bubble_chart Category Jing-river (gold) point.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Ling" (靈), spirit or mind; "dao" (道), acupoint. The point belongs to hand shaoyin heart meridian and is considered a acupoint for the spirit or mind.
bubble_chart Location
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Lingdao (HT4) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the volar side of forearm, 1.5 cun above wrist crease (
Shenmen (HT7)), in the depression on the radial side of flexor carpi ulnaris tendon.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1.5 cun above palm crease";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "An alternative method: 1 cun behind Yanggu (SI5), below pisiform bone, on the large tendon".
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscle: between flexor carpi ulnaris tendon and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, the deep layer is flexor digitorum profundus muscle.
- Nerve: medial cutaneous nerve of forearm, and ulnar nerve on the ulnar side.
- Vessel: ulnar artery.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 1 to 3 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 3 to 5 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Tranquilize mind and calm spirit.
- Classical: heart pain, visceral agitation (hysteria), acute hoarseness, inability to speak, elbow and arm pain, elbow spasm, spasm and convulsion, sadness and fear.
- Modern: hysteria, atrial fibrillation, palpitation.
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