Acupuncture Points on the San Jiao Channel of Hand Shao Yang
- Yuan (Source) Point
Relaxes the sinews and alleviates painClears heat
Pain in the arm, shoulder and wrist, malaria, deafness, thirst.
Where is SJ-04 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 395): On the dorsum of the wrist, at the level of the wrist joint, in the depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum communis and extensor digiti minimi.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 203): On the transverse crease of the dorsum of wrist, in the depression lateral to the tendon of m. extensor digitorum communis.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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