Acupuncture Points on the Heart Channel of Hand Shao Yin
Unbinds the chestActivates the channel and benefits the arm
Pain in the costal and cardiac regions, scrofula, cold pain of the elbow and arm, dryness of the throat.
Where is HT-01 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 212): In the depression at the centre of the axilla.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 164): When the upper arm is abducted, the point is in the centre of the axilla, on the medial side of the axillary artery.
Avoid puncturing the axillary artery. Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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