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-17, Shān Zhōng, 膻中, Chest Center Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories PC Front Mu • Sea of Qi • Qi Hui Meeting 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…
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 Location Most used PC point. Points PC 4 to 7 should be located between the flexor carpi radialis and palmaris longus. Best to do it proportionally by…
Continue ReadingBL-13, Fèi Shū, 肺俞, Lung Shu Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Back Shu Point of the Lung 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…
Continue ReadingST-40, Fēng Lóng, 丰 隆, Abundant Bulge Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Luo Connecting Point 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 malleolus • Two finger-breadths…
Continue ReadingLU-07, Lie Que, 列 缺, Broken Sequence Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Exit point • Lung Luo Connecting point • Command Point of Head and Nape • Ren Mai confluent point • Heavenly Star point Location 1.5 cun proximal to LI-5 • Between Tendons of Brachioradialis and…
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 • 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 cun…
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