Headach adach C'lw/Jer w/Jer I / He
Gnerly ean e ede 30 mnts ?Iaipat e eedl ry 1 0 mnues and ask h paet me he had m sd sde r 30 scndss t 1 miute at e same tm. scnd Analysis an Experience: Nia PC6 is e eh eh c c tt pis he xadia xadia s s ss a ccts i i meridan meri dan I is a mprtat acupcur p iuan PC6 s u-c u-cecig ecig pi ha d ei ei Pe Peardium ardium mridia Percardm dee mian cvees ad shaya anja an ja mrida mri da Ths i ca s s gl gly y egua Futhem Futheme e u- ncn pns pn s re escally esc ally dcad r bld l l d rdrs; rdrs; he he r, r, s pi ca a and bld Prcardum mida s cned wit j j Lie mdia g g the cecis bwe e sam name had ad mrdians It is ee a mptat pnt r wnd r) ad phgm-r (percardium is clsely rlated w phl- phl- re) . t is ve vey y e ec c ran na ad mai m ai heada headae e an e pah yann mdia a PC s espcally us us plemi r nd and ·ascua nralgia wh ga sults J. Taiyang [EX] (the afeted sie) Locatin aya XJ is catd the laral aspec e eyba ad y r r Szug Szu g SJ-2) abv Neeling d the bishen en w a reeedged dle Oce e pain sars beedn quicly l the pait's head sideway s tha 1e bd wll dp aay m h patiet Each side f mple sld be bd r 20 30 drop f bld Tr Treae eaen n shud be ey 7 1 las r mid eadaces 1 2 amens l stp he p an ad r se see e headacs 2 3 reamns Analysis an Eperiene iyan iyan [X [ X is an x xa ardi rdia a n n i he meei pn pntt haya ad yami medas ad were had aiya and and shaya merdias aese Yai [meidan] dmiates the rehead sayan [media dmnates te latea asc he ad; hrere s pi s gd r rai b a ad empra ad aces Au d des ae usualy lad asi wid heh s d-ea, r idcd ese vasis ca be eplld by beedg hs p s cn cncc heada headaces ces,, as ced n the Huag D en « Y* 1f» : pesse sana eme ." Sve ad crnc disrdes setle i te caerals r se disrdes ha r decades d, bdin is a ms acclerae e ha pcss r ar h t caus Bldi th a hee-eded de ca expe d and ea he colral, dj h ns nd dipate sL gion. i a 81
ONE NEEDLE THERAPY: PAIN SYNDROMES
By Dr.
Wei-Cheh
Young
Translated By Ktt Ktty y Wong-Robrtson
AMEIC AN CHINES MDICAL C ULUE CEN CEN
Onee Ndl On Ndl The / Part I: Pai .)n )ndr drom omes es
take oy on treamn or chonc cass o i may equie o o r tans Personay I ha eate numerous chc eadace sor ders ha ased ove eny eny yars ad th pain p ain is of of n a ad d win thee reamns III VERTEX HEADACHE Du mrian tes on e mdln o the ea d; her points of u medan can reat headachs aong th die of e vex. oo tayang nary add add mrda mrda s load 1 . 5 cun latl o o Du man and is ef e f ad h branches m and intersec a he v Subseuentl ponts of na adde mean can ea erex aaces Furhemoe Lir mridan mes Du mran a the op o the head Hece poins of ot jueyin Lir mrian can also rea rx adace a is y treament ve adace nvolvs a Du, aiyang andjuyin meians In addition te dir gen mrdans of hand and ot shaoyng Saniao an o saoyang G bladder medans aso mee at he r. Somims s eci to rat vert eadaches wit the poins of ths o meridians Vere headachs ar on sn in pan h nuoss They ae ofn accompaid y oher nurasthenc sptoms suc as poor concnaon, memo loss and insomna Th pan cusers a e top of the ead and h pant pa nt xprnces a hea suppssing ensatio ensation n o eang a ha. ha . In Chnese medcn erex eadache s oen seen n cass o ir yang upsng and s on accompand y symptoms such as dizness o rgo One Neele Neel e erapy Pn Pnts ts fr etx etx Heaahe Hea ahe e commony used points a ae ve