SI-4

SI-4

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Element
English
Wrist Bone
Name
腕骨
Transliteration
Wangu
Special Point
Key PointYuan Point
Description
Yuan-Source point
Indications
SI channel pain heat swelling damp-heat and jaundice
Kinesiology
disorders of the fingers key point for tinnitus swelling of the neck & cheek taste
Channel Psychology
SI: I communicate what is in my heart. Confused. Bitter. Misunderstood. I listen with my heart.
Key Spirit Point Themes
Reaching out on heart level
Physical Conditions
Symptoms
Contraction of the five fingers with difficulty in flexing and extending, weakness and pain of the wrist, contraction of the arm and elbow with difficulty in flexing and extending, stiffness and swelling of the neck, headache, pain of the shoulder, coldness and pain of the shoulder and back, pain of the lateral costal region with inability to catch the breath, lumbar pain radiating to the leg, hemiplegia, clonic spasm, pain and swelling of the cheek radiating to the ear, swelling of the neck, submandibular region and jaw, throat pain, tinnitus, superficial visual obstruction, lacrimation, loss of sense of taste, jaundice, febrile disease with absence of sweating, chills and fever, wasting and thirsting disorder, agitation and fullness
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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.