Wuyi ST15: Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications
Nomenclature:
Wu: room Yi: concealment
Wuyi is int he middle of the chest; when the inhaled air reaches this point, it “conceals” itself in the underlying room.
Point: ST-15
Chinese Name: 屋翳
Name: Wuyi
English Name/Meaning: Room Screen
Pinyin: wū yì
Han Geul 한글: ok ye 옥예
Romaji: o kuei?
Vietnamese:Ốc ế
Location:
In the second intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Functions and Indications:
- Regulate lung and qi of the chest so is beneficial in fullness and pain in the chest and the costal region, cough, asthma.
- Breast problems: tenderness, pain, itching, nodules.
- Heavyness of extremities.
Method:
Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 cun.
Remarks:
Oblique insertion only.
Precautions:
Deep or perpendicular insertion carries a substantial risk of puncturing the lung.