eeci in on needle rapy r er er hadac ae: Shugu B65, Yong ongqua quan n KID KID l achong achong LI3, oux SI3 Zhiy B6 and Leque L7 A . Shugu UB-65 (bi (bilat latea eall ll)) Locaton Su UB6 is located on he latl aspc o e o, n th dprsson posor and inor o ad of he th mtatarsal bon at h junc ton o o e rd and an d h hee skn Needling: irs, needle one sd (geneally speng nde male pain on t le and femae pan on e rg rgh ) erpendcua nsron I cun Ask e pae o mo he head om sde o sde e mutes o gude qi o e aected aected ara sualy sua ly th pain pa in s sps ps mmdiaely aer nding nding If e pan pssts ne h o sd of he Ong pons B hrough elo l hve the sae procdue Rean h needle 30 mnus maipula he eee eve 1 mues and as the pae to move move h h had om sde o sde simultanousl. 82
Capter 1 / Hada adache che
Analysis and xpeiee:
Gneratons o Chinese medcn pacitions ped o use Yongquan KI to treat vertex headache hs is mnly du o e corespon corespon dence etwn te top (hed and he botom (o ome ored usn Tchong LIV3 nstead due to h pah of e meran ascnds to verte) verte) Vex Vex heada headach ch s aso non non a o uyn ier hadach Howe How e� Shu B-65 s een mo eece eece in treaing t reaing eex headach heada ch han ong ongquan quan KID n na a Badder mian travese travesess o h h vx vx and eners h ran and us Shg UB65 is rlad o the vetex nd brn Shuu B-65 is e shsream pon o Urina Badde m rdian Shu tr tram am poins ar aree ndicated heaness heaness of h ody ody and on pan Shugu B-65 s so h wood wood pon of Urna Badd wae wae merdan he ppry o he pon is atd o wood and he ve; h the atr mosening te wood and e, it has th [uncons o bntng lier coding to freen pimry mrans or he v ment hoi ths point s ectve in eating vx headache B. Yongquan KD-1 ocation:
Yongquan KI KI s ocaed ocaed on h sole o the th e ee, ee, n he he deprssion t the ot in plantar exion exion a he uncion o th t h aneior 1 /3 and posteio 2/3 of he lin conncing t b of he 2nd and 3rd toes ith the e Needling:
Pepencular nserton 08 cun As the pant o moe the had om sde to side 30 seconds ee mnues o guid qi o th aeced aea he h e pain shoud sop immediaey immediaey Retain he nde n de 30 mns; manipa he ned ned v v 1 0 mnuts and ask he pan to move the had om sd o sde at e same me. Analysi Analys i and Experiece: Experiec e:
Yongquan KIKI - is th jng-wel jng-wel woo wood) d) pon o Kidny Ki dny wae wae mran mr an \ ood coe ponds o the ie and vex headache s ascied to ueyin ve headache. heere s poin can on wae and moisen wood, whch means i can nours e lvr and he kdne. corn o hoo grapc coespo coesponden ndence ce he op o he h e head coe coespond spondss to he soe of e o Ts s th eason why Yo Yong ngquan quan is eectv eectv in eang e ang vetex hadaches s cited in Zhou Hou G «JM�» : Fr verex headache accompaned wh diict n opnng he eyes needle Yongq Yongquan uan KI - 1 s in ranquil and ood heat" Troughou hsto phyi cans have ofen used hs empirca pon eex headachs C. Taichong IV-3 IV-3 Location: Acrdng Acrd ng to t o Yi Zng Ji a
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n corrspons t e liver wood wood erere s etve i eng e e edc ls kown s s ee ee Hui SI -3 is te uyn su-m pnt f n yn Sm testin men n su-sr su-srm m pnts e nce e ene ness ss f e by nd jon in . eere it is ve eectiY ectiY in ing ing pin syndromes nlu n lud dn n vert nd cpitl cp itl g mrns ls pss tug ecs (yn yng tug t e oc oc pt pt)) . E. Zhiyn UB67 ocation
