Meaning

Cubit Marsh.

Localization

In the fold of the elbow bend, at the outer edge of biceps brachii tendon.

Functions

Cleans the pathogenic heat of upper burner, helps to remove the pulmonary fire, lowers lungs Qi.

Indications

- Respiratory system: cough with choking and release of dark sputum, pulmonary edema, feeling of fullness in the chest (lung fullness syndrome).
- Affection of the throat: swelling and pain in the nasopharynx, acute voice loss, dry tongue.
- Digestive system: acute diarrhea.
- Urinary system: uracrasia (weakening of lung function).
- Disorders of the mind: a feeling of longing in the heart, anxiety; convulsions in the setting of influenza, meningitis.
- Channel diseases: pain in elbow joint.
- Features: ulcers in the mammary gland, fever, pain and swelling of the knee joint, pain in the spine, cooling the heat of the lungs, normalizes lung function and promotes the removal of water down to the kidneys.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 - 0.8 cun; prick to bleed with a three-edged needle.