Du-14

Du-14

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Element
English

Great Vertebra

Name

大椎

Transliteration

Dazhui

Special Point
Key Point
Description

Meeting point with the six yang channels of the hand and foot Point of the Sea of Qi

Indications
wind
Kinesiology
key point for fever
Channel Psychology

Recovery. External support. Supporting others.
 SJ: Balancing supporting myself with support for others.
 SI: Asking for support when I need it.
 GB: Feeling my decisions are supported by others.
 Bl: I have to stay in control and handle problems myself.
 St: I put other peoples needs ahead of my own. Other people put their needs ahead of me.

Point Psychology
fright
Symptoms

Injury by cold leading to high fever with agitation and vomiting, aversion to wind with shivering, chills and fever, malaria, sore throat, short breath, asthma, fullness of the chest and lateral costal region with short breath, sweating, heat in the bones, lack of strength, shortness of breath with inability to speak, joint pain, epilepsy, childhood fright, hypertension, insomnia, vomiting blood, nosebleed that does not stop, stiffness of the spine, stiffness of the nape and neck with inability to turn the head, acne

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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.