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MENTAL MODEL · M2685

Fish Border / Yu Ji

Fish Border / Yu Ji
TechnicalHigh supportTraditional Chinese Medicine
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The muscular eminence at the base of the thumb (thenar eminence). It is a diagnostic area for collateral vessels.

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A display for stomach qi. If the thenar eminence is bluish-black, it indicates stomach cold; if red, stomach heat. A glance at the color of the thenar eminence reveals the current temperature in the stomach.

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'Fish Border' refers to the thenar eminence on the thumb side of the palm, as well as the 'Yuji point' on the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is associated with the lung and body fluids, and is a common site for inspection (color, temperature, and fullness of the thenar eminence) and acupuncture.

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    zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%9A%E9%9A%9B%E7%A9%B4ZH · Explicit
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