Jia Ji-Cervical, , , Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Location Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun Description: Caution: Notes Energetics 1 Energetics 2 Energetics 3 Energetics 4 Energetics 5 Energetics 6 Information in this post came from many sources, including class notes, practitioners,…
Continue ReadingBai Lao, Bǎi Láo, 百劳, Hundred Taxations Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Location 1 cun lateral to midline and 2 cun above DU14 Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 0.8 cun Description: 0.5 to 0.8 cun perpendicular Caution: Notes Energetics 1 Cough, asthma, neck stiffness, whooping…
Continue ReadingDU-16, Fēng Fǔ, 风府, Palace of Wind Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Sea of Marrow • Window of Heaven • Ghost Point • Meeting Point of Du and Yang Wei Location Located in a depression immediately below the external occipital protuberance • 1 cun above the posterior…
Continue ReadingGB-21, Jiān jǐng, 肩井, Shoulder Well Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Meeting point of the Gall Bladder, Sanjiao and Stomach channels with the Yang Linking vessel Location Midway between DU-14 and the tip of the acromion, at the crest of the trapezius muscle. Needling Type: Oblique …
Continue ReadingGB-20, Fēng Chí, 风池, Wind Pool Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Meeting point of the Gall Bladder and Sanjiao channels with the Yang Motility and Yang Linking vessels Location Between the origins of the SCM and trapezius muscles • Midway between GB-12 and DU-16 • Level with…
Continue ReadingSJ-08, Sān Yáng Luò, 三阳络, Three Yang Luo Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories None Location [1 cun from SJ-8 or 4 cun from SJ-4. SJ-5 to SJ-9 are located in the middle between ulnar and radius except for SJ-7 • one cun from SJ-6] • 4 cun…
Continue ReadingSJ-05, Wài Guān, 外关, Outer Pass Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Luo Connecting Point • Confluent point of Yang Wei Mai Location [2 cun from SJ-4 . Most commonly used point. In depression between ulna and radius on the radial side of the extensor digitorum communis] •…
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 ReadingKD-04, Dà Zhōng, 大钟, Great Bell Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Luo Connecting Point Location First find KID-5, which is 1 cun directly below KID-3. Then locate KID-4 which is midway between and 0.5 cun posterior to these two points. Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to…
Continue ReadingBL-60, Kūn Lún, 昆仑, Kunlun Mountains Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Jing-River Point • Heavenly Star Point Location Behind the ankle joint, in the depression between the prominence of the lateral malleolus and the Achilles tendon. Locate in the centre of the depression, midway between the prominence…
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