Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
HT-4
Lingdao
Spirit Path
Autres nomsSpirit's Path · Route of the Spirit · Mind Path
- Méridien
- Cœur
- Classification
- Cinq Phases, Jing-Rivière
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Localisation
- 01Turning the palm up, find this point 1.5 cun proximal to the wrist's transverse crease, on the radial edge of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon.
- 02It lies on the wrist's ulnar aspect, 1.5 cun proximal to HT-7 Shenmen.
Puncture
- 01Needle straight in, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- 02Angle the needle proximally or distally, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 03Moxibustion may be used.
- 04Insert perpendicularly, 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
Fonctions du point
- Metal point
- Jing-River point
Actions
- Settles the Shen
- Aids the voice
- Eases the muscles and connective tissue
- Clears obstruction from the channel
Indications
- Rigidity
- Arthritis
- Unable to flex the hand or wrist
- Sensory loss
- Sudden speechlessness
- Fear
- Sadness
- Restless Zang disorder*
- Sensation of icy cold in the bones and marrow
- Cardiac pain
- Anxiety
- Spirit that is weakened, broken, or repressed
- Contracture of the elbow and arm
- Muscle spasm
- Ulnar nerve neuralgia
- Elbow arthritis
- Itchy hand
- Aphasia with tongue stiffness
- Convulsions
- Chest pain
- Retching
- Nausea
- Abscess of the throat
- Swollen, red eyes
- Dizziness
- Blurred vision
- Hysteria
- Psychosis
- Restlessness
- Melancholy
- Incoherent thought or speech
- Spasmodic elbow and arm pain
- Clonic spasms
- Painful swelling of the fingers
Notes
- Its influence is felt more in the mental sphere than the physical.
- Apply it when a patient's spirit is weak and has lost direction.
- Choose this point when marked rigidity and loss of movement are present.
- It is primarily employed for channel disorders and has a particular effect on the joints and bones.
- Restless Zang* disorder presents with erratic emotions, melancholy, disturbed behavior, restlessness, voice loss, insomnia, and sometimes mania.