Sore throat — xu type, KI3 and LU10
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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Source point of the Kidney, whose channel rises to the throat; nourishes yin
Reinforce.
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Ying-Spring of the Lung; with KI3 nourishes yin and reduces fire
Reinforce.
Needling Safety
Cited hazards for these points. Tick what applies to the patient to see the cautions that follow from it.
Treatment Principle
Nourish yin and reduce deficiency fire with reinforcing technique, mainly at Kidney points.
Indications
Method
Reinforcing technique. Alternate this prescription with the KI6 and LU7 pair.
⚠ Cautions
A sore throat or hoarseness lasting more than three weeks, especially in smokers, or with difficulty swallowing, weight loss or a neck lump, needs ENT investigation to exclude malignancy.
About
The first of two alternating college prescriptions for chronic (deficiency-type) sore throat, from deficiency fire flaring because kidney yin is insufficient.
Rationale
The Kidney channel runs up to the throat, so KI3 can nourish yin where it is lacking. LU10, the spring point of the Lung, cools the throat from the lung side; the book presents the pair as nourishing yin and bringing down fire.
Clinical Notes
The book directs that this pair and the KI6 and LU7 pair be used in alternation. It says the section covers acute tonsillitis and acute and chronic pharyngitis.
Sources
- Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, et al. Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. Chapter III, Sore Throat, p. 395–396.
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