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SJ-02 (Ye Men) Humor Gate

Acupuncture Points on the San Jiao Channel of Hand Shao Yang

  • Acupuncture Point Five Elements Ying-Spring & Water Point
Disperses upper jiao heat and benefits the ears
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
    • Headache, redness of the eyes, sudden deafness, sore throat, malaria, pain in the arm.

    Where is SJ-02 located?

    • A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 392): Between the ring and little fingers, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.
    • Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 202): When the fist is clenched, the point is located in the depression proximal to the margin of the web between the ring and small fingers, at the junction of the red and white skin.
    Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch towards the interspace of the metacarpal bones. Moxibustion is applicable.

    Sources & References

    Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

    The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.

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