Atlas of Acupuncture

4.9 The Pericardium Channel System – Hand jueyin(shou jue yin jing luo)

Location

On the most distal point of the middle finger.

How to find

Find the most distal point on the tip of the middle finger and

there locate P-9.

Needling

Vertically 0.1–0.2 cun or prick to bleed. Caution: Painful point.

Actions/Indications

● Clears Heat, especially from the Heart and Pericardium

● Strengthens collapsed Yang

● Expels internal Wind

Special features

Jing-well point, Wood point, tonification point.

Middle Rushing ZHONGCHONG P-9

P-9

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