HT-08 (Shao Fu) Lesser Mansion

Acupuncture Points on this Channel HT-01 HT-02 HT-03 HT-04 HT-05 HT-06 HT-07 HT-08 HT-09

Acupuncture Points on the Heart Channel of Hand Shao Yin

•   Ying-Spring & Fire Point

Common and Key Uses:

• Clear Lower Jiao heat

Actions:

• Clears heat from the Heart and Small Intestine
• Calms the spirit
• Regulates Heart Qi
• Activates the channel and alleviates pain

Indications:

• Palpitation, pain in the chest, spasmodic pain of the little finger, feverish sensation in the palm, enuresis, dysuria, pruritus of the external genitalia.

Pont Location:

• A Manual of Acupuncture: On the palm, in the depression between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, where the tip of the little finger rests when a fist is made.
• Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: When the palm faces upward, the point is between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones.
  
  When a fist is made, the point is where the tip of the little finger rests.

Needling Method:

• Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.