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extra point(s)
si feng
acupuncture

definition


si feng = four seams

M-UE-9

location: on the palmar surface in the transverse creases of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the four fingers (excluding the thumb)

actions: expel Wind; reduce Food Stagnation; resolve Dampness; expel parasites; facilitate Qi and Xue (Blood) flow

indications: anorexic children with chronic indigestion; childhood nutritional impairment; infantile indigestion; intestinal parasites, esp. roundworms; pertussis; finger pain due to arthritis

needle technique: prick to bleed, squeeze until a yellowish fluid appears and resolves to a clear fluid; will still be effective if there is no yellow fluid coming out (Maciocia, p. 474)

combinations:
» with PC-6 and LI-4 for pertussis (Shanghai, p. 256);
» with Lu-11 and St-36 for infantile indigestion.


footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 474, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.