Seminal emission — involuntary
StarEssentials of Chinese Acupuncture (Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing Colleges of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1980) — the standard prescriptions of the Chinese colleges.
Points
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Back-Shu of the Kidney; reinforced so the kidney can hold the essence
Reinforce.
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Kidney point on the lower abdomen; reinforced to strengthen the kidney's control
Reinforce.
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Meeting point of the three foot yin; reinforced to support the kidney's control
Reinforce.
- Pregnancy: contraindicated
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Major tonifying point of the Ren; moxa strengthens original qi
Moxibustion.
- Pregnancy: contraindicated
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Major tonifying point of the Ren; moxa strengthens original qi
Moxibustion.
- Pregnancy: contraindicated
Needling Safety
Cited hazards for these points. Tick what applies to the patient to see the cautions that follow from it.
Treatment Principle
Reinforce the kidney so that it can hold the essence, using needling and moxibustion.
Indications
Method
Reinforcing method plus moxibustion, mainly on Kidney and Ren channel points; moxa at CV4 and CV6.
⚠ Cautions
Persistent emission with other genitourinary symptoms warrants a medical check (prostatitis, infection). Empty the bladder before needling CV4, CV6 and KI12.
About
The colleges' prescription for involuntary emission, which the book traces to long illness or sexual excess exhausting kidney essence.
Rationale
BL23, KI12 and SP6 are reinforced to restore the kidney's hold over the essence. CV4 and CV6, two key tonifying points of the Ren vessel, are warmed with moxa to build original qi.
Clinical Notes
The book gives an ear-acupuncture option for seminal emission (Seminal Vesicle, Endocrine, Liver, Kidney).
Sources
- Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, et al. Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. Chapter III, Seminal emission, p. 368.
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