EX-UE11

Shixuan

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十宣 (Shíxuān) — Ten Diffusions

Extra point · Extra (Upper Extremity) · point EX-UE11

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Nose & throat
Colds & fever
Nerves & recovery

Location

Ten points, one at the centre of the tip of each finger, about 0.1 cun distal to the nail.

How to locate: The points are at the centre of the tip of each finger, about 0.1 cun from the free edge of the nail.

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

Body map, front: EX-UE11 · Hand — Fig. — EX-UE11 · Hand After Albinus, 1747

Bones of the hand, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate — Bones of the hand, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Depth: 0.1 cun

Angle: Prick to bleed

Bleeding technique: Pricking all ten to bleed is the classical emergency measure in coma, heatstroke and febrile convulsion.

Functions

Restores consciousness and clears heat
Settles wind and convulsions
Expels pathogenic factors

Indications

Loss of consciousness, collapse and shockhigh fever and heatstrokechildhood convulsionsnumbness of the fingertipssore throat

Clinical Notes

A first-aid group used where a single point is not enough — collapse, high fever, or convulsion in a child.

Combinations Using This Point

Resuscitation Points — GV26 and the Jing-Well Bleeding

GV26 with strong stimulation, and the Jing-Well points bled, for collapse, fainting and loss of consciousness.

Similar Points

Qiduan how are these connected?

Sources

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

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