POINTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE MERIDIAN OF HAND-TAIYANG
SI 1 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Shaoze
English Name:
Location: On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Indications: Headache, febrile diseases, loss of consciousness, insufficient lactation, sore throat, redness of the eye, cloudiness of the cornea.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch, or prick the point to cause bleeding. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein and the dorsal digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve and the dorsal digital nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
SI 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Qiangu
English Name:
Location: When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the crease in front of the metacarpo- phalangeal joint of the little finger, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Numbness of the fingers, febrile diseases, tinnitus, headache, reddish urine.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein arising from the ulnar artery and vein.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve and palmar digital propria 1 nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
SI 3 (Shu-Stream Point, One of the Eight Confluent Points)
Chinese Name: Houxi
English Name:
Location: When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease, proximal to the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, at the end of the transverse crease and the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Pain and rigidity of the neck, tinnitus, deafness, sore throat, mania, malaria, acute lumbar sprain, night sweating, febrile diseases, contracture and numbness of the fingers, pain in the shoulder and elbow.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein, the dorsal venous network of the hand.
Innervation: The dorsal branch derived from the ulnar nerve.
SI 4 (Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Wangu
English Name:
Location: On the ulnar side of the palm, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the hamate bone.
Indications: Febrile diseases with anhidrosis, headache, rigidity of the neck, contracture of the fingers, pain in the wrist, jaundice.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior carpal artery (the branch of the ulnar artery), the dorsal venous network of the hand.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.
SI 5 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Yanggu
English Name:
Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease on the dorsal aspect of the wrist, in the depression between the styloid process of the ulna and the triquetral bone.
Indications: Swelling of the neck and submandibular region, pain of the hand and wrist, febrile diseases.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior carpal artery.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.
SI 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Yanglao
English Name:
Location: Dorsal to the head of the ulna. When the palm face the chest, the point is in the bony cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.
Indications: Blurring of vision, pain in the shoulder, elbow and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branches of the posterior interosseous artery and vein, the dorsal venous network of the wrist.
Innervation: The anastomotic branches of the posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.
SI 7 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Zhizheng
English Name:
Location: On the line joining Yanggu (SI 5) and Xiaohai (SI 8), 5 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist.
Indications: Neck rigidity, headache, dizziness, spasmodic pain in the elbow and fingers, febrile diseases, mania.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branches of the posterior interosseous artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the branch of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, on the radial side, the posterior interosseous nerve.
SI 8 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Xiaohai
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is located in the depression between the olecranon of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus.
Indications: Headache, swelling of the cheek, pain in the nape, shoulder, arm and elbow, epilepsy.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries and veins, the ulnar recurrent artery and vein.
Innervation: The branches of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve, the ulnar nerve.
SI 9
Chinese Name: Jianzhen
English Name:
Location: Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint. When the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun above the posterior end of the axillary fold.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, motor impairment of the hand and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The circumflex scapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the axillary nerve; deeper in the superior aspect, the radial nerve.
SI 10
Chinese Name: Naoshu
English Name:
Location: When the arm is adducted, the point is directly above the posterior end of the axillary fold, in the depression inferior to the scapular spine
Indications: Swelling of the shoulder, aching and weakness of the shoulder and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein; deeper, the suprascapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm, the axillary nerve; deeper, the suprascapular nerve.
SI 11
Chinese Name: Tianzong
English Name:
Location: On the scapula, in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa, and at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, pain in the lateroposterior aspect of the elbow and arm, asthma.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The muscular branches of the circumflex scapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The suprascapular nerve.
SI 12
Chinese Name: Bingfeng
English Name:
Location: In the centre of the suprascapular fossa, directly above Tianzong (SI ll). When the arm is lifted, the point is at the site of the depression.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, numbness and aching of the upper extremities, motor impairment of the shoulder and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The suprascapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral suprascapular nerve and accessory nerve; deeper, the suprascapular nerve.
SI 13
Chinese Name: Quyuan
English Name:
Location: On the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa, about midway between Naoshu (SI l0) and the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain and stiffness of the scapular region.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: Superficially, the descending branches of the transverse cervical artery and vein; deeper, the muscular branch of the suprascapular artery and vem.
Innervation: Superficially, the lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the second thoracic nerve, the accessory nerve; deeper, the muscular branch of the suprascapular nerve.
SI 14
Chinese Name: Jianwaishu
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where Taodao (GV 13) is located.
