Meaning

Branch Ditch.

Localization

3 cun proximal to Yangchi SJ.4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle..

Functions

Controls liver and corrects Qi, aggravates hearing, unblocks channels.

Indications

- Channel diseases: motor and sensitive disorders in the arm, pain in shoulder joint and shoulder.
- 5 holes diseases: deafness, tinnitus, eye redness with swelling, hoarseness of the voice with tickling sensation in the throat and swelling after stress.
- Disorders of the mind: bouts of anger, irritability, mental disorders.
- Digestive system: constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, pain and bursting in ribs (liver Qi stagnation); bursting in pelvis, in the side with a feeling of fullness.
- Features: dysmenorrhea, aching lower back pain, neck pain when turning the head, fever without sweating, postpartum shock. One of the main points that regulates liver Qi.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.8 - 1.2 cun. Cauterization.