Lesser Sea
Shaohai · 少海 · เส้าไห่
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Location
On the medial elbow, in the depression between the medial epicondyle of the humerus and the flexor tendon.
Landmark: Medial elbow depression near the ulnar nerve.
Actions and Indications
Drains heart fire, calms the spirit, frees the elbow.
Needling
Perpendicular 0.5-1 cm.
Cautions
Watch the ulnar nerve — withdraw slightly if the animal twitches.
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Conditions That Use This Point
Often Used Together With
Inner Pass 內關
Regulates qi in the chest, stops nausea and vomiting, calms the spirit.
Supreme Surge 太衝
Regulates liver qi, relieves stress, stops seizures; with LI-4 forms the Four Gates.
Spirit Gate 神門
Calms the spirit and tonifies the heart — the principal point for behaviour work.
An Shen (calm spirit) 安神
Calms the spirit and settles panic.
Heart Shu 心俞
Tonifies the heart and calms the spirit.
Hundred Convergences 百會
Raises yang, calms the spirit, opens the mind.