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Acupuncture for Insomnia: Bladder 15

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Summary: Insomnia is common during depression and can sometimes be treated with acupuncture. Learn how to trigger the bladder 15 acupuncture point for insomnia symptoms of depression with tips from an acupuncturist in this free traditional Chinese medicine video.

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By LI Zheng
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Li Zheng is a graduate of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, the most prestigious institution of traditional Chinese medicine in China. She finished five-year residence training...read more

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"Most depress people also have insomnia. They couldn't fall asleep at night, during the daytime they feel exhausted, no energy. That also aggravates their depression symptoms. So, if you give the sleeping pill, they will feel more drowsy and less energy, that will aggravate the depression. So one of the point we can use to choose to treat this insomnia is called the Bladder 15. So the Bladder 15 is next to the Bladder 44, which are the fifth vertebral level. The same thing, you locate the seventh at a tip of the scapula, and then you count two vertebrae up according to the lower part of the Spinous Process and that's the fifth. And then between the shoulder blade and the mid line of the back and 1.5 is Bladder 15 and three inch next to the mid line of the back is the Bladder 44."

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