LOCATION: On the mid-axillary line when the arm is raised, 3 cun below the axilla.
IMAGE: Also translated as "Armpit Pool," a reference to the point's location.
FUNCTIONS: Invigorates Channels, Relaxes Chest & Regulates Qi, Reduces Phlegm, Relaxes
Muscles & Tendons, Reduces Inflammation & Stops Pain
INDICATIONS:
axillary lymphadenitis
intercostal neuralgia
pain of shoulders & arm
pleurisy
NEEDLING: Obliquely 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES: Nei Jing: for when the arm is painful and when it feels like energy is attacking
the chest
OTHER: Meeting Point for some of the muscle channels.
bitter taste in the mouth
traditionally not recommended to moxa
J.C. Darrus:
pleural pathology
