Jian Shi 間使 (PC 5)
| 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 |