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General functions:
* reducing fever * benefiting the ears * clearing heat from the eyes * treating headaches * harmonizing 3 jiaos * soothing heart and calming spirit |
Belongs to fire=> good in febrile diseases esp due to exterior pathogenic factors
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Sj points treat febrile diseases affecting the upper jiao lung patterns, it's distal points also treat the upper jiao pericardium pattern.
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Sj belongs to shao yang which is the pivot between exterior and interior=> good for alternating chills and fever and malaria, the characteristic indications of shao yang pattern.
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*Benefiting the ears
*Clearing heat from the eyes *Clearing heat from head throat and tongue *treating headaches * harmonizing the three jiaos |
Sj5 & sj 6 regulate the middle and lower jiaos => treat vomiting & constipation
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*Main channel connects with=> San jiao , upper middle and lower
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*Luo connecting channel=> starts at sj5
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*Divergent channel=> separates from the main channel on the head and crosses 3 jiaos and dispersed in the chest
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*SJ1: Jing well , metal
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•Clears heat from upper jiao at Wei qi level
• benefits ears+ tongues=> stiff tongue • removes obstruction & stops pain |
Location: at the base of lateral side of ring finger nail
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SJ2: ying spring , water
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*Clears heat from head, calms spirit
* benefits ears * removes obstruction, stops pain * for otitis media& bi syndrome of fingers and arm |
Between the ring and little fingers, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.
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SJ3: shu stream, wood
Tonification point |
* clears heat in the head=> temporal headaches
* benefits ears * subdues liver yang * removes obstruction, stops pain , |
Location
On the dorsum of the hand, in the depression just proximal to the fourth and fifth metacarpo-phalangeal joints. |
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SJ4,
Yuan source point |
* benefits ears
* promotes transformation of fluids * benefits original qi-> is used often * tonifies chong and Ren => painful, irregular period * relaxes sinews, stops pain |
Location
On the dorsum of the wrist, at the level of the wrist joint, in the depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum communis and extensor digiti minimi. |
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SJ5
Luo connecting Confluent point of Yang Qiao |
*Expels wind- heat & Releases exterior
*benefits ears& head * subdue liver yang *opens yang Wei Mai * removes obstruction, stops pain |
Location
2 cun proximal to Yangchi SJ-4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis tendons. |
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SJ6
Jing river Fire point |
* regulates qi in 3 jiaos
* clears heat * benefits chest & lateral costal region * moves the stool=> constipation due to heat * benefits voice=> in loss of voice * removes obstruction& stops pain |
Location
3 cun proximal to Yangchi SJ-4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle. |
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SJ7
Xi- cleft |
Benefits ears
Removes obstruction, stops pain |
Location
3 cun proximal to Yangchi SJ-4, level with and on the ulnar side of Zhigou SJ-6, in the depression between the ulna and the extensor digitorum communis muscle. |
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SJ10
He-Sea Earth point Drainage point |
* transforms phlegm, dissipates nodules
* subdues rebellious qi * clears heat+ calms spirit * removes obstruction, stops pain |
Location
With the elbow flexed, this point is located in the depression 1 cun proximal to the olecranon. |
