前谷 (Qiángǔ) — Front Valley
Small Intestine channel · point 2
Traditionally used for
- Ears & hearing
- Nose & throat
- Colds & fever
- Nerves & recovery
Location
On the little finger, in the depression distal to the ulnar side of the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, at the border between red and white flesh; with the hand loosely flexed, at the ulnar end of the palmar crease of the metacarpophalangeal joint.
How to locate: With the hand loosely flexed, slide along the red-white border on the ulnar side of the little finger toward the knuckle; the point is in the depression just distal to the step at the base of the proximal phalanx, at the ulnar end of the knuckle crease.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
3D view
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Needling
Cited needling
Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:
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Oblique insertion — distalDepth 0.2–0.3 cunskindeeper
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Perpendicular-oblique insertion — towards the palmDepth 0.5–0.5 cunskindeeper
Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.
Sources (1)
- Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 232 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
Functions
- Clears heat, expels wind and benefits the head and neck
- Promotes lactation
- Disperses accumulations
Indications
Balance Method partners
Under Dr. Tan's six systems, SI2 at the hand balances these channels at the regions its segment images.
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1. Same Chinese nameBladder channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Bladder channel →
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2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)Spleen channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Spleen channel →
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3. Interior–exterior pairHeart channelHand · Same segment, opposite sideHead & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Heart channel →
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4. Chinese clock oppositeLiver channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Liver channel →
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5. Chinese clock neighbourBladder channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Bladder channel →
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6. Same channelSmall Intestine channelHand · Same segment, opposite sideHead & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Small Intestine channel →
Classical calendar method · 子午流注
When the tables open SI2
The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.
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丙子 23:00–01:00 Na Jia Fa, 甲-day sequence · Ying-Spring (滎)
「丙子時中前谷滎」
Next: Sat 17 Oct, 23:00
A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →
Similar Points
Ranked by shared patterns and conditions
Sources
- World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
- Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)
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