SI-6

SI-6

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Element
English

Support the Aged

Name

養老

Transliteration

Yanglao

Special Point
Xi-CleftKey Point
Description

Xi-Cleft point

Indications
SI channel
Kinesiology
severe pain of shoulders & arm
Channel Psychology

SI: I communicate what is in my heart. Confused. Bitter. Misunderstood. I listen with my heart.

Key Spirit Point Themes
Nourishing the old
Physical Conditions
Symptoms

Shoulder pain, pain of the shoulder as if it were broken, pain of the upper arm as if it were dislocated, stiffness and pain of the shoulder and back, numbness of the shoulder and arm, redness and swelling of the exterior aspect of the elbow, heaviness and pain of the lumbar region, difficulty in sitting and rising, contraction of the sinews and painful obstruction of the foot with inability to extend and flex, dimness of vision, blurred vision, eye pain

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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.