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TE2

Yemen

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液門 (Yèmén) — Fluid Gate

Triple Energiser channel · point 2

Not yet clinically reviewed

Ying-Spring pointWater pointWater point of the Triple Energiser channel

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Eye health
  • Ears & hearing
  • Nose & throat
  • Colds & fever
  • Mood & calm

Location

On the dorsum of the hand, between the ring and little fingers, in the depression just proximal to the web margin, at the border between red and white flesh.

How to locate: Make a loose fist with the palm facing down; the point is just proximal to the margin of the web between the ring and little fingers, at the junction of the red and white skin.

Regional anatomy: Beneath the skin and subcutaneous tissue the needle passes between the extensor tendons to the ring and little fingers toward the fourth dorsal interosseous; dorsal digital branches of the ulnar nerve lie nearby.

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

Body map, front: TE2 · Hand
Fig. — TE2 · Hand After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: TE2 · Hand

TE2 · Hand · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

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

Cited needling

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.3–0.5 cun
    skindeeper

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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 393 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular or oblique proximally

Functions

  • Clears heat from the upper burner and generates fluids
  • Benefits the ears and throat
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel and relieves pain

Indications

Sore throat and dry mouthtinnitus and deafnessheadache and red eyesfeverpain of the hand and armmalaria

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, TE2 at the hand balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open TE2

The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.

  • 甲申 15:00–17:00 Na Jia Fa, 甲-day sequence · Na (納) point

    「甲申時納三焦水，滎合天干取液門」

    Next: Sun 18 Oct, 15:00

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 →

Combinations Using This Point

Yuji and Yemen

LU10 and TE2, two Ying-Spring points of the hand — for a swollen, painful throat, headache and malarial fever.

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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