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-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 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 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. semitendinosus and m. semimembranosus Needling…
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 ReadingKD-03, Tài Xī, 太溪, Supreme Stream Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source Location In the depression between the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon, level with the prominence of the medial malleolus. Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun Description: Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to…
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…
Continue ReadingST-36, Zú Sān Lǐ, 足 三 里, Leg Three Miles Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Stomach He-Sea • Lower He-Sea Point • Command Point of Abdomen • Heavenly Star Point • Sea of Water and Grain Point • Horary Point Location Below the knee • 3 cun…
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…
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