S.I. 6 "Nourish the Old" Yanglao
Xi Cleft
LOCATION: Dorsal to the head of the ulna, when the palm faces the chest, the point is in the bony
cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.
IMAGE: Also translated as "Nursing the Aged;" refers to the point's usefulness with old people.
FUNCTIONS: Relaxes the sinews (muscles)
Clears the channels & the vision
Benefits Joints
Brightens Eyes
INDICATIONS:
arthritis of the upper limb
blurred vision
eye diseases
hemiplegia
low back pain
pain in shoulder & back (esp. scapula)
pain of hernia (nm)
restricted movement lumbar area
stiff neck
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES: Alzheimer's-- for people losing their power of discrimination, or
for senility. "The senior citizen point."
For someone trying to
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Improves ability to move, though not as much for muscle spasms as S.I. 3
Main point for acute low back sprain - - stimulate heavily. Used a lot for whiplash, cervical
strain, acute lumbar strain, any acute sprains.
For blurry vision in old people
J.C. Darrus:
upper limb arthralgia, torticollis
Xi Cleft
LOCATION: Dorsal to the head of the ulna, when the palm faces the chest, the point is in the bony
cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.
IMAGE: Also translated as "Nursing the Aged;" refers to the point's usefulness with old people.
FUNCTIONS: Relaxes the sinews (muscles)
Clears the channels & the vision
Benefits Joints
Brightens Eyes
INDICATIONS:
arthritis of the upper limb
blurred vision
eye diseases
hemiplegia
low back pain
pain in shoulder & back (esp. scapula)
pain of hernia (nm)
restricted movement lumbar area
stiff neck
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES: Alzheimer's-- for people losing their power of discrimination, or
for senility. "The senior citizen point."
For someone trying to
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Improves ability to move, though not as much for muscle spasms as S.I. 3
Main point for acute low back sprain - - stimulate heavily. Used a lot for whiplash, cervical
strain, acute lumbar strain, any acute sprains.
For blurry vision in old people
J.C. Darrus:
upper limb arthralgia, torticollis