Zyi n UB Zyin UB is cun postr postr t e oer f f e nil n te lera spc l e Needling:
Prpicu nsrti nsrtion on 0 1 0 2 un Afe Afe i is cue s te te ptien pti en mve e ed m se sid r 30 sens ve · mnuts t u e ect ect re e pin ou ou stop mm mmete ete Rtn te nle r 30 30 minus. minus. nipue nede ee mintes mintes n sk t pient o mve mve e m m s o de t sm tm tm Analysis and Experience
Zyin UB67 s n ne el l pn Urin Br midin midin It is e t" pnt tin men t sootes midn n trls, retes n nd yn clrs he nd nd brgtens eys eys t s cte r ru ru tpe tpess f n sres s nit es lon n nmpse by te pwy f Un Blde min c e he lt verte verte n cpa ees ees s t in Zou Hou Ge «, «,•j1�» j• 1�» : r n cil isers nee Zn -67 E Lieque LU-7 ocation
\en cssig t uk o e nds te inex ner of e tp n sul be plced n p f e ius te ter n pint is l te t e n te t e epesi epesion on t te ip f te ne ne nger nger f f te tp n Needlng
Oblisubcunus nsertn 0.5 t I un t Liqu L-7 witl te ip f t e neee pintng w w t elb elb Oe O e qi is quie quie s t pi me e d mty m sde s r 1 mnut For onc e in in neee r 3 minus. minus . Mnpte Mn pte ne eer minues n sk te pen eer p en moe moe e e om sie s r l mnute te sm ime Analyss Analy ss and a nd Experience
iu L -7 ben ecgiz ecgize e s n sse ssent nt p pnt nt r lte n n n eces since ncen imes As ce n Ln Jing u «mfM : To e e ece e ce one must sec sec f Leue Le ue L-7 " is p n s n of te
eigh coflue pi and cocs w1th R mrian. Ren d Du
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meridas ae ae iterolyeteriorly ite rolyeteriorly rela related ted Du meidia traverse traversess alog he vere ad he ocpital Leue L7 i te locoetng poi o Lug meda. The ug goe goess q ad the uoconnectg pois are estial to vasla disorder disorders. s. There Theree, e, this pont a ea eae e ot q ad blood Te dverg mria o ad aiyi Lug medan merges w the dierge meda o ad yangmig Large ese mrda s had agmng mdian us alog te ec rgio edng Leue LU7 is eetve eang erte hadaches. s poit s loated a te upper rarm d esponds to e head rego acordg t ologaphc o o espodece aoer easo w Lieque LU7 is eive r eadaches Iv OCCIPITAL HEACHE
Te main eridians hat travel n he ocipita area ae: Du meida i the cente o tayag Ura Badder meidia aogsde u merda ad Yag age eii meidian me idian which ravel ravelss o Fe Feu D U 1 6 a the t he occipta occipta Ocipi ta eadace is mosty reated to aiag ad Du merdias Ndlig Sgu B-6 of Una B-6 U na Bladder Bla dder merdia o ea ea opita headaches s mos e eec ec ive i ve Occiptal hadache is ommoy see paten ith yperteso, yperteso, cevi cevi cal and sot issue nj and occpta neuagia, as we as i cases o mei gtis ad bran mos the ocpital headache is acompaied y peile peile omg high eer ad rgd o he e, i ma e reatd o iacaia disordes (suh as bran umor. he pactiioe suppets that ths might e te case, eer he paiet to a medial doto r rher dagosis ost ocipta hadaces are caused b occpal nuralgia e ocipta eee pa ha spreads rog he opita regio ad t pan may ascend to e vetx I te opta headahe is caused y a ommo old, t a e aggravaed whe he patiet moves the had or oughs Geerally, wih occipital eadace, eder ess can e ud a he exit poi of e oipita nees (egchi GB20) One eee Therapy Points f Oipital Haah
The ommoly used oe neede terapy poits r oipita eadache are Sugu UB65 Kun UB-6 Hoi SI-3 Zyi B-67 ad Fgi GB0. A.
