Bl-17

Bl-17

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Channel
Element
English

Diaphragm Shu

Name

膈俞

Transliteration

Geshu

Description

Hui-Meeting point of Blood

Indications
blood blood circulation blood heat bleeding diaphragm gastrointestine reflux
Kinesiology
Blood disorders fatigue pain ingestion
Channel Psychology

Bl: I need approval; I am free to be myself. Control. I’m in charge of my life. Ht: I need to live up to other people’s expectations in order to be loved. I am myself and am loved. I hate my life.

Point Psychology
Severe psychological turmoil
Key Spirit Point Themes
Heartbreak
Symptoms

Oppression of the chest, heart pain, coronary heart disease, hypertension, stabbing pain of the heart, mania-depression, coughing and short breath, throat painful obstruction, epigastric pain, fullness of the abdomen and lateral costal region, vomiting, hiccup, oesophageal constriction, difficult ingestion, stomach reflux, inability to eat, heart pain on eating, jaundice, coughing blood, vomiting blood, spitting blood, nosebleed, blood in the stool, all blood diseases, blood sugar regulation, hives, dizziness, tidal fever, sweating, fever with absence of sweating, aversion to cold, pain of the whole body, pain of the skin, flesh and bones, frequent stretching and yawning, heaviness of the body, swelling, distension and pain of the body, weariness of the four limbs, lethargy with no desire to move, excessive sleep, back pain, rigidity of the spine

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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.