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Shixuan

English: Ten Diffusions
Also Known As: Ten Declarations
Ten Drainings
Ten Spreadings

Location

  • On the tips of the ten fingers, approximately 0.1 cun from the fingernail.

Needling

  • Prick to bleed. This may be followed by moxibustion.
  • Puncture 0.1 to 0.2 cun superficially or prick to cause bleeding.

Command Functions

Actions

  • Opens the Orifices
  • Revives consciousness
  • Drains Heat
  • Pacifies Wind

Indications

  • Loss of consciousness
  • Windstroke
  • Summerheat stroke
  • Febrile disease
  • Swelling and pain of the throat
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Febrile convulsions
  • Heatstroke
  • Seizures
  • Shock
  • Paralysis and weakness of the hands
  • Coma
  • Fainting
  • Heat exhaustion
  • Throat moth
  • Acute childhood fright Wind
  • Clonic spasm
  • Epilepsy
  • Mania
  • Numbness or pain of the fingers
  • Insanity
  • Childhood convulsions
  • Closed-type coma
  • Sore throat
  • Numbness of the fingertips
  • Apoplexy
  • Acute tonsillitis
  • High fever
  • Hysteria

Combinations

DU-14
Dazhui
M-HN-10
Erjian

Heat exhaustion due to high fever

Contraindications

Notes

  • These points are almost exclusively used for acute conditions.

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Conditions (63)

Acute Hepatitis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis EAcute LeukemiaAcute PancreatitisAlzheimer's DiseaseAnemiaAphasiaArthritis, Osteoarthritis, Degenerative Joint DiseaseAscitesBoils, FurunclesBronchiectasisChronic Hepatitis, Hepatitis CColitis, Ulcerative ColitisCommon ColdConstipationDeliriumDiarrheaDiverticulitisDizzinessEclampsiaEpilepsyErythemaFeverFibromyalgiaForgetfulness, Poor MemoryGlaucomaGoiterHashimoto's ThyroiditisHeadacheHeat Stroke, SunstrokeHematemesisHematuria, Bloody UrinationHerpes GenitaliaHerpes Zoster, ShinglesHoarseness, Loss of VoiceHypertension, High Blood PressureHyperthyroidism, Grave's-Basedow's DiseaseInfluenza, Stomach FluInsomniaJaundiceLupus Erythematosis
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Nasal DrynessNeck Pain, Stiffness and TensionOptic NeuritisPain, HandPain, JointPainful Obstruction, Bi SyndromePanarthralgiaPerspirationPneumoniaPolymyositis/DermatomyositisPost-Stroke Paralysis, Post-Stroke HemiplegiaPostpartum Body PainPsychosisPuerperal FeverRaynaud's DiseaseRespiratory FailureRheumatoid ArthritisSchizophreniaSenile DementiaStrokeThrombocytopenic PurpuraUpper Respiratory Tract InfectionVertigo

Points (3)

DU-26 RenzhongLI-11 QuchiUB-40 Weizhong

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.