05 HT03 Shaohai Lesser Sea 少海
HT3 Shaohai
Lesser Sea

少海穴

LOCATION

With the elbow flexed, in the centre between the medial end of the transverse cubital crease and the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

Features

He-sea Point.

Body Inches (cun)

Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.

Nerves, vascular

The medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm, the median nerve, the expensive veins, the inferior ulnar arteries and veins, and the recurrent ulnar arteries and veins.

Indication

Neurasthenia,schizophCVia,headache,vertigo,dizziness,fainting,trigeminal neuralgia,intercostal nerve pain,cubital tunnel syndrome;tuberculosis,pleurisy;stiff neck (caused by cold or an awkward sleeping posture),forearm numbness,elbow soft tissue disorders,flaccidity of the lower limbs;anginapectoris,tuberculosis,lymphadenitis,boils。Pain, numbness, tremors, etc. of the lower arms a/or hands – Parkinson’s, stroke. Good local point to move the Qi and Blood. Spirit disorders from phlegm a/or heat etiologies – epilepsy, depression, anxiety, nervousness, poor memory, fuzzy.

Combinations

Toothache,gingival pain and swelling:HT 03 & LI 04 & ST 44.
Tuberculosis,lymph nodes (Lymphoid tuberculosis):HT 03 & TE 10.
Distressed,tremor:HT 03 & ST 33.
Tremor,elbow and arm pain:HT 03 & SI 03.
Numbness in upper limb:HT 03 & LI 10.
Ulnar nerve pain,cubital tunnel syndrome:HT 03 & HT 07 &HT 06 & HT 05 & HT 02.

穴位

在肘橫紋內側端與肱骨內上髁連線的中點處,屈肘取穴。

特點

合(水)穴。

同身寸

針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。

是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,

作为量取穴位的長度單位。

穴區神經血管

前臂內側皮神經,正中神經,貴要靜脈,尺側下付動、靜脈,尺返動、靜脈。

適應症

神經衰弱,精神分裂症,頭痛,眩暈,三叉神經痛,肋間神經痛,尺神經炎;肺結核,胸膜炎;落枕,前臂麻木及肘關節周圍軟組織疾患,下肢痿痺;心絞痛,淋巴結炎,疔瘡。

穴位配伍療法

牙痛,牙齦腫痛:1.少海 2.合谷 3.內庭
淋巴結結核 (瘰癧):1.少海 2.天井
心疼,手顫:1.少海 2.陰市
手顫,肘臂疼痛:1.少海 2.後溪
兩臂頑麻:1.少海 2.手三里
尺神經痛:1.少海 2.神門 3.陰郄 4.通里 5.青靈