ACUPUNCTURE
Shang Yang: TCM Acupoint Guide
SHANGYANG
Name
Shang Yang (Shangyang)
Location
About 0.1 cun from the base of the index fingernail at the radial side, at the junction of the lines drawn along the radial border of the nail and the base of the nail.
Needling
- Straight insertion, 0.2 to 0.3 cun, or prick to bleed.
- Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally 0.1 to 0.2 cun, or prick to bleed.
Command Functions
- Metal point
- Horary point
- Jing-Well point
Actions
- Dispels Wind-Heat
- Clears Heat
- Brightens the eyes
- Benefits the throat
- Calms the mind
- Expels Wind
- Scatters Cold
- Reduces swelling
- Alleviates pain
- Revives consciousness
Indications
- Sensation of swelling in the chest
- Cough
- Anhidrosis in febrile disease
- Dry mouth
- Fever
- Heat
- Deafness
- Hardness of hearing
- Shivering
- Tooth pain
- Lower jaw toothache
- Cramps in the back
- Back stiffness
- Glaucoma
- Pain in the subclavicular fossa
- Sore throat
- Acute conjunctivitis
- Numb finger
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Emergency care
- Loss of consciousness
- Shock
- Atrophy of the optic nerve
- Night blindness
- Achromatopsia (complete absence of color vision)
- Vomiting and diarrhea
- Rheumatic pains of the shoulder and upper arm
- Swelling of the arm
- Swelling of the four limbs
- Pain in the back and shoulders
- Pain in the shoulder girdle
- Loss of consciousness from Windstroke
- Qi fullness of the chest radiating to the lateral costal region
- Dyspnea
- Hot malaria
- Blurred vision
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Nasal congestion
- Mental disorders
- Shoulder, arm and neck problems
- Frozen joints
- All breathing disorders
- Difficult digestion
- Acute stage of Windstroke
- Bi syndrome of the shoulder
- Apoplectic coma
- High fever
- Swelling of the submandibular region
- Swelling of the chin
- Pain and swelling of the maxilla
- Parotitis (mumps)
- Diseases due to Cold with fever and delirium
- Malaria
- Tinnitus
- Facial acne
- Eye dizziness
- Eye pain
- Facial neuralgia due to disorders of the muscle channels
- Fullness of the chest
- Oppression
- Throat Bi
- Pain of the lower cheek
- Submandibular swelling
- Pain of the shoulder and back that radiates to the supraclavicular fossa
- Numbness and Heat of the fingers
- Asthma
- Tonsillitis
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| LI-4 Hegu, LI-5 Yangxi, GB-43 Xiaxi, ST-45 Lidui, PC-8 Laogong, SI-4 Wangu | Febrile disease with absence of sweating |
| KI-3 Taixi | Cold malaria |
| LI-3 Sanjian, SJ-3 Zhongzhu, KI-19 Yindu, HT-3 Shaohai | Malaria with generalized fever |
| SJ-3 Zhongzhu, GB-40 Qiuxu | Chronic malaria |
| LI-6 Zhongzhu, UB-8 Luoque, SI-4 Wangu, SI-2 Qiangu | Tinnitus |
| SJ-3 Zhongzhu, SJ-5 Waiguan, SJ-22 Erheliao, GB-2 Tinghui, SI-19 Tinggong, LI-4 Hegu, PC-9 Zhongchong | Deafness |
| UB-19 Danshu, UB-27 Xiaochangshu | Dry mouth and tongue with difficult ingestion |
| KI-3 Taixi, GB-41 Zulinqi | Swelling of the supraclavicular fossa |
Contraindications
Use moxibustion with caution.
Notes
This is considered as a "dental point". This point helps to break through to a stubborn, rigid, masked patient and is good for the mental side of Large Intestine problems. This point is effective in Excess patterns to remove obstructions quickly.
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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