Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
LI-5
Yangxi
*Yang* Stream
Autres noms*Yang* Crook · Valley of *Yang*
- Méridien
- Gros intestin
- Classification
- Jing-Rivière, Cinq Phases
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Localisation
- 01Extend the thumb and locate the point in the middle of the depression between the extensor policis longus and extensor policis brevis tendons.
- 02It sits on the radial aspect of the wrist, centered in the hollow between the extensor policis longus and brevis (the anatomical snuffbox).
Puncture
- 01Insert the needle straight, 0.3 to 1 cun deep.
- 02Needle perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 03Puncture straight down, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Fonctions du point
- Jing-River point
- Fire point
Actions
- Clears Heat
- Relieves pain
- Clears Fire from the Yang Ming
- Settles the Shen
- Benefits the wrist joint
- Dispels Wind
- Releases the Exterior
- Benefits the throat
Indications
- Soft-tissue disorders of the wrist joint
- Headache
- Ophthalmalgia
- Tinnitus
- Toothache
- Deafness
- Infantile indigestion
- Swollen, painful eyes
- Lacrimation
- Pain from decayed teeth
- Chronic headache
- Frontal headache
- Throat Bi
- Cold-type cough
- Vomiting of frothy fluid
- Urticaria
- Malaria
- Fever without sweating
- Sore throat
- Contracture and pain of the back muscles
- Pruritis
- Prurigo
- Eczema
- Irritability
- Hypertension
- Fever with a sensation of Cold
- Syncope
- Cough with copious phlegm expectoration
- Difficulty breathing
- Dermatosis
- Insanity
- Blocked eustachian tubes
- Gum bleeding
- Lethargy
- Bleeding hemorrhoids
- Red, painful eyes
- Superficial visual obstruction
- Throat blockage
- Pain at the root of the tongue
- Wrist pain
- Inability to flex the wrist
- Inability to flex the elbow
- Rhinitis
- Inability to raise the arm
- Epistaxis
- Ear pain
- Mania-depression
- Febrile disease disturbing the Heart
- Manic raving
- Tendency to laugh
- Seeing ghosts
- Fright
- Weak, painful wrist
- Contracture of the five fingers
- Heat in the palms
- Difficulty raising the elbow
- Eyelid-margin lesions
- Swollen, painful pharynx and larynx
- Itchy skin disorders
- Mental disorder
- Madness
- Devagation
- Convulsions with fear
- Chest fullness
- Oppression
- Nervousness
- Snakebite (treated with moxa)
- Delusions of grandeur
- Incoherent speech
- Stuttering
- Megalomania
- Ego trips
Associations
Tenosynovitis affecting the wrist.
Red, painful eyes.
Eye pain.
Tinnitus together with deafness.
Tinnitus.
Ear pain along with deafness and tinnitus.
Urticaria arising from extreme Heat.
Toothache and lumbar pain occurring alongside throat Bi.
Vomiting of Phlegm and watery saliva, with unrelenting dizziness.
Frequent laughter.
Manic raving with visions of ghosts.
Manic raving.
Palpitations from fright.
- LI-4
Mental disorders.
Transvestitism.
Notes
- It is often chosen to treat Bi syndrome of the wrist joint.
- It works well for disorders affecting the muscles, back and skin.
- Though frequently overlooked, it has a notable effect on mental disorders.