•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】:
Jing fire point [經火穴 jīng huó xué]
•Name【名稱 mīng chéng】:
陽 [yáng] yang, the complement of yin
溪 [xī] : ravine, mountain creek, gorge
•Location【部位 bù wèi】:
On the posterolateral aspect of the wrist, at the radial side of the dorsal wrist crease, distal to the radial styloid process, in the depression of the anatomical snuffbox.
•Needling【針法 zhēn fǎ】:
Perpendicular or oblique needling, 0.3-0.5 cum depth.
•Action【功效 gōng xiào】:
Expel wind and drain fire [祛風瀉火 qū fēng xiè huó]
•Indication【主治 zhǔ zhì】:
Headache, painful and red eyes, blured vision, deafness, tinnitus, throat obstruction, wrist pain, toothache, elbow and arm not lifted, heat in the palms, tongue pain, convulsions, coughing with vomiting.
tooth neuralgia, pediatric dyspepsia, tendonitis of radius styloid process.