PC 8 Acupuncture Point

• English Name: Palace of Toil
• Pinyin Name: Lao Gong
• Chinese Character: 勞宮

PC 8 Clinical Usages

• Excess heat conditions, more cooling than PC 7 which can be used for heat from an excess or deficient issue.
• Heat in the mouth, mouth or tongue ulcers, cold sores from Heart or Stomach Fire.
• Cools Ying and Blood stage heat, fevers with damage to the yin.
• Cools the Blood, blood in the stool or urine, nosebleeds.
• Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Important point for qi gong healing, can increase internal energy by placing PC 8 on GV 20.

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