Acupuncture Points on the Small Intestine Channel of Hand Tai Yang
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Ying-Spring & Water Point
Clears wind-heat and reduces swellingBenefits the eyes, ears and throat Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Numbness of the fingers, febrile diseases, tinnitus, headache, reddish urine.
Where is SI-02 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 232): On the ulnar border of the little finger, in a depression just distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 167): When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the crease in front of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the little finger, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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