Name
曲池
- Qu Chi
- Pool at the Bend
- Sinuous Pool
Location
With the elbow flexed at 90 degrees, it is located at the anterior end of the elbow crease, near the epicondyle.
Nature
- He-Sea Point: tonifies Yang Ming, moves interior
- Earth Point
- It is one of the Ghost Points Gui Tui The Phantom's Leg
Actions
- Moves interior and drains Heat from Yang Ming: fever, eruptions, eczema, dry skin, sores, lowers blood pressure, afternoon fever
- Psoriasis. With BL-40 since the Bladder eliminates toxins in the body
- Expels Wind in case of Wei syndrome: urticaria
- Local point: elbow pain, difficulty drawing a bow
- Cools Blood and regulates Qi/Xue: Ankle pain, Ankle Wind (Wind Bi): pain comes and goes with inflammation; rheumatoid arthritis + ST-36, LI-4, 11 LI. When there is Blood stasis you must move Qi Xue, LR-2 if there is Wind and Spleen points that move the Blood
- Refreshes the head: poor memory, forgetfulness, crying tendency, lack of concentration
- Epilepsy, mania. By clearing the Heat from Yang Ming that transmits to the Heart, calms the Spirit, restlessness and anxiety, together with oppression in the chest and high blood pressure.
- Clears Heat in general in chronic interior conditions.
Comments
This point moves a lot of Qi in combination with SP-10.
- To stimulate self-esteem
Treatment
- Needling: 0.5 CUN perpendicular
- Moxibustion possible