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 DU Mai

 

DU1 (changqiang)

  • [connect to Ren] harmonize Yin Yang & bowels, hemafecia, hemorrhoids, prolapse
  • Location :  between coccyx & anus

DU2 (yaoshu)

  •  warms low Jiao, Wind/Damp, hemorrhoids, irregular menses
  • Location :  in the sacro-coccygeal hiatus

DU3

  •  warm LR KI, low Jiao Damp/Cold, sciatica, lumbosacral pain
  • Location (yaoyangguan):  below L4

DU4

  • tonify KI & Essence (leukorrhea), soothe sinews, harmonize blood, cold or 5am diarrhea
  • Location (mingmen):  below L2

DU9

  • tonify Yang Qi, loosen chest (cough), clear Damp/Heat (jaundice), chest & back pain
  • Location (zhiyang):  below T7

DU11

  • internal/external Wind, calms spirit, impaired memory
  • Location (shendao):  below T5

DU12

  • internal/external Wind, clear Heat (Ying, fever, HT, Wind/Heat), tonify LU
  • Location (shenzhu):  below T3

DU13

  • expel Wind Heat, clear LU Heat, tonifies deficiency
  • Location (taodao):  below T1

DU14

  • [intersection of 6 Fu]
  • external/internal Heat, severe Yin deficiency (steaming bone, tidal fever), local problems, frees Yang Qi, clear LU, calm spirit (HT, epilepsy), common cold
  • Location (dazhui):  below C7

DU15

  • [9 needle to return Yang]
  • Heat Bi, clear/open Shen, wind strike, occipital headache
  • Location (yamen):  0.5 cun within hairline

DU16

  • [Ghost]
  • Wind/Cold or Wind/Heat, calms spirit, drain Fire
  • Location (fengfu):  1 cun within hairline

DU20 (baihui) 

  • [intersection of 6 Fu]
  • LR Wind, calms spirit, returns inversion, raises Yang Qi, Heat in Yang Jing, headache (LR deficiency), diarrhea, insomnia, rectal prolapse
  • Location:  at the vertex of the head (highest point)

DU23 (shangxing)

  • [Ghost]
  • open head & nose (headache/congestion), eye problems, stop bleeding (nose)
  • Location:  1 cun posterior to the anterior hairline

DU24 (shenting)

  • calm LR & LR Wind, calms spirit, nasal congestion, insomnia, headache
  • Location :  0.5 cun within anterior hairline

DU26  (renzhong)

  •  returns inversion, calm spirit, dispel Wind, stubborn hiccups, lumbar pain/stiffness
  • Location:  above the upper lip on the midline, at the junction of the upper 1/3 & lower 2/3 of the philtrum.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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