Bladder 44

Written By Elizabeth Fuqua

UB 44 / Shen tang / Spirit Hall

POINT LOCATION

3 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula, level with UB 15.

 

Associations

  • Outer Shu of Heart

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Dyspnea
  • Chest pain & congestion
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Emotional disharmony

 

TCM ACTIONS

  • Opens chest
  • Regulates Qi
  • Tonifies Heart
  • Calms Shen
  • Opens channel
  • Alleviates pain

 

CAUTIONS

  • Pneumothorax caution
Elizabeth Fuqua

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