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POINT: SI-6 (SMALL INTESTINE-6)

NAME: YANGLAO

English:	Support the Aged
Also Known As:	Nourish the Old Nourishing the Old

LOCATION:

With the palm facing the chest, this point can be found in a seam slightly above the head of the ulna in its radial side.
With the palm facing the chest, located in the bony cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.
When the palm of the hand is placed on the chest, this point is located on the dorsal aspect of the head of the ulna, in a cleft level with the radial side of the highest point of the styloid process of the ulna.

NEEDLING:

Slanted insertion toward PC-6 Neiguan, 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: soreness and numbness in the hand and wrist, possibly extending to the wrist or elbow.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Oblique or transverse-oblique insertion distally or proximally, 0.5 to 1 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

Xi-Cleft point

ACTIONS:

Relaxes the sinews
Clears the channels
Clears the vision
Activates the channel
Alleviates pain
Benefits the shoulder and arm
Moderates acute conditions
Benefits the eyes

INDICATIONS:

Arthritis of the upper limb
Pain in the shoulder and back
Hemiplegia
Stiff neck
Eye diseases
Low back pain
Hernia pain
Pain in the shoulder as if it were broken
Complete lethargy
Paralysis
Diminished vitality
Bloodshot eyes
Pain in the shoulder and arm which is very violent as if stabbed and the arm cannot be raised
Arthritis of the wrist joint
Brachial neuralgia

Pain in the shoulder and arm
Blurred vision
Restriction of movement in the lumbar area
Acute lower back pain
Dull eye pain
Sunken, heavy feeling of the eye
Pain in the elbow and forearm
Pain in the upper arm as if it were dislocated
Redness and swelling of the exterior aspect of the elbow
Heaviness and pain of the lumbar region
Difficulty sitting and rising
contraction of the sinews
Bi syndrome of the foot with inability to extend and flex

COMBINATIONS:

M-UE-30 Bizhong	PC-6 Neiguan	Joined to PC-6 Neiguan SI-9 joined to HT-1 **Jianzhen joined to Jiquan**
Wrist drop	Belching	Perifocal inflammation of the shoulder joint
UB-10 Tianzhu	GB-30 Huantiao GB-34 Yanglingquan UB-60 Kunlun UB-62 Shenmai	LI-4 Hegu UB-4 Quchai
Pain of the shoulder as if it were broken Blurring of vision	Pain of the lumbar region and knee	Diseases of vision

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

This point is particularly used for pain of the shoulder, scapula and arm that is so severe that it feels as if they are broken or dislocated.
It is renowned for Deficiency-type eye disorders.