REN-24 Chengjiang - Receiving Fluid
More Spirit Names: Sauce Receptacle, Saliva Receiver, Celestial Pool, Ghost Market
| English: | Container of Fluids |
| Also Known As: | Contain Fluid Receiving Fluid Source Receptacle Receiving Sauce Receiving Liquid Saliva Receiver Guishi (Ghost City) |
Location
- In the depression in the center of the mentolabial groove.
Note: the mentolabial groove runs horizontally, approximately midway between the chin and the lower lip. - On the chin, in the depression below the middle of the lower lip.
Needling
- Puncture obliquely upward 0.2 to 0.3 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Slanted insertion, directed upward, 0.3 to 0.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and pain.
- Transverse-oblique insertion directed superiorly 0.2 to 0.3 cun.
- Transverse insertion along the lower lip to join with ST-4 Dicang.
Command Functions
- Meeting point of the Large Intestine, Stomach and DU channels.
- Exit point
- Sun Si-miao Ghost point
Actions
- Expels Exterior Wind
- Extinguishes Wind
- Benefits the face
- Regulates the REN channel
Indications
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Combinations
| DU-16 | ||
Facial paralysis | Fever blisters on the lips and mouth | Stiff neck Stiffness and pain of the neck with difficult rotation |
LI-4 | UB-40 | |
Deviation of the mouth and eye | Lockjaw following Windstroke (reduce Chengjiang) | Ceaseless nosebleed |
M-HN-20 | PC-8 | |
Wasting and thirsting disorder with a great desire to drink | Wasting and thirsting disorder | Mouth ulcers |
Contraindications
Notes
- This is a good point if the REN channel is stuck or traumatized.
- Good for patients who are mentally or physically withered.
- It causes fluid secretions to flow freely and enhances the Spirit and mind.
- It is mostly used for Exterior Wind affecting the face.
- It is good for the treatment of psychosis and epilepsy.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Receiving Fluid, at the bottom of the lip, is the Exit point of the Conception Vessel, which flows on to meet the Governor Vessel and complete the circuit of yin and yang. It has a very strong spirit connotation. It brings the fluids and secretions into body and mind so the person can flow freely; it enhances mind and spirit, bathing and cleansing. It makes an opening so a person can drink from the fluids of life, letting life in and dissolving barriers. The Officials are bathed in the essence of the spirit's fluids, bringing insight and gratitude. It is Water that bathes and cleanses, washing out stagnation and inner tension. |
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| Worsley | Location: On the front midline, in the hollow between the lower lip and the point of the chin. |
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From Class
- Jing-wells, Du-26, Ren-24, Windows of Sky (BL-10, SI-16, SJ-16, SI-17): Jing-wells expel wind and revive; Du-26, Ren-24 revive spirit, clear wind and heat; Windows of Sky open orifices — BL-10 frees atlas/axis. (Shea)
- 13 Ghost Points as four trinities (at/after death): Four trinities moxa'd or touched after death to free what is bound: Du-20, LU-11, SP-1; PC-7, BL-62, Du-16; ST-6, Ren-24, PC-8; Du-23, Ren-1, LI-11; plus Yintang. (Lewis)
- Epilepsy: release stuck vertebrae; 'Du points of the Ren' to anchor yang: Palpate for stuck vertebrae; anchor yang with Ren-24, Ren-15, Ren-12, Ren-7, Ren-4; open Du with SI-3 plus BL-62, BL-63, BL-64. (Gioioso)