•Source [出處 chū chù]:
Spiritual pivot 【靈樞 líng shū】【本輸 běn shū】
•Channel and collateral【經絡 jīng luò】:
Hand yang ming
•Classification【類別 lèi bié】:
yuan-source point [原穴 yuán xué]
•Name【名稱 mīng chéng】:
合 [hé] : union, to meet
谷 [gǔ] : valley
Alternative name: 虎口 hǔ kǒu Tiger’s mouth.
The Chinese words for (valley)谷 gǔ and 骨 gǔ (bone) sounds the same and here the name serves as a particularly poetic mnemonic device. The name of this point is also the name of a mountain in China. The flesh that protrudes at LI-4 when the thumb and forefinger are pressed together resembles a mountain.
•Location【部位 bù wèi】:
On the dorsum of the hand, in the depression radial and proximal to the second metacarpophalangeal joint.
•Needling【針法 zhēn fǎ】:
Perpendicular needling, 0.3-0.5 cum depth.
•Action【功效 gōng xiào】:
Coursing and scattering evil wind pathogen [疏散風邪 shū sàn fēng xié]
Open the gates and the orifices [開關通竅 kāi guān tōng qiào]
Clear and discharge lung qi [清泄肺氣 Qīng xiè fèi qì
Harmonize the stomach and opens the intestine [和胃通腸 Hé wèi tōng cháng]
Regulate menstruation and induce labor [調經引產 Tiáo jīng yǐn chǎn]
•Indication【主治 zhǔ zhì】:
Common cold, influenza, facial palsy, facial muscle spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, dental neuralgia, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, poor swallowing, neurasthenia, hysteria, forearm neuralgia, bronchitis, asthma, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, rhinitis , dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, delayed labor, maternal uterine weakness, low postpartum milk, simple goiter, pediatric dyspepsia, acute pancreatitis, conjunctivitis, electro-optic ophthalmia, arthralgia.
•Point pair 【配穴 pèi xué] :
LI4-ST36
LI4-KID7
LI4-LIV3
LI4-ST43