REN-22, Tiān Tū, 天突, Celestial Chimney Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Window of Heaven Point • Empirical – plum pit Qi Location Located at the center of the suprasternal fossa Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.2 to 0.3 cun Description: 0.3 cun perpendicular • Ask patient to…
Continue ReadingREN-17, Shān Zhōng, 膻中, Chest Center Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Pericardium Front Mu • Sea of Qi • Qi Hui Point • Meeting point of REN, SP, KI, SI, SJ channels Location Needling Type: Transverse Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun, 1 to 1.5 cun Description:…
Continue ReadingPC-06, Nèi Guān, 内关, Inner Pass Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Luo-Connecting Point • Yin Wei Confluence Point • Chest Command Point • Empirical – regulate pulse rate Location Points PC 4 to 7 should be located between the flexor carpi radialis and palmaris longus. Midpoint between…
Continue ReadingBL-13, Fèi Shū, 肺俞, Lung Shu Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Lung Back Shu Point Location 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra (T3). Needling Type: Transverse, Oblique Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun, 1 to 1.5 cun…
Continue ReadingST-40, Fēng Lóng, 丰 隆, Abundant Bulge Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Luo Connecting Point • Empirical – phlegm Location Above ST-39 but same level as ST-38 • On the lower leg • Midway between the tibiofemoral joint line (level with the popliteal crease) and the lateral…
Continue ReadingLU-06, Kong Zui, 孔 最 , Maximum Opening Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Xi-Cleft point Location Find distance between LU-5 and LU-9 (12 cun), decide it in half to get 6 cun. LU-6 is 1 cun proximal to midpoint. • On the flexor aspect of the…
Continue ReadingLU-01, Zhong Fu, 中 府 , Middle Palace Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Entry point • LU Front Mu point • Lung and Spleen meeting point Location First find LU-2, then LU-1 is 1 cun directly below it • Level with the first intercostal space • 6…
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