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SI-5

Yanggu

*Yang* Valley

Also known asValley of *Yang*

Channel
Small Intestine
Classification
Jing-River, Five Phase, Horary

Location

  1. 01On the wrist's dorsal surface, at the ulnar end of the transverse crease, in the hollow between the ulna's styloid process and the triquetral bone.
  2. 02On the wrist's ulnar edge, in the hollow between the ulnar head and the triquetral bone.

Needling

  1. 01Insert straight or obliquely, 0.3–0.5 cun.
  2. 02Insert perpendicularly, 0.3–0.5 cun.
  3. 03Moxibustion may be used.

Point functions

  • Jing-River point
  • Fire point
  • Horary point

Actions

  • Clears Heat
  • Reduces swelling
  • Settles the Shen
  • Clears the mind
  • Frees the channel
  • Expels Exterior Damp-Heat

Indications

  • Wrist pain
  • Parotitis (mumps)
  • Fever
  • Insanity
  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus
  • Mania
  • Manic wandering
  • Clonic spasm
  • Chest or lateral costal pain with breathing difficulty
  • Febrile disease without sweating
  • Chills and fever
  • Scabies
  • Convulsions
  • Delirium
  • Stiff tongue
  • Fright
  • Fainting
  • Facial neuralgia
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Excessive talking
  • Varicose veins
  • Swelling of the neck and submandibular region
  • Lockjaw
  • Tongue stiffness in infants preventing suckling
  • Tongue thrusting
  • Toothache affecting both upper and lower jaws
  • Visual dizziness
  • Redness, swelling and pain of the eye
  • Hand pain
  • Arm pain
  • Shoulder pain preventing the patient from dressing
  • Painful hemorrhoids
  • Depression
  • Incoherent speech
  • Dyspnea
  • Gingivitis
  • Bell's palsy
  • Excessive laughter
  • Sudden fits of rage
  • Stuttering or stammering

Combinations

Notes

  • Its mental effect — clearing the mind and helping one settle on the right course — makes it especially valuable.
  • It can clear Dampness from hot, swollen knees.
  • This point benefits Yang vitality.