SI-7

SI-7

<- SI-6 Small Intestine SI-8 ->

Punto ID 07

Name

支正

  • Zhi Zheng
  • Support, Balance Vital Energy
  • Correct Branch

Location

On the line between SI-5 and SI-8, 5 CUN above SI-5. Find the midpoint, 1 CUN below.

Nature

Connecting (Luo) Point (communicates with the Heart Channel)

Actions

  • Calms the Shen: Psychological problems, fear, fright, sadness, mania
  • Elbow movement problems: loss of strength in the hands, inability to grip things, numbness, finger pain (from cervical rigidity)

Longitudinal Luo Symptoms

  • Fullness: atrophied elbows, loss of strength, cannot move the elbow.
  • Emptiness: warts on the body (lack of Qi), fatty cyst (wart related to Small Intestine: is Phlegm. Spleen/Stomach not performing their function well)

Treatment

  • Needling: 0.3 CUN
  • Moxibustion

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Page updated on April 16, 2021

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