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.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《扁鵲神應針灸玉龍經》 Biǎn Què Shényìng Zhēnjiǔ Yùlóng Jīng — Bian Que's Jade Dragon Classic of Divinely Responsive Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1329 · 丙手太阳小肠经 · Source: Wikisource ↗
阳谷 为经火。 在外侧腕中，兑骨下陷中。 治热病过时无汗，颠狂乱语，耳聋，齿痛，目眩红肿，内障According to this text, SI5 is the jing-river (fire) point, on the outer side of the wrist in the depression below the sharp bone; it was used for febrile disease without sweating past its time, mania with confused speech, deafness, toothache, dizziness with red swollen eyes, and inner obstruction of vision.
《醫學入門》 Yīxué Rùmén — Introduction to Medicine, Li Chan, 1575 · 经穴起止 · Source: Wikisource ↗
阳谷手腕外侧兑骨下陷中。 针二分，灸三壮。 主目眩，上下齿痛，妄笑妄言，腹满，痔痛，阴痿According to this text, SI5 lies on the outer side of the wrist, in the depression below the sharp bone; needle 0.2 cun, moxibustion 3 cones. It was used for dizziness, toothache of the upper and lower teeth, inappropriate laughter and speech, abdominal fullness, haemorrhoid pain and impotence.
《子午流注針經》 Zǐwǔ Liúzhù Zhēnjīng — Needling Classic of the Midday-Midnight Flow, Yan Mingguang, c. 1153 · 卷下 · 針經井滎歌訣 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
陽谷為經側腕中，癲疾狂走妄言驚，
熱病過時汗不出，耳聾齒痛目眩針The text, in verse, records SI5 as the jing-river point at the side of the wrist, needled for epilepsy and manic running with wild speech and fright, febrile disease without sweating past its time, deafness, toothache and dizziness.
《醫宗金鑑·刺灸心法要訣》 Yīzōng Jīnjiàn · Cìjiǔ Xīnfǎ Yàojué — Golden Mirror of Medicine: Essential Teachings on Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Wu Qian et al., 1742 · 卷七 · 手部主病針灸要穴歌 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
陽谷主治頭面病，手膊諸疾有多般，兼治痔漏陰痿疾，先針後灸自然痊The text, in verse, records that SI5 was used for diseases of the head and face and various disorders of the hand and arm, and also for fistula of haemorrhoids and impotence, needling first and then applying moxa.
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).