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Alternate names: 水穴 shuǐ xué, Water Hole

Channel: LI, Hand Yáng Brightness (yáng míng) Large Intestine Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the anterolateral aspect of the neck, level with the tip of the laryngeal prominence (adam's apple), between the sternal and clavicular heads of the sternocleidomastoid (scm) muscle.

Classic location: Going up from Celestial Tripod (LI-17), it is one cùn below the corner of the jaw, and one cùn and five fēn behind Man's Prognosis (ST-9). The point is found in supine posture. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: Deeper on the medial side, the ascending cervical artery and vein. The great auricular nerve, the cutaneous cervical nerve, lesser occipital nerve and accessory nerve.

Action: Regulates qì and blood; disinhibits the throat.

Modern indications: Cough and panting; painful swollen throat; loss of voice; scrofula; goiter.

Classic indications: Frog rale in the throat; inhibited throat.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 4 cones; pole 5‒10 min.

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