Lose (wood) point.

[Origin]

Nagisa, a sandbank by the water. The main fluid of triple energizer, the acupoint belongs to hand lesser yang triple energizer meridian (TE), located between the two metacarpal bones, hence the name.

[Location]

Houxi, Laogong, Zhongzhu, Laozhenacupoint cross sections
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

Zhongzhu (TE3) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

Between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones on the back of the hand, in the depression behind the metacarpophalangeal joint. When the first 1/3 fold point of the space between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones on the back of the hand is, the ulnar side is level with Houxi (SI3), and the inner palm is with Shaofu (HT8) relatively.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "The little finger of the hand falls behind in this section";
• Shenying Jing: "Yemen (TE2) Next inch";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "The little finger refers to the one who is trapped in the last five points of this section."

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: Fourth dorsal interosseous muscle
• Nerve: Dorsal digital nerve.
• Vessels: There is a venous network on the dorsum of the hand (continued upward as the basilic vein) and the fourth dorsal metacarpal artery under the skin.

[Manipulation]

Avoid superficial veins, perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 0.3 to 0.5 inches to the wrist. Bake the moxa stick for 3 seconds and warm the moxa stick for 5 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Dispels heat and clears ears.

• Classical: headache, Rebing, malaria, red eyes, tinnitus, deafness, sore throat, neck pain, itching of body and face, numbness of limbs, back pain, swelling and pain of elbows and arms, The five fingers cannot be bent or stretched.
• Modern: supraorbital neuralgia, intercostal neuralgia, otitis media, acute conjunctivitis, wrist weakness.

[Recipe]

• Pharyngeal swelling, Zhongzhu (TE3), Taixi (KI3).
• Tip pain: Zhigou (TE6), Zhongzhu (TE3), Neiting (ST44).
• tinnitus, deafness: Ermen (TE21), Zhongzhu (TE3).