NAOHUI

NAME

NAOHUI

LOCATION

3 cun directly below SJ-14 Jianliao at the posterior margin of the deltoid muscle.
On the upper arm, on a line drawn between SJ-10 Tianjing and SJ-14 Jianliao, 4 cun proximal to SJ-10 Tianjing and 6 cun distal to SJ-14 Jianliao.
Note: locate in the depression within the triceps muscle, posterior to the shaft of the humerus (between the muscle bellies of the long and lateral heads of the triceps). Although most sources specify both a distance of 3 cun directly below SJ-14 Jianliao at the posterior margin of the deltoid muscle, this does not usually correspond. In practice, palpate the region to find the most tender location.
On the line joining SJ-14 Jianliao and the olecranon, on the posterior border of the m. deltoideus.

NEEDLING

Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
Perpendicular or oblique insertion 1 to 2 cun.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS

Meeting point of the Yang Wei channel

ACTIONS

Regulates Qi
Transforms Phlegm
Activates the channel
Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS

Pain of the arm and shoulder
Goiter
Weakness and pain of the shoulder and arm
Swelling of the shoulder that leads to pain in the scapula
Scrofula
Chills and fever
Eye diseases
Epilepsy
Madness
Inability to raise the arm

COMBINATIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

NOTES

The most common application of this point is for pain in the upper arm or shoulder which radiates down the upper arm.