合谷

Location · 定位

手背第一、二掌骨间，约平第二掌骨桡侧的中点处

On the dorsum of the hand between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the radial side of the 2nd metacarpal

Actions · 功效

• calms and stops pain
• frees the channels and quickens the connecting vessels
• resolves the exterior and drains heat

Indications · 主治

• 头痛、目赤肿痛、鼻衄、齿痛headache, red swollen painful eyes, epistaxis, toothache
• 口眼歪斜，耳聋deviation of mouth and eye, deafness
• 热病无汗或多汗febrile disease with absence of sweating or excessive sweating
• 经闭、滞产amenorrhea, difficult labor