•Source 出處:
Spiritual pivot 靈樞．běn shū 本輸
•Channel and collateral 經絡:
Hand jue yin
•Classification 類別:
ying-spring, fire point (滎火穴)
•Name 名稱:
勞 láo : toil, labor, taxation, weariness
宮 gong : palace
PC-8 is located in the center of the palm. The point may be named Palace of Toil in reference to its location in the middle of the palm. The character 勞 láo suggest the task that the pericardium performs in protecting the heart. Palace 宮 gong may be taken as a reminder of the close relationship of the pericardium and the heart, the emperor (the heart) residing within the palace (the pericardium).
Source: Nigel Wiseman/ Grasping the wind
•Location 部位:
On the palm of the hand, in the depression between the second and third metacarpal bones, proximal to the metacarpophalangeal joints
•Needling 針法:
needle 0.3 to 0.5 cun perpendicular. Direct moxibustion is prohibited, moxa stick for 10-15 minutes.
•Action 功效:
Clear heat from the heart (瀉心火)
Clear blood heat (清血熱)
•Indication 主治:
Fever, restlessness, chest and hypochondriac pain, cough, vomiting, mouth sores, tongue ulcer, bad breath from the mouth, madness, anger, blood in the urine, choking, fever in the palm, jaundice, yellow eyes