How to find Yangxi point
On the radial side of the wrist dorsal striation, when the thumb of the hand is tilted upward, it is located in the depression between the extensor pollicis brevis tendon and the extensor pollicis longus tendon.
Precise location map of Yangxi point
Acupoint selection method
On the radial side of the wrist, when the thumb is tilted upward, the point is selected at the depression between the extensor pollicis brevis tendon and the extensor pollicis longus tendon.
function
Clearing heat and expelling wind, purging fire and eliminating evil.
therapy
Headache, deafness, tinnitus, sore throat, toothache, red eye, fever, epilepsy, mania, wind addiction, scab, arm and wrist pain.
Acupoint compatibility
1. Deafness: Yangxi, Xiaguan, Guanchong, Yemen, Yanggu (acupuncture classics).
2, sore throat: Yangxi, Shaohai, Yimen ("God Wine Economy").
3. Toothache: Yangxi, Quchi, Shaohai, Yanggu, Erjian, Yimen, Cheek Car, Inner Chamber, and Lu (Shen Yingjing).
4. Eye ache: Yangxi and Yanggu ("acupuncture").
5, evil madness: Yang Xi, Zhu, ruler, messenger ("God should be classics").
6, fever and polydipsia: Yangxi, Taibai, Shaochong, Tongli ("Ai Ai Weaving Wings").
7. Migraine: Yangxi, Fenglong and Jiexi ("analogy chart wing").
8, arm pain elbow contracture: Yangxi, Qian Gu, Houxi ("Prepare a Thousand Gold Prescriptions").
9. Wrist weakness: Yangxi, Yangchi, Shoulder Epiphysis, Quchi, Carpus, Hegu and thenar (Acupuncture at Fourteen Meridian Points).
10, five fingers contracture, extension pain: Yangxi, Qi Lin, Chise, Zhongzhu, Wu Chu (acupuncture Dacheng).
operational approach
Acupuncture: Leaning the palm to select points. Straight stab 0.3-0.5 inch; Moxibustion with moxa sticks for 3-5 minutes, or mild moxibustion for 5- 10 minutes.
clinical application
Clinically used for the treatment of wrist arthritis, tenosynovitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, rhinitis, deafness, tinnitus, facial paralysis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, epilepsy and psychosis.
Acupoint health preservation
Yangxi is an important acupoint for invigorating yang and refreshing. When you have a headache, press Yangxi point with your thumb and abdomen for more than half a minute, and the headache will be quickly relieved. Yangxi is best at dredging meridians. Pressing this point vertically with the tip of thumb for 1-3 minutes each time can effectively prevent and treat apoplexy and high fever.