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Alternate names: 鬼心 guǐ xīn, Ghost Heart

Channel: LU, Hand Greater Yīn (tài yīn) Lung Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the thenar eminence, midway along the radial edge of the first metacarpal bone, at the border of the red and white flesh.

Classic location: Behind the base joint of the thumb, in the depression on the inside border of the red and white flesh. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: Venules of the thumb draining to the cephalic vein. The superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

Action: Courses the lung and harmonizes the stomach; disinhibits the throat; clears blood heat; abates heat effusion.

Modern indications: Cough; coughing of blood; loss of voice; painful swollen throat; heat effusion.

Classic indications: Panting; expectoration of blood; dizziness; headache; fearful throbbing; heart pain; toothache; throat impediment (hóu bì); abdominal pain with inability to eat; diarrhea; malarial disease; heart vexation; jaundice; gān accumulation in infants and children; hypertonicity of the elbow and fullness in the limbs.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒0.7 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 1‒3 min.

Needle sensation: Localized twinge and distension.

Point groups: Spring (yíng) (fire) point.

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