Acupoint Medicine - Qu Chi
Nomenclature:
English name/meaning: Pool at Bend
Chinese name: Qu Chi
Chinese pinyin: 曲池
Location:
When elbow is flexed, acupoint is in the depression at the lateral end of the cubital crease, midway between Acupoint Chize LU-5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Benefits:
Scientific Benefits:
Treats sore throat, toothache and febrile diseases
Clears redness and pain of eyes
Treats urticaria and itching of skin
Recovers motor impairment of upper extremities
Spirituality Fact:
Acupoint Qu Chi was included by Ma Dan-yang, the great physician of the Jin Dynasty, among the ‘eleven heavenly star points’ which is his grouping of the most vital acupuncture points.
Acupoint Qu Chi was also included by Sun Si Miao, the King of Medicine, among his ‘thirteen ghost points’ for the treatment of mania disorder and epilepsy.
Acupoint Qu Chi is also the ‘mother point’ of the Large Intestine channel, which is the only tonifying application of this acupoint in nourishing the upper limb in this way among its other actions in reducing excess pathogenic factors of various kinds.
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