REN-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 On the midline of the sternum, in a depression level with the junction of…
Continue ReadingREN-15, Jiū Wěi, 鸠尾, Turtledove Tail Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Luo Connecting Point Location Midline, 7 cun from umbilicus, 1 cun below sternocostal angle Needling Type: Oblique Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun Description: Oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun, directed inferiorly [36] Obliquely downward 0.4…
Continue ReadingREN-12, Zhōng Wǎn, 中脘, Central Venter Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Fu/Yang Organs Hui Point • Stomach Front Mu Point • Meeting point of Ren, SI, SJ, ST channels Location Midline • 4 Cun above umbilicus Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun, 1 to…
Continue ReadingDU-21, Qián Dǐng, 前顶, Front of the Crown Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Location Head midline. 1.5 cun anterior to DU-20. 3.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline (3 cun superior to the glabella) Needling Type: Perpendicular, Oblique Depth: 0.1 to 0.2 cun, Prick to bleed…
Continue ReadingDU-20, Bǎi Huì, 百会, Hundred Meetings Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Sea of Marrow • Meeting point for DU, BL, GB, SJ, and LV • Empirical – raise Qi Location At the vertex on the midline, in the depression 5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and…
Continue ReadingLV-03, Tài Chōng, 太沖, Great Rushing Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Shu-Stream Point, Yuan Source Point, Heavenly Star Point Location In the hollow distal to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones. Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun, 1 to 1.5 cun…
Continue ReadingSJ-06, Zhī Gōu, 支沟, Branch Ditch Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Jing-River Point • Horary Point Location 1 cun from SJ-5. 3 cun proximal to SJ-4, in the depression between the radius and the ulna, on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis muscle. SJ-5 to…
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 ReadingPC-05, Jiān Shǐ, 间使, Intermediate Messenger Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Jing-River Point • Empirical – malaria Location On the forearm’s flexor side, 3 cun proximal to PC-07, between the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis tendon. Midpoint between cubital transverse crease and the wrist transverse crease…
Continue ReadingBL-20, Pí Shū, 脾俞, Spleen Shu Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Spleen Back Shu Point Location 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra (T11) • Locate at the visible highest point of the paraspinal muscles. Needling Type: Transverse,…
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