HT-01 (Ji Quan) Highest Spring

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Acupuncture Points on the Heart Channel of Hand Shao Yin

Actions:

• Unbinds the chest
• Activates the channel and benefits the arm

Indications:

• Pain in the costal and cardiac regions, scrofula, cold pain of the elbow and arm, dryness of the throat.

Pont Location:

• A Manual of Acupuncture: In the depression at the centre of the axilla.
• Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: When the upper arm is abducted, the point is in the centre of the axilla, on the medial side of the axillary artery.

Needling Method:

• Avoid puncturing the axillary artery. Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.