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acupointZhangmen
aliasXieliao、Changping
International codeLR13
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[Category]

Spleen alarm point; Zanghui. crossing point: foot jueyin, Shaoyang meeting.

[Origin]

Zhang, like barrier, refers to the ribs. The caves are located in the flanks and ribs, and are arranged on both sides like doors, hence the name.

[Location]

Zhangmen (LR13) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
Below the free end of the eleventh rib on the side of the abdomen; when the upper limbs are brought together at the axilla, the elbows are bent, and the end of the middle finger is placed on the earlobe, where Zhoujian (EX-UE1) stops. It is located on the mid-axillary line, about 1.8 inches below the belt vessel (BV) point.
  • Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Ji Jiayi Duan",
  • Zhenjiu Juying: "Youyun Zhoujian (EX-UE1) There are acupoints everywhere";
  • Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Lie on your side, flex and extend your upper and lower feet, point your fingers to your ears, and take Zhoujian (EX-UE1) The end. "
  • Leijing Tuyi: "One inch and eight inches above the navel and eight and a half inches on both sides."

[Anatomy]

  • Muscles: external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominis. (The deep right Zhangmen (LR13) is the front edge of the right lobe of the liver, and the left Zhangmen (LR13) is the lower edge of the spleen).
  • Nerves: Tenth and eleventh intercostal nerves.
  • Vessel: terminal branch of intercostal artery.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion of 0.3 to 0.5 inches toward the lower end of the rib, without deep penetration, or oblique insertion of 0.5 to 1.5 inches forward and downward. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Soothes the liver and gallbladder, strengthens spleen flaccidity stagnation.

  • Classical: abdominal distension and fullness, bowel sounds, diarrhea, hypochondriac pain, lumps, jaundice, vomiting, jaundice and thin body, loss of appetite during dysphoria and heat, wheezing, heart pain and vomiting, laziness of limbs, Fullness of the chest and hypochondrium, inability to digest food, through-flux diarrhea during cold, cold pain in the waist and back, inability to urinate due to obesity, and children's habit of Qi moxibustion that does not go away.
  • Modern: Chest membrane inflammation, cholelithiasis, dyspepsia, hepatosplenomegaly, hepatitis, enteritis, hiccup.

[Recipe]

  • Qi is not flowing down the intestines and stomach: Zhongwan (CV12), Zhangmen (LR13), Zusanli (ST36).
  • stony edema: Zhangmen (LR13), Rangu (KI2).
  • running-piglet Shangqi: Zhangmen (LR13), Yinjiao (CV7), Shimen (CV5).
  • What to treat if the thoracic and hypochondral branches are full: Zhangmen (LR13), Burong (ST19) Look carefully.
  • Big constipation is blocked: Zhangmen (LR13), Zhaohai (KI6), Taibai (SP3).
  • Strong waist spine cannot be turned: Zhangmen (LR13), Ciliao (BL32).
  • Chronic enteritis: Zhangmen (LR13), Tianshu (ST25), Pishu (BL20), Zusanli (ST36).

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