ACUPUNCTURE
Hui Yang: TCM Acupoint Guide
HUIYANG
Name
Hui Yang (Huiyang)
Location
0.5 cun lateral to the DU channel, level with the tip of the coccyx.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Clears damp-heat
- Regulates the Lower Jiao
- Benefits the coccyx
- Treats hemorrhoids
Indications
- Diarrhea
- Dysenteric disorder
- Hemafecia
- Chronic hemorrhoids
- Rectal prolapse
- Itching of the genitals
- Sweating of the genitals
- Leukorrhea
- Pain of the coccyx
- Pain of the lumbar region and leg
- Yang qi deficiency
- Impotence
- Cold abdomen
- Lower back pain during menstruation
- Morbid leukorrhea
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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