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Pericardium 8 - Lao Gong

“Labor Palace” ”Labor’s Palace” “Palace of Toil” (referring perhaps to the use of hands in labor and thus the location)

Perpendicular 0.3-0.5” or moxa
Fire Point, Ying Spring point, Horary Point, Point of Exit, Ghost Point


* Cools the Heart - cardiac pain, mental disorders, coma from stroke, angina, hysteria, mania, excessive sweating in palms, post-partum depression, anger, depression, epilepsy, incessant sadness or laughter, frightened fainting in infants

* Drains Heat - febrile diseases, stomatitis, vomiting, nausea, halitosis, gastritis, heat exhaustion, ulcerated mouth, Yang jaundice, fever without perspiration, blood in urine or stools, indigestion, hemorrhoids, epistaxis, very thirsty, pyorrhea, alveolaris, sensation of energy rising to top of head, sends down Liver Fire


* Clears Obstructions in the Channels - fungus infection of hand or foot, numb fingers, inability to swallow food, hand tremors, swan hand, writer’s cramp, contracture of palmar aponeurosis, dermatitis, hardening of the arteries, diagnostic for diseases of Sympathetic Nervous System, stagnant Blood in the head or high or low blood pressure, RSD
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