He Gu (Li 4) or “Union Valley” Acupuncture point – Large Intestine Meridian

Localization of point:

The proximal portion of the second metacarpal bone, the juncture of the first and the second metacarpal bone.

Diseases:

• headache
• cervicobrachial neuralgia
• white spots on the cornea
• weak sight
• deafness
• tinnitus
• epistaxis
• toothache
• tonsillitis
• dyspnea
• difficulty in coughing up the sputum
• suffocation
• collapse
• insomnia
• nocturnal perpiration
• amenorrhea
• neurasthenia
• nasal polyp
• Good results in curing all the diseases of head, face, ear’s, eyes and the oral cavity.

Acupuncture and Moxibustion treatment:

• Acupuncture: 3 – 7 fens (1 cm – 2,33 cm or 0,4 in – 0,92 in)
  
• Moxibustion: 5 – 20 minutes; 3 – 7 zhuangs (moxa cones).

Application of needle to this point with pregnant women can cause miscarriage; the cause is not yet known.