Yuanye

1. 01On the mid-axillary line, with the arm raised, 3 cun below the axilla, in the fourth intercostal space.
2. 02On the mid-axillary line, in the fifth intercostal space, about 3 cun below the top of the axilla, level with the nipple.

1. 01Insert obliquely, 0.3-0.5 cun.
2. 02Insert obliquely along the intercostal space, 0.5-1 cun.
3. 03Caution: needling too deeply or perpendicularly may cause a pneumothorax.
4. 04Insert obliquely, 0.5-0.8 cun.

• ·Regulates Qi
• ·Opens the chest
• ·Benefits the axilla

• ·Chest fullness
• ·Swelling in the axillary region
• ·Hypochondriac pain
• ·Arm pain with impaired movement
• ·Shoulder and arm pain
• ·Inability to raise the arm
• ·Axillary lymphadenitis
• ·Cough
• ·Chills and fever
• ·Pain of the lateral costal region
• ·Scrofula of the axilla
• ·Saber lumps
• ·Pleurisy
• ·Intercostal neuralgia

Moxibustion at this point is prohibited according to several classical texts.

Some sources place this point in the fourth intercostal space instead.