Indications: Aching of the shoulder and back, pain and rigidity of the neck.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the transverse cervical artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the first and second thoracic nerves, the accessory nerve; deeper, the dorsal scapular nerve.
SI 15
Chinese Name: Jianzhongshu
English Name:
Location: 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra (Dazhui, GV 14).
Indications: Cough, asthma, pain in the shoulder and back, hemoptysis.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.6 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See lianwaishu (SI 14).
SI 16
Chinese Name: Tianchuang
English Name:
Location: In the lateral aspect of the neck, posterior to m. sternocleidomastoideus and Futu (LI 18), on the level of the laryngeal protuberance.
Indications: Sore throat, sudden loss of voice, deafness, tinnitus, stiffness and pain of the neck.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The ascending cervical artery.
Innervation: The cutaneous cervical nerve, the emerging portion of the great auricular nerve.
SI 17
Chinese Name: Tianrong
English Name:
Location: Posterior to the angle of mandible, in the depression on the anterior border of m. sternocleidomastoideus.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, sore throat, swelling of the cheek, foreign body sensation in the throat, goiter.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the external jugular vein; deeper, the internal carotid artery and internal jugular vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the anterior branch of the great auricular nerve, the cervical branch of the facial nerve; deeper, the superior cervical ganglion of the sympathetic trunk.
SI 18
Chinese Name: Quanliao
English Name:
Location: Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression on the lower border of zygoma.
Indications: Facial paralysis, twitching of eyelids, pain in the face, toothache, swelling of the cheek, yellowish sclera.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the transverse facial artery and vein.
Innervation: The facial and infraorbital nerves.
SI 19
Chinese Name: Tinggong
English Name:
Location: Anterior to the tragus and posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible, in the depression formed when the mouth is open.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, otorrhea, motor impairment of the mandibular joint, toothache.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch when the mouth is open. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The auricular branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein
Innervation: The branch of the facial nerve, the auriculotemporal nerve.
Chinese Name: Shaoze
English Name:
Location: On the ulnar side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Indications: Headache, febrile diseases, loss of consciousness, insufficient lactation, sore throat, redness of the eye, cloudiness of the cornea.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch, or prick the point to cause bleeding. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein and the dorsal digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve and the dorsal digital nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
SI 2 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Qiangu
English Name:
Location: When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the crease in front of the metacarpo- phalangeal joint of the little finger, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Numbness of the fingers, febrile diseases, tinnitus, headache, reddish urine.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein arising from the ulnar artery and vein.
Innervation: The dorsal digital nerve and palmar digital propria 1 nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
SI 3 (Shu-Stream Point, One of the Eight Confluent Points)
Chinese Name: Houxi
English Name:
Location: When a loose fist is made, the point is on the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease, proximal to the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, at the end of the transverse crease and the junction of the red and white skin.
Indications: Pain and rigidity of the neck, tinnitus, deafness, sore throat, mania, malaria, acute lumbar sprain, night sweating, febrile diseases, contracture and numbness of the fingers, pain in the shoulder and elbow.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The dorsal digital artery and vein, the dorsal venous network of the hand.
Innervation: The dorsal branch derived from the ulnar nerve.
SI 4 (Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Wangu
English Name:
Location: On the ulnar side of the palm, in the depression between the base of the fifth metacarpal bone and the hamate bone.
Indications: Febrile diseases with anhidrosis, headache, rigidity of the neck, contracture of the fingers, pain in the wrist, jaundice.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior carpal artery (the branch of the ulnar artery), the dorsal venous network of the hand.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.
SI 5 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Yanggu
English Name:
Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease on the dorsal aspect of the wrist, in the depression between the styloid process of the ulna and the triquetral bone.
Indications: Swelling of the neck and submandibular region, pain of the hand and wrist, febrile diseases.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior carpal artery.
Innervation: The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.
SI 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Yanglao
English Name:
Location: Dorsal to the head of the ulna. When the palm face the chest, the point is in the bony cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna.
Indications: Blurring of vision, pain in the shoulder, elbow and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branches of the posterior interosseous artery and vein, the dorsal venous network of the wrist.
Innervation: The anastomotic branches of the posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.
SI 7 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Zhizheng
English Name:
Location: On the line joining Yanggu (SI 5) and Xiaohai (SI 8), 5 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist.
Indications: Neck rigidity, headache, dizziness, spasmodic pain in the elbow and fingers, febrile diseases, mania.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The terminal branches of the posterior interosseous artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the branch of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, on the radial side, the posterior interosseous nerve.
