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Bladder 10 - Tian Zhu

“Heavenly Pillow” Heavenly Pillar” “Celestial Pillar” (referring to the connection between the head and feet or heaven and earth - associated with BL 60)

Perpendicular 0.5-0.8”, no moxa, some say needle should not be retained

Window of Sky Point, Sea of Qi Point, General Point for Parasympathetic Nervous System


* Dispels Wind - headache, neck rigidity and pain (for one-sided pain combine with SI 3 ipsolateral and GB 39 contralateral), nasal obstruction, spasm of neck muscles, throat swollen, sore throat, pharygitis, seizures, infantile convulsions


* Invigorates the Channels - pain in shoulder and back, brachial neuralgia, torticollis, writer’s cramp, limbs and body not coordinated, legs collapse under body, shoulder spasms, nasal obstruction, epistaxis

* Brightens the Eyes - eye diseases

* Regulates All Qi (especially head) - occipital headache, heavy - dizzy and painful head, lightheadedness, vertigo, weakened sense of smell, insomnia, hysteria, neurasthenia, lymphoma, amnesia, poor recall, dementia, mental retardation, improves memory, kinetic hallucinations, lowers blood pressure, regulates medullary functions, tonifies the central nervous system, basilar or vertebral artery insufficiency (reduce pain with Kid 10, Liv 8, TH 9 and BL 40, BL 58, BL 60)