ACUPUNCTURE
Ye Men: TCM Acupoint Guide
Name
Ye Men (Yemen)
Location
Between the ring and little fingers, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web, at the junction of the red and white skin. Note: this point is usually found and needled with the hand resting in a loose fist.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun towards the interspace of the metacarpal bones.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Ying-Spring point
- Water point
Actions
- Disperses Upper Jiao Heat
- Benefits the ears
- Calms the Shen
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
- Expels Wind
Indications
- Deafness
- Sudden deafness
- Tinnitus
- Earache
- Headache
- Red eyes
- Red face with lachrymation
- Dry eyes
- Swelling and pain of the throat
- Toothache
- Bleeding gums
- Pain of the gums
- Febrile diseases
- Vertigo
- Conjunctivitis
- Pain on both sides of the spine
- Cold extremities
- Otitis media
- Laryngopharyngitis
- Loss of consciousness with origin in Cold
- Heat in the arm
- Hissing in the ears
- Sea noises in the ears
- Swollen limbs
- Laryngitis
- Arthritis of the wrist joint
- Hemiplegia
- Pain and swelling of the dorsum of the hand and fingers
- Fright
- Palpitations
- Raving
- Mania
- Propensity toward fright
- Epilepsy
- Shortness of breath
- Malaria
- Fever with absence of sweat
- Pain of the arm
- Inability to raise the arm due to pain
- Redness and swelling of the dorsum of the hand
- Contraction of the five fingers
- Weakness of the wrist
- Neck pain
- Loss of voice
- Paralysis of the hand and fingers
- Anxiety
- Delirium
- Alternating fever and chills
- Mind wandering with loss of stability
- Water in the ears
- Anemic headache
- Inflammation of the eyes
- Arm swollen and red up to the hand
- Divagation
- Fainting due to bad odors
- Pharyngitis
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| SI-16 Tianchuang, LI-5 Yangxi, SJ-1 Guanchong, SJ-3 Zhongzhu | Ear pain, deafness and tinnitus |
| SJ-1 Guanchong, LI-5 Yangxi, ST-7 Xiaguan, SI-5 Yanggu | Tinnitus and deafness |
| SJ-8 Sanyangluo | Sudden deafness |
| LU-10 Yuji | Throat pain |
| SI-5 Yanggu, LI-1 Shangyang, LI-2 Erjian, SJ-9 Sidu | Toothache of the lower jaw |
| SJ-10 Tianjing, DU-20 Baihui, DU-11 Shendao | Fright palpitations |
Notes
This point has a pronounced action on the ear. It is also widely used for Bi syndrome of the fingers. This is a key point for all water metabolism problems. This point controls all secretions. This point has a special effect on fainting due to bad odors.
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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