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Alternate names: 飞虎 fēi hǔ, Flying Tiger

Channel: TB, hand lesser yáng (shào yáng) triple burner channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the forearm, 3 cùn proximal to the wrist, midway between the radius and the ulna.

Classical location: On the outer face of the arm, three cùn back from the wrist, in the depression between the two bones. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: See TB-5.

Action: Clears the triple burner; frees bowel qì; downbears counterflow and fire.

Modern indications: Tinnitus; deafness; fulminant loss of voice; scrofula; rib-side pain; constipation; febrile disease.

Classical indications: Painful or red eyes; postpartum blood dizziness; cough; hot face; fulminant heart pain; counterflow qì; retching and vomiting in sudden turmoil (cholera); painful pharynx; inability to turn the head; absence of sweating in febrile disease; saber lumps; swollen fistulas; scab (jiè) and lichen (xiǎn); ghost attacks.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.7‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

Needle sensation: Distension and numbness that can spread down to the fingers or up to the elbow and shoulder.

Point groups: River (jīng) (fire) point.

Point name meaning:

• 支 zhī: branch, limb; descendants
• 沟 gōu: ditch, water gully

This point is located on the upper limb (i.e., branch) and can be found in the gully-like depression between the sinews of the forearm. Because the triple burner helps to regulate water flow in the body, this depression can be likened to a water ditch. The name of this point therefore reminds the practitioner that just as water ditches are used to irrigate fields, the triple burner channel helps to irrigate the body. The point name also brings to mind TB-6‘s function of moistening the intestines. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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