REN-06, Qì Hǎi, 气海, Sea of Qi Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Empirical – Qi, Yang Location Midline • 1.5 cun below umbilicus Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun, 1 to 1.5 cun Description: Perpendicular insertion 0.8 to 1.5 cun. Caution: CC Pregnancy •…
Continue ReadingREN-05, Shí Mén, 石门, Stone Gate Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories San Jiao Front Mu Point Location Midline • 2 cun below umbilicus Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun, 1 to 1.5 cun Description: Perpendicular insertion 0.8 to 1.5 cun. Caution: CC Pregnancy •…
Continue ReadingREN-03, Zhōng Jí, 中极, Central Pole Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Bladder Front Mu Point • Meeting point of REN, SP, LV, and KD channel • 3 Foot Yin Sinew Meeting Point Location Midline • 4 cun below umbilicus Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1…
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-08, Qū Quán, 曲泉, Crook Spring Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories He-Sea Point • Mother Point • Empirical – Liver blood Location 1 cun anterior to KI 10, just superior to the medial end of the popliteal crease, in the depression anterior to the tendons of m….
Continue ReadingLV-05, Lí Gōu, 蠡沟, Woodworm Canal Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Luo Connecting Point • Empirical – genital itching, plum pit Qi Location 5 cun above the prominence of the medial malleolus. Immediately posterior to the medial crest of the tibia, between the medial crest of the…
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 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-64, Jīng Gǔ, 京骨, Capital Bone Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Yuan Source point Location On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression anterior and inferior to the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone • The tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone is the most…
Continue ReadingBL-62, Pū Cān, 仆参, Servant’s Respect Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Confluent point of the Yang Qiao Mai • Ghost point Location On the lateral side of the foot, approximately 0.5 cun inferior to the inferior border of the lateral malleolus, in a depression posterior to the…
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