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    Ex-UE11
    Shixuan
    shí xuān ( 十宣 )
    Ten Declarations, Ten Diffusions

Shixuan (Ex-UE11)

Location

On the tips of the ten fingers, about 0.1 cun distal to the nails.

Indications
  • Apoplexy, coma, epilepsy, high fever, infantile convulsion 
  • Acute tonsillitis 
  • Fingertip numbness
Applications
  • Opens the orifices, revives consciousness
  • Drains heat
  • Expels wind
Techniques

Puncture superficially 0.1-0.2 cun or prick to cause bleeding.