EX-HN11

Haiquan

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海泉 (Hǎiquán) — Sea Spring

Extra point · Extra (Head and Neck) · point EX-HN11

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Digestion

Location

On the underside of the tongue, at the midpoint of the frenulum.

How to locate: Ask the patient to curl the tongue up towards the roof of the mouth to expose the frenulum; the point is at its midpoint.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: EX-HN11 · Head & face — Fig. — EX-HN11 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate — The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

Depth: 0.1–0.2 cun

Angle: Prick to bleed

⚠ Cautions: An intra-oral point — observe strict hygiene.

Functions

Generates fluids and benefits the tongue

Indications

Diabetes with thirststiffness and swelling of the tonguevomiting and hiccup

Sources

Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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