Taichong 太冲 (LR3)
Tàichōng
| LOCATION | On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression anterior to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones. |
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| INDICATIONS | Headache, dizziness, insomnia, eye disorders, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhoea, epilepsy, hypertension, hypochondriac pain. |
| ACTIONS | Spreads liver qi, subdues liver yang, clears heat, regulates menstruation. |
| NEEDLING | Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun. |
| MOXIBUSTION | Moxa cone 3 to 5 cones. |
| CAUTION | Usually used with Hegu (LI4) as “opening the four gates” for patterns of qi stagnation. |
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