CO6 (Colon 6) - Acupuncture Point Information

Chinese Name: Pianli
English Name: Slanting Passage

Location: With the elbow flexed and the radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining Yanxi (CO5) and Quchi (CO11), 3 cun above the crease of the wrist.

Nature:

Connecting point.

Functions:

Opens the Lung Water passages.

Indications:

Redness of the eye, tinnitus, deafness, epistaxis, aching of the hand and arm, sore throat, edema.

References:

The English Name, Nature and Function have been reprinted from Maciocia: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Copyright 1989, with permission from Elsevier. Point indications have been used from the book Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

View other points on the Colon channel:

(CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6, CO7, CO8, CO9, CO10, CO11, CO12, CO13, CO14, CO15, CO16, CO17, CO18, CO19, CO20)

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