Meaning

Warm Dwelling.

Localization

5 cun above the crease of the wrist (LI 5). The point is projected on the radius, between the lower edge of the muscle of the short radial extensor of the wrist and the long extensor of the thumb.

Functions

Clears heat, normalizes the function of the stomach and intestines.

Indications

- 5 holes diseases: deafness, ringing of the ears, headache due to external wind, sore throat with swollen mucosa, glossalgia, toothache, eyes pain.
- Respiratory system: shortness of breath in the setting of fatigue, suffocation, feeling of chest fullness.
- Digestive system: abdominal pain with rumbling and bursting.
- Channel diseases: pain and paresthesia in the shoulder and forearm.
- Disorders of the mind: slurred speech, cachinnation tendency, hallucinations.
- Features: mammary gland following suppurative mastitis, facial swelling, used in acute pathology, carbuncle on the face.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 - 0.8 cun. Cauterization.