•Source [出處 chū chù]:
The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion【甲乙經 jiǎ yǐ jīng】
•Channel and collateral【經絡 jīng luò】:
Leg jue yin
•Classification【類別 lèi bié】:
Alarm-mu point 【墓穴 mù xué】
Intersection point of hand jue yin with foot tai yin【交會穴 jiāo huì xué】
•Name【名稱 mīng chéng】:
期 [qí] : period, cycle, one hundred years
•門 [mén] : gate, door
Alternative name: 肝幕 [gān mù] liver alarm (mu)
•Location【部位 bù wèi】:
•In the anterior thoracic region, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior median line.
•Needling【針法 zhēn fǎ】:
Neddle 0.5-1 cun laterally along the intercostal space, not perpendicualr or deep needling. 3-7 Moxa cons moxibustion and 10-15 minutes of moxa stick.
•Action【功效 gōng xiào】:
Coursing the liver and rectify qi [疏肝理氣 shū gān lǐ qì]
Transform stasis and dispersing masses [化瘀消積 huà yū xiāo jī]
•Indication【主治 zhǔ zhì】:
Classical: chest pain, chest irritation, chest distension, liver disease, hypochondral distention, vomiting, coughing, dizziness, chest heat, heartache, breathlessness, malaria, typhoid fever, convulsions, leprosy, drowning, cholera venting, can’t speak, postpartum illnesses
Modern: Intercostal neuralgia, liver pain, hepatosplenomegaly, hepatitis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, pancreatitis, diaphragm spasm, gastric neurosis, mastitis, indigestion, breast hyperplasia.