Acupoint+SI-2+(Qian+Gu)

**Qian Gu** **• **  **Small Intestine** **12** **• **  **6.2.108** //Anterior Valley, Forward Valley.// Ying Spring Point. Water Point on Fire Meridian. =Location= When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar side, distal to the 5th MP joint, at the junction of the red and white skin.

=Point Summary= //Clears Wind Heat, Activates the Channel, Benefits the Eyes, Ears and Throat, Reduces Swelling, Alleviates Pain// Local Point

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
Local

Indications
Local

Special Notes
Local

=Diagnostic Indications:= Fever **•** Finger Numbness **•** Nosebleed **•** Parotitis **•** Seizures **•** Throat Soreness **•** Tinnitus **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the small intestine, vessels, large intestine, kidneys, posterior frontal lobes, heart (according to its relation with the opposite inner ear), lateral neck and nape, breast, thumb, forearm, stomach, gallbladder Disperses the heart, lungs, sexual organs and kidneys. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Weakened sight or myopia from age or weakness, opposite eye. Opposite inner ear, surrounding pain, buzzings? Opposite nose: colds, congestion between nose and throat, blocked nose, nosebleeds: tonify. Coughs; coughing fits: tonify. Heart enlarged and fatty: tonify. Opposite breast: milk insufficient after delivery: disperse; inflammation of mammary glands: tonify. Opposite jaw: swollen to the back of the ear, swollen chin. Lateral nape and neck, mid-height same side: pain, either with swelling or contracture; cervical vertebrae. Radial forearm: medial thumb and index finger; flexor of the little finger; medial surface of the thigh. Medial (internal) arch, same side.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Water (secretions) is necessary for transformation to occur. This **helps flush the system, clearing the small intestine of wastes and toxins, affects all secretions**. For **insufficient secretions, lack of water** – red swelling in the throat, dry throat, cough, dry (poor) digestion, dry pains, chest pain, weak eyesight with dry, inflamed eyes, inflammation of skin, eyes, shoulder, rheumatoid arthritis, heat in the joints, fever. Brings the quality of water (cleansing, fluidity) to the small intestine. Transformations and separating are made difficult without fluidity. Cleans and bathes the small intestine when there is a deficiency of water. If the small intestine is waterlogged, one may be bogged down and fire may be almost out. As water dampens fire, one’s spirit can be reduced, bringing a kind **of fear that manifests as confusion and indecision. Courage is needed to sort out one’s life**. Excess water in fire – sweating, copious eye watering. Unable to lift arms or grasp objects. [JRW]

Located in the crease (the valley) distal to the MP joint. From metal to water there needs to be a continuous movement around the cycle of transformation. Water must not stagnate in the marsh; there needs to be a drainage, a flowing out, a forward movement. [ALHIM]