LOCATION
On the palm, between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, where the tip of the little finger rests when a fist is made.
Features
Ying/Spring Point. Famous for skin problems.
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 fourth finger of the ulnar nerve is the common palmar nerve and the palmar arteries and veins.
Indication
Rheumatic heart disease，coronary heart disease，anginapectoris，arrhythmia；hysteria，intercostal nerve pain，arm neuralgia；enuresis，urinary retention；pruritus vulvae，menorrhagia. HT Fire effecting the SI effecting the UB, heat descending to the lower jiao – incontinence, difficult urination, fungal infections, genital itching. Channel issues, sore throat, tongue stiffness, pain along the ulnar aspect of the arms.
Combinations
Abscess and ulcer，pudendal swelling，pruritus Vulvae：HT 08 & BL 15.
Pharyngolaryngitis：HT 08 & LR 05.
Difficulty in urination：HT 08 & ST 36.
Arrhythmia：HT 08 & HT 05 & PC 06 & PC 07.
Depression，phobia，palpitations，chest pain，Anginapectoris：HT 08 & PC 06 & PC 04.
穴位
在手掌面，第4、5掌骨之間，握拳時，當小指尖處。
特點
滎（火）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
尺神經的第四指掌側總神經和指掌側動、靜脈。
適應症
風濕性心髒病，冠心病，心絞痛，心律不齊；癔病，肋間神經痛，臂神經痛；遺尿，尿瀦留；陰道及陰部瘙癢症，月經過多。
穴位配伍療法
癰瘍，陰腫，陰癢：1.少府 2.心俞
嗌中有氣如息肉狀：1.少府 2.蠡溝
小便不利、癃：1.少府 2.足三里
心律不齊：1.少府 2.通里 3.內關 4.大陵
悲恐善驚，心悸，胸痛，心絞痛：1.少府 2.內關 3.郄門