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Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture

SI-7

Zhizheng

Branch of the Upright

Autres nomsBranch of Uprightness · Center of Branches · Upright Branch · Branch Straight · Point of Balance · Correct Limb · Correction of the Limbs · Branch from the Main · Branch to Heart Channel

Méridien
Intestin grêle
Classification
Luo-Communication

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Localisation

  1. 01On the line joining SI-5 Yanggu to SI-8 Xiaohai, 5 cun proximal to SI-5 Yanggu, along the ulna's posterior border.
  2. 02On the line joining SI-5 Yanggu to SI-8 Xiaohai, 5 cun proximal to the wrist's dorsal crease.
  3. 03On the line joining SI-5 Yanggu to SI-8 Xiaohai, 5 cun proximal to SI-5 Yanggu, in the groove between the ulna's anterior border and the belly of flexor carpi ulnaris.

Puncture

  1. 01Insert straight, 0.5–0.8 cun.
  2. 02Insert perpendicularly, 0.5–1 cun.
  3. 03Moxibustion may be used.

Fonctions du point

  • Lou-Connecting point
  • Greater Assembly point for the head and neck

Actions

  • Clears Heat from the Upper Jiao
  • Releases the Exterior
  • Clears channel obstruction
  • Settles the Shen
  • Frees the channel
  • Eases pain
  • Benefits the finger joints

Indications

  • Neurasthenia
  • Insanity, whether calm or agitated
  • Nervous breakdown
  • Anxiety
  • A tendency toward sadness
  • Elbow weakness
  • Thirst
  • Extreme facial redness
  • Inability to grasp or hold objects
  • Inability to make a fist
  • Inability to bend or stretch
  • Swollen throat
  • Neck-muscle spasm
  • Crusting of the eyelid
  • Contracture of the elbow and arm
  • Fever with neck and lumbar pain and a desire to drink
  • Fear
  • Fright
  • Groaning
  • Small growths of the eyes
  • Paralysis or weakness of the shoulder and neck
  • Dizziness
  • Joint slackness with inability to move the elbow
  • Stiff neck
  • Torticollis
  • Elbow and arm pain
  • Emptiness from Wind
  • Limb weakness
  • Difficulty closing the hand
  • Intermittent fevers
  • Vertigo
  • Spasms of the forearm and front of the shoulders
  • Headache
  • Psychopathic apprehension
  • Finger pain
  • Severe pain across all ten fingers
  • Mental disorders
  • Headache with dizzy eyes
  • Tuberculosis of all kinds
  • Fevers with no sweating
  • Hysteria
  • Cold shivering with fever
  • Manic-depression
  • Restless Zang disorder
  • Blurred vision
  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Warts
  • The five taxations

Précautions

Do not needle during the sixth month of pregnancy.

Associations

  • Resolves Phlegm affecting the thyroid

  • Visual dizziness

  • Visual dizziness with headache

Notes

  • It is a key point for stiffness.
  • It works well for Exterior Heat presenting with neck and lumbar stiffness.
  • It is regarded as an equilibrium point.
  • It addresses a lack of Fire.
  • It addresses impaired separation and secretion.
  • It stimulates thyroid function and affects the endocrine system.
  • Like all Luo points, it can treat any channel.
  • It works especially well for the elbow.