Acupoint+HT-3+(Shao+Hai)

==  **Shao Hai** **• **    **Heart** **3** **• **  **5.3.100**  //Little Sea, Young Sea// He Sea Point. Water Point on Fire Meridian. = = =Location= When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression between the medial end of the transverse cubital crease of the elbow and the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

=Point Summary= //Calms The Spirit Activates the Channel Benefits the Arm Clears Heat Transforms Phlegm// hand tremors; spirit problems; neck lumps

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
clears the spirit; clears the vessels; clears phlegm (like excessive salivation, swollen lymph glands)

Indications
neurasthenia; psychosis; intercostal neuralgia; ulnar nerve neuralgia; numbness of forearm and diseases of elbow; important for hand tremors; good for trembling and shaking from Parkinson's; cardiac/chest pain; pain in axilla

Special Notes
he sea point and thus goes internally

=Diagnostic Indications:= Arm Numbness **•** Arm Pain **•** Axillary Pain **•** Cardiac Pain **•** Elbow Problems **•** Forearm Numbness **•** Hand Numbness **•** Hand Pain **•** Hand Tremor **•** Headache with Dizziness **•** Hypochondriac Region Pain **•** Intercostal Neuralgia **•** Memory Impaired **•** Mental Disorders **•** Neck Stiffness **•** Neurasthenia **•** Seizures **•** Skin Disorders **•** Toothache **•** Vomiting **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the heart, all Yin organs (distributors, deep pulses), three nervous center, tree endocrines, three levels of the psyche, opposite eye, opposite half of the body on the same side, armpit, wrist and palmar side of fingers. Disperses the gallbladder, bladder Dispersing acts in the opposite way Metal depression, forgetfulness, stupidity, loss of vitality, cerebral anemia. Acute encephalitis (diplopia, visual troubles, headaches) opposite; opposite meningitis; epilepsy (tongue out, vertigo, falling, salivation, moaning), occasional frenetic attacks. Heart: acute pain, shivering hands, peicordial pain Teeth: pain. cold Pulmonary tuberculosis, depression, weakness Children: trembling, swellings, scratching: tonify. Breasts: pain, swelling, tonify. Ganglia in the armpit (adenitis, suppurating), pain in the armpit, side, elbow and nape: tonify Face: opposite facial neuralgia. Lateral neck and opposite nape:pain; side: pain. Hal of body same side: flaccidity, weakness or contracture, pain. Anterior shoulder: arm, medial elbow, anterior wrist, hand and palmar side of fingers. Lateral, anterior lower limb.
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=**Psycho-Spiritual Components**= The sea of the supreme controller, the water of the essence, the kings bath which creates the body and soul. Heals like holy water, ringing peace and tranquility, cleansing the soul, spirit, and mind. As a reservoir for vital Qi, water can be drawn from here to wherever in the body it might be of use. Spreads the influence of the emperor throughout the kingdom. A place where we can control the fire, let energy flow down the meridian, we can introduce **a balance for the fire – depression, madness, forgetfulness, glandular disease** – this point has a **calming effect if the fire is too hot** (e.g. stuttering and lack of control). If water is insufficient it steams up causing perspiration followed by dryness; water under-controlling fire high fever, lack of stability, nervous exhaustion, ‘burn out’, dumbness, hesitant speech, mouth parched, tongue stiff or flaccid. Excess water: pleurisy, coughing w/ mucus, swellings. Sedate water if fire if going out: flooding, fear, panic, going rigid, drowning. **Don’t rush to this point or you lose 90% of its value [JRW]**

According to Tradition Chinese Medicine, the function of this point is to cam heart spirit. The more tightly a thing is held the more it vibrates and the more heat is generated. **As the heart is constrained, its qi stagnates and heat builds up. Hence, a tightly held and closed heart may be evidenced by stuttering, heat flushed, heart palpitations, and nervousness.** This point may be “little” (shao), but as the sea (hai) point on the heart meridian, it provides access to an ocean of **potential Yin energy that may cool and, thus, calm the heart fire**. As the water point on a fire meridian, I have found this point useful for harmonizing the relationship between the heart and kidney officials [LJ]

Microcosmos. A uniting point on the heart channel, which can be used to settle the heart and balance fire. Health requires subtlety and precision in the way we integrate our feelings with the condition we find ourselves living in. **The balance between passion and impartiality, intention and freedom, fire and water**, is vital for emotional health and physical well-being. The balance of two forces depends on a third for stability. For example water, wood, and fire act as a triad: water is the ocean of possibilities and the constant flow of change; fire is the heart and eternal soul; wood establishes the correspondence, blending the higher with the lower, combining the fire with water t create the unique destiny f the individual. When things are lacking in correspondence it is often because we **do not have the proper understanding or relationship with the harmonizing force or element**. [ALHIM]