Yinbai SP1 :Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications
Nomenclature:
Yin: hidden Bai: white
Yinbai is in the hidden region where the colour is white.
Point: SP-1
Chinese Name: 隐白
English Name/Meaning: Hidden White
Pinyin: yǐn bái
Han Geul 한글: eun baek 은백
Romaji: im paku
Vietnamese: Ẩn bạch
Location:
On the medial side of the big toe, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
Indications Of Yinbai:
- Stop bleeding- especially on the lower parts of the body like uterine bleeding, menorrhea, blood in the stool, blood in the urine.
- Ghost point – depression, psychosis, profuse dreaming, convulsion.
- Jing well point-loss of consciousness, fullness below heart, Abdominal distention, tightness in the chest.
Method:
Puncture superficially o.1-0.2cun, prick to bleed or use moxibustion.
Remarks:
Jing- Well point.
Ghost point.
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