L.I. 5 "Yang Creek" Yangxi
Jing River: Fire
LOCATION: On the radial side of the wrist. When the thumb is tilted upward, it is in the
depression between the tendons of m. extensor pollicis longus and brevis.
IMAGE: The Yang Qi of the channel moves through the "stream-like" depression in which this
point sits.
FUNCTIONS: Expels Wind and Fire
Releases the exterior
Calms Spirit
Clears Yang Ming Heat
Sedates Pain
Transforms Damp Heat
Benefits the throat
INDICATIONS:
deafness
deafness
diseases of the soft tissue of the wrist joint
eyes red & painful
headache
inability to flex arm at elbow
infantile digestion
membrane on the eye
ophthalmalgia
pain in the root of the tongue
throat blockage (sore throat)
tinnitus
toothache
toothache
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Good for smoking withdrawal
muscular strain in the back
skin problems (wind heat) with itching
headache that feels like wearing a hat on top of the head
crazy speech and laughter
patient visited by specters
snakebite
