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Large Intestine 18 - Fu Tu
“Support the Prominence” “Supporting Chimney” “Support and Rush” “Protuberance Assistant” (referring to anatomical location at level with Adams Apple and center of SCM muscle)
Perpendicular 0.3-0.5”, or moxa
Window of Sky Point
* Benefits Flow of Qi in Neck - Qi obstruction in throat, sudden loss of voice, asthma, sore throat, hoarseness of throat, distention of throat, difficult swallowing, anathesia for thyroid operation, aphasia, suddenly dumb,
hypersalivation, laryngeal spasm
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* Moves Phlegm - cough, scrofula, goiter, wheezing, excessive mucous, sounds in throat like a duck, phlegm in throat, shortness of breath, stridor
* Clears Obstructions from the Channels - releases Sternocleidomastoideus spasm - pain in
superolactal, pain in ear, pain at tip of chin, pain at St 9 area, pain behind ear and cheek, orbital neuralgia, trembling of the upper lip, pain in ipsolateral hip, hypertension in Window of Sky cases
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