Extra Points: Upper Extremities (EX-UE)

Shixuan EX-UE-11

Chinese: 十宣

Pinyin: Shí Xuān

Location

On the tips of the 10 fingers. 

How to locate

This is a group of 10 points on the tips of the 10 fingers, about 0.1 cun from the tip of the fingernail. 

Qiduan EX-LE-12 is a group of 10 points on the tips of the 10 toes. 

Main actions

  1. Clears Heat
  2. Pacifies Interior Wind
  3. Restore consciousness

Indications

Fever Epilepsy Wind-stroke Clonic spasm Summer heat stroke Impaired consciousness

Needling

Prick to bleed

Commentary for Shixuan EX-UE-11

These 10 points are widely used to restore consciousness after wind-stroke or summer heat stroke.