Close (earth) hole.

[Origin]

The sky refers to the high place; the well refers to the high places around and the low place in the middle. It burrows in the upper arm, above Zhoujian (EX-UE1), in the depression of the olecranon fossa of the humerus, hence its name.

[Location]

Tianjing (TE10) acupoints
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "Among those who sink above the big bone outside the elbow...it can be obtained by bending the elbow";
• Taisu ‧ Benshu BOOK>Yang Shang-shan Note: "One inch behind the elbow";
• Bronze Man acupoint acupuncture and moxibustion Illustration: "Bend the elbow one inch behind, cross your hands and press the knee to take it, two muscles and bones 》

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: Triceps brachii.
• Nerve: Posterior brachial cutaneous nerve, muscular branch of radial nerve.
• Vessel: elbow joint arterial and venous network.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 inch. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 7 strong, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 5 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

dispersing wind, clearing away heat and eliminating knots.

• Classical: headache, red eyes, deafness, pharyngitis, scrofula, sores, urticaria, epilepsy, palpitations, chest impediment, heart pain, cough, pus in saliva, choking, regurgitation, Neck, shoulder and back pain, arm wilting impediment, elbow pain causing the shoulder to be unable to bend or extend.
• Modern: Urticaria measles, neurodermatitis, cervical lymphatic jiehexue.

[Recipe]

• chest impediment: Tianjing (TE10), Lin Cry.
• Sad and unhappy: Shendao (GV11), Xinshu (BL15), Tianjing (TE10).
• Cervical lymph node Jiehexue: Tianjing (TE10), Quchi (LI11) through Binao (LI14)