SI5

Yanggu

Yanggu(SI5,阳谷) is an acupuncture point in the meridian named Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian of Hand. It is the Jing-River Point of the small intestine.

Meaning

Yang, Yang of Yin-Yang; gu, valley. The exterior is Yang. The seam on the exterior aspect of the wrist is like a valley, and here the point is located.

Location

In the depression between the styloid process of the ulna and triquetral bone.

Indication

Fever, mental disorder, headache, tinnitus, deafness, pain in the wrist joint.

Method

Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5cun.