Meaning

Great Mound. The point is located at the hills resembling a mound.

Localization

In the centre of the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis muscles.

Functions

Regulates Heart-Qi, calms the spirit, unblocks the channels and collaterals, regulates the stomach.

Indications

- Eye disease: eye redness.
- Affection of the throat: sore throat, paralysis of the tongue (stroke).
- Cardiovascular system: heart pain, a feeling of chest and hypochondrium expansion and compression
- Localized diseases: wrist joint pain.
- Digestive system: stomachache accompanied by vomiting, gastric bleeding, enterocolitis.
- Disorders of the mind: neurasthenia, emotional lability, hysteria, apprehension, tearfulness, anger attacks, insomnia, epilepsy, unmotivated fun and laughter.
- Features: hypertension (liver heat syndrome), fever in the whole body with lack of sweats, heat stroke, suppurative inflammations on the surface of the body.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 - 0.8 cun. Cauterization.