Small Intestine Channel

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ZHIZHENG SI-7
Branch of the Upright
Luo-Connecting point of the
Small Intestine channel
LOCATION
On a line connecting Yanggu SI-5 and Xiaohai SI-8, 5 cun
proximal to Yanggu SI-5, in the groove between the
anterior border of the ulna and the muscle belly of flexor
carpi ulnaris.
LOCATION NOTE
This point should be located and needled with the patient
lying on their back and with their arm either in the supine
position or resting on the chest.
NEEDLING
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
ACTIONS
Clears heat and releases the exterior
Calms the spirit
Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Benefits the finger joints
INDICATIONS
Febrile disease, cold shivering and fever, fever with
neck and lumbar pain and desire to drink.
Mania-depression, fear and fright, sadness and anxi-
ety, restless zang disorder.
Headache, dizziness, visual dizziness, blurred vision,
superficial visual obstruction.
Feebleness of the four limbs, the five taxations, stiff-
ness of the neck, contraction of the elbow, slackness
of the joints and inability to move the elbow, severe
pain of all the fingers, inability to grip firmly, inabil-
ity to make a fist, warts.
COMMENTARY
Zhizheng SI-7 has three main actions. Firstly, since the
Small Intestine belongs to taiyang channel (the most
exterior of the six channels and thus the first to be attacked
by exterior pathogenic factors) Zhizheng SI-7 in common
with many points of the Small Intestine channel is able to
release the exterior. It is primarily used in cases of exterior
heat pathogen giving rise to febrile disease, and is espe-
cially indicated when the onset is characterised by neck
and lumbar pain.
Secondly, Zhizheng SI-7 is the luo-connecting point of
the Small Intestine channel from where the Small Intestine
luo-connecting channel spreads to join with the Heart chan-
nel. This is reflected in the name of this point Branch of the
Upright, the upright being the Heart channel. The Guide
to the Classics of Acupuncture states the luo-connecting
points are located between two channels ... if they are
punctured, symptoms of the interiorly-exteriorly related
channels can be treated
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. Zhizheng SI-7 has a pronounced
effect on regulating and calming the spirit and is indicated
for mania-depression, fear and fright, and sadness and
anxiety. The Methods of Acupuncture and Moxibustion from the
Golden Mirror of Medicine more specifically recommends
Zhizheng SI-7 for depression and knotting of all the seven
emotions.
Thirdly Zhizheng SI-7 is able to regulate the Small Intes-
tine channel in the region of the head (headache and
dizziness), eyes (blurred vision, superficial visual ob-
struction, visual dizziness), elbow (contraction of the
elbow), and especially the fingers (severe pain of all the
fingers, inability to grip firmly, inability to make a fist).
The principle of selecting distal points to treat disorders of
the limbs, trunk and head is fundamental to acupuncture
practice, and since the twelve primary channels all flow to
or from the hands and feet, there is a profusion of distal
points to choose from. In the treatment of disorders of the
hands and feet themselves, however, there are by defini-
tion no distal points, and there are relatively few proximal
points that affect these areas. Zhizheng SI-7 is therefore
Xiaohai SI-8
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flexor carpi uharis
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L. Intestine
Stomach
Spleen
Heart
S. Intestine
Bladder
Kidney
Pericardium
Sanjiao
Gall Bladder
Liver
Conception
Governing
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notable for its action on the fingers and hand.
Finally the Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxi-
bustion gives specific indications for excess and deficiency
of the luo-connecting points. In the case of Zhizheng SI-7,
these are slackness of the joints and inability to move the
elbow (excess); warts (deficiency).
COMBINATIONS
Manic raving, fear and fright: Zhizheng SI-7, Yuji
LU-10, Hegu L.I.-4, Shaohai HE-3, Quchi L.I.-11 and
Wangu SI-4 (Thousand Ducat Formulas).
Visual dizziness and headache: Zhizheng SI-7 and
Sanjiaoshu BL-22 (Supplementing Life).
Visual dizziness: Zhizheng SI-7 and Feiyang BL-58
(One Hundred Symptoms).
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Lung
L. Intestine
Stomach
Spleen
Heart
S. Intestine
Bladder
Kidney
Pericardium
Sanjiao
Gall Bladder
Liver
Conception
Governing
Extra Points
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