SI5 (Yánggǔ, “Yánggǔ”) is the Jing-River Point point of the Small Intestine Channel Meridian. It is located on the ulnar aspect of the wrist, in the depression found between the styloid process of the ulna and the triquetral bone. It clears heat, reduces swelling, calms the spirit, and alleviates pain along the channel.
On the ulnar aspect of the wrist, in the depression found between the styloid process of the ulna and the triquetral bone.
Perpendicular insertion 0.3-0.5 cun.
Clears heat, reduces swelling, calms the spirit, and alleviates pain along the channel..
Arm and wrist pain, inability to raise the arm, hand and wrist contraction, swelling of the neck and chin, toothache, inability to chew, tinnitus, deafness, dizziness from wind, fever and chills, mania, raving, laughing as if mad, seeing ghosts, epilepsy, convulsions, infantile convulsions, stiff tongue, inability to suckle in infants, vomiting the tongue, twisting of the neck, looking from side to side, wind-damp, sweating due to wind, pain in the waist and neck..
As the Jing-River and Fire point of the Small Intestine channel, Yanggu is effective for clearing heat that manifests in the head and sensory organs, treating conditions like mouth ulcers, tinnitus, and red eyes. It is also a key local point for pain and dysfunction of the wrist. Its function of calming the spirit is notable, addressing mania, epilepsy, and fright, which aligns with the Heart-Small Intestine interior-exterior relationship.
SI5 is one of 19 points on the Small Intestine Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
SI5 (Yánggǔ) is located on the ulnar aspect of the wrist, in the depression found between the styloid process of the ulna and the triquetral bone.
SI5 clears heat, reduces swelling, calms the spirit, and alleviates pain along the channel. Common clinical indications include arm and wrist pain, inability to raise the arm, hand and wrist contraction, swelling of the neck and chin, toothache, inability to chew, tinnitus, deafness, dizziness from wind, fever and chills, mania, raving, laughing as if mad, seeing ghosts, epilepsy, convulsions, infantile convulsions, stiff tongue, inability to suckle in infants, vomiting the tongue, twisting of the neck, looking from side to side, wind-damp, sweating due to wind, pain in the waist and neck.
Perpendicular insertion 0.3-0.5 cun.
SI5 is a point on the Small Intestine Channel Meridian (Shǒu Tài Yáng Xiǎo Cháng Jīng).