Shugu UB-65 Location:
Shugu B-65 s ocated on e laeral aspe o e h metatasal oe n depesson promal o the th meatarsopalagea joi, at he jnio of e red and we si Needling:
Pepediular sertio 1 u Pepediular u Ask he patin pat in o move he head om sid sid to sd eer w miutes o ide te q to e ae aed d aa The T he eadache shold stop immedaely ate eedng Reain te eedl r 3 mites
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Manpula ndl vr vryy 0 mis and an d ask h h patn to mov mov h had om sid o d a h sam t Analysis and Experience
T paways o Urna Baddr and D mridians ravrs thugh occipt occipt ara rna Badd Baddrr mrdia ravls ravls aong aongsid sid u mran mran ccordg to Tong Xuan Zh Yao «:� f » : "d dsa pons; nd th o r disordrs o th ad Ths is v ctv n using th dsta poL Shgu UB65 o rat ocpa hadacs hg B5 s h shsram pon o rinary Baddr mrdia ad shstram ponts ar ndicatd r anss anss o body and r oi oin n pa n. is poin of coic coic o ra pa pan, n, spcay any pain n an ocato ocato along alo ng rinay Bladdr mridan. m ridan. As wood wood point p oint o rna add addr r (' ('at at )) mra i upp upps s watr to most most wood wood or sppm sppmts ts kidny o mostn ivr o acording o tho1is o r prma1 rdans or th v v lmnt i is an xrmy c cv v pit r rang ocpial hadac B. Ku UB-60 Location
nun B60 is locad posrory o aal malJus i t dprsso midway bwn tip o latral mallos ad Achls tndon Needing
Obi nsrto w ip o ndl poing owar t on dg of nr malols Whn qi is acquird as patnt o mov th had om om sid o d or to own and s rpady to gd q o th actd a ctd ara Froa or sprciay sprciay bon pai pai shod subsi md mdia iay. y. Analysis and Experience:
uln B60 is h ngrivr ad ir pon o Urnary addr mdan It is th r poin of watr mrdian and sooes q ad bood clars had and ys, ys, onis watr and asssts r noris yin a nd warm yang). rina1 addr midan ravr s troug t ta vrx and ocpit ars o t t had Basd on t tratnt prncip o " acupncur ponts of a mdan ra parts of h body tr·ling along a mrdian , t can trat occptal hadac Knl B60 s locad btwn hl an maarsophaangal jon Accrdng o holo graph corrspondn i corrspod o had and c, anohr ra so why t s ctv ctv n raing adachs. C Homi SI-3 Location
Wi th paints and in a oos s, Houxi SI3 s ocad at lnar
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ed of the pamar ease pmal the 5th metaarp phalangea join at the juton of he red nd hite sn Needing:
'V h te piens nd n loose loos e st, st, perpencur perpencur inseron 0 o cun meday om the erl spect of te ist Oe qi is aqued eve few mint ask te patent to moe the head om sde o side 0 seonds Lo gid q to the aetd rea Atr needng t pain soud sop im mdiatly Retain t nde r 30 inues Mniuae he needle v l 0 mintes and ask te pien to mov h hed m ide to sde t the ame ime. Analsis Anals is and Eperience Eperienc e
Houx SI-3 S I-3 is te sh-sem (wo (wood od)) pon o and tiyang Small Itstne meidi Base aiyang mans o ad and ot onet to ea ohe by the sme m, they tave hroug bot ides of he ocipitl are hs is also on of he eigt ot pos which onnes wit Du meridian Du me ves thoug te midde of he ocipt are heree Hou SI-3 eats ipi ead Sh-steam point s dicated heaness o te bod and ot an heee Hox SI is ve eetve r eaig pi and eadaes, esecil occpital dce D. Zhiin UB-67 Loation
Zhiyn UB67 Zhiyn UB6 7 is ocated ocated 0 1 cn osteror osteror to the oer oer of he al on e lat spet of te ittl oe Needling
Peediar nsetion 0. 1 o 0. 2 u. tr tr q s acqured ask the paient o move the head om side to sid 30 seconds o gide q to the atd re The pin should subide immeite R he needle r 30 m tes nipulate te neede eve mintes ad ask te paten to move e ead om sde o id he same ime. Analyi Analy i and Experience:
