REN-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 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-06, Qì Hǎi, 气海, Sea of Qi Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories 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 • Deep needling may penetrate…
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 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-02, Rán Gǔ, 然谷, Blazing Valley Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Ying-Spring and Fire Point Location The navicular tuberosity is the prominence found superior to the midpoint between the ball of the foot and the heel. Needling Type: Perpendicular Depth: 0.5 to 1 cun Description: Perpendicular…
Continue ReadingBL-63, Jīn Mén, 金门, Golden Gate Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Xi-Cleft point • Meeting point of BL and Yang Wei Mai Location On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression posterior to the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone • The tuberosity of the…
Continue ReadingSP-09, Yīn Líng Quán, 陰 陵 泉, Yin Mound Spring Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories He-Sea point Location On the medial side of the lower leg • In a depression in the angle formed by the medial condyle of the tibia and the posterior border of the…
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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