wài guān point SJ5  外關穴 (in English and Chinese 中英文)
 

Translated by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱興國編譯

wài guān    SJ5

Location: in the dorsal forearm, at the line joining yang chi point and the tip of the elbow,  2 cun above the transverse dorsal crease of the wrist, between the ulna and radius.
 

Application:  fever, headache, cheek pain, hearing loss, ringing in the ears, red eyes and throat, hypochondriac pain, shoulder pain, elbow and arm flexion and extension negative, finger pain, tremor.
 

Combination:

1. with zu lin qi (GB15) for treatment of the neck pain, shoulder pain;

2. with da zhui, qu chi for treatment of  cold or flu; 

3. with yang ling quan for treatment of pain in the rib cage.
    

Acupuncture method: perpendicularly insert 0.5-1 inch; moxibustion can be used.

外關穴 SJ5
［定位］在前臂背側，當陽池穴與肘尖的連線上，腕背橫紋上２寸，尺骨與橈骨之間。
［主治］熱病，頭痛，頰痛，耳聾，耳鳴，目赤腫痛，脅痛，肩背痛，肘臂屈伸不利，手指疼痛，手顫。
［配伍］

1. 配足臨泣(GB15)治頸項強痛、肩背痛；

2. 配大椎、曲池治外感熱病；

3. 配陽陵泉治脅痛。