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Acupuncture Point Detail

S.I 3 Houxi

Location :

At the end of the transverse crease proximal to the 5th metacarpo-phalangeal joint when hand is half clenched.

Indications :

Stiffness or rigidity of neck, tinnitus, deafness, occipital headache, lumbago, paralysis of upper extremities, night sweating, epilepsy, malaria. Pain an drigidity of the neck, tinnitus, deafness, sore throat, mania, malaria, acute lumbar sprain, night sweating, febrile diseases, contracture and numbness of the fingers, pain in the shoulder and elbow.

Method of puncturing :

Eliminates interior wind from the Du Mai Vessel, expels exterior wind, benefits sinews, resolves dampness and jaundice, clears the mind.

It is a Water point.

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Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch