Acupuncture Points for Heat Fire

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足三里 (zú sān lǐ)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cases of severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath

🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 少沖 (shǎo chōng)

🎯 Location: On the radial side of the little finger about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Palpitations, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency, Heat

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 小海 (xiǎo hǎi)

🎯 Location: When elbow is flexed point is located in the depression the between olecranon of the ulna and medial epicondyle of the humerus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with ulnar nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Palpitations, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency, Heat

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 心俞 (xīn yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV11 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling – risk of pneumothorax. New, worsening or unstable cardiac symptoms need medical assessment before treatment.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Anxiety, Sweating, Coughing Blood

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肝俞 (gān yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV08 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Coughing Blood, Jaundice

🗺️ Meridian: Pericardium Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大陵 (dà líng)

🎯 Location: In the middle of the transverse crease of the wrist between tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Fever, Anxiety, Palpitations, Jaundice

🗺️ Meridian: Pericardium Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中衝 (zhōng chōng)

🎯 Location: In the center of the tip of the middle finger.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Diarrhea, Tinnitus, Heat, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 關衝 (guān chōng)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the ring finger about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Heat, Wind

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 命門 (mìng mén)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Anxiety, Kidney Deficiency, Dizziness, Tinnitus

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 內迎香 (nèi yíng xiāng)

🎯 Location: In the nasal cavity, at the junction of the nasal bone and the nasal cartilage..

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Insomnia, Heat Fire, Heat Fire

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 翳明 (yì míng)

🎯 Location: On the neck, 1 thumb width posterior to the yifeng (TB17).

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.

🛡️ Treats: Tinnitus, Heat, Damp, Deafness, Insomnia

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 牙痛零 (yá tòng líng)

🎯 Location: On the palmar aspect of the hand, between the third and fourth metacarpophalangeal joints..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Wind, Swelling, Toothache, Heat Fire, Toothache

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 牙痛 (yá tòng)

🎯 Location: On the dorsal aspect of the hand, at the centre of the 1st metacarpophalangeal joint..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Wind, Swelling, Toothache, Heat Fire, Toothache