The ptwy o nar Bladd mian rs longside Du meidin ad teses to the te nd ocipital are of he head. It is he ingwe oint of a Bldder meran nd wher n nd ag meet s t is te ning and bennig oint of q and lood ow, it is indicted Lo sooth he medians nd olateas reguate yin nd yng lear te hed ad rghen e e es es Furtemoe rry adde ad de medin "egins a th ce d head and ends a n UB67 Acoring to hoogap oespondene, the hd nd ot orspond o ah oer. re i s ve ecYe ·tg occiptl headaes s mnioned i hou Ho Ge « •t1!�» edle hyi B67 head and ce sordrs t1!�» : It i very e\e in retg n orders in ot head and ce nd is 88
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eseciay ectve eseciay ectve n tretng tretn g eadaes su as verte nd occp oc cpa a d ce oated on rin Bdder median. E engchi B20 Locaton Fengci GB-20 s oaed n te depesson eween e e oion of te seoleidomsod musce musce nd e pezis l le ell i e ow oint of e lobe. Needlng: Hve te aent in pon posion o lening e reead gins e back o a cai Oque insrtion 05 o 0 7 cun at engc GB-20 w the t o e neede o owa ward rd he opose eye Maniuae he neede need e sng he tecnque of ng nd usting, usting, but \vt more twiing motion ni he atent eay fees fees e enstions of soreness, tngling nd distenio distenion n Retan e need neede e 0 mites nipuate nip uate te neede ever every y l 0 mintes mint es Aalysis and Experene Fengc GB-20 is te meeig oint o Sano nd Galbladder meidns and o Yangwi and Yngqiao medns As ts name mples, it is an es sental on n seding wid. It s aways been ve moan pon in reatng re atng lera and on ed"nd ed"nd eadaces n ct, t is ective ective n treang es of edaes ang Han Ln «m�» sys nesove ne soved d iyng dsod; s needle engc engc GB0 GB 0 eng engfu fu U 6 Conseqny Conseq ny es yg disodes disodes s we we en eng g Y Ge G e «J�.{ «J�.{» » , Y Long Ge «.gl» d i Zongjnjan «* i » al indicte t1at engci GB20 s essenil n ang edaces It trts migaine eadces nd occipl neralgi nsntaneosl o conc and stub o eadces, only neds hree o e temens o otn ge r ss a long ime MIGRAIE HEADA HEADACH CHES ES igraine onta eadaes inclde na eadae and migraine eadae, u some consdered consdered te term to ude eadace o te wole ead
V FONTA A
One Nee Neele Theray Ponts fr Fronta and Mgrane Headahes lowing owing e e a few few o e dynami one neede n eede epy pons pon s emporl empor l e l nd onl edace: L LU-7, yuan 9 ngci GB20, aiyng [EX ongz J-3, Yemen J-2 D 22.04 and ear apex. A. Leque L eque LU-7 Locaton: \ Ven co ing the ukou o e ands e index nge of te o nd ould be paced on top of he ads of te oter and. Te oin s lo ed n dpesion at t tip f th index gr the p n 89
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Needlng: hn ng hedhes, ineeping ehniu is usully use Oblqueubuneous nsrt nsrton on 0.5 o 1 un wh he ip of h neele o w Tun Tun L-9. er er q i cquie, c quie, sk sk he h e pin o move he e moey om sde to sie nd up n own 1 minute Fo chonc oders en neele 30 nute Mnpue e nee v 1 0 mnus n sk e ptien o moe te he m se o sde 1 nnue Anaysis and Experience: Lequ -7 is on of te ur commn pons h been reognze s on o he most impornt poins tetng ont nd empol heche nce ncn mes S Zong Xue G l�1:» ses: se Leque L-7 o r ed n nek disod X Hung Fu «� 5lM» ys, e Leque -7 o et onl nd lel heches n when combine h Tiyun LU- s rong ronglly euing e pon) l the d es l repon nd be alb·iated." n Jng Fu «mI. «mI.» » ys On mus seek (needle Lieque LU r edce" his pon s been known kns o nek dsorers, ont n mpo hehes. Leque U7 i the luo-onnecing poin of Lung men nd i ne oy-exeoly red o Lg ntesne men Since is oe of the eigh conuen points nd nd onnects o Rn mein, i t te te soers soers e l o t Lung g Itetine n en mrdns As luo-connectng poin t i ined blood vel eled disos hi point i loced on Lung medn n Lung mes q re Leque U-7 gtes boh bod nd qi cordng o he exrordn connecton e ung is connect t uny blde which psses though the er, on n ocpil rs of h nd en e bn Aso, codng o hologrp oepondence oepondence eque L- coespond o he ed ese e ll h resons why ieque L-7 s n xcelen pon r onl n tempol hehs B. Tayuan U-9 Location: Wh he pen' plm ng ng up loe the t he pon n he epression he w cese on h ter spc of h ril y where he pus s deed Needng: Perpenul inion