Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

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HT-2 Qingling - Blue Green Spirit

More Spirit Names: Cyan Spirit, Youthful Spirit

English:	Green Spirit
Also Known As:	Youthful Spirit Blue-Green Spirit

Location

3 cun above HT-3 Shaohai.
When the elbow is flexed, the point is 3 cun above the medial end of the transverse cubital crease, in the groove medial to m. biceps brachii
3 cun proximal to the medial end of the transverse cubital crease, on the line connecting HT-1 Jiquan and HT-3 Shaohai.

Needling

Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.r cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Oblique distal or proximal insertion 0.5 to i cun, avoiding the brachial artery.

Command Functions

Actions

Activates the channel
Alleviates pain

Indications

Costalgia
Icteric sclera
Body tremors
Chest or epigastric pain
Intercostal neuralgia
Shoulder and arm stiffness
Jaundiced (yellow) eyes
Fever
Swelling, pain and redness of the shoulder
Scrofula
Mental abnormalities

Shoulder and arm pain
Pain in the cardiac and hypochondriac regions
Intercostal pain
Inability to raise the arm
Shoulder and arm inflammation or paralysis
Frontal and generalized headache
Pain of the axilla
Headache with Cold shivering
Intense dislike of wearing clothes
Aversion to Cold

Combinations

LI-15
Jianyu
LI-11
Quchi

Pain in the shoulder and upper arm

Contraindications

Many early texts implied that needling this point was contraindicated and that only moxibustion should be used.

Notes

Five Elements Spirit Perspective

Spirit of the Point	A point for the spirit, concerned with its growth and nourishment. It is life's green, life's burden, the color of the Liver: green as the color of Wood, the engenderer of Fire, or as life's color, like green leaves sprouting in springtime. It speaks of revitalization and renewal of the spirit. It also speaks of the Heart's purpose in the world, lending a person the inner luminescence to shine out into life. The name recalls the terrace the Emperor climbed to receive spiritual influences, and the arrival of spring with the blue-green dragon. Even when thunder rolls and terrifies everyone for miles, the ruler stays so composed and reverent that the sacred rite carries on; outer terrors glance off a deep inner seriousness. When the Heart spirit is in balance, things get done as though no one were doing them.
Worsley	Worsley groups Blue-Green Spirit with Spirit Path and Spirit Gate as points that belong to the Heart yet reach all the way to the spirit of the person. He also counts it among the Heart points so powerful that he treated it as absolutely forbidden: in his experience most patients would faint if it were needled, creating needless chaos. Location: On the inner (medial) side of the upper arm, over the brachial artery, 3 ACI above the elbow crease, just behind the medial edge of biceps. Needle depth: Do not needle Moxa: 5 cones
When to Consider	When the spirit needs growth, nourishment and renewal When joy is deeply lacking, or sorrow of long standing has weighed down the natural radiance of the Heart When a patient needs their sense of potency restored so they can make a new beginning When the Heart spirit is out of sync with life, and the person seems shaky and frightened
Notes	Forbidden to needle: needling sends energy rushing at great speed, and 80% of patients faint. Only moxa this point Qing names the natural color of growing plants, and Ling the offerings made to the gods for rain to renew the land; together they point to regeneration of the spirit, fitting for the Heart, home of the Spirit and root of life itself The character qing shows plants growing above an alchemical furnace holding cinnabar: the transforming, generating power of spring growth. Cinnabar, solid and liquid at once, was a Daoist symbol of flexible consciousness and the classic substance for calming the Heart

From Class

HT-2 Qingling: Primary heart point to regulate qi and blood. (Gioioso)
HT-2 Qingling — Relationship palace: Helps purify the spirits and deepen genuine connection; love without losing oneself. (Lewis)

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.