REN-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 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 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 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 ReadingBL-28, Páng Guāng Shū, 膀胱俞, Bladder Shu Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Back Shu Point of the Bladder Location 1.5 cun lateral to the midline, at the level of the second posterior sacral foramen • As the inner line of the Bladder channel on the back descends…
Continue ReadingBL-17, Gé Shū, 膈俞, Diaphragm Shu Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Hui-Meeting Point of Blood Location 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra (T7) • Locate at the visible highest point of the paraspinal muscles. Needling Type: Transverse,…
Continue ReadingSP-10, Xuè Hǎi, 血 海, Sea of Blood Disclaimer For educational purposes only. Do not use as medical advice Categories Location 2 cun proximal to the superior border of the patella • In the depression on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle, directly above SP-9 • Place the heel of right palm on…
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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