SI 8 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Xiaohai
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is located in the depression between the olecranon of the ulna and the medial epicondyle of the humerus.
Indications: Headache, swelling of the cheek, pain in the nape, shoulder, arm and elbow, epilepsy.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries and veins, the ulnar recurrent artery and vein.
Innervation: The branches of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve, the ulnar nerve.
SI 9
Chinese Name: Jianzhen
English Name:
Location: Posterior and inferior to the shoulder joint. When the arm is adducted, the point is 1 cun above the posterior end of the axillary fold.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, motor impairment of the hand and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The circumflex scapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The branch of the axillary nerve; deeper in the superior aspect, the radial nerve.
SI 10
Chinese Name: Naoshu
English Name:
Location: When the arm is adducted, the point is directly above the posterior end of the axillary fold, in the depression inferior to the scapular spine
Indications: Swelling of the shoulder, aching and weakness of the shoulder and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein; deeper, the suprascapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm, the axillary nerve; deeper, the suprascapular nerve.
SI 11
Chinese Name: Tianzong
English Name:
Location: On the scapula, in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa, and at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, pain in the lateroposterior aspect of the elbow and arm, asthma.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The muscular branches of the circumflex scapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The suprascapular nerve.
SI 12
Chinese Name: Bingfeng
English Name:
Location: In the centre of the suprascapular fossa, directly above Tianzong (SI ll). When the arm is lifted, the point is at the site of the depression.
Indications: Pain in the scapular region, numbness and aching of the upper extremities, motor impairment of the shoulder and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The suprascapular artery and vein.
Innervation: The lateral suprascapular nerve and accessory nerve; deeper, the suprascapular nerve.
SI 13
Chinese Name: Quyuan
English Name:
Location: On the medial extremity of the suprascapular fossa, about midway between Naoshu (SI l0) and the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.
Indications: Pain and stiffness of the scapular region.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: Superficially, the descending branches of the transverse cervical artery and vein; deeper, the muscular branch of the suprascapular artery and vem.
Innervation: Superficially, the lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the second thoracic nerve, the accessory nerve; deeper, the muscular branch of the suprascapular nerve.
SI 14
Chinese Name: Jianwaishu
English Name:
Location: 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra where Taodao (GV 13) is located.
Indications: Aching of the shoulder and back, pain and rigidity of the neck.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Deeper, the transverse cervical artery and vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the first and second thoracic nerves, the accessory nerve; deeper, the dorsal scapular nerve.
SI 15
Chinese Name: Jianzhongshu
English Name:
Location: 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra (Dazhui, GV 14).
Indications: Cough, asthma, pain in the shoulder and back, hemoptysis.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.6 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See lianwaishu (SI 14).
SI 16
Chinese Name: Tianchuang
English Name:
Location: In the lateral aspect of the neck, posterior to m. sternocleidomastoideus and Futu (LI 18), on the level of the laryngeal protuberance.
Indications: Sore throat, sudden loss of voice, deafness, tinnitus, stiffness and pain of the neck.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The ascending cervical artery.
Innervation: The cutaneous cervical nerve, the emerging portion of the great auricular nerve.
SI 17
Chinese Name: Tianrong
English Name:
Location: Posterior to the angle of mandible, in the depression on the anterior border of m. sternocleidomastoideus.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, sore throat, swelling of the cheek, foreign body sensation in the throat, goiter.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Anteriorly, the external jugular vein; deeper, the internal carotid artery and internal jugular vein.
Innervation: Superficially, the anterior branch of the great auricular nerve, the cervical branch of the facial nerve; deeper, the superior cervical ganglion of the sympathetic trunk.
SI 18
Chinese Name: Quanliao
English Name:
Location: Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression on the lower border of zygoma.
Indications: Facial paralysis, twitching of eyelids, pain in the face, toothache, swelling of the cheek, yellowish sclera.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The branches of the transverse facial artery and vein.
Innervation: The facial and infraorbital nerves.
SI 19
Chinese Name: Tinggong
English Name:
Location: Anterior to the tragus and posterior to the condyloid process of the mandible, in the depression formed when the mouth is open.
Indications: Deafness, tinnitus, otorrhea, motor impairment of the mandibular joint, toothache.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch when the mouth is open. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The auricular branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein
Innervation: The branch of the facial nerve, the auriculotemporal nerve.
