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Vitiligo
Vitiligo is the disease name used in Western Medicine, and in Traditional Chinese Medicine it is called as white patch wind and leukoderma. It is a localized depigmentation of skin due to a decrease in melanocytes. Characterized by white spots due to localized or generalized depigmentation, the disease usually has sharp margins, and the hairs from the affected skin may also become white. It has no subjective symptoms and usually occurs among teenagers. The causes for the disease are not determined yet, and possible factors include inheritance, autoimmunity, neurological and mental conditions, autoclasia of melanocyte.
Sp 10 Xue Hai
(Sea of Blood)
Location
with the patient's knee flexed, 2 cun proximal to the medial superior border of the patella on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle
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
St 36 Zu San Li
(Leg Three Miles)
Location
3 cun inferior to St 35, one middle fingerbreadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia, at the level of the distal edge of the tuberosity of the tibia
LI 11 Qu Chi
(Pool at the Crook)
Location
with elbow bent to 90 degrees, between the lateral end of the cubital crease and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus
Bl 18 Gan Shu
(Liver Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process Th9, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
Bl 23 Shen Shu
(Kidney Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process L2, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
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
Ki 3 Tai Xi
(Supreme Stream)
Location
in the depression between the prominence of the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon