Yangchi TE4 : Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication

Nomenclature:

Yang : Yang of Yin-yang            Chi: pool
Yangchi is in the depression on the back of the wrist and the qi of the meridian flows like water into a pool.

Point: TE4
Chinese Name: 阳池
Name: Yangchi
English Name/Meaning: Yang Pool
Pinyin: yáng chí
Han Geul 한글: yang ji 양지
Romaji: yō chi?
Vietnamese: Dương trì

Location:

On the transverse crease of the dorsum of the wrist, in the depression on the ulnar side of the tendon of m.extensor digitorum communis.

Functions:

• Relax sinew and clears channel (pain of wrist arm, shoulder).
• Clears wind and heat (eye and ear problems).
• Helps to circulate and tonify qi.

Indication:

• Yangchi is good for pain in the arm and wrist.
• Also benefits headache, redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, deafness, inflammation of the throat.
• Malaria and diabetes.

Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 cun

Remarks:

Yuan-Souce Point