bubble_chart Category

extra point.

bubble_chart Etymology

There are four acupuncture points on the back, which are often used for moxibustion. During treatment, the four acupoints are on fire at the same time, like four brilliant red flowers, hence the name Four Flowers.

bubble_chart Location

According to Waitai Miyao, it is located on the back of the spine. When selecting the acupoint, let the patient sit upright, slightly retract his shoulders, hang his neck with a rope first, and raise his arms to the chest. Cut it vertically and intersect at the Jiuwei (CV15) point; then turn the rope back, take the middle bend of the rope to match the throat bone, and mark the end of the two rope ends on the midline of the back (This point is not a hole); also take a small rope, measure its two corners horizontally and cut it off; then take the previously marked point as the center, divide the small rope horizontally, and make points on the two rope ends to get 2 holes, and then divide the small rope vertically. Rope, make points on the two rope ends, and get 2 more points. There are four points in total.

bubble_chart Anatomy

In the sacrospinal muscle and latissimus dorsi muscle, there are the posterior branches of the seventh to tenth thoracic nerves, and the medial branches of the dorsal branches of the seventh to tenth intercostal arteries and veins.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Moxibustion with moxa cone 7 to 15 years old.

bubble_chart Efficacy

pulmonary tuberculosis, cough, asthma, weakness and weight loss.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Cough and asthma: Sihua, Dazhui (GV14), Feishu (BL13).
• Weakness and thinness: Sihua (moxibustion), Zhongwan (CV12), Pishu (BL20), Zusanli (ST36 ).

bubble_chart Notes

The Sihua point comes from Guzhengbing Jiufang and is the method of Cui Zhi-ti pulmonary tuberculosis. Waitai Miyao Volume 13, Sushen Liangfang Volume 1, Zhenjiu Daquan Volume 1 This law is consistent with the law contained in Guzhengbing Jiufang Lost. The acupoint selection rules in Volume 3 of Zisheng Jing are different from this, and are collected by Zhenjiu Juying and Zhenjiu Dacheng.