Common acupoints for hand therapy (Part 5)

49. Sidu (TE 9, on hand Shaoyang triple energizer meridian)
   Location: Between radius and ulna bones and 16.6 cm distal to Zhoujian (EX-UE 1) acupoint.
   Function: To improve hearing and remove stagnation in throat.
   Indications: Sudden Aphonia, deafness, toothache, and forearm pain.
   Acupuncture: Vertical insertion of needle for 1.6-3.3 cm; and moxibustion is permissible.

   50. Tianjing (TE 10)
   Location: With elbow flexed, it is in the depression proximal to olecranon.
   Function: To improve hearing, tranquilize the mind, adjust qi, and resolve phlegm.
   Indications: Migraine, pain in neck, flank, ribs, shoulder and arm, ear diseases and tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes.
   Acupuncture: Vertical insertion of needle for 1.6-3.3 cm; and moxibustion is permissible.

   51. Shixuan (EX- UE 11)
   Location: On the tips of fingers and 0.3 cm from the free edge of nails.
   Function: To open sense organ orifices, restore consciousness, clear heat, and control convulsions.
   Indications: Coma, heat stroke, febrile diseases, convulsions in children, sore throat, and numbness in fingertips.
   Acupuncture: Vertical insertion of needle for 0.3 cm or bleeding therapy with three-edged needle.

   52. Baxie (EX- UE 9)
   Location: At the dorsal ends of creases between each pair of two neighboring fingers, with a total of eight acupoints on both hands.
   Function: To clear heat and reduce swelling.
   Indications: Pain and swelling of hand dorsum, numbness in fingers, Headache, stiff neck, toothache, and eye pain.
   Acupuncture: Proximally oblique insertion of needle for 1.6 cm or bleeding therapy with three-edged needle; and moxibustion is permissible.

   53. Zhongkui (EX-UE 4, extra acupoint)
   Location: With hand clenched, it is on the dorsal crease of proximal interphalangeal joint of middle finger.
   Function: To suppress adverse ascent of qi and regulate stomach.
   Indications: Dysphagia, regurgitation of fluid, vomiting, hiccups, toothache, and nose bleed.
   Acupuncture: Moxibustion.

   54. Sifeng (EX- UE 10)
   Location: With hand supine and fingers extended, they are at the midpoint of palmar creases of proximal interphalangeal joints of index, middle, ring, and little fingers.
   Function: To strengthen spleen and release stagnation of food.
   Indications: Indigestive malnutrition, whooping cough, diarrhea in children, cough, Asthma.
   Acupuncture: Bleeding therapy for 0.3 cm to squeeze out some blood and white sticky fluid.

   55. Erbai (EX-UE 2, extra acupoint)
   Location: With forearm supine and palm extended, they are 13.3 cm proximal to carpal crease and on both sides of tendon of radial flexor muscle of wrist.
   Function: To replace prolapse of rectum and treat hemorrhoids.
   Indications: Hemorrhoids, prolapse of rectum, and forearm, chest, and flank pain.
   Acupuncture: Vertical insertion for 3.3 cm; and moxibustion is permissible.

   56. Zhoujian (EX-UE 1, extra acupoint)
   Location: At the tip of olecranon.
   Function: To resolve phlegm and swelling.
   Indications: Tuberculosis, carbuncle, cellulitis, Furuncle, and intestinal abscess.
   Acupuncture: Moxibustion.