Jing-river (gold) point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Ling" (靈), spirit or mind; "dao" (道), acupoint. The point belongs to hand shaoyin heart meridian and is considered a acupoint for the spirit or mind.

bubble_chart Location

Lingdao (HT4) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the volar side of forearm, 1.5 cun above wrist crease (Shenmen (HT7)), in the depression on the radial side of flexor carpi ulnaris tendon.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1.5 cun above palm crease";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "An alternative method: 1 cun behind Yanggu (SI5), below pisiform bone, on the large tendon".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: between flexor carpi ulnaris tendon and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, the deep layer is flexor digitorum profundus muscle.
• Nerve: medial cutaneous nerve of forearm, and ulnar nerve on the ulnar side.
• Vessel: ulnar artery.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 1 to 3 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 3 to 5 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Tranquilize mind and calm spirit.

• Classical: heart pain, visceral agitation (hysteria), acute hoarseness, inability to speak, elbow and arm pain, elbow spasm, spasm and convulsion, sadness and fear.
• Modern: hysteria, atrial fibrillation, palpitation.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Acute hoarseness: Lingdao (HT4), Tiantu (CV22), Tianchuang (SI16).
• Elbow spasm: Lingdao (HT4), Chize (LU5), Shaohai (HT3).