ACUPUNCTURE
Shao Ze: TCM Acupoint Guide
SHAOZE
Name
Shao Ze (Shaoze)
Location
On the ulnar side of the little finger, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail, at the junction of the lines drawn along the ulnar border of the nail and the base of the nail.
Needling
- Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally, 0.1 to 0.2 cun, or prick to bleed.
- Slanted insertion slanted slightly toward the wrist, 0.1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.1 cun, or prick to bleed.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Jing-well point
- Metal point
- Entry point
Actions
- Disperses Wind and Heat
- Facilitates the flow of milk
- Benefits the breasts
- Moistens Dryness
- Clears Heat
- Benefits the sensory orifices
- Subdues Wind
- Opens the Orifices
- Revives consciousness
- Removes obstruction from the channel
Indications
- Headache
- Severe headache
- Febrile disease
- Loss of consciousness
- Insufficient lactation
- Sore throat
- Redness of the eyes
- Cloudiness of the cornea
- Fever and chills without sweat
- Malaria with fever and chills but without sweat
- Mastitis
- Breast inflammation
- Breast swelling
- Galactophoritis
- Stiff tongue
- Stiffness of the lingual muscles
- Jaundice
- Shortness of breath
- Cough
- Acute Wind disorders
- Dry mouth
- Deformation of the eyes
- Cardiomegaly
- Convulsions
- Tonsillitis
- Asthma
- Thirst
- Stiffness of the elbow with inability to turn
- Epistaxis
- Collapsing syndrome
- Pain along the posterolateral aspect of the upper extremity
- Nebulae
- Membrane over the eye
- Pterygium
- Pharynx and larynx swollen and painful
- Pharyngitis
- Throat pain and swelling
- Emergency care
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Chest pain
- Angina pectoris
- Rib pain
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Arm pain
- Forearm neuralgia
- Stiff neck
- Torticollis
- Nervous spasms of the neck
- Muscular contractures
- Cold symptoms with vomiting
- Hypersalivation
- Stomatitis
- Irritability
- Diarrhea
- Cough with profuse sputum
- Bronchitis
- Alternating chills and fever
- Nervousness
- Fibrocystic breast disease
- Windstroke
- Deafness
- Tinnitus
- Rib pain
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| UB-1 Jingming, M-HN-9 Taiyang, LI-4 Hegu | Pterygium |
| M-HN-9 Taiyang | Swollen breasts |
| LI-4 Hegu, REN-17 Shanzhong, or REN-17 Shanzhong (moxa) | Lack of milk |
| GB-41 Zulinqi or GB-1 Tongziliao | Swollen breasts in women |
| ST-39 Xiajuxu, ST-36 Zusanli, GB-43 Xiaxi, LU-10 Yuji, UB-40 Weizhong, GB-41 Zulinqi | Breast abscess |
| PC-8 Laogong, LI-3 Sanjian, LIV-3 Taichong | Erosion, Heat and Dryness of the mouth |
| SJ-1 Guanchong, GB-44 Zuqiaoyin | Throat Bi, curled tongue, dry mouth |
Notes
This point has a special effect on restoring consciousness and a sedative effect. It is used for cosmetic breast enlargement.
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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