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Shaoyang Triple Heater (Sanjiao) 

 

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010

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SI

BL

LI

ST

TH

GB

LU

SP

HT

KI

MH

LR

 

TH2 (yemen)

  • clears TH pathogenic Heat, reduce swelling – relieve local pain
  • Location :  between ring and little fingers, 0.5 cun proximal to margin of the web

TH3 (zhongshu)

  • inability to bend hand/fingers, tinnitus, Heat diseases, expel Wind/Heat
  • Location:  on dorsum of hand, in depression just proximal to 4th and 5th metacarpo-phalangeal joints

TH4 (yangchi)

  • [Yuan-source]
  • local pain (wrist)
  • Location: on dorsum of wrist, at level of wrist joint, in depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum  communis and extensor digiti minimi

TH5 (waiguan)

  • [Connect to MH]
  • release exterior, detoxify, clear Heat, constipation due to Heat, local problems, HBP
  • Location:  2 cun proximal to TH4, in depression between radius and ulna, on radial side of the extensor digitorum communis tendons

TH6 (zhigou)

  • frees bowel Qi – constipation, calms rebel Qi & Fire, local problems
  • Location:  3 cun proximal to TH4, in depression between radius and ulna, on radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle

TH7 (huizong)

  • [Xi-Cleft]
  • pain in upper limbs
  • Location:  3 cun proximal to TH4, level with and on ulnar side of TH6, in depression between the ulna and extensor digitorum communis muscle

TH9 (sidu)

  • regulates the waterways (edema), pain in the forearm
  • Location:  in depression between radius and ulna, on a line drawn between TH4 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, 7 cun proximal to TH4

TH10 (tianjing)

  • transforms Phlegm-Damp, elbow problems
  • Location:  with elbow flexed, point is located in depression 1 cun proximal to the olecranon

TH14 (jianliao)

  • expel Wind/Damp, heaviness of shoulder, arm pain
  • Location:  at origin of deltoid muscle, in depression which lies posterior and inferior to lateral extremity of the acromion

TH15 (tianliao)

  • local shoulder problems
  • Location:  in suprascapular fossa, in depressoon midway between GB21 and SI13 (at medial end of suprascapular fossa)

TH17 (yifeng)

  • clear Heat, opens portals (improves hearing), mid ear infection, Bell’s palsy, grinding teeth/clenched jaw
  • Location:  behind the earlobe, between ramus of mandible and mastoid process, in depression just superior to the palpable transverse process of 1st cervical vertebra

TH18 (qimai)

  • head wind (severe headache)
  • Location:  posterior to ear, in a small depression on mastoid bone, one 3rd of the distance along a curved line drawn from TH 17 to TH 20 following the line of  rim of ear

TH19 (luxi)

  • head wind (severe headache)
  • Location:  posterior to ear, in small depression two 3rd of the distance along a curved line drawn from TH17 to TH20 following the line of rim of ear  

TH20 (jiaosun)

  • clears the head, brightens the eyes, red sore swollen eyes, headache, toothache
  • Location:  on side of head, directly level with apex of ear when ear is folded forwards

TH21 (ermen)

  • opens portals (improves hearing), tinnitus, mid ear infection, toothache
  • Location:  in depression anterior to supratragic notch and slightly superior to condyloid process of the mandible

TH23 (sizhukong)

  • brightens eyes, relieves pain (headache), visual dizziness, painful swollen eyes, twitching eyelids
  • Location :  in depression on supraorbital margin, at lateral end of eyebrow  

 

 

 

  

 
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