"Yixi (BL45)" originally refers to the sound of sighing, Suwen-Gukong Lun: "If you are tired of (pressing) it, the patient will call Yixi (BL45), and Yixi (BL45) will respond." Therefore. name.

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Yixi (BL45) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Suwen-Gukong Lun: "On the back, it is three cun close to the spine. The weariness (pressure) makes the patient scream, and the patient responds."
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Inside the shoulder, it is three cun below the sixth vertebra on both sides."

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• Muscles: outer edge of trapezius, iliocostalis (lungs in chest).
• Nerve: Lateral branch of the posterior branch of the fifth and sixth thoracic nerves.
• Vessels: Dorsal branches of the sixth intercostal artery and vein.

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oblique insertion 0.5～0.8 cun. It should not be too deep to avoid accidentally entering the chest and injuring the lungs. Moxibustion with moxa cone 5~7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10~15 minutes.

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It invigorates qi and widens the chest, clears away heat and replenishes deficiency.

• Classical: dyspnea, scapular pain, hypochondriac distension and fullness, chest abdominal distension and fullness, Rebing, warm malaria, dizziness, epistaxis, elbow swelling, headache, hyperhidrosis , Rebing Inability to sweat, sore eyes, choking, fatigue due to strain, fatigue and heat due to fatigue.
• Modern: intercostal neuralgia.

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• Feng malaria: Hei Xi, Shaohai (HT3), Zhizheng (SI7).
• warm malaria: Zhongwan (CV12), Hexi, Baihuanshu (BL30).