Ht 8 "Lesser Residence" Shaofu
Ying Spring: Fire
LOCATION: When the palm faces upward, the point is between the fourth and fifth metacarpal
bones, on the palm of the hand.
IMAGE: Shaofu is an old Chinese title for someone whose job it was to oversee storage of goods.
This implies the point's function of "storing the goods" of the Heart, that is, the spirit and Heart Qi.
FUNCTIONS: Calms the spirit
Regulates the Heart Qi
Benefits Tongue,, Clears Bad Qi From Heart, Clears Deficiency Heat, Clears Heat, Phlegm, and
Fire from the Heart, Clears Small Intestine Heat, Drains Low Burner Damp Heat
INDICATIONS:
angina pectoris
cardiac arrhythmia
chest pain
difficult urination
dysuria
enuresis
hysteria
incontinence
itching of the groin
palpitations
rheumatic heart disease
spasms of the little finger
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES: For the person who has a "fire burning in their heart".
fear of people (misanthropy) & sorrow
"Machine gun mouth"
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Main point for physical problems with the heart - - less psychological indications.
congestive heart failure
CAM: skin itching
used after heavy blood loss
add to people who are trying to quit smoking
herpes
sweaty palms
dermatitis
J.C. Darrus:
lack of energy
extrasystoles, precordalgia, heart malaise
dysuria, retention of urine, urinary incontinence
excessive menstrual flow, uterine prolapse, vaginal pain, vulvar pruritis
