穴道名稱：養老

養，生養、養護也。老，與少、小相對，為長為尊也。該穴名意指本穴的氣血物質為同合於頭之天部的純陽之氣。本穴物質為陽谷穴傳來的炎熱之氣，出本穴後脹散並化為水濕成份更少的純陽之氣，與天部頭之陽氣性同，故名。

直刺0.3～0.5寸

左尺骨背面，尺骨莖突上方，尺側腕伸肌腱和小指固有伸肌腱之間；布有前臂骨間背側動、靜脈的末支，腕靜脈網；有前臂背側皮神經和尺神經。

養老穴配太沖穴，足三里穴治目視不明，養老穴配天柱穴治視物不明，養老穴配風池穴治落枕，養老穴配風池穴，有祛風止痛的作用，頭痛，面痛，養老穴配外關穴，陽池穴，治腕關節痛，養老穴配風池穴，睛明穴，治目視不明，近視，養老穴配肩髃穴，有舒筋活絡的作用，肩，背肘疼痛，養老穴配內關穴，肩髃穴，肩貞穴，治肩關節周圍炎，養老穴配內關穴治呃逆，養老穴配內關穴，膈俞穴，治呃逆，刺灸法治

艾條灸5-10分鐘，艾炷灸3-5壯

Nourishing the Old;The Xi(Cleft) Points

Blurring of vision pain in the shoulder, elbow and arm. Relaxes sinews, clears Meridians and vision.Dorsal to the head of the ulna. When the palm faces the chest, the point is in the bony cleft on the radial side of the the styloid process of the ulna.Vasculature: The terminal branches of the posterior interosseous artery and vein, the dorsal venous network of the wrist.Innervation: The anastomotic branches of the posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.