Name
魚 際
- Yu Ji
- Fish Border
- The Fish's Corner
Location
On the midpoint of the border of the thenar eminence of the first metacarpal bone.
Nature
Actions
- Disperses, expels Lung-Heat, purifies the Lungs
- Frees the throat
- Empty-Heat, Yang Deficiency: Interior Heat (e.g. Tuberculosis)
- Nervousness, difficulty breathing, restlessness (disturbed Shen)
- Sensation of heart pain and great fear, sadness, palpitations from blockage of Heart-Yang Qi
Comments
Smokers can press this point frequently to drain Lung-Fire.
Treatment
Needling: 0.2 – 0.3 CUN perpendicular