Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
PC-3
Quze
Marsh at the Crook
Autres nomsCrooked Marsh · Bending Marsh · Broken Marsh · Curved Marsh · Marsh on Bend
- Méridien
- Péricarde
- Classification
- He-Mer, Cinq Phases
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Localisation
- 01At the transverse crease of the elbow, on the ulnar side of the biceps brachii tendon.
- 02With the elbow flexed slightly, locate the point just medial to the biceps tendon at the elbow crease.
- 03At the elbow's transverse crease, in the hollow immediately ulnar to biceps brachii; find it with the elbow held slightly bent.
Puncture
- 01Needle straight in, 0.5 to 0.7 cun, or prick to bleed.
- 02Insert perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun; this produces local distention and soreness, occasionally with a numb, sore sensation reaching the middle finger.
- 03Prick to bleed for acute gastritis, enteritis, or Heat exhaustion with high fever.
- 04Insert straight in, 0.5 to 1 cun, or prick to bleed; needle with the elbow slightly flexed.
- 05Caution: the brachial artery and veins run deep, just medial to this point.
Fonctions du point
- He-Sea point
- Water point
Actions
- Frees Heart Qi
- Clears Heat from the Qi, Ying, and Blood levels
- Regulates the Intestines
- Calms the Stomach
- Harmonizes Stomach and Intestines
- Expels Fire toxin
- Opens the sensory Orifices
- Stops convulsions
- Moves the Blood
- Dispels Stasis
- Calms the Shen
- Stops vomiting and diarrhea
- Activates the channel
- Relieves pain
Indications
- Cardiac pain
- Palpitations
- Febrile disease
- Irritability
- Stomachache
- Vomiting
- Elbow and arm pain
- Hand and arm tremor
- Generalized high body heat
- Marked thirst
- Dry mouth
- Trembling throughout the body
- Severe thirst with high heat and no sweating
- Epigastric pain
- Fright
- Nervousness accompanied by thirst
- Dyspnea
- Urticaria
- Arm and hand trembling
- Wind-Cold invasion
- Cough
- Uterine fibroids
- Heart inflammation
- Vomiting of glairy mucus or Blood
- Brachial neuralgia
- Upper-body neuralgia
- Morning sickness
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Severe tonsillitis
- Hemiplegia
- Agitation with thirst
- Hemoptysis
- Hematemesis
- Summerheat stroke
- Counterflow Qi
- Contracture of the arm and hand
- Acute gastroenteritis
- Enteritis
- Rheumatic Heart disease
- Myocarditis
- Bronchitis
- Heat exhaustion
- Chest pain with a tendency to easy fright
- Diarrhea accompanied by vomiting
- Irritability with fullness
- Dreaming of water
- Insanity
- Fever with profuse sweating
- Paralysis
- Infertility
- Fear of meeting people
- Heat stroke
- Erysipelas
- Bloody diarrhea
- Skin eruptions
- Convulsions
- Coma
- Heavy menstrual bleeding caused by Blood Heat
- Measles with fever and constant movement of the hand and arm
- Paracholera
- Cholera
- Epidemic disease
- Sadness
- Sweating limited to the head and neck
- Agitation and restlessness
- Dry tongue with lateral costal pain
- Dysenteric disorder
- A pounding sensation beneath the Heart
- Wind rash
- Upper-limb paralysis
Associations
To prick and bleed the point in acute gastroenteritis
For rheumatic Heart disease
For thirst due to Deficient Blood
For chest pain
For hematemesis
For spitting Blood
For a pounding sensation below the Heart, and a tendency to fright
For Heart pain
For dry mouth
Notes
- This point promotes stability.
- It is a particularly good point for treating children, especially in cases of measles.
- This point clears Heat at the Qi level.