"Ji" (極) means the extreme end; "quan" (泉) refers to a water spring, indicating the acupoint. The point is located in the center of armpit, hence the name.

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Jiquan (HT1) point
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the armpit, between the tendons, where the artery enters chest".

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• Muscles: latissimus dorsi tendon, teres major.
• Nerves: brachial plexus (axillary artery is surrounded by the main branches of brachial plexus. In front is the medial root of median nerve; behind is the posterior bundle of brachial plexus, which contains axillary nerve and radial nerve; laterally is the lateral bundle of brachial plexus, which contains median nerve lateral roots and musculocutaneous nerves. Axillary artery is accompanied by axillary vein in front, and medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve in front of the two. Medial brachial cutaneous nerve is located behind axillary vein.
• Vessels: axillary artery, medially with axillary vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Abduct upper limb, avoid axillary artery, and perpendicularly insert 0.5 to 1 cun toward acromion. Moxibustion with moxa cone 1 to 3 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 5 to 10 minutes.

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• Classical: heart Bi-syndrome, dry retching and hiccup, Inability to raise limbs, heart pain, thirst with desire to drink, fullness and pain in hypochondrium, cold arms and elbows, scrofula and goiter, jaundice, dry throat.
• Modern: acupoints used for acupuncture anesthesia in upper limb surgery, armpit pain, difficulty swallowing.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Heart pain, dry retching, and irritability with fullness: Jiquan (HT1), Xiabai (LU4).
• Dry throat: Jiquan (HT1), Taiyuan (LU9), Pianli (LI6), Taichong (LR3), Tiantu (CV22) .
• Flaccidity of limbs: Jiquan (HT1), Riyue (GB24), Pishu (BL20).
• Axillary pain: Jiquan (HT1), Jianzhen (SI9), Shaohai (HT3), Neiguan (PC6), Yangfu (GB38), Qiuxu (GB40).