XU10C Sifeng (Four Stitches)

四縫sì fèngSifeng

Extra Points: Upper limbs

Location of acupuncture point XU10C Sifeng (Four Stitches)
10
Indications
14
Protocols
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Location

Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

No specific contraindications.

Indications

Conditions for which XU10C is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

AsthmaCough Whooping(infant) Nutrition DeficiencyInfantile Nutrition DeficiencyDiarrhoea (infant)Diarrhoea InfantileFood Stagnation(infant) StagnationInfantile StagnationSpleen Weakness

Protocols using XU10C

  • Infant Colic, Crying Excessive – LI04, ST36, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (doi:10.1136/acupmed-2016-011208 ↗)
  • Diarrhea, Malnutrition (infant) – ST36, SP06, CV12, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Indigestion, Malnutrition (infant) – XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Night Blindness – ST36, BL01, BL18, CV12, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Skin Pain, Pruritus – XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Abdominal Bloating, Malnutrition (infant) – ST36, CV12, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Arthritis Rheumatoid – ST36, SP05, SI11, BL20, BL23, BL27, BL40, BL54, KD03, GB34, GB40, GV08, GV09, GV11, GV12, GV14, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
  • Malnutrition (infant), Pruritus – XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
  • Convulsions (infant) Chronic – ST25, ST36, LV13, CV12, CV17, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
  • Heat, Damp, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach – ST25, ST37, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (sacredlotus.com ↗)
  • Heat, Damp, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach – LI04, LI11, ST25, ST37, SP09, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (sacredlotus.com ↗)
  • Heat, Damp, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach, Overeating Overfeeding, Diarrhoea (infant), Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach, Overeating Overfeeding – ST25, ST37, CV06, CV11, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (sacredlotus.com ↗)
  • Heat, Retention Food, Spleen Deficiency, Malnutrition (infant), Retention Food, Spleen Deficiency, Malnutrition (infant) – ST36, SP03, BL20, BL21, CV10, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (sacredlotus.com ↗)
  • Heat, Retention Food, Spleen Deficiency, Malnutrition (infant), Parasitosis, Retention Food, Spleen Deficiency, Malnutrition (infant) – ST36, SP03, BL20, BL21, CV10, XL03, XU10A, XU10B, XU10C, XU10D (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside XU10C

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XU10C. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

  • XU10AFour Stitches14 protocols
  • XU10BFour Stitches14 protocols
  • XU10DFour Stitches14 protocols
  • ST36Leg Three Miles8 protocols
  • CV12Stomach Centre4 protocols
  • ST25Celestial Pivot4 protocols
  • BL20Spleen Shu Point3 protocols
  • ST37Upper Great Hollow3 protocols
  • BL21Stomach Shu Point2 protocols
  • CV10Lower Stomach2 protocols
  • LI04Junction Valley2 protocols
  • SP03Great White2 protocols