Name
孔 最
- Kong Zui
- Utmost Opening
- Communication with the Superior
Location
7 CUN above the wrist crease, on the radial aspect of the forearm.
(The forearm measures 12 cun from the wrist crease to the elbow crease. At mid-distance between both plus one cun upward. See body cun measurements)
Nature
Actions
- Nosebleed
- Cough with blood (point to clear Heat)
- Pain
- Descends Lung-Qi
- Disperses Heat
- Cools the Blood
Comments
In acute presentations and asthma attacks. All Xi-Cleft Points of the Yin Channels have the common function of stopping haemorrhage of the respiratory tracts.
Treatment
- Needle: 0.3 – 1.5 CUN, perpendicular
- moxibustion is not usually applied