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Insomnia
Insomnia is the syndrome of being unable to get normal sleep, or having difficulty falling asleep, or sleep deprivation, or staying generally in light sleep, with some patients not even being able to fall asleep all night. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is also called “incapability of supination”. The disease pertains to Sleep Disorders in Western Medicine and is deemed to be resulted from long-term excessive stress, mental work, strong thoughts and mood fluctuations and weakness after enduring an illness which generates imbalance between excitation and inhibition of cerebral cortex, leading to a disorder of the cerebral cortex functions.
Bl 15 Xin Shu
(Heart Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process Th5, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
Bl 20 Pi Shu
(Spleen Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process Th11, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
Sp 6 San Yin Jiao
(Three Yin Intersection)
Location
3 cun proximal to the prominence of the medial malleolus, dorsal to the medial crest of the tibia
He 7 Shen Men
(Spirit Gate)
Location
at the ulnar end of the distal wrist crease, in the depression between the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris, at the proximal border of the pisiform bone
P 6 Nei Guan
(Inner Pass)
Location
2 cun proximal to the distal wrist crease, on the connecting line between P 3 and P 7, between the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis tendons
Ki 3 Tai Xi
(Supreme Stream)
Location
in the depression between the prominence of the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon
Ki 7 Fu Liu
(Returning Current)
Location
2 cun proximal to Ki 3, ventral to the Achilles tendon
Lv 3 Tai Chong
(Great Rushing)
Location
on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the proximal corner between the first and second metatarsal bones
SJ 5 Wai Guan
(Outer Pass)
Location
2 cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease between the ulna and radius
St 40 Feng Long
(Abundant Bulge)
Location
8 cun proximal to the prominence of the lateral Malleolus, at the level of St 38, 2 middle finger Breadths (1.5 cun) lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia
Sp 9 Yin Ling Quan
(Yin Mound Spring)
Location
in the depression, distal and dorsal to the medial condyle of the tibia