| TRANSLATION: | Heaven's Pool; Heavenly Pool |
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| TYPE: | Window of the Sky, Meeting point of the Pericardium Meridian with the Gall Bladder, Liver, and San Jiao Meridians |
| LOCATION: | In the 4th intercostal space, 1 cun lateral to the nipple |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 20° posteriorly along the intercostal space |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
Pericardium Meridian 包经
| TRANSLATION: | Heaven's Spring; Heavenly Spring |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 2 cun below the level of the anterior axillary fold, between the two heads of the biceps brachii muscle |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 45° distallly or proximally along channel |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Crooked Marsh; Marsh at the Crook |
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| TYPE: | He-sea, Water |
| LOCATION: | On the transverse cubital crease, in the depression at the ulnar side of the tendon of the biceps brachii muscle |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) Prick to bleed |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Crevice Gate; Xi-Cleft Gate |
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| TYPE: | Xi-cleft |
| LOCATION: | 5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line connecting PC 3 and PC 7, in the depression between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) 45° proximal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5-1.0 cun, b) 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Intermediary; Intermediate Messenger |
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| TYPE: | Jing-river, Metal, Meeting point of the Three Arm Yin (Heart, Lung, and Pericardium) |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line connecting PC 3 and PC 7, in the depression between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) 45° proximal insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5-1.0 cun, b) 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Inner Gate; Inner Pass |
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| TYPE: | Luo-connecting, Confluent point of the Yin Wei and Chong vessels |
| LOCATION: | 2 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line connecting PC 3 and PC 7, in the depression between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion or joined to SJ 5, b) 45° proximal or distal insertion, |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 0.5-1.0 cun, b) 1.0-1.5 cun |