Sanjiao Channel

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LUXI SJ-19
Skulls Rest
LOCATION
Posterior to the ear, in a small depression two
thirds of the distance along a curved line
drawn from Yifeng SJ-17 to Jiaosun SJ-20
following the line of the rim of the ear.
NEEDLING
Subcutaneous insertion along the course of the channel
0.3 to 0.5 cun, or prick to bleed. Note: according to several
classical texts, this point is contraindicated to bleeding.
ACTIONS
Benefits the ears and clears heat
Calms fright and relieves tetany
INDICATIONS
Deafness, tinnitus, ear pain, discharge of pus from
the ear, itching of the face, redness and swelling of
the corner of the forehead (in the region of Touwei
ST-8).
Headache, heavy head, one-sided headache, heat in
the body with headache and inability to sleep, dizzi-
ness, childhood epilepsy, tetany, fright and fear,
childhood vomiting of foamy (watery) saliva, vomit-
ing and drooling, pain of the chest and lateral costal
region, dyspnoea, seminal emission.
Jiaosun SJ-20
Luxi SJ-19
Yifeng SJ-17 Qimai SJ-18
COMMENTARY
Although this point is rarely used clinically, the Ode to the
One Hundred Symptoms stated unequivocally tetany
cannot be treated successfully without Luxi SJ-19. Tetany
is a disorder characterised by stiffness and rigidity of the
neck and back, lockjaw, twitching of the limbs,
opisthotonos etc.
COMBINATIONS
Pain of the lateral costal region with inability to turn
the body: Luxi SJ-19 and Benshen GB-13 (Thousand
Ducat Formulas).
One-sided headache: Luxi SJ-19, Fengchi GB-20, Tai-
yang (M-HN-9), Waiguan SJ-5 and Jianjing GB-21.
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Lung
L. Intestine
Stomach
Spleen
Heart
S. Intestine
Bladder
Kidney
Pericardium
Sanjiao
Gall Bladder
Liver
Conception
Governing
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