Qingling

1. 01Situated 3 cun proximal to HT-3 Shaohai.
2. 02With the elbow bent, the point lies 3 cun proximal to the medial end of the cubital transverse crease, within the groove on the medial side of the biceps brachii muscle.
3. 03Found 3 cun above the medial end of the cubital crease, along the line joining HT-1 Jiquan to HT-3 Shaohai.

1. 01Insert straight in, 0.5–1 cun.
2. 02Puncture straight down 0.3 to 0.r cun.
3. 03Moxibustion may also be used.
4. 04Angle the needle proximally or distally 0.5 to i cun, keeping clear of the brachial artery.

• ·Frees the channel
• ·Relieves pain

• ·Costal pain
• ·Yellowing of the sclera
• ·Tremor throughout the body
• ·Pain in the chest or epigastrium
• ·Neuralgic pain between the ribs
• ·Stiffness of the shoulder and arm
• ·Jaundice of the eyes
• ·Fever
• ·Redness, swelling and pain of the shoulder
• ·Scrofula
• ·Abnormal mental states
• ·Pain of the shoulder and arm
• ·Pain in the cardiac and hypochondriac regions
• ·Pain between the ribs
• ·Inability to lift the arm
• ·Inflammation or paralysis of the shoulder and arm
• ·Headache, frontal or generalized
• ·Axillary pain
• ·Headache accompanied by chills
• ·Strong aversion to wearing clothes
• ·Aversion to Cold

A number of early classical texts suggest needling was not advised at this point, recommending moxibustion alone.