SI 2 Acupuncture Point - Qian Gu - Small Intestine Meridian
- Chinese Name Qian Gu
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English Name Front Valley
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Location: When a loose fist is made, at the ulnar end of the crease, distal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the junction of the red & white skin.
- Point Associations:
- Ying Spring Point
- Water Point
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Entry Point
- Actions & Effects:
- Local point for pain, swelling, numbness of the fingers. As the water point it will remove heat - febrile disease, hot palms, darker urine.
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Clear heat from the opposite end of the channel, tinnitus, headache, sore throat, neck, ear and/or eye pain and/or swelling.
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Small Intestine Meridian Points (19):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
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Uses: Itching, Mumps, Psoriasis. Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan (Fu Fang Qing Dai Pian), literally "Indigo Combo Pills" in Chinese, clears away heat and toxic material, removes ecchymosis and blood stasis, dispels wind and arrests itching, eliminates pathogenic heat from the blood and arrests convulsion. It is used for progressive psoriasis, pityriasis rosea, drug rash, chest pain and hemoptysis, aphthae, mumps, inflammation of the throat, infantile convulsion.*
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