Feature:
Yuan-Source point of the San Jiao Channel.
穴位特点: 三焦经原穴。
Location:
On the dorsum of the wrist, at the level of the wrist joint, in the depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum communis and extensor digiti minimi.
The Location of Yang Chi SJ-4 from A Manual of Acupuncture by Deadman
Needling:
1. Slightly obique proximal insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun
2. Transverse insertion towards the radial side of the wrist beneath the tendons, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Actions:
1. Relaxes the sinews and alleviates pain. (舒筋止痛)
2. Clears Heat (清热)
Indications:
1. Swelling and pain of the neck, pain of the shoulder and arm, weakness and pain of the wrist, redness and swelling of the wrist.
脖子肿痛，肩臂疼痛，腕关节萎软疼痛，腕关节红肿。
2. Deafness, throat painful obstruction.
耳聋，咽痛闭塞。
3. Wasting and thirsting disorder, malaria, febrile disease with absence of sweating.
消渴，疟疾，热证无汗。
4. Dry mouth with agitation and oppression, Heart pain with fullness of the chest.
口干烦满，胸满心痛。
辨证：
阳池穴，在日本针灸中，用于赔补原气以治疗虚症。
还有一说：阳池穴，可以调理“任脉”与“冲脉”，因此也可以治疗月经病。
《黄帝内经闯关记》中说：《内经》强调针刺的方法主要适应症是热证。此穴是阳气聚集之地，可以用来温经散寒，通脉活络，文化三焦腑之寒湿。而且作者发现临床上，补阳的手法效果都不是很理想，不如清热的手法效果明显。
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