Meaning

Xi Point.

Localization

0.5 cun above the wrist crease on the radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, on the HT 3 - HT 7 line.

Functions

Quiets the spirit, calms the heart, nourishes Yin.

Indications

- 5 holes diseases: a feeling of ripples in the eyes, bleeding from the nose, sore throat with swollen mucosa pain, and paresthesia on the tongue, voice loss in the setting of disease-producing factor wind-heat.
- Urinary system: hematuria, uracrasia (void Qi of kidneys and heart).
- Cardiovascular system: heart pain, heartbeat, feeling the heat in the chest.
- Reproductive system: dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders (heat syndrome of liver and heart), uterine hemorrhage (heat syndrome of heart).
- Digestive system: stomach ulcer.
- Disorders of the mind: anger with fright (empty heat syndrome in the heart), hysteria (empty heat syndrome in the heart), prelaunch excitement.
- Localized diseases: paresthesia along the meridian, pathology of the little finger and ring finger.
- Features: cold fit, undulating fever with sweating, headache.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun. Cauterization only in case of pain in the hands.