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Alternate names: 池头 chí tóu, Pool’s Head; 逆注 nì zhù, Counterflow Pouring; 蛇头 shé tóu, Snake Head

Channel: LI, hand yáng brightness (yáng míng) large intestine channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the dorsoradial aspect of the forearm, on the lateral edge of the radius, 5 cùn proximal to the wrist (LI-5) on the line that connects LI-5 and LI-11.

Classical location: Back from the wrist five cùn on a tall person and six cùn on a short one. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: The muscular branch of the radial artery, the cephalic vein. The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the deep ramus of the radial nerve.

Action: Clears evil heat; rectifies the stomach and intestines.

Modern indications: Headache; facial swelling; painful swollen throat; clove sores (dīng chuāng); rumbling intestines and abdominal pain; aching of the shoulder and arm.

Classical indications: Toothache and pain in the mouth and tongue; throat impediment (hóu bì); inability to lift the shoulder; belching; rumbling intestines and abdominal pain; clove sores (dīng chuāng) and welling-abscess (yōng); epilepsy; red, swollen face; swelling of the limbs; vomiting of drool; intestinal qì block.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒0.8 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒10 min.

Point groups: Cleft point (xī xué) of the large intestine channel.

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