GB-39, Xuán Zhōng, 悬钟, Suspended Bell
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| Categories |
| Marrow Hui Point |
| Location |
| Above the ankle joint, 3 cun superior to the prominence of the lateral malleolus, between the posterior border of the fibula and the tendons of peroneus longus and brevis. [35] |
| Needling |
| Type: Perpendicular Depth: 1 to 1.5 cun |
| Description: Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun. The practitioner should use the index finger of one hand to separate the peroneal tendons from the fibula, to emphasize the groove. Needle into the groove, first slightly posteriorly for 0.5 cun and then perpendicularly, to avoid hitting the fibula. Movement of the patient’s ankle after needling can result in a bent needle. For this reason, this point should be needled last and the patient instructed not to move the leg after needling.[35] |
| Caution: |
| Notes |
| Energetics 1 |
| HUI of MARROW: weakness, pain, faccidity and contraction of limbs, bone marrow blood deficiency and anemia, bone problems with fracture and osteoporosis, poor memory and concentration |
| Energetics 2 |
| Migraines, neck pain |
| Energetics 3 |
| THREADING: SP6 to GB39 (Patient supine or sitting on chair; puncture perpendicularly; indicated for abdominal distension, diarrhea, irregular menstruation, foot pain and weakness, sciatic pain, stiff neck) [40] |
| Energetics 4 |
| Energetics 5 |
| Energetics 6 |
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