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SI-1
Shaoze
Lesser Marsh
Also known asLittle Marsh · Small Marsh · Young Marsh
- Channel
- Small Intestine
- Classification
- Jing-Well, Five Phase, Entry
Location
- 01On the ulnar side of the little finger, roughly 0.1 cun from the nail's corner.
- 02About 0.1 cun from the corner of the fifth finger's nail.
- 03On the little finger's ulnar side, approximately 0.1 cun lateral to the cuticle corner.
- 04On the back of the little finger, where a line along the nail's ulnar edge meets a line along the nail's base, about 0.1 cun from the nail corner.
Needling
- 01Needle subcutaneously to 0.1 cun, or prick to release a drop of blood.
- 02Moxibustion can also be used.
- 03Insert obliquely, angled slightly toward the wrist, 0.1 cun. Produces local distention and soreness.
- 04Needle perpendicularly or obliquely toward the proximal end, 0.1-0.2 cun, or prick to bleed.
Point functions
- Jing-Well point
- Me6tal point
- Entry point
Actions
- Disperses Wind and Heat
- Promotes lactation
- Benefits the breasts
- Moistens Dryness
- Clears Heat
- Benefits the sensory orifices
- Subdues Wind
- Opens the Orifices
- Revives consciousness
- Clears obstruction from the channel
Indications
- Headache
- Severe headache
- Febrile disease
- Loss of consciousness
- Insufficient lactation
- Sore throat
- Red eyes
- Corneal clouding
- Fever and chills with no sweating
- Malarial disorder with fever and chills but no sweating
- Mastitis
- Breast inflammation
- Breast swelling
- Galactophoritis
- Stiff tongue
- Stiffness of the tongue muscles
- Jaundice
- Shortness of breath
- Cough
- Acute Wind disorders
- Dry mouth
- Eye deformity
- Cardiomegaly
- Convulsions
- Tonsillitis
- Asthma
- Thirst
- Elbow stiffness limiting rotation
- Epistaxis
- Collapse syndrome
- Pain along the posterolateral arm
- Nebulae
- Membrane covering the eye
- Pterygium
- Swollen, painful pharynx and larynx
- Pharyngitis
- Throat pain and swelling
- Loss of consciousness
- Emergency situations
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Chest pain
- Angina pectoris
- Rib pain
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Arm pain
- Forearm neuralgia
- Stiff neck
- Torticollis
- Nervous spasms of the neck
- Muscular contractures
- Cold-type symptoms with vomiting
- Hypersalivation
- Stomatitis
- Irritability
- Diarrhea
- Cough with copious sputum
- Bronchitis
- Alternating chills and fever
- Nervousness
- Fibrocystic breast disease
- Wind-Stroke
- Deafness
- Tinnitus
- Rib pain
Combinations
Notes
- It has a notable effect in reviving consciousness.
- It produces a calming, sedative effect.
- It is applied for cosmetic breast enlargement.