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10       Acupuncture                                                                                   June 1, 2021  Vol. 27  Hani Times
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             Underlying Theories of Acupuncture Treatment (25)

                                  How to use cleft points.





                            Cleft points are useful for urgent care and acute symptoms.



                                                              toward an external syndrome.   vessels have their cleft point.  help Qi and blood circulation
                                                              Moreover, the amount of                                through their meridians.
                                                              tenderness of a cleft point   The four cleft points that are  Locations of the cleft points
                                                              represents the severity of the   belonged to extra meridians  are lower than elbow and knee
                                                              symptom. Therefore, the cleft   such as yang and yin heel  joints except for ST34, a cleft
                                                              points could be used as a   vessels and yang and yin link  point of the stomach meridian.
                                                              diagnostic tool for an external   vessel are usually used to take  This makes ST34 to ST34 is
                                                              syndrome. Especially, the cleft   care of an acute symptom  considered as a coordinating
                                                              points are used to take care of   developed and staying on each  acupuncture point.
                                                              various acute symptoms and   extra meridian’s pathways.  Distortion could be treated
                                                              bleeding.                   To explain it in detail, any  by using cleft point. To use a
                                                              The cleft points that belong   chronic symptoms could  cleft point, you have to find
                                                              to yang meridians used to   develop an acute symptom;  where distortion happened
                                                              treat muscular pain, and the   for example, chronic low back  and where the place could
         △ Once you are familiar with applying cleft points, you can
         treat or control acute pain and various bleeding efficiently  cleft points on yin meridians   pain could be changed to  belong to twelve meridians or
         and quickly. imageⓒshutterstock_ iambasic_Studio     indicate hemostasis.        sudden loss of sensation on  four extra meridians.
                                                              There is a total of sixteen cleft   the pain area, and in this case,  If you find the right cleft
                                   space in between bones or  points. Each of the twelve   cleft points could be used.  point for the symptom, the
        By Brandon SJ Oh L.Ac.
                                   muscles and stores a greater  meridians, yang and yin heel   The cleft points that are  treatment effect will be fast
                                   amount of Qi. Also, cleft  vessel, and yang and yin link   belonged to extra meridians  and effective.
        There will not be rare cases  points respond by enhancing
        for treating urgent symptoms  blood and Qi circulation to   ▲ Indications of each cleft point
        in acupuncture clinics. For  a pathogen that causes the
                                                                   Ying, yang(陰陽)    meridian   Cleft point            indications
        example, hitting a finger  exterior syndrome.                                 Lung        LU6       coughing, hemoptysis, asthma, archorrhagia
        with hammer instead of a  It is required not to draw      Hand Yin Meridians   Pericardia  PC4      palpitation, hiccup, chest pain, acute pleuritis
                                                                      (手三陰)
        nail, a stomach pain after  blood as a method of                              Heart       HT6         palpitation, neurosis, angina pectoris,
                                                                                                                     epilepsy, insomnia
        taking too much vitamin C  treatment from the cleft
                                                                                   Large Intestine  LI7    Sore throat, facial palsy, toothache, hemorrhoid
        on empty stomach, and one  points. Because cleft points
                                                                 Hand Yang Meridians  Triple Burner  TE7       deafness, upper arm pain, heart pain
        being kicked his testicles by  are the points where           (手三陽)
                                                                                   Small Intestine  SI6        Upper and low back pain, ear ringing
        other soccer players are the  the meridian or channel
                                                                                     Stomach      ST34    Stomach pain, gastrorrhagia, upper stomach pain,
        cases that a patient complains  Qi  accumulates deeply.                                                  acute mastitis, acute diarrhea
        severe pain not required to  Therefore, drawing blood    Foot Yang Meridians   Gall Bladder  GB36     Pain in biliary tract due to cholelithiasis,
                                                                      (足三陽)                                          hepatitis, epilepsy
        call an ambulance. And if  from the cleft points is                       Urinary Bladder  BL63    Epilepsy in childhood, abdominal muscle spasm,
                                                                                                                       paraplegia
        the patient visits emergency  prohibited.
        care, the treatment for the  Most acute symptoms cause                       Spleen       SP8       Acute stomach pain, irregular menstruation,
                                                                                                                 metrorrhagia, acute diarrhea
                                                                  Foot Yin Meridians
        symptom is limited.        immediate stagnation of Qi         (足三陰)           Liver       LR6          hepatitis, testicle pain, metrorrhagia
        As an acupuncturist, we can  and blood on the meridian.                      Kidney        K5       amenorrhea, menstrual pain, descensus uteri
        use cleft points for immediate  Thus, the cleft point takes the            Yin Heel Vessel  K8    Leg pain, testicle pain with swollenness, amenorrhea
                                                                    Heel Vessels
        pain releasing and helping the  role of resolving the stagnated   (蹻脈)    Yang Heel Vessel  BL59     headache, low back pain, sciatica, paralysis
        patient calm down.         Qi and blood on the meridian.                   Yin Link Vessel  K9    Bladder infection, nephritis, lower stomach pain with
        ▲ Definition of Cleft Point  The cleft points tend to       Link Vessels                                     swollen testicles
                                                                       (維脈)
                                                                                  Yang Link Vessel  GB35  headache, acute hepatitis, chest pain, leg paralysis
        Cleft point literally means a  respond in susceptive ways

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