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POINT: SI-6 (SMALL INTESTINE-6)  

English: Support the Aged
Also Known As: Nourish the Old
Nourishing the Old
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Xi-Cleft point
  • 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
  • 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

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

  • 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.