| acupoint | Zhizheng |
| international code | SI7 |
Luo-connecting point.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Zhi" (支), limb, where "支" is interchangeable with "肢"; "zheng" (正), center. The acupoint is located in the middle of forearm, hence its name. Zhenfang Liuji: "One method takes Wangu (GB12) and elbow joint as two ends, with this acupoint located in center, thus called Zhizheng." Alternatively, it is named because it is the luo-connecting point of hand taiyang small intestine meridian, where the collateral branches off from the main meridian, extending from main (zheng, 正) to collateral (zhi, 支), hence the name. Huangdi Neijing Taisu Yang Shang-shan note: "'Zheng' (正) refers to the main meridian; 'zhi' (支) refers to collateral. Above the main meridian of taiyang, this collateral branches off and connects to shaoyin, hence the name 'Zhizheng'."
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(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
- Lingshu‧Jingmai: "Five cun above the wrist, it connects internally to shaoyin";
- Leijing Tuyi: "Five cun above the outer side of the wrist".
- Muscles: flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum profundus.
- Nerve: branch of medial cutaneous nerve of forearm.
- Vessels: dorsal interosseous arteries and veins.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5～1.5 fen. Moxibustion with moxa cone 1 to 3 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.
Clear mind, release exterior heat.
- Classical: chills, fever and chills, headache, dizziness, swollen jaw and stiff neck, inability to raise elbow and arm, elbow stiffness, finger pain preventing grasping, febrile disease without sweating, depressive psychosis, fear and anxiety, sadness and worry, soreness and pain in waist and back, limb weakness, mania, febrile disease, scabies.
- Modern: neurasthenia, forearm paralysis.
