Shu Stream: Wood
LOCATION: When the fist is clenched, the point is on the dorsum of the hand, between the 4th &
5th metacarpal bones, in the depression proximal to the metacarpophalangeal joint.
IMAGE: This is the "middle" point of the five transport points on this channel and is an "island" in
the stream of Qi which courses through here. SJ 3 is also sometimes considered an "island"
between "Fluid's Door" (SJ 2) and "Pool of Yang" (SJ 4)
FUNCTIONS: Facilitates the circulation of Qi, Benefits the ear
Clears Wind Heat, Clears Head & Eyes, Clears Channels & Collaterals, Moistens Throat, Moves
Qi & Blood, Opens Sensory Orifices, Produces Fluids, Regulates Qi
INDICATIONS:
blurred vision
deaf-mutism
deafness
headache
inability to bend fingers
intercostal neuralgia
pain in shoulder, back, elbow & arm
pain in the shoulder & back
tinnitus
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES: Shen disturbances
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Main distal point on body for ear problems
Tonification point on the San Jiao channel
headache-- especially temporal
Dr. Voll-- associated with thyroid & thymus
Dr. Shwery: uses for immune system problems/hypothyroid
fevers
heat in upper jiao
Liver Qi stagnation
