Therapeutic functions and clinical indications
- Clears Heat from the eye or ear: conjunctivitis, pus in the eye, tinnitus, otitis, purulent otitis. In case of Heat, the point is pricked to bleed.
- Lactation: often used with moxibustion for insufficient lactation, to increase milk production.
This is the Small Intestine, which separates the pure from the impure, so the Spleen and Small Intestine are tonified.
The disorder at the front is treated by working at the back (the meridian behind the breast is the Small Intestine meridian).
Conversely, in case of toxic Heat (breast abscess), the point can be bled.
