Well (gold) point.

[Origin]

Shang, one of the five notes of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu, belongs to gold. The point is on the outside of the hand great yin lung meridian (LU) Shaoshang (LU11) point, which is "Yang".

[Location]

Shangyang (LI1) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "The end of the second finger of the big finger";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On the second finger of the big finger of the hand" On the inner side, remove the nail like a leek leaf. "
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "Perpendicular to the head of the first transverse stripe"; that is, the 1 minute depression behind the radial corner of the index finger nail profile.

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: Index finger proper extensor tendon.
• Nerve: The median nerve refers to the palmar proper nerve, and the radial nerve refers to the dorsal nerve.
• Vessel: digital and dorsal palmar arteries and venous network.

[Manipulation]

Puncture 0.1 to 0.2 inches shallowly or cause bleeding.

[Efficacy]

Relieving heat and relieving spasm, resuscitation disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx.

• Classical: apoplexy falls down, drowsiness, phlegm falls unconscious, locks teeth, Rebing cannot sweat, feels hot in the chest, Hanre malaria , sore throat, bluish blindness (optic atrophy), numbness of fingers, pain outside the arms, shoulder and back pain, toothache, dry mouth and swollen jaw.

[Recipe]

• apoplexy, unconsciousness, shock: Baihui (GV20), Renzhong, Neiguan (PC6), Shangyang ( LI1).
• Cold syndrome: Shangyang (LI1), Taixi (KI3).
• Throat swelling and pain: Hegu (LI4), Shaoshang (LU11), Shangyang (LI1).