Yuji (10P)

Point xing, fire element.
Ji = belly of the, Yu = fish, belly of the fish

Location

We are on the column of the thumb, on the 1st metacarpal.
Take the middle front of the inner edge of M1. Between the edge of the bone and the muscle.
In Tuina we will take all the muscle.

Therapeutic functions and clinical indications

• Used to purge and temper heat because it is a xing point.
  Thick, yellow nasal discharge, nosebleed, coughing up blood;
• Local point for thumb pathologies: osteoarthritis, tendinopathy, stiffness, paralysis.