REN-22, Tiān Tū, 天突, Celestial Chimney Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Window of Heaven Point 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 extend the neck • Needle 0.2…
Continue ReadingREN-12, Zhōng Wǎn, 中脘, Central Venter Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Stomach Front Mu • Fu Hui Meeting 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 1.5…
Continue ReadingREN-04, Guān Yuán, 关元, Origin Pass Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories SI Front Mu Point • Meeting point of Ren, SP, LV, KD channel Location Midline • 3 cun below umbilicus Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun Description: Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun….
Continue ReadingDU-14, Dà Chuí, 大椎, Great Vertebrae Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Sea of Qi, Meeting point of Du with 6 yang channels Location In the depression below the spinous process of C7. Needling Type: Perpendicular, Oblique Depth: 0.1 to 0.2 cun, Prick to bleed Description: Perpendicular-oblique…
Continue ReadingDU-04, Mìng Mén, 命门, Gate of Life Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Location In the depression below the L2 spinous process. Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun Description: Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Caution: Spinal canal. Contraindicated for Moxa for age <20. Notes…
Continue ReadingKD-07, Fù Liū, 复溜, Returning Current Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Jing-River Point • Child Point Location On the medial aspect of the lower leg, in the depression 2 cun superior to KD-03, on the anterior border of the Achilles tendon. Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5…
Continue ReadingKD-06, Zhào Hǎi, 照海, Shining Sea Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Confluent point of the Yin Qiao Mai Location 1.0 cun below the medial malleolus prominence • Between the two ligament bundles. Needling Type: Oblique Depth: 0.3 to 0.5 cun Description: Oblique insertion directed superiorly 0.3…
Continue ReadingBL-23, Shèn Shū, 肾俞, Kidney Shu Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Kidney Back Shu Point Location 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra (L2). Locate at the visible highest point of the paraspinal muscles. Needling Type: Perpendicular, Oblique …
Continue ReadingBL-20, Pí Shū, 脾俞, Spleen Shu Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Back Shu Point of the Spleen 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…
Continue ReadingSP-06, Sān Yīn Jiāo, 三陰交, Three Yin Intersection Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Spleen, Liver, and Kidney meeting point Location On the medial side of the lower leg • 3 cun superior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, in a depression close to the medial crest…
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