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TB-12 Dispersing Riverbed
消泺 〔消濼〕xiāo luò
Alternate names: 消烁 xiāo shuò, Dispersing Brilliance
Channel: TB, Hand Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Triple Burner Channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the upper arm, along the line connecting the tip of the olecranon and the acromial angle, midway between TB-11 (qīng lěng yuān) and TB-13 (nào huì).
Classic location: Up from Clear Cold Abyss (TB-11), on the outer aspect of the arm below the shoulder, in the depression at the parting of the flesh on the slanting line drawn from the end of the axillary crease to the elbow. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)
Local anatomy: The median collateral artery and vein. The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve and the muscular branch of the radial nerve.
Action: Courses the channels, quickens the network vessels, and moves qì; clears and drains depressed heat in the triple burner.
Modern indications: Headache; toothache; stiff nape; shoulder and back pain.
Classic indications: Toothache; withdrawal disease; impediment (bì) pain.
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒0.7 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 5‒10 min.
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