Moxibustion for Common Symptoms

admin January 19th, 2009

COMMON COLD OR FLU info by Ilchi Lee

Do moxibustion on these three points for ten consecutive days to treat a cold or the flu. Since they are located on your back, you will need to ask someone else to do the moxibustion for you.

Dae-chu (Great Hammer, GVi4): Right below the 7th cervical vertebrae. You can locate this point by bending your head forward and finding the biggest bone where the neck and the shoulders meet. Place your finger right below this bone. Now return your head to an upright position. Make sure you find the point to do moxibustion after the head has returned;when the head returns to an upright position, the location rises slightly.

Pae-yu (Lung Shu, BLy): Find the groove between the 3rd and 4th thoracic vertebrae—approximately at the crest of the shoulder blades. The Pae-yu point is located halfway between the groove on the spine and the crest of the shoulder blade. Find the corresponding point on the other side of the body as well. Perform moxibustion on both sides. [Fig.4] Yeol-kuel (Broken Sequence, LUy): Cross your index fingers and the thumbs of both hands with the index finger of the other. The point is located in the depression right under the tip of the index finger, next to the bone and toward the inside.

STOMACH AND DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS

Hap-kok (Union Valley, 04): The end of the crease that forms between your thumb and the index fingers when you put them together. This point is contraindicated for pregnant Jok-sam-lee (Leg Three Mile, 8X36): Place the pads of four fingers under the kneecap. The point is located below the fingers and in between the slight depression formed by the bones. Find the corresponding point on the other leg. Gok-ji (Pool at the Bend, Lin): Put your palm on the middle of the chest and find the creases on the elbow. The point is located at the end of the crease on your arm. Find the corresponding point on the other arm as well. Sam-eum-gyo (Three Yin Intersection, SP6): Place the pads of four fingers on the anklebone (the bone that sticks out on the inner side of the ankle) at the depression just under the shin bone. This point is contraindicated for pregnant women.

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