Yangchi (TE4)
Yangchi (TE4), “Yang Pool”, is a point on the San Jiao (Triple Burner) meridian. It is point 4 of the 23 on the channel. Yuan-Source of the Triple Energizer: regulates the Triple Energizer, generates fluids and frees the wrist.
Location
On the dorsal wrist crease, in the depression ulnar to the extensor digitorum tendon.
Functions according to tradition
Yuan-Source of the Triple Energizer: regulates the Triple Energizer, generates fluids and frees the wrist.
Traditional indications
- Wrist pain
- Thirst
- Deafness
- Shoulder pain
- Malaria
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
What its classification means
Where the original Qi of the organ manifests. Tradition uses it both to examine and to treat the channel's organ.
Precautions
No specific precautions are described beyond the general ones for acupuncture. Needling must always be performed by a trained professional.
Points on other channels with similar indications
They share several traditional indications with this point. Comparing them helps understand why one or the other is chosen.
- HT2 Qingling (Heart): Shoulder pain
- LI16 Jugu (Large Intestine): Shoulder pain
- LI5 Yangxi (Large Intestine): Wrist pain
- LU8 Jingqu (Lung): Wrist pain
- PC7 Daling (Pericardium): Wrist pain
- SI10 Naoshu (Small Intestine): Shoulder pain
Point profile
- Code
- TE4
- Pinyin name
- Yáng Chí
- Characters
- 阳池
- Translation
- Yang Pool
- Meridian
- San Jiao (Triple Burner)
- Element
- Fire
- Classification
- Yuan-Source
- Topics
- Wrist, Thirst, Pain
Health notice. Educational and study content. It describes concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine and does not replace diagnosis or treatment by a healthcare professional. Needling, medicinal herbs and invasive techniques must be applied by trained professionals. Safety guide.
