Shixuan (Shíxuān, “Shíxuān”) is an extra (non-channel) acupuncture point. It is located on the tip of each of the ten fingers, approximately 0.1 cun from the free edge of the fingernail. It clears heat, drains fire, opens the portals, and revives consciousness.
On the tip of each of the ten fingers, approximately 0.1 cun from the free edge of the fingernail.
Prick to bleed, squeezing out a few drops of blood. Alternatively, superficial perpendicular insertion 0.1-0.2 cun.
Clears heat, drains fire, opens the portals, and revives consciousness..
Tonsillitis , wind-stroke with facial deviation, wind-stroke with opisthotonos and blindness, carbuncles on the back and waist..
Shixuan are a set of powerful emergency points, primarily used in their pricked-to-bleed form to clear extreme heat and revive consciousness. They are classically indicated for severe sore throat (tonsillitis), high fever, coma, and various manifestations of wind-stroke. Their location at the terminal ends of the channels makes them potent for rapidly discharging pathogenic factors from the body's most distal regions.
Shixuan (Shíxuān) is located on the tip of each of the ten fingers, approximately 0.1 cun from the free edge of the fingernail.
Shixuan clears heat, drains fire, opens the portals, and revives consciousness. Common clinical indications include tonsillitis , wind-stroke with facial deviation, wind-stroke with opisthotonos and blindness, carbuncles on the back and waist.
Prick to bleed, squeezing out a few drops of blood. Alternatively, superficial perpendicular insertion 0.1-0.2 cun.