NAME

QINGLING

LOCATION

3 cun above HT-3 Shaohai.
When the elbow is flexed, the point is 3 cun above
the medial end of the transverse cubital crease, in the groove
medial to m. biceps brachii
3 cun proximal to the medial end of the transverse
cubital crease, on the line connecting HT-1 Jiquan and
HT-3 Shaohai.

NEEDLING

Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.r cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Oblique distal or proximal insertion 0.5 to i cun, avoiding
the brachial artery.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS

ACTIONS

Activates the channel
Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS

Costalgia
Icteric sclera
Body tremors
Chest or epigastric pain
Intercostal neuralgia
Shoulder and arm stiffness
Jaundiced (yellow) eyes
Fever
Swelling, pain and redness of the shoulder
Scrofula
Mental abnormalities
Shoulder and arm pain
Pain in the cardiac and hypochondriac regions
Intercostal pain
Inability to raise the arm
Shoulder and arm inflammation or paralysis
Frontal and generalized headache
Pain of the axilla
Headache with Cold shivering
Intense dislike of wearing clothes
Aversion to Cold

COMBINATIONS

LI-15 Jianyu LI-11 Quchi
Pain in the shoulder and upper arm

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Many early texts implied that needling this point was contraindicated and that only moxibustion should be used.

NOTES

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