PC-3 Quze - Crooked Marsh
More Spirit Names: Marsh at the Bend, Marsh on the Bend, Curved Marsh
| English: | Marsh at the Crook |
| Also Known As: | Crooked Marsh Bending Marsh Broken Marsh Curved Marsh Marsh on Bend |
Location
- On the transverse cubital crease, at the ulnar side of the tendon of the m. biceps brachii.
- With the arm bent slightly at the elbow, this point can be found just medial to the tendon of the biceps muscle at the transverse crease of the elbow.
- On the transverse cubital crease, in the depression immediately to the ulnar side of the biceps brachii muscle.
Note: locate this point with the elbow slightly bent.
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.7 cun or prick to bleed.
- Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun, causing local distention and soreness and sometimes a numb, sore sensation extending as far as the middle finger.
- For acute gastritis or enteritis or Heat exhaustion accompanied by high fever, prick to bleed.
- Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun, or prick to bleed.
Note: needle this point with the elbow slightly bent. - Caution: the brachial artery and veins lie deeply, just medial to this point.
Command Functions
- He-Sea point
- Water point
Actions
- Opens up Heart Qi
- Drains Heat from the Qi, Ying and Blood levels
- Regulates the Intestines
- Pacifies the Stomach
- Harmonizes the Stomach and Intestines
- Expels Fire toxin
- Opens the Orifices
- Stops convulsions
- Moves Blood
- Dispels Stasis
- Calms the Shen
- Stops vomiting and diarrhea
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
Indications
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Combinations
| UB-40 | LU-11 | |
Prick to bleed for acute gastroenteritis | Rheumatic Heart disease | Thirst with Deficient Blood |
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Chest pain | Hematemesis | Spitting Blood |
PC-7 | LIV-13 | |
A pounding sensation below the Heart A propensity to fright | Heart pain | Dry mouth |
LU-11 | KI-7 | |
Thirst from Blood Deficiency | Absence of sweating |
Contraindications
Notes
- This point brings stability.
- This is an excellent point for treating children, especially with measles.
- This point clears Heat at the Qi Level.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Crooked Marsh is the Water point. Marshes are very fertile, teeming with life, and 'crooked' implies a complexity; it is also in the crook of the elbow. It brings the power of Water into the Heart Protector function: Water controls Fire, balancing hot and cold in our love life. Water's beneficial fertility collects here, with a feeling of rich nourishment. It frees the elbow to move, to reach out and embrace people, and it brings stability. |
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| Worsley | Ensures our innate capacity to live each heartbeat filled with love, enthusiasm and joy. The marsh brings to mind plants and wildlife thriving in mineral-rich soil and the cleansing water of a wetland, and within us is such a place, rich and always available, offering nature's treasures. Location: On the elbow crease, in the main hollow there, normally lateral to the biceps tendon (in some people the hollow is medial to it instead). |
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From Class
- PC-3 Quze: Master point for clearing heat in the blood in epidemic (warm disease) traditions; used during COVID. (Gioioso)
- PC-3 Quze: Water point; pulls heat up and out; warm-disease master point for clearing heat from all levels and heat-driven bleeding; mentioned re long COVID. (Gioioso)
- PC-3 Quze (water point) for fluid phlegm/edema: For fluid phlegm with edema, use PC-3 (water point) with Spleen points (SP-6, ST-40, SP-3, Ren-4) plus Ren-17 and digestive Pericardium points (PC-7, PC-6). (Yuen)
- PC-4 Ximen: With PC-3 cools the blood to stop bleeding where blood is pushed upward (coughing/vomiting blood, nosebleeds; e.g. nosebleeds with menses). (Gioioso)
- Clearing fire toxins: BL-11, SP-10, BL-17, KI-9, PC-3, LI-11: Clear fire toxins with BL-11, SP-10, BL-17; KI-9 prevents maternal toxin transmission; PC-3 clears all three levels; LI-11, SP-10 for autoimmune reactivity. (Lewis)
- Moxa over uterus/lower Ren and along PC-8 to PC-3: Moxa over the uterus and lower Ren for cramping; moxa along PC-8 to PC-3 brings the Pericardium's effect on menstruation and relationships without needling. (Fuggman)