Xiaohai SI8 : Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications

Nomenclature:

Xiao: small Hai: sea
Xiao refers to the small intestine meridian, and this is the He-sea point of the meridian. When the Qi and blood arrive at Xiaohai, it is just like water flowing into the sea.

Point: SI-8
Chinese Name: 小海
Name: Xiaohai
English Name/Meaning: Small Sea
Pinyin: xiǎo hǎi
Han Geul 한글: so hae 소해
Romaji: shō kai
Vietnamese: Tiểu hải

Location:

In the depression between the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna and the tip of the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

Functions:

• Removes obstructions from channel.
• Calms the mind.
• Resolves damp heat.

Indications of Xiaohai:

• Headache, swelling of the cheek, pain in the nape, shoulder, epilepsy, insomnia.
• Problems along SI channel – eyes (blurred vision, poor vision), shoulder, elbow, wrist.
• Local disorders: elbow pain, tennis elbow, gulfer’s elbow.

Method:

• Oblique insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
• Perpendicular insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

Remarks:

• He-sea point.
• Son (reducing) point.

Precautions:

The ulnar nerve lies deep to this point.

Read about other points of Small Intestine Meridian:

SI1-Shaoze-少泽      SI2-Qiangu-前谷       SI3-Houxi-後溪     SI4-Wangu-腕骨     SI5-Yanggu-阳谷       SI6-Yanglao-养老         SI7-Zhizheng-支正       SI9-Jianzhen-肩贞        SI10-Naoshu-臑俞       SI11-Tianzhong-天宗 SI12-Bingfeng-秉風            SI13-Quyuan-曲垣        SI14-Jianwaishu-肩外俞           SI15-Jianzhongshu-肩中俞         SI16-Tianchuang-天窗         SI17-Tianrong-天容       SI18-Quanliao-颧髎         SI19-Tinggong-听宫