TH 2 Acupuncture Point - Ye Men - Triple Heater Meridian
Submitted by yyh_staff on Sat, 2006-05-20 13:12.
- Chinese Name Yemen
- English Name Humor Gate
- Location: (.5 cun) proximal to the margin of the web between the ring and the little fingers, in a depression when fist is clenched at the border of the red and white skin.
- Point Associations:
- Ying Spring Point
- Water Point
- Actions & Effects:
- Similar to TH 3 which is used more clinically.
- Triple Heater Meridian Points (23):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Sources and More Information
The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:
- Ferro, Barbara: New England School of Acupuncture, Point Location Lecture Notes
- Harstein, Rachel: New England School of Acupuncture, Actions & Effects Lecture Notes
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