated than Shaofu HE-8), and to drain Stomach heat.


• Xiaxi GB-43 clears heat and stagnant heat (i.e. heat from Qi stagnation) from the head, ears, eyes, face breast and flanks - indeed the whole of the Gall Bladder chan- nel.


• Xingjian LIV-2 is the principal acupuncture point to clear Liver-Fire affecting any part of the body, whether blazing upwards to the head and eyes, disturbing the Heart and Shen, transversely invading the Lungs or Stomach, entering the blood and causing reckless bleed- ing or disturbing the lower jiao.


2. As far as changes in the complexion are concerned, this is probably an extrapolation from the fact that the Ying- Spring points of the Yin channels belong to Fire and thus have an affinity for the Heart which manifests in the complexion. It has little application in clinical practice.


3. Diseases of the Yang channels/diseases of the zang (with the Shu-Stream point): As far as acting on the Yang channels is concerned, it should rather be noted that the Ying-Spring points of the 12 channels have in all cases a strong action on clearing Shi pathogenic factors, stagna- tion and heat from their respective channels, particu- larly, like the Jing-Well points, from the uppermost regions of the channel. In comparison with the Jing-Well points, however, they also have a relatively greater action on disorders along the course of the channel (rather than just its opposite/upper end). Erjian L.I.-2, for example, in addition to its ability to clear heat from the upper end of the channel and clear wind from the face, manifesting as deviation of the mouth and eye and nasal obstruction, also treats pain and stiffness of the shoulder and back, and cold and pain in the region of the point Jianyu L.I.-15.


The Yin channel Ying-Spring points in particular, as well as Neiting ST-44, also have an important action on clearing heat from and regulating their respective zang (see Table).


As far as the combination of the Ying-Spring and Shu- Stream points referred to above, the following classical combinations indicate that this was a commonly-used pairing:


• Pain of the Lung and Heart: Taiyuan LU-9 and Yuji LU- 10 (A Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion). • Fondness for lying down and propensity to sleep: Erjian L.I.-2 and Sanjian L.I.-3 (Supporting Life). • Tinnitus: Qiangu SI-2, Houxi SI-3 and Pianli L.I.-6 (Supporting Life).


• Heat illness with restlessness, cold feet, much sweat- ing: first needle Rangu KID-2, then Taixi KID-3 (A Sys- tematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion). • Vomiting clear saliva: Daling P-7, Laogong P-8, Shanzhong REN-17 and Zhongwan REN-12 (The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion). • To heal oppression of the heart, injuries and scars:


Neiting ST-44 Ying-Spring Points Effect on disorders of the Zang Yuji LU-10


Cough (with blood, hiccup, hypogastric or sacral pain), chest Bi with difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath with Heart Bi.


Abdominal pain and distention, borborygmus, dysentery-like disorders, bloody stool, diarrhoea, constipation.


Dadu SP-2


Abdominal distention, diarrhoea, constipation, heavy body, sudden oedema of the limbs, oppression of the chest, inability to lie down.


Shaofu HE-8 Rangu KID-2


Palpitations, chest pain.


Asthma, coughing blood, irregular menstruation, infertility, nocturnal emissions, spermat- orrhoea, impotence, wasting and thirsting syndrome, difficult urination, diarrhoea.


Laogong P-8


Delirium, coma, epilepsy, mania-depression disorder, fright, propensity to anger, ceaseless laughter at other's misfortune, heart pain, chest and flank pain, cough.


Xingjian LIV-2


Paroxysmal coughing with flank pain or haemoptysis, pain of the Heart and the Liver, pain and distention of the chest, flank and hypochondrium, much sighing.


Daling P-7 and Laogong P-8 (The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion).


• Ceaseless laughter at other’s misfortune: Daling P-7 and Laogong P-8 (1000 Ducats).


• Pain of the Heart with a grey-green complexion like death, unable to heave a sigh all day, pain of the Liver and Heart: Xingjian LIV-2 and Taichong LIV-3 (The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion).


Shu-Stream


The Shu-Stream points are the third or second from last point of both the Yin and Yang channels with the excep- tion of Zulinqi GB-41 which is the third from last point of the Gall Bladder channel. The Shu-Stream points of the six Yin channels are also the Yuan-Source point of their respective channel. According to the classical sources discussed above, the Shu-Stream points are indicated


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