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DETAIL of Cuanzhu (San-chiku)

Acupoint's Category: Acupoints of the 14 Meridians - The 12 Regular Meridians - The Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang Chinese Name: Cuanzhu Japanese Name: San-chiku WHO No: BL 2 WHO No (Old):

Source: A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Name Explanation: Cuan, to assemble; Zhu, bamboo. The point is at the end of the eyebrow, which appears like a luxuriant bamboo plant. Classification:

Specific Points:

Location: On the head, in the depression at the medial end of the eyebrow. Location (previously defined): On the face, in the depression of the medial end of the eyebrow, in the supraorbital notch. Localization: Head resting or supine position, locate the point at the medial portion of the eyebrow, about 0.1 cun lateral to the tip of the eyebrow. Indications: 1) Diseases of the Head and Sense Organs: Headache, pain in the supra-orbital bone, facial paralysis, flushed face, swollen cheeks, epistaxis, dizziness, conjunctivits, blurred vision, conjunctival congestion, epiphora, itching and pain

of the eyes, myopia, night blindness, fickering eyelids. 2) Mental Diseases: Coma, manic-depressive psychosis, epilepsy, clonic convulsion, infantile convulsion. 3) Other Diseases: Hemorrhoids, aversion to wind and cold, neck stiffness, sciatica. Mechanism of Action: 1) The point is located at the supra-orbital bone of the face, thus, it can be used to treat diseases of the face and eyes. 2) The Bladder Meridian is connected with the brain by its collaterals, thus, it is mainly used to treat mental diseases. 3) The Bladder Meridian circulates in the lower limbs along which line sciatica often occurs. Puncturing this point may straighten the leg and relieve the pain. Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 cun downwards or against the ophryon. Acupoint Prescriptions: 1) Facial diseases: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Yinjiao (CV 7), Yuzhen (BL 9) which are mainly for flushed face, red and swelling cheek. (Thousand Golden Prescriptions ) 2) Coma: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Heliao (LI 19). (Experience on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy ) 3) Sudden onset of blindness: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Qianding (GV 21). (Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion ) 4) Manic-depressive psychosis due to the heart causes: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Chize (LU 5), Jianshi (PC 5), Yangxi (LI 5). (ibid ) 5) Wind-syndrome of head: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Yintang (EX-HN 3), Sanli (ST 36). (ibid ) 6) Electric ophthalmitis: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Jingming (BL 1), Hegu (LI 4). If the pain becomes unbearable, Yangbai and Fengchi (GB 20) should be added (The needle is inserted by twisting and twirling with a medium stimulation and retained for ten minutes). (Abstract of Clinical Experience on Acupuncture and Moxibustion ) 7) Ophthalmalgia and headache: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Touwei (ST 8). (Songs of Jade Dragon ) 8) Blurred vision: Cuanzhu (BL 2), Sanjian (LI 3). (Songs of Hundreds of Symptoms ) Regional Anatomy: Skin-subcutaneous tissue-orbicular muscle of the eye. In the superficial layer, there are the supratrochlear nerve of the frontal nerve, and the branches or tributaries of the superior orbital artery and vein. In the deep layer, there are the temporal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve. Remark: Puncturing this point can slow down the heart rate. It has a good anaesthetic effect for operations on the eyes and viscera. For example, when this point is punctured through to Jingming (BL 1) to give anaethesia to patients operated for strabismus, the effective rate is 85. 86%. Hemilateral acupuncture is better than contralateral acupuncture. Painthreshold and two-point discrimination tests favour the concept that hemilateral effect is superior to the contralateral one. For partial gastrectomy, puncturing this point deeply to Jingming (BL 1) and Tinghui (GB 2) has a better anaesthetic effect with a slight visceral pulling reaction, than points on the